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November 4^th – December 1^st

Support Literacy and Raise money for our school library!

It’s time for the 3^rd annual McKinley Readathon! Friends and family sponsor children by pledging to donate a certain amount to the school for the amount of time students read during the Readathon.

The Readathon will officially begin on Nov 4^th and will end on Dec 1^st. Pledge money can be turned in anytime after Dec 1^st.

Readathon Kick-Off is on Wednesday November 4^th.

Snuggle down and Read: Kids wear their pajamas to school – from 1:20-1:50 the entire school community DROPS EVERYTHING and READS! Parents are invited to come to their child’s classroom to read!

Author/Illustrator Visits ALL DAY! Parents welcome!

Schedule: for November 4^th Readathon Kickoff

Please help your child get pledges from family and friends for the amount of time that they will read. Remember to only count the time you read between Nov 4^th and Dec 1^st. Time that is spent being read to or reading to someone else also counts.

The students will keep track of the amount of time they read on their reading logs. At the end of the Readathon they will collect the pledges and turn them in to their teacher. Friends and family may also wish to pledge a flat amount instead of per minute/hour read.

For example, a person could pledge $1 per hour read and if the student reads for 10 hours during the Readathon, that person would donate $10. If a different person pledged 10 cents per hour, the same student, who read 10 hours, would collect $1. If a sponsor pledged 5 cents per minute, the sponsor would owe $30 to the student who read 10 hours. A sponsor could also give a flat amount, for example $10.

Located in the hall at the top of the ramp, the Grab and Go Paperback Library is an honor system lending library that makes paperback books available to students, families and teachers at all times. These books are not cataloged and do not need to be checked out. There is also an adult "grab and go" at the head of the stairs stocked with child-rearing and other informational books and magazines for parents.

As of October 2009, the McKinley Library is now the McKinley Library Media Center. Thanks to a generous donation from Sun Microsystems and the tireless work of John Renko (McKinley parent) we now have a brand-new, fully-functioning computer lab in the library!

The new lab is using "thin client technology" : the 20 network computers in the library do not have a hard disk drive - the server provides the operating and software to each computer on the network.

Computers are used by all 2^nd-5^th grade classrooms during library time for research and learning research skills, accessing the library's online catalog and informational databases, and learning about cyber-safety. All K-5 grade classrooms will be using the lab weekly to learn keyboarding skills and word processing, to do research for classroom projects, and for teachers to support and enhance their curricula using technology.
Library Materials

The McKinley Elementary School Library seeks to provide students and staff with access to current, appropriate information resources, and to improve reading skills by promoting pleasure reading. The library's goal is to provide a collection of materials that supports the curriculum and the literacy goals of our school community. Please visit our online catalog to see what we have in our collection. See the Library Materials Selection Policy for more details.

Ms. Volpe, our Library Media Teacher, is at McKinley every Wednesday and Thursday. Students visit the library with their class every week for checking out books and for Library Skills and Information Literacy Skills lessons.

Like spending time in libraries? We can use you! Please contact Ms. Volpe (library@mckinleyschool.org) if you are interested in shelving, book repair, making displays, helping children choose library books, reading with students, or keeping the library open for book check-out on days when Ms. Volpe is not at McKinley.