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F.L.I.C. Year in Review

Looking Back at 2015-2016

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  • Total Circulations: 29,080
  • Volunteers who help each week to check out  and shelve books: 16 amazing parents
  • Opened The Space- a corner of the library where we can all create- established monthly challenges
  • Morning Clubs: Decorate the Space, Getting to Know Ben Franklin, Make a Bookmark, Paper Challenges, Gardeners, Scratch, Lego Mindstorms, Tuesday Morning Group- Tweets, iMovie, Recycle Team
  • Lunch Clubs: 2nd grade Book Club, 3rd Grade Book Club- twice, Interview Club, Postcard Club, iMovie, Scratch, Poetry Writing, Animal Research, Honoring Franklin
  • Hosted 2 Author Visits: (Thanks to our very generous PTO) grades 1 and 2 Daniel Kirk, grades 3-5 Lauren Tarshis,
  • SEF Grant Materials being used this year: Lego Mindstorms, Bee Bots, Playaways, Growing Station
  • Hour of Code for the entire school
  • Grades 1 and 2 participated in awarding the Irma Black Award for the best picture book
  • Grades 3 and 4 participated in awarding the the Cook Prize which honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book
  • Coordinated the Dictionary Project with the New Providence- Summit Rotary Club for grade 3
  • Read Across America- helped organized guests from the community to come read to each class
  • School Library Month Reading Challenge
  • Over 70 Remember Me Books Donated- Thank You to all who donated
  • Weekly classes for all learners

Thanks everyone for a great year. Look for clubs to start in September.

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