Bless You for Visiting the Madison Academy Library
END OF SCHOOL YEAR 2009 - 2010
It's been a busy, but fruitful and blessed year in the library. New Mac computers have been added to the media center and used on a daily basis, we had an autumn and a spring book fair, forty-seven students received free tickets to Six Flags for reading six hours, hundreds of new titles have been added to the book collection, to name only a few library accomplishments.
Please make note of the following dates:
Last day to check out a book is Friday 30 April for grades 6 -12 and Friday, 7 May for grades K - 5.
Return all books by Friday, 14 May.
AR Pizza Party is scheduled for Tuesday, 11 May.
Inventory begins 17 May.
Thank you for being such excellent library patrons! God bless you.
BOOK CLUB 2009 - 2010
Open to Grades 3 and Up
Australian native P. L. Travers (pen name of Helen Lyndon Goff) has a distinguished place in children’s literature as the creator of a magic and unusual character of a British nanny.
Mary Poppins is well known to the U.S. public due to the 1965 Disney musical which starred Julie Andrews. Because P. L. Travers believed that the Mary Poppins movie was “so externalized, so oversimplified, so generalized”, she fervently disliked it, and she never agreed to a sequel.
Let’s learn more about the author and read the first four of the books in the Mary Poppins series.
We meet from 7:25 a.m. till 7:55 a.m. in the high school library on the following dates:
· Mary Poppins (1934) Tue., 29 September
· Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935) Tue., 27 October
· Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943) Tue., 24 November
· Mary Poppins in the Park (1952) Tue., 26 January (no December meeting)
MADISON ACADEMY SPELLING BEE CHAMPION
Congratulations to 6th grader Rachel Lee, who will represent our school in the Madison County spelling bee on February 10, 2009. Our school-wide spelling bee takes place during the first week after Christmas break. This year 45 students participated, from grades 3 - 8.
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READ BOOKS BY CALDECOTT WINNERS DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY
Every January, the Association for Library Services to Children (division of the American Library Association) awards the Caldecott Medal to the artist who illustrated the best picture book during the previous year. Your librarians encourage you to read or re-read some of the books that have won the Caldecott medal over the last few decades. They have been marked with a Caldecott spine label to make them easy to spot on the library shelves. We'll inform you who the 2009 winner is as soon as it is announced. Everyone who checks out a Caldecott book receives a Caldecott bookmark listing all the winners up to 2008 (while supplies last). Have fun reading!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Mrs. Hooper, Mrs. Mathis, and Mrs. Elkins wish you a happy and safe Christmas break. We are excited about the new books that will be added to our collection in the spring and look forward to serving you in 2009.
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STUDENT-LED BOOK CLUB (Elementary)
A book-loving group of elementary students have selected four titles to read and discuss. There will be monthly meetings from January 2009 until April 2009. If you wish to join the club, please buy or borrow the following books:
Thu. 29 January - Pranked (Summer Camp Secrets series) by Katy Grant
Thu. 26 February - May Bird and the Ever After: Book One (May Bird series) by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Thu. 26 March - Skylark by Patricia Maclachlan
Thu. 30 April - The Time Travelers (The Gideon Trilogy) by Linda Buckley-Archer
Each book club meeting lasts 30 minutes and begins at 7:25 a.m. in the elementary library. You are welcome to come to as many of the meetings as you choose. Open to elementary students and their parents. Book club sponsor: Mrs. Elkins
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Hope you and your loved ones will be safe, healthy, and filled with joy during the holidays and beyond. We give thanks to the Lord for you.
Blessings,
The Library Team
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LAST BOOK CLUB MEETING
3rd and 4th Grade Reminder
We'll meet on 1 April 2008 at 7:25. Read "The Tale of Ginger and Pickles" and "The Tale of Mr. Tod" by Beatrix Potter.
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NEW AR TESTS
February 2008
Over 40 AR tests have been added to our collection, most of them for our elementary students.
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CALDECOTT READING CONTEST 2008
During the month of January, students in grades 1 - 5 were encouraged to enter the Caldecott Reading Contest sponsored by the library. Soon after the announcement of the 2008 winners, a special segment was dedicated to the new winning books at the end of the morning devotional. The segment included the reading of "Knuffle Bunny Too" - a 2008 Caldecott Honor Award winner - written and illustrated by Mo Willems.
Throughout the whole month students read great numbers of books that won the Caldecott medal or honor award in the past. At the end of the month twenty-six readers received books by Jerry Pallotta for their accomplishment. Fifty more students received "READ" dog tags, of which they were very proud. Mrs. Meidinger's class were the recipients of boomarks that list all the titles of Caldecott medal winners from 1938 till 2008. It was a very rewarding reading month!
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ABOUT OUR LIBRARY
You can search our library collection from any computer that has an Internet connection. Parents and students interested in our Accelerated Reader program can find out what tests are available by title, author, reading level, and points. Simply select the "Study Programs" link on the green left side of the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) opening page, then click on the blue "Accelerated Reader" link.
In the elementary library, the top three AR students (most AR points accumultated during the school year) in each grade are presented with Barnes and Noble gift cards in May.
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The library is open for both elementary and high school students on school days from 7:45 to 3:30.
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Elementary Library
The following are some of the rules that apply to the elementary library:
1. Books may be checked out for one week.
2. No more than two books per student will be checked out at a time.
3. Students may check out one regular book and one AR book at a time. They may not check out two AR books at a time, but they are permitted to check out two library books at a time.
4. Students who lose or damage a book will be asked to bring in a replacement copy or payment (cash ONLY) to cover the purchase of a new copy.
5. Proper library behavior at all time is required for library users.
Library Hours
7:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Last AR test may be taken no later than 3:15 p.m. The AR computers automatically lock up at that time.
NOTES:
Accelerated Reader (AR) is a computerized system that manages students’ reading practice. Even though AR books and AR computers are located in the library, the use of the program is left up to the classroom teacher’s discretion. The system gives immediate feedback to students on quizzes they take after reading AR books. AR books are shelved separately from the rest of the library collection, by reading level, and have corresponding computerized quizzes.
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Our Library Team
Mrs. Haden Hooper (full-time library employee), Mrs. Sonja Mathis (part-time library employee), and Mrs. Magda Elkins (K-12 librarian) strive to provide you with the best possible library services. Do not hesistate to contact us when you have questions related to our library collection and/or policies.
hhooper@macademy.org
smathis@macademy.org
melkins@macademy.org
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BOOK CLUBS
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M.A. Elementary Book Club
2007 – 2008
Open to Grades 3 & 4
The World of Beatrix Potter
This year we are exploring Victorian England with beloved children’s author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. We’ll read several of her tales (reading level 4 and 5), delight in her art, discuss her vocabulary, find out more about the Lake District, famous region in England where she spent many happy holidays, and draw our own illustrations inspired by her characters! For our end-of-the-year Book Club celebration we’ll have a tea party and watch the animation of one of her stories. Book Club sponsor is Mrs. Elkins.
Elementary Book Club Schedule
2007 – 2008
We meet from 7:25 a.m. till 7:55 a.m. on the following dates:
Sept. 4, 2007
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Oct 2, 2007
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
Nov. 6, 2007
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Jan. 9, 2008
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Story of Miss Moppet
Feb. 6, 2008
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
Mar. 4, 2008
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
Apr. 1, 2008
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
The Tale of Mr. Tod
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