I would like to welcome and thank the wonderful library volunteers who have been helping out in the library this year.   Your time and effort is most appreciated!!!!

EXCITING BOOK NEWS!

Author Mitali Perkins and illustrator Jamie Hogan will be making a special visit to the Graves T. Memorial Public Library Sunday, October 14th at 3:00 pm.  What a great opportunity to meet both author and illustrator of the great book, Rickshaw Girl. OUR SEA ROAD PARENT/CHILD BOOK CLUB will be reading Rickshaw Girl later this year.  For more information on this event, please contact the Graves Library at 967-2778.

We are starting up a parent child book group here at Sea Road School. We hope you will join us for lively book discussions, light refreshments and an opportunity to meet other parents and children who love books as much as you do. Book groups are a great way to foster independent thinking and opinion-making and also give children the opportunity to share their ideas about what they read with their parents.

Our meetings will take place right after school in the library for about 45 minutes. We will provide the copies of the book. If you are interested in joining us, be sure and pick up your copies of our first book at the OPEN HOUSE this week. Copies of the books will also be available in the office if you are unable to attend Open House. We are planning to meet every 6 weeks throughout the school year. A listing of upcoming books and meeting dates will follow soon.

FIRST MEETING DATE: October 16th, Sea Road Library - 3:00 to 3:45

OUR FIRST BOOK: Whittington by Alan Armstrong

Whittington, a feline descendent of Dick Whittington’s famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor’s story. Readers who enjoyed E.B. White’s classic tale, Charlotte’s Web will especially treasure this story-within-a-story.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please email or call Terri Bauld at 985-1105 or tbauld @msad71.net.

HAPPY READING and see you October 16th.

A huge thank you to the following:  Grace Cain, Lisa Bruns, Kristin Brigham, Cynthia Savage, Keeper Stewart, Linda McCluskey, Penny McBride, Jill Blanchard, Linda Harvie, Irene Richard, Beth Reilley, Lisa Emmons, Laura Dolce, Cathy Zub, Kate Manahan, Mark Harvie, Sheryl Burns, Joan Ludwig, John Burns, Maurice Mercier, the Staff of Sea Road School, & KEPTA for their donation.

 The fair was a great success and the kids had a great time shopping and reading.

 The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Sea Road School April 30th-May 4th. 

Hours are:

Monday 8:30-3:45

Tuesday 8:30-3:45

Wednesday (Family Night Event) 8:30-7:00

Thursday 8:30-3:45

Friday 8:30-1:00

 Cash, checks (payable to Sea Road School) and credit cards are accepted.  All proceeds benefit the SRS library and staff and students of SRS school. 

Look for more information in the Tel-U-Gram.  Students will receive their preview flyers after April vacation.  Please call Aimee Thompson @ 985-1105 or e-mail athompson@msad71.net for more information.

Congratulations to the Staff & Students of Sea Road School!  As a school, we read 1152 books during our month long read-a-thon celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America Day.

Thanks to all for your great participation.

At Sea Road School, we are going to celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd in a very special way.  This is an invitation for students and staff of Sea Road School.  For each book you read between February 5th and March 2nd please get a red ticket from your teacher or from Mrs. Thompson in the library.  The book can be fiction or nonfiction.  On the back of the ticket, fill out your full name, the title of the book you read, and your teacher's name.  Put the completed ticket in the container in your homeroom.  On March 2nd we will count up each homeroom's tickets to see just how many books the students and staff of SRS have read!  Please fill out one ticket for each book you read to keep the count accurate.  If you have any questions, see Mrs. Thompson. We will announce the total number of books read on Read Across America Day on March 2nd. 

Happy Reading!

 Students in Grade 4 will be researching a U.S. President during library time for the next several weeks.  Students will look for information about their President's childhood and time in office. 

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