Month: September 2015

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR HUGE SUCCESS!!!

circle_book_fair1Congratulations Westridge Community!  Thanks to your generous support at our Scholastic Book Fair, we raised $2588.10 which equates to just over a $1000.00 for our school library!   Way to go! Thank you as well to all the parents who generously purchased books for classrooms.  Thank you for supporting literacy in our community!

 

Introducing our Reading Mascot for 2015-2016!

Our Library Mascot needs a name!  He…or she… represents our library theme for the year: Reading is Magic!  But our Reading Dragon needs a name!  If you would like to name our Reading Dragon, here’s how:

Submit your very best creative story, poem, essay or video that features the Reading Dragon as the protagonist (main character).    Our staff will select 6 finalists.  Then, parents, teachers and students will be have a chance to vote in the library for their favourite name.

Deadlines for submissions are October 29th, 2015, so start writing!   See below for the contest guidelines.

Good luck!

GUIDELINES FOR THE “NAME OUR LIBRARY DRAGON” CONTEST:

–      one entry per student please

–      all entries need to include your name and division

–      submissions may be in French or English

–      contest open for all students, K-7

–      quality over quantity: maximum of 500 words

–      all formats are encouraged: prose, poetry, even video, BE CREATIVE!

–      a total of 6 publications will be selected, 3 from primary and 3 from intermediate

–      printed text must be neatly printed

–      contest closes 3:15 pm on October 29th, 2015