Kilgore ISD Libraries
Volume III Spring 2016
KISD Elementary Libraries
Kilgore Primary Library
Pre-K and Headstart had a fun day sitting in the decorated cubby reading Rainbow Fish.
Kinder and Headstart have been busy checking out books and we have had a steady stream of AR readers coming in daily- sometimes all through the day to take tests and check out more books!
For Dr. Seuss week we watched several classics on our big screen and gave away pencils and book marks, and also had a fun photo booth with props!
A few months ago we mailed over 500 thank you cards to Operation Gratitude in California for Veterans, and active military. We received a nice thank you letter from them for the cards that we sent!
CES Library
Students had a ton of fun at our Bluebonnet reveal party. The students enjoyed cookies in the shape of records (as well as black princess tiaras for The Princess in Black, our Reading 2x2 winner) and punch.
Courtesy of the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality, students had a great time in the library learning about taking care of Texas by recycling etc. with activity books, stickers, and bookmarks.
KIS Library
The KIS Book Fair ended recently with grand total of $19,637.17 in gross sales.
New books are coming soon and we would like to congratulate the following students on the Instagram/Snapchat display board for reading 100+ points:
Jaime Baldazo 5 350.6
Neville Siko 4 311.9
Allison Fritts 5 261.7
Sara Barron 4 200.2
Rodnel Castro 4 193.9
Grayson Cavel 5 193.9
Olivia Hardin 5 186.1
Nicholas Foster 4 169.9
Caleb Logston 4 164.3
Ethan Holder 5 159.3
Darious Powe 4 158.1
Benjamin Howell 5 155.0
Edith Campos 5 145.5
Kylie Cardwell 4 135.2
Christopher Galindo -Salazar 5 133.3
Lucian Johnson 4 130.5
Jobani Chavez 4 130.3
Sara Buchanan 5 130.2
Matthew Blanton 5 128.2
Jonathan Aguilar 5 126.5
Jackson Turner 4 123.7
Da'Marion VanZandt 5 121.6
Jaxson Hawkins 4 119.9
Valente Cedillo 5 119.2
Maggie Quine 4 118.4
Larna Romero 5 116.7
Kayla Ridge 5 114.0
Nathaniel Seymour 5 113.9
Ryder Konczak 5 109.9
Makayla Smith 4 107.8
Natalie LaBrun 5 107.1
Nathan Frasl 5 103.8
KPS students show their thanks to veterans
Celebrating Dr. Seuss at KPS
Thank you Veterans!
CES students learning how to take care of Texas
CES Bluebonnet/2x2 Party
Groovy Book Fair at KIS
Kilgore ISD Secondary Libraries
KMS Library
Our Groovy Spring Book Fair was only 4 days this time. We had a good time making everything groovy. Teachers got into the action by wearing anything groovy for a chance to wear jeans. Sales were slow at the beginning but picked up at the end of the week when 6th graders shopped. Our sales should be about $4,500. Below are pictures of the students shopping at the fair and the winners of our book fair guessing games: Ethan Drury, Kilee Menges, and Brook-Lynn Henderson
Our students are enjoying a project from Mrs. Venable's GT class. Her students for the last few years would read a library book and then write something about the book to encourage other students to read the book. This year they added a little technology to the folder, adding a QR code on the folder and we placed one in the book, also. Students can use their device to see a brief video the student made about the book. This really draws attention to the books. By placing the folders around the library we increase our circulation of those books and encourage students to read other books by those same authors.
Book Fair Guessing Game Winners
Book Trailer Folders
KHS Library
The KHS Library has also thrown its hat in the ring for the grants being awarded by the KISD Education Foundation. If we are awarded any funds, we plan on using them to create a Makerspace in the library and to make our space a more collaborative place for students and teachers. We are excited about the possiblity of being able to modernize our library and have tentative plans in the works to collaborate with teachers on several projects during the 2016-2017 school year.
In February, Mrs. Cole also had the opportunity to visit New Tech High School in Coppell, Texas with a group of KISD and KHS faculty members. In addition, Mrs. Cole visited the White Oak Middle School Library with Lana Robinson, Mark Lane, and Charles Presley to see their Think Lab (a collaborative space used by both teachers and students). While we were there, we also got a first hand look at their MakerSpace set up. Lastly, we created a survey to see what students want to see in our library and had the project class led by Mr. Marshburn, Mr. Mohn, and Mr. Stanley take the survey. The condensed results of this survey are linked below. These visits and the survey results helped to inspire new ideas for the KHS Library, for the KHS campus, and for the KISD Education Foundation Grant.
We have hosted several guests this semester already including the U.S. Marines, the University of North Texas, Stephen F. Austin University, and an officer from the Kilgore Police department who spoke with our American Sign Language students about what it was like to grow up with deaf parents. We have also worked with Theater I students on family crest/ancestry research and physics and chemistry students on project research.
Currently, we are focusing on pairing down our reference section to help make room for a more collaborative space in the library. We also have plans to clean out and reconfigure our storage areas before Mrs. Cole goes on maternity leave. If you happen to come by, please pardon our mess during this time.
KISD Libraries
Email: scole@kisd.org
Website: http://www.kisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?type=d&uREC_ID=275297&pREC_ID=803140
Location: 301 N Kilgore St, Kilgore, TX, United States
Phone: 9039883901
Facebook: facebook.com/KHSLibrary
Twitter: @kdogslibrary