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Scholastic Book Fair in the Library
Thursday, Dec 3, 2015, 07:30 AM
Bristow Library Learning Commons
Scholastic Book Fair! Online BookFair: Now until December 10th.
Start Your Book Fair Shopping Early! Our in-school Book Fair will begin on Thursday, December 3rd, but you can begin your book shopping NOW at the Online Book Fair.
Visit the Book Fair Homepage at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/bristowmiddle and click on the Shop Now button.
Online shopping is available until December 10th. You can create wish lists and invite friends and family to shop with eCards. Best of all, purchases benefit our school and will help us achieve our Book Fair goal. All online orders ship for FREE to the school, after the Online Fair has ended. Don’t forget to look for your teacher’s online Wish List and add a book or two to your order for their classroom library. Click on the Classroom Wish List tab to see if your teacher is participating.
Benefits of Online Shopping:
Convenient access 24 hours a day from November 20-December 10.
Expanded selection for ALL ages—preschool to adult
Send a wish list to invite family and friends to shop
Search for books by category, grade, age & price
ALL purchases benefit our school
FREE shipping directly to our school (orders will be sent home with your child)
Meet the New Library Media Specialist~Melissa Thom
Before moving to Hartford in 2009, I taught all subjects for 5th grade in Phoenix for six years. One of my passions is Social Studies and I was honored to be recognized as the Connecticut Council of Social Studies’ K-8 Teacher of the Year in 2014. Each year, I have facilitated National History Day and the National Geography Bee at my previous schools and in August of 2015, was recognized as a Distinguished K-12 Teacher of Geography by the National Council of Geographic Education. During the summer of 2014, I attended the T3G Institute in Redlands, CA where I learned more about ConnectEd, ESRI and GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I am an active member of both the Connecticut Council of Social Studies and the Connecticut Geographic Alliance.
I have had the opportunity to present at NAGC, The Arizona Gifted Conference, and the Connecticut Educator Computer Association’s annual conference about how to use technology, specifically Edmodo, to individualize and differentiate instruction for advanced learners.
In the spring of 2014, I completed the Three Summers Program at UCONN and earned my Library Media Specialist certification. Currently, I am a member of the 2017 Intermediate Nutmeg selection committee. I am looking forward to working as a full time library media specialist at Bristow and working with the students and families.
Please feel free to contact me with any comments or questions you may have!