Tales from a Loud Librarian

When the 2015-16 school year opened, PFTSTA had a growth spurt of 100 more students than last year. These additional students meant that the cafeteria could no longer fit the students in two lunch periods. Now there are three separate lunches. The library opens for the 6th and 7th graders lunch period at 11:00 and concludes at 1:07 when the 8th graders report to fourth period. I wasn't sure how this would play out for Teen READ Week (TRW) because the members of the high school book group always ran the events held during both lunches. The high school students are in third period when the little ones have their lunch. I decided that it was important for me to simplify this year, and in the end, I had helpers from both the middle school book group and the high school book group.It worked out that I did have the extra pairs of hands that I sorely needed. Also, I lost  a day of celebration when the students had no school on Monday due to the day of professional development and par...

      You too can TRAVEL to unknown lands through books Teen Read Week October 20 th —23 th 1. Annual Library Book Mark Contest : Two winners, one from middle school and one from high school, will receive a $20 Barnes and Noble gift card, and their bookmark reproduced to give away to the PFTSTA community. You can visit the library for a hard copy or open here: http://bit.ly/bookmarkcontest2015  to print out from the web. All bookmarks are due in the library by Wednesday, October 29 th at 2:30PM.  2. Now showing in your library :  Visit the common area outside the library at lunch on Tuesday the 20 th to watch “Elegy,” an episode of the television show  The Twilight Zone . In this episode, three astronauts find that their rocket has landed on a very strange but Earth-like planet. A treat will be served. 3. Travel Guessing Game :  On Wednesday the 21 st and Friday the 23 rd during Teen Read Week, yo...