Each August, the Wilkinson County School District hosts a Ride for Literacy event to raise funds to support literacy in our schools. We solicit support from the community, and all participants pay an entry fee as well. Students, teachers, and community come together to ride bicycles, walk, or run from our middle/high school campus to our primary/elementary campus, 1.5 miles away. This week was our eighth annual event. After the event, we host a pep rally in honor of literacy where students who participate are entered to win prizes, and the student at each school with the highest Lexile measure is recognized and rewarded. Cheerleaders cheer literacy cheers. Teachers dance to literacy-promoting songs. Staff and students perform skits. A good time is had by all in the name of promoting literate students who are globally competitive. As the middle/high LMS, I try daily to lead the charge for literacy in my schools and community. I not only support this event each year, but I facilitate reading events throughout the year that encourage students to develop lifelong reading habits. I'm excited to begin this year of literacy with my students! Location: Wilkinson County Middle/High School Library Media Center
Time: 7:30-3:30 daily, August 26-30, 2019 Total Hours: 40
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Before I became a library media specialist (LMS), I taught middle school ELA and high school English. I once also took a job as an art teacher, but never had the opportunity to follow through with teaching art, as I was hired for my current position one week prior to the start of the school year. With those things in mind, it's no wonder that I love the combination of art and literature. I try to make the library media center (LMC) a visually appealing and welcoming space that students want to frequent, but doing so is made difficult by the age of our building. This week I decided to do something drastic! For nearly twenty years (since I was in middle school at this same school), a hot air balloon poster has hung in our high school entry way. No other LMS has taken the poster down because it was hung with sticky hook and loop that tore the sheetrock when anyone attempted to remove it. This week, with help from my clerk and interns, I took the old poster down, and replaced it with an author gallery walk! I found the most creative black and white prints of authors and quotes on Etsy and they now hang in our LMC! The hot air balloons now have a new home in an ELA classroom across the hall! Location: Wilkinson County Middle/High School Library Media Center
Time: 7:30-3:30 daily, August 19-23, 2019 Total Hours: 40 |
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