Thursday, February 8, 2024

And the Winner Is...

On January 22, the ALA (American Library Association) announced all its book awards.  Of course, you know I've been anxiously awaiting to find out the winner of the John Newbery Medal.  

Drum roll, please...





This year's winner is The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers.  

“I’ve read just about every Newbery winner from the last 50 years or so, and my kids grew up reading them, too,” Eggers told The Associated Press in an email Monday. “Last night my kids were telling me how much that golden sticker meant to them as readers, and to have ‘Eyes’ among those books we love so much — it’s just surreal.”




To see a list of all 2024 ALA winners, check out their website HERE.

I'll be ordering one soon to have on the shelves here at WMS.  Be on the lookout for it.



Monday, January 8, 2024

Christmas Book Ornament Guessing Game Winners

Congratulations to our grade level and teacher winners in the library’s Christmas tree book ornament guessing game. Amazingly, these 3 students each correctly guessed 15 of the 20 ornaments.

(L-R)
7th grade Levi Ducommon
6th grade Trisana Lake
8th grade Alex Clark






There was a tie among our teachers with Ms Tammi Lake (pictured) and Ms. Lauren Werbowsky each correctly guessing 15 ornaments.




Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Ornaments 11 - 20

And here they are...the final ten ornaments.  Do any familiar works of literature come to mind when you look at these?

Entry forms can be found on the circulation desk in the library, and they are due no later than Monday afternoon, December 18.

Prizes will be awarded Tuesday morning.


















Sunday, December 10, 2023

2023 Christmas Ornament Contest

It's that time of year again.  Time to guess the title of the work of literature represented by an ornament on our Christmas tree.  The student in each grade correctly guessing the most titles will win a great prize.  In case of a tie, a drawing will be held to determined the winner.

Students will be able to view the tree in person during when their ELA class visits the library, and they are also able to stop in and view the tree whenever they may have some free time throughout the day.  The ornaments will also be posted here.

Entry forms are available in the library and must be returned by the end of the day on Monday, December 18.

Here are the first ten.

Good luck!















Monday, November 27, 2023

Another GREAT Book Fair and Door Prize Winners

We wrapped up another successful Book Fair just before getting out for Thanksgiving break, which we trust was a happy one for everyone full of all the turkey and dressing a person could eat.

This year's fair raised over $1,500 for our school library.  As always, this money is used to buy books and supplies for our library program.  

We could NOT have had such a successful fair without the support of so many of our wonderful parents, grandparents, teachers, staff, and students.  From the bottom of my heart, I thank each and every one of you.



The above students were our Family Night Door Prize winners.



Friday, November 17, 2023

Book Characters Visit the Library for Halloween

We had some special characters who walked right out of the pages of some of our favorite books and into the library on Halloween to snag a few treats.

This isn't everyone, but some of the ones who came by were...


Thing 1 and Thing 2

Harry Potter

Pennywise

Jack the Scarecrow 

Batman

Edward Cullen from Twilight

Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and Amos from Fox and the Hound

Venti

Where's Waldo

and Fern Arable from Charlotte's Web






Book Pumpkin Character Winners

For the scond year in a row, we had lots of great book character pumpkins submitted in our contest. I am pleased to present this year's winners...

(Standing L-R)
8th-grader Isabella Parks, 7th-graders Evelyn Barrett, Bayan Ouertani and Harmonie Little, and 6th-grader Madalyn Jones
(Seated L-R)
Autumn Reid and Gabrielle Graves.





6th-grader Madalyn Jones with The Cat in the Hat





7th-graders Evelyn Barrett, Bayan Ouertani and Harmonie Little with a trio from Harry Potter.





8th-grader Isabella Parks with Oogie Book from A Nightmare Before Christmas





Our Teacher Favorite, as voted on by the faculty and staff, is 7th-grader Autumn Reid with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.




Our Fan Favorite, as voted on by the student body at WMS along with our Facebook followers, is Gabrielle Graves with Cinderella.




All participants received goody bags, while our winners received prize ribbons, books, and treats.
Congratulations to all our winners, and a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated and their parents for their support.



Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Halloween Trivia Night: HUGE Success

Goodness!  Over the past month I have been kept B.U.S.Y. with lots of great library activities.  We just wrapped up our annual Book Fair (more info on that to come in another post) and Thanksgiving will be here before we know it.

Our first annual Halloween Trivia Night was a wonderful success!  We held it at the WHS cafeteria and my husband (who volunteered to be our question-asker) said he counted 81 people.  Wow!  I was hoping we would have at least 5 or 6 teams show up to compete and we had FIFTEEN!

Our winners were:

1st place Team 7/11 (pictured)
2nd place Which Witch is Which
3rd place Dazed and Confused


Thank you to all the teams (aren’t these some GREAT team names?)…Team E. Reed, 7/11, The Sanderson Sisters, Skeleton Crew, The Phrogs, Dazed and Confused, Krazy Kids and Their Moms, Team Kevin, Thurman/Jewell, Team Stitch, The Witchy Heaths, Scary Skeletons, Which Witch is Which, Ghost Face, and Scaredy Cats.





Thank you to those who donated door prizes…Paula Troutt and The Farmers Bank, Judy Woodard and Macon Bank and Trust, David and Candace Woodard, Above and Beyond Cakes, SRO Connie Cassidy, Westmoreland Church of Christ, and Ren Creasy.

Thank you to Westmoreland High School for the use of the cafeteria, Ms. Amy Stone for her assistance in helping set up the sound system, Avery Troutt for taking up tickets and drawing for prizes, and Mr. John Creasy for being our questioner.

A final thanks to Ms. Jenna Graves and WMS FCCLA students for making and bringing concessions to make the night even better.

We're definetely hoping to make this an annual event and are already looking forward to next year!