Summer Reading Incentives

School’s out for the summer!  ¸.•**•♫♪

But keep the kids’ minds busy even while they’re not in class every day. There are lots of opportunities to take part in summer reading programs. And most of them provide fun incentives for our little readers. Check out the following:

Johnson County Library Summer Reading Club  |  Dream Big READ!
Get the kids a library card! They can participate in the library summer program by setting a goal and logging the books they read or by attending library programs. Return logs between July 1-Aug. 4. In the preschool program, children can listen to books being read. School-aged kids will read at least six books. Each reader who submits a log by Aug. 4 will receive a free paperback book.

Half Price Books‘ Feed Your Brain summer reading program encourages kids ages 14 and under to read at least 15 minutes per day. When they turn in their reading log of 300 monthly minutes, they earn a $5 HPB gift card! Their website gives suggestions for making reading a fun family event and offers the reading log download.

The iVillage PBS Kids Summer Reading Challenge six-week reading program offers book suggestions and discounts, free downloads of PBS KIDS shows and a daily chances to win prizes.

Barnes & Noble Imagination Destination - This summer reading program through Barnes & Noble gives your child the ability to earn a FREE book after reading 8 books and keeping track of them in a reading log.

Scholastic Summer Challenge - Read. Log minutes. Win prizes. And the Scholastic folks are asking kids to participate in a World Record challenge!

Book It! Summer Break Reading Challenge is a Pizza Hut program.  Students who just finished grades K – 6 read 5 books between June 15 and August 15 to enter to win a Diary of a Wimpy Kid summer fun prize pack.

Book Adventure is a fun website for kids to read and quiz on books they’ve read. They also offer prizes and incentives.

We have a Holy Cross subscription to Tumble Books e-books!
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Holy Cross librarian Mrs. Anderson will be tweeting this summer! Follow her on Twitter @AndersonReads.  And visit the Holy Cross library site.

For book ideas, visit children’s book author & teacher, Esme Raji Codell’s blog.

other Holy Cross reading-related blog posts -

• Read a Good Book
• William Allen White Weekend
• Mrs. G’s Summer Reading Group

Monday Mentions

An assortment of news and notes from Holy Cross to start your week -

• Thanks again to Johnny’s Tavern @ 95th and Antioch for hosting a Holy Cross Day last week. More than $115 was raised for the school. Thanks to all who attended and mentioned Holy Cross.  Look for another Holy Cross Day @ Johnny’s after school starts next fall!

• Congratulations to the 2012-13 Holy Cross Student Council – President Rebecca Haeusser, Vice President Ellie Thompson, Secretary Emma Kate Callahan and Spirit Booster Allie Canfield!

• Several field trips are planned for this final full week of the school year. What beautiful weather is forecasted!

• PTO and Mrs. Obershaw are still looking for a few volunteers for Field Day next Monday. If you can spare an hour or two, please call the school office.

• Check with your student(s) to see if they turned in all their library books. They were due to the library last Friday, but some are still out there.

• Talk with your student about whether your family is going to donate remaining used school supplies at the end of the school year. If you wish to donate the school supplies when the students clear out their desks, please drop them off in collection boxes outside of Mrs. O’Brien’s classroom in the primary hallway. The Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Eucharist will send the supplies to children in Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. They also need desks and tables, if you have any to offer.

 

Mrs. Anderson Celebrates World Book Night

from Holy Cross Librarian, Mrs. Anderson -

On April 23, I celebrated World Book Night!  

All across America, thousands of volunteers generously gave away books to share the joy of reading.  Thanks to the Authors & Publishers and all of the givers for helping start a literary movement.  I was fortunate to be able to participate in this first World Book Night in the US!

I gave away 20 copies of The Book Thief. I left some books on benches at Union Station, gave some to people in the main hall there, handed some to people in the food court of Crown Center, and put some out for the teachers here at Holy Cross.  

It was so much fun, and everyone had a big smile on their face getting a free book! 

If you’d like to learn more about World Book Night and how to be involved next year, please visit http://www.WorldBookNight.org.

Book Fair 2012

from Holy Cross Librarian, Mrs. Anderson -

Need a good book to read?  Shop BN.com through Friday to support our school library!

Don’t forget to use our Book Fair ID 10676815.  

Tonight is the Battle of the Books FINAL competition.  The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Oak Park Barnes & Noble bookstore.  Watch 4th, 5th & 6th graders share their knowledge of the books they’ve read.  Also, be sure to check-out the artwork from 2nd and 5th grades on display in the store.

Thank you for all of your support of the Holy Cross Book Fair on Saturday.  Holy Cross turned out in force, and the 6th grade band rocked the store! 

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Feria del Libro 2012

Bibliotecaria de Holy Cross Sra. Anderson-

¿Necesita un buen libro para leer? Compre en  BN.com hasta el viernes para apoyar a nuestra biblioteca de la escuela!

No olvide utilizar nuestro código de la Feria del Libro ID 10676815.

Esta noche es la competencia FINAL de la batalla de libros. La diversión comienza a las 6:30 en el segundo piso de la librería  Oak Park Barnes & Noble. Vean al 4to. Y 6to. Grado, y compartiendo sus conocimientos de los libros que han leído. También, estar seguro de ver las ilustración del 2 º y 5 º grados en la exhibición de la tienda.

Le agradezco a todos su apoyo en la Feria del libro de Holy Cross, el sábado pasado. Holy Cross se convirtió en fuerza, y la banda del 6to. Grado sacudió la tienda!

Book Fair on Saturday!

JOIN US ON SATURDAY FOR THE

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Barnes & Noble at Oak Park Mall

There will be lots of fun activities, starting at 10 a.m.
Click here for a flyer listing all the times and special events.

Visit bn.com/bookfairs to support Holy Cross online
from 3/24/12 to 3/29/12 by entering Bookfair ID 10676815 at checkout.
A percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases will benefit our school.

Bring along the flyer or print the voucher below
for your purchases on Saturday.

Thanks for supporting Holy Cross!

Barnes & Noble en Oak Park Mall

Habrá muchas actividades para divertirse, comenzando a las 10 a.m.

Haga clic aquí para una  lista de todos los horarios y eventos especiales.

Visite bn.com/bookfairs para ayudar a Holy Cross

Desde el 03/24/12 al 03/29/12 introduciendo
Feria ID 10676815 en retirada.

Un porcentaje de sus compras de Barnes & Noble
beneficiará a nuestra escuela.

Traer el volante de abajo

para sus compras el sábado.

Gracias por apoyar a Holy Cross!

Calling All Readers!

Holy Cross Librarian Anne Anderson has extended the deadline to enter teams into the school’s Battle of the Books competition. 4th, 5th and 6th graders are encouraged to put together teams of 4 – 6 people to participate, as well as an adult ‘team manager’ to help them.

The teams get a list of 30 books to read.  In the spring, Mrs. Anderson coordinates a tournament competition between the teams, quizzing them about details from the books on the list. The top two teams in the Holy Cross tournament will participate against other schools in the Archdiocese.

The new deadline is Friday, December 9. Talk to Mrs. Anderson if you have any questions.

Mrs. Anderson is also organizing a Book Club for our Jr. High book lovers!  The book club for 7th and 8th graders will meet in the library at 2:30 on Tuesdays in December.  Please bring along three book suggestions.

For more information on what’s going on at the Holy Cross Library, visit Mrs. Anderson’s library website!

Book Fair Starts Thursday

NOTE THE TYPO IN THE HEADLINE IN THE EMAIL
ALERT THAT WENT OUT FOR THIS POST!
THE BOOK FAIR STARTS THURSDAY, NOV. 3.

The book fair continues next week, as well.

Click the image above for more information.

William Allen White Weekend

from Holy Cross librarian Anne Anderson -

Congratulations to the students who attended the William Allen White Awards ceremony in Emporia, KS, Sept. 24 – 25. Students met authors Patricia Reilly Giff and Susan Bartoletti Campbell, and participated in the children’s activities prior to attend the awards ceremony.

Attending were 4th graders Noah Cordova, Anna Deschamp, Paul Do and Kenneth Daldonado; 6th graders Paige Bartlow, Samantha Brown-Benedict, Claire Deschamp, Abbey Motley, Devin Palmer and Ali Stallbaumer; and 7th graders Katie Arpin, Helen Bollig, Will Dvorsky, Ashley Helm, Jennifer Hendricks, Murphy Obershaw, Jenna Steichen, Ellie Thompson and Kathryn Withers.

A BIG thank you to the parent drivers and chaperones, Kathy Steichen, Beckon Brown-Benedict, Lisa Motley and Rachel Bartlow.

Keep reading those 2011-12 William Allen White books to attend the ceremony next fall!

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Other library-related blog posts from Holy Cross -

• Read A Good Book

• Lunch in the Library

• Archdiocese Champs

• Wm Allen White Trip Recap

• William Allen White Trip to Emporia

• Summer Reading

• William Allen White News

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Fin de semana de William Allen White

 Desde  la Biblioteca de Santa Cruz  con la Sra. Anne Anderson-

Felicitaciones a los estudiantes que asistieron a la ceremonia de premios de William Allen White en Emporia, KS, 24-25 de septiembre. Los estudiantes conocieron  a los autores Patricia Reilly Giff y Susan Bartoletti Campbell y participaron en  las actividades de los niños para asistir a la ceremonia de premiación.

Los que asistieron  fueron del  4 grado Noah Cordova, Anna Deschamp, Paul y Kenneth Daldonado; 6 º grado Paige Bartlow, Samantha Brown-Benito, Claire Deschamp, Abbey  Motley, Devin Palmer y Ali Stallbaumer; y del séptimo grado Katie Arpin, Helen Bollig, Will Dvorsky, Ashley Helm, Jennifer Hendricks, Obershaw Murphy, Jenna Steichen, Ellie Thompson y Kathryn Withers.

Gracias a los  padres y monitores, Kathy Steichen, atraen Brown-Benedict, Lisa Motley y Rachel Bartlow.

Sigue leyendo esas 2011-12 libros de William Allen White para asistir a la ceremonia próximo otoño!

Read a Good Book

School’s out! So now you’re probably working out your plans for the summer, right? Make sure those plans include time for reading.

Holy Cross Librarian Anne Anderson suggests the following summer reading program opportunities. Note all the links for more information:

• Get creative @ the Johnson County Library this summer. Sign up at any JoCo library location to get a reading log.

• Barnes & Noble offers a free book and a chance to win a Nook to students in first through sixth grades who read 8 books this summer. Reading logs & more information for parents are available online and in their stores.

• Turn in a completed reading log at Half Price Books for $5 Back-to-School Bucks summer reading reward! Click here to download a reading log.

• We have a Holy Cross trial subscription to Tumble Books, e-books! Find the username and password in the May 20 school newsletter.

• Book Adventure is a fun website for kids to read and quiz on books they’ve read. They also offer prizes and incentives.

• For more book ideas, visit children’s book author and teacher Esme Raji Codell’s blog.

HAPPY READING!

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A few more summer reading incentive programs:
(updated 5/26/11)

• Pizza Hut offers the Book It! Summer Break Reading Challenge program.  Students who just finished grades K-6 read 5 books between June 15 and August 15 to be eligible for prizes.

• Chuck E. Cheese offers free tokens to kids who chart their reading progress. Download the Reading Rewards Chart here.

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And a summer reading suggestion from Holy Cross mom, Wendy Regehr:
(updated 5/27/11)

My daughter is heading into sixth grade at Holy Cross, and the students have a summer reading assignment. They’re to read at least three books from a list provided by Mrs. Carney.

Not sure if you guys are aware, but half the books on the required summer reading list are available via iTunes in the form of apps.  And if you have a Kindle… about half of the books on the list are FREE… check it out at Amazon.

Here’s the deal on the iTunes app, called Free Books -  you can pretty much get a full library (23,469 books) stocked full of classic books, the Bible, Shakespeare, famous speeches, great poets, the list goes on and on. It costs just $1.99.

The Secret Garden, The Wind in the Willows, The Jungle Book, Black Beauty, Heidi, Treasure Island, Swiss Family Robinson (all on the book list) … are all accessible in the app for $1.99

You can also get a much smaller library app for $2.99, but it only has a couple of the books… it’s called Classics.

They also have a Classicly app, and that’s by the same company that makes Free Books… that app is actually FREE.  It may have the same exact books, but the app itself looks different from the preview.  It claims to have as many books as Free Books. I think Free Books costs $1.99 because the design & appearance of the app looks cooler and neater… maybe more user friendly.

I do not work for Apple, although I may sound like it in this email… but I do admire their work!

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Please reply to this post if you have more reading suggestions to share!

All Library Books Due Tomorrow

from Holy Cross librarian Anne Anderson -

ALL Library BOOKS DUE tomorrow,
FRIDAY May 6!

Due to preparations for summer construction,
we need books back earlier this year.

Thank you for helping your child find & return their books.