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Heidi Snively - Library Media Specialist - 310-546-8022 x5404
455 24th Street - Manhattan Beach - California 90266
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Weekly School Newsletter: The Gator Gazette
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Library Hours:
Monday: 7:30am-4:00pm Tuesday: 8:00am-4:30pm
Wednesday: 8:00am-1:30pm (meetings 1:30-4:30)
Thursday: 8:00am-4:30pm Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm
GVPTA
Library Chair 2012-13: Jan Dunbar
jbdunbar2@verizon.net
GVPTA Library Chair 2013-14: Melissa Bailey
mhbailey@verizon.net
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What Mrs. Snively is reading (some images link to book trailers)...
What Mrs. Snively is learning...

Online
Library Account Access for Students and Adult Patrons:
To access your library account, click the Catalog button at the top right of
this page; then click the Login button at the top
right of the next screen and enter your username/password. Parents,
please advise your child of the importance of not
sharing login information with others. Contact Heidi Snively
hsnively@mbusd.org to learn your, or
your child's, username/password.
THANK YOU to the
Manhattan Beach Education
Foundation for continuing
its commitment
to school library services for our
young people. Thanks to the generosity of parents, staff, and
community partners, MBEF pledges $5+ million to
preserve smaller class sizes and enrichment programs in 2013-14.
At left, library staff with author Eve Bunting at the 2010
SCIBA Dinner in Pasadena, CA.
Back row left to right: Yukari Matsuyama (Robinson
Elementary),
Barbara
Siegemund-Broka (Pennekamp Elementary), Julie Limbach
Jones (Pacific Elementary),
Jane Lofton (Mira Costa High School),
Heidi Snively (Grand View Elementary), Debby
Kalenik (Manhattan
Beach Middle School). Front row left to right: Chris Primm
(Meadows Elementary), author Eve Bunting.
MBEF Annual Appeal Video 2010-11
The Grand View Elementary School Library in
Manhattan Beach, California, is a
stimulating place where students can acquire knowledge and gain insight; an
inviting place where children can seek respite from a demanding day; a
magical place where they can open books and open their minds for a better
tomorrow.
Manhattan
Beach is a vibrant seaside community full of small-town charm located
close to Los Angeles International Airport.
The 2012 Growth
API Report places MBUSD as the fourth highest public
school district in the state. See a one-page summary of our school
district:
MBUSD At a Glance.
The Library was renovated
extensively in 2000-01 and serves about 750
students in grades Kindergarten through 5. Holdings include books, magazines,
art prints, videos, DVDs, audiobooks and music CDs - roughly 18,000 items,
largely funded by the PTA.
There are six student-use computer stations, three computers serving library
operations, and one presentation station that boasts both a wide-screen
television and an interactive SMART Board purchased by the PTA. Library
services, automated in 2000 with
Follett Library
Resources, have migrated to
Follett Destiny
Library Manager, a web-based system. The interface enables our
students, staff and parents to have access to a unified catalog of all
holdings in MBUSD school libraries, and promotes library to classroom to
home learning and connectivity.
The Library is staffed with one full time
library media specialist thanks to
funding provided by MBEF. More than
ninety parent volunteers assist with day-to-day operations.
The December 2010 issue of School Library Journal
has an article about using volunteers in the library... highlighting our wonderful Grand View parent volunteers! During
the 2011-12 school year approximately 30,000 items were circulated.
Library supporters include: the
Manhattan Beach Education Foundation;
the
Grand View PTA; the
Manhattan
Beach Historical Society; the
Manhattan Beach Rotary Club;
and
other community members. Donations of gently-used
children's books are always welcome. They may be added to the Library
collection, distributed to Grand View teachers for classroom use, or donated
to other schools in need via Access
Books.
Happy Halloween 2011 from the Grand View Staff!
Easy Reader
story (2010) tells of Lou Costello's daughter Paddy Costello
Humphreys visiting Grand View
to hear her father's "Who's on First?" comedy routine performed as readers theatre.
The Beach Reporter (2013) does a reprise.