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Weekly School Newsletter: The Gator Gazette

   
                                                                         Library Volunteer Luncheon June 12th
Library Hours:
Monday: 7:00am-3:30pm   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
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GVPTA Library Chair: Jan Dunbar jbdunbar2@verizon.net

What Mrs. Snively is reading...
         

         

What Mrs. Snively is learning...

Online Library Account Access:
Adult patrons and students in 1st-5th grade may access their library account with a username and password that was emailed in September 2011 (only patrons who had materials checked out at the time of the posting would have received the email).  To access the Library account, click the Library Catalog button at the top right of this page; then click the Login button at the top right of the Catalog homepage and enter the username and 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.  Generous parents, staff, and community partners donated $4.4 million to preserve smaller class sizes and enrichment programs in
2011-12.  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 2010 Academic Growth Index places MBUSD as the third 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 730 students in grades Kindergarten through 5.  Holdings include books, magazines, art prints, videos, DVDs, audio books 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 eighty 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 2010-11 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; the Grand View Student Council; 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.

Former Gator Girl Flying Missions in Kuwait Could Use Some Gator Support!

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 a reader's theatre.

Circulate This: Stories from the School Library
*Fast forward to 20:00-24:00 of the audio file to hear local author and former MBUSD parent April Halprin Wayland describe how school librarians connect students to literature.  Thanks, April!
*California School Library Association Past President Connie Williams, a high school teacher librarian, and radio producer Joe McHugh, who is also a songwriter and storyteller, collaborated on the audio journal project to capture stories from
teachers, school administrators, children's authors, legislators, parents, and students about how well-stocked and staffed school libraries make a difference in the lives of children.

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