Jun 07 2006
Exciting News!
Yesterday was our non-academic awards assembly. Last year, I gave out two sets of certificates: one for students who earned more than 50 AR points (we don’t push AR here, there are only two teachers who require it at all) and one for students who borrowed more than one book per week of school (36 or more books in the course of the year).
Due to computer glitches and brain damage (mine) I did not have the certificates ready yesterday for the assembly, so I handed out papers with “Please see Mrs. Brosan tomorrow to pick up your certificate.” One young man came to me yesterday afternoon and told me that my paper was “ghetto.” I had only 20 students to recognize total out of 480 students. Eleven were for AR—7 who earned over 50 points and 4 who earned over 100 points. The remaining nine certificates went to my frequent library users.
Surprisingly, none of these groups overlapped. My “frequent readers” were all kids who may not get recognized for any thing else while they are here at the school. One of the young ladies came in today and told me that her mother said she would take her out for dinner to celebrate the fact that she was reading so much! I love parents who support reading. I think I need to write her a thank you note. 
The last thing that I shared with the student body was that this year students borrowed 1000 more books than last year (my first year here.) I am so pleased to see these numbers rising. It is gratifying to me to know that I am finding materials that they are interested in reading and that they are making the effort to use the library. I took that opportunity to applaud them because they really deserve it.
