Driscoll Library
October 2015
A Month in Review
Every morning the library is bustling with about 75 students who are doing a variety of things such as reading, working on homework, checking out books, playing games, or just hanging out with friends.
In addition to the bi-weekly checkout visits from Reading and AIM classes, Mrs. Flood's students conducted research on Child Labor in the library, and Mrs. Sosa and Mrs. Simpson's classes used the library's print and digital resources in their unit on Energy Resources. Mrs. Reece's Technology class also came to the library for a lesson on copyright and plagiarism.
New after-school library programming began this month with Maker Mondays and Tech Tuesdays, and Driscoll held it's 1st Annual Fall Literacy Festival, which was an amazing success! Check out the rest of the newsletter to learn more about these awesome events!
Fall Literacy Festival
See the feature article fromt he NEISD website: Driscoll's Fall Literacy Festival A Success
Maker Mondays & Tech Tuesdays
During Maker Mondays students had the opportunity to participate in the following activities
- Building a balloon-powered car
- Making various crafts out of duct tape
- Creating structures using 100 plastic cups
During Tech Tuesdays students experimented with iPad apps Toontastic and PuppetPals2 to create and animate original stories.
Lunch Bunch Book Club
Next month's genre is Historical Fiction! We will meet during lunches on Friday, November 20th. There are still a few spots left for 7th and 8th grade!
Things to come...
Author Visit with Jake Halpern - Nov. 12th
Lunch Bunch Book Club - Nov. 20th
October Library Stats
# of School Days Open: 21
# of Classes Served: 74
Students Before School
Daily Avg. = 75*
Total = 1,224
*The library was only open before school for 16 days due to meetings and award ceremonies.
Students on Library Pass
Daily Avg. = 58
Total = 1,228
# of Students After School
Daily Avg. = 11
Total = 195
*The library was only open after school for 17 days due to meetings and early closures.
Daily Avg. of Individual Students Served = 121
Total # of Individual Students Served = 2,547
# of Checked Outs
6th Grade: 933
7th Grade: 491
8th Grade: 477
Faculty & Staff: 130
OverDrive: 35
Total Checkouts: 2,066
Meet the Librarian
Email: emurra@neisd.net
Website: http://neisd.libguides.com/welcome_driscoll_library
Phone: 210-356-3204
Twitter: @DriscollReads