This week in the library, we did all sorts of things! Fifth graders in Mr. Clark’s class and 4th graders in Mr. Reichert’s class worked on 3D design and are learning the base skills to make a personalized bookmark. While these bookmarks will look very similar now, learning these strategies will be key to creating new and exciting items. Mrs. McCoy’s class practiced some introductory coding skills with our Bee Bots. We imagined our Bee Bot was the Gingerbread Man and coded him to run around our “map” to visit many different places.

Rosie came in on Wednesday and several students read their stories to her. She heard some picture books, nonfiction books, graphic novels and mysteries. What a day! 4th Graders in Ms. Leighton’s class talked about the importance of in-text citations and giving credit to the original author. We compared it to an instance when we came up with a really cool joke and someone else shared the joke and told others that it was their own creation.

Mrs. Dawson’s second graders helped to lead the morning announcements this week. They shared some funny jokes and encouraged us to leave kind notes to people in our class. Some fun facts they shared were about how horses live in herds, some robots have wheels and the U.S. Navy Seals train on land and water.

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Looking forward:

Next week is our final week before winter break! Classes will still be coming to the library for a final checkout. Students in grades 3-5 have been looking at our December Book-Tac-Toe board. Some new genres there are poetry and fairytale/ folktale. We are making our way around the library and trying out new genres of books. I have been letting the students know that they have until January 6 to turn their papers in to get the prizes for December.

When we return, second graders will be able to check out their Make & Take bags, so be on the lookout for those coming home.

Book Talks:

Everybody book: The Sour Grape by Jory John

Grades 4-6: The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter by Aaron Reynolds

Testing is one of our most important tools during the fall and winter months. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services offers free drive-through testing for COVID-19, RSV and the flu at South County Health Center on Thursdays from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.. This testing will continue through March 2023.

Patients of all ages are able to get tested, no appointment required. To receive a test, simply enter the drive-through line at the clinic. Patients can pre-register through the NextGen patient portal, and they will receive results by email. If a patient does not have an email account, NextGen staffers will register them at the site and call them with results. The Get Tested patient portal can be found at dynd.gettested.me.

COVID test kits continue to be available for pickup at South County Health Center Mondays and Fridays, from 8 a.m. until noon. For more information please visit the DPH Testing page.

Lindbergh families who use East Watson to travel to or from school may experience delays over the next several weeks, due to construction related to the MSD East Watson Sanitary Relief project. Work began this week and will continue through January 2023. Please allow extra time for pickup and drop-off during this time.

Lindbergh Schools and our partner First Student Transportation are in frequent communication with the contractors overseeing this project. In addition, we are communicating directly with families of students whose bus routes will be impacted.

For more information, please visit the MSD East Watson Sanitary Relief project website.