Kilgore ISD Libraries
Volume II Fall 2015
KISD ELEMENTARY LIBRARIES
Kilgore Primary Library
They also discussed Veterans Day and made Thank You cards for U.S. veterans. Mr. and Mrs. Claus even came by for a special visit and all of the KPS students got to have their picture made with them. Channel 19 has even come by the library to interview KPS students about Christmas.
Chandler Elementary Library
The first week of October the CES Library had a visit from the fire department. We learned all about fire safety and prevention. The high school girls volley ball team visited and played volley ball with the AR goal achievers for the first six weeks. For our second six weeks AR celebration we played bingo for prizes such as books, posters, bookmarks, etc. Our book fair at the end of October was a huge success. We sold $14,800 in books and merchandise with earnings of $8,100 in Scholastic dollars which will be used to purchase books for the library. Before Thanksgiving we took a virtual field trip to the Plymouth Plantation via Scholastic to experience life as a pilgrim. We also created a Thankful Tree using our fingerprints and paint to depict the colors of fall and what we are most thankful for this year.
Kilgore Intermediate Library
KIS students are continuing to work on completing their five Bluebonnet books.
KPS Student Made Veterans Day Card
Fly Guy (character dress up) during Red Ribbon Week at KPS
KPS Student Made Veterans Day Card
Chandler Student with Thankful Tree
Monster Book Fair
AR Volleyball Celebration
KISD SECONDARY LIBRARIES
KMS LIBRARY
The KMS Library sold $7559.43 in products at the October Book Fair making it one of the highest grossing book fairs that they have ever had. They received $500 in Scholastic dollars and $1505.07 in cash. The money raised from the fair will be used to purchase more books for the library, most likely Ebooks. 6th grade students at KMS did research on different countries and used library resources to find their information. The library also hosted the Veterans day reception this year. Mr. Johnson's 7th grade history class displayed their Native American artifacts in the library for all to see.
KHS Library
On November 10, Mrs. Cole attended a workshop at Region VII on the TexQuest databases. This year, we have access to Britannica Online. This workshop focused on the in-depth features provided by the digital resources, how to promote use, and how to make these resources more easily available to teachers and students. There are many great things provided within these resources for all students but especially special education students and ELL students. Mrs. Cole presented on these resources to the ELL students and has also made sure that Mrs. Haufler and Mr. Jodie Brown are aware of what they have to offer. We hope to see increased use across the district especially as we focus on teaching our students where and how to find accurate and authoritative information. This workshop inspired Mrs. Cole to redesign the digital resource section of the KHS Library website. Please check it out below. We will also be redesigning the digital resource pages of the other campuses soon.
During the week of December 4th, we hosted the Hour of Code at the library and had around 27 students participate in this world wide event to learn more about computer programming. We will be doing a gift card drawing later this week for those participants. On Thursday, December 10, a group of KISD teachers (Stacey Cole, BJ Wood, and Lana Robinson) took 10 students to the Day of Code event at Region VII. At this event, students worked with EV3 Lego robots, mini drones, Spheros, Makey Makeys, and they completed activities from Code.org. The students that attended had a great time and really enjoyed the activities.
And last but not least Merry Christmas to us because we just got in a huge shipment of new books!
Olaf is visiting the KHS Library
KISD Libraries
Email: scole@kisd.org
Website: library.kisd.org
Location: 301 N Kilgore St, Kilgore, TX, United States
Phone: 903-+988-3901
Facebook: facebook.com/KHSLibrary
Twitter: @kdogslibrary