These past couple of weeks, in spite of our recent closure for SOL testing, we've been busy working with teachers and students on a variety of projects. We've worked with...

• Ms. Bergstrom and Ms. Kane's 8th grade English students on a book stations activity. Students explored various pages on the library website (What Should I Read Next?, Popular Book Trailers, & LMS LibraryThing) and went on a number of book dates before checking out some independent reading books.
  
• Ms. Donohue's 7th grade students on a Reference Resources Review lesson to correspond with their SOL review. Here's a link to our PowerPoint.
• Ms. Hashem's ESOL students on a research project learning about countries and cities around the world by creating detailed maps within Google My Maps and analyzing cultural artwork using Google Arts & Culture.

We've also been working on an enormous book order for next year! Whenever we're ordering library materials, we always welcome input from our library patrons. Students, teachers, and parents can make purchase requests using this form.

Even if students aren't able to make it to the public library over the summer, as long as they have a library card, students will be able to borrow an endless supply eBooks through FCPL's Overdrive account. Overdrive is a book lover's dream! There are tons of wonderful Young Adult books and no late fees! When your loan period is up for a book, the book simply disappears from your account. Ebooks may be downloaded onto Kindles, Nooks, iPads, or smart phones. Students who don't possess one of these devices can read eBooks on their computers. Overdrive also offers innumerable audiobooks that can be played on any device that plays mp3's. It's such an awesome resource!

To obtain a temporary library card (good for three weeks), students and parents can apply online. In order to acquire a more permanent card, you will have to pay a quick visit to your local library. If you would like us to do the leg work for you, we can coordinate with the Youth Services director at Dolly Madison to have your son or daughter's library card delivered to LMS before summer break. If you are interested in pursuing this easier option, please complete this form ASAP.

As always, let us know if you have any questions!

Jake Halpern, an accomplished author of young adult books, paid a visit to Longfellow on Monday, May 15th. Students and teachers were entertained by his animated and inspiring presentation. The pictures below were taken during the event.

As a reminder, Battle of the Books (BOB) meets on Thursday afternoons in Room 121--across from the library. Our last meeting of the year will be held on Thursday, June 8th. To find out more about this club, please visit the Battle of the Books Website.

Interested in helping out in the LMS Library?

If you have any questions about volunteering, please contact Nicole Yakatan (nyakatan@aol.com), the PTA’s awesome volunteer coordinator. We always have plenty of projects in the library!