Books for Summer Reading! Monday morning I learned that The Seattle Public Library Foundation has found a way to send up to 2000 in books our way in time for summer reading! Wow! We’ll save some for our library, some for classroom collections….and many, many for Sanislo students to take home! They’ll first be made [...]
Today we celebrated “El Dia de los Niños” in many schools around the country, and at Sanislo we marked this celebration with bilingual stories and song practice for Thursday’s Cinco de Mayo celebration. Students and families can join in by clicking on the links on the school website announcement of Thursday evening’s event, where links [...]
Quieres Cantar Conmigo? For Sanislo’s Cinco de Mayo festivities, I wondered if talented Sanislo friends might like to join me for a little musical sharing to add to the program’s potluck. Ricardo Lopes-Alcantara suggests I assemble a few friends and try to present these two songs along with what the students are singing. They are [...]
On Wednesday April 11th, right in the middle of National Library Week, Sanislo will celebrate “Library Snapshot Day” in conjunction with similar events at scores of public, K12 and academic libraries throughout Washington State. Part celebration, part business as usual: it is a chance to invite special guests, take a few snaps, collect patron (and [...]
On Wednesday April 11th, right in the middle of National Library Week, Sanislo will celebrate “Library Snapshot Day” in conjunction with similar events at scores of public, K12 and academic libraries throughout Washington State. Part celebration, part business as usual: it is a chance to invite special guests, take a few snaps, collect patron (and [...]
Mark your calendars now for our third family literacy night event on Thursday May 31st, celebrating poetry and literacy in conjunction with our SAL Writer-in-the-School Ann Teplick. Student poets inspired to share will also be able to work with Ann in presenting the following Saturday June 2nd as we join others in the second annual [...]
Members of our LIT Library Club will now be allowed into the Library and Information Technology lab before school between 9am and the start of school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday mornings. LIT Library Club members will help the library circulation, re-shelving and care of the library collection and technology lab. They will assist in tasks [...]
Last week in the library-lab we were exploring online reading together as we acted to help others. In one week Sanislo students read over 500 books online in the “We Give Books” promotion sponsored by Penguin Books http://www.wegivebooks.org/ . Logged in with my account, their reading in the computer lab contributed 500 books to schools [...]
Please visit www.wegivebooks.org/readformyschool and click on the large orange button at the top that reads “Sign Up Now.” Be sure to enter our school’s name on the campaign sign-up form and select our school’s official name from the drop-down list so they can track the number of books that our school earns. Then, choose a [...]
Here’s a way to enjoy reading a few children’s books-online-and help our school library from the Pearson Foundation. All free. You read and record “credit” for Sanislo and we get new books! To sign up, go to www.wegivebooks.org and register. Starting Tuesday, February 14th (also known as levy election day and, oh yes, Valentine’s Day) [...]