OBOB

Oregon Battle Of the Books (OBOB) 2017 is here! Click here for all the information your student needs to participate. Individual permission slips are due by January 4th, and team contracts are due by January 10th. Happy Reading!

Grandparents and Special Friends Reading Challenge

As you gather with family and friends over the winter break, we challenge you to make a pact between generations to read each other’s favorite book. Here’s a page of bookmarks that could be used, but any piece of paper will do. Or, maybe just an old-fashioned handshake! Let me know how it went when you’re done (tmaier@pps.net or students can report back). Did you like your family or friend’s favorite book?

If you need some ideas, here’s a list of the Newbery Award winners dating back to 1922 (I found the book that won the year my own mother was in middle school!) The Newbery is the premier children’s book award given in the United States. Our JMS website, on the Library page (here), also lists links to the Printz Award winners (best teen lit) under the heading “Great Reading.”

We received a late delivery of bark dust for Jackson planter beds this fall and need a little help getting it spread. A few people and an hour will get the job down. Bring a wheelbarrow and shovels. The two bark piles can be found in the front of the building and need to be spread in the planter near where it lays so that everyone’s hard work this summer won’t go to waste.

Thank you in advance if you are able to take this one.