And...THE RACE IS ON!

Yep! Another school year has begun and we are racing (pacing ourselves, of course) to the finish line! We have goals to reach and expectations to meet before the school year is done! I am so excited to see you all again and hear of your summer adventures!
I am SUPER excited to visit about my favorite thing of all time...NEW BOOKS! We have a few we purchased after school was out but coming up soon will be our fall 'Book Buying Trip' to Barnes and Noble! I can hardly wait! I have been researching new releases and titles that will be available soon and, oh my goodness, there are so many great new books coming out!
We will have two fundraisers just for the library this fall. The first one is starting next Friday, September 3rd, and that is the QSP magazine fundraiser. This is a short fundraiser that will go towards new books on our spring 'Book Buying Trip'.
On Saturday, October 30, we will be putting on our big Barnes & Noble fundraiser. We are going to have absolutely oodles of contests and activities with great prizes provided by our ever supportive PTA. There will be pumpkin carving contests, costume contests, scavenger hunts, skits, face-painting and games! It will be a blast and hopefully bring in additional funds for our spring 'Book Buying Trip'!
I plan on organizing several Family Events this year. We will have the Pancake Breakfast, as always, but I am thinking about another Dragon Mask event, Snowmen, Cookies, & Cocoa event, maybe a Chili Cookoff event, and our end of the year Box Social event. I am going to keep thinking and planning to come up with a few more surprises throughout the school year, so keep posted and posting to our blog!
Several students stopped and picked up a blank book to create a Summer Adventures & Memories journal to share with me before taking home as a lasting memento. I thoroughly enjoyed looking through and reading Austin's journal and look forward to reading Hunter's (he is nearly finished with his too) next week. Be sure and stop in to show me your journals as you complete them!
I am looking forward seeing everyone at Open House on Thursday, September 9th, here at the school. Stop by my room and chat with me!
Mrs. Russell

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Mrs. Russell