Welcome Back, Mountain Lions!

Hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful, restful summer...I know I did!  I am happy to be back to school, though, and looking forward to seeing our second, third, fourth and fifth grade students this week for a quick introduction to Accelerated Reader (2nd grade) or the Bluebonnet Reading Program (3rd, 4th and 5th grades).  
I will also be attending a meeting for Reading is Fundamental (RIF) on Thursday morning in order to get information for this final year of the program.  

During the first two weeks of school, Ms. Manso and I have been busy adding over five carts of new books to the library database and processing each book so that it is ready to be checked out by
YOU!  Many of the new books were titles that I received for consideration for the Bluebonnet Master List.  Some of them are books that I received in exchange for writing a review for the EPISD book review publication.  The rest of the books were from my last order in the spring.  Check out the new biographies...Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez and many more!  There are new books in every collection in the library! 

Next time you are in the library be sure to notice the new curtains courtesy of my sweet mom!  The new striped curtains on the windows were from my parents' living room in their old apartment.  The plaid curtains on the AR Store window are some my mother made for my parents' bedroom in their apartment.  When they moved in May, I inherited all of their curtains and I think they look great in our library!

Also, be sure to check out the story written by my dad in September's issue of Military Magazine.  The story is based on his days as a paratrooper at the end of World War II.  I have put the magazine and a picture of my father on the sofa table that Ms. Blanco donated to the library.  The story is patriotic, funny and touching.  I love having bits and pieces of my family in the library with me.