LIBRARY NOTESWhat A
Summer! We had over 400 members of our three reading clubs: The Book
Quackers, CannonBall Readers and Teen Wave Riders. We would like to
congratulate everyone who participated. Overall, the students read over
2,500 books including at least 1,000 water themed books which stocked our
kids with lots of Silly Bandz. We also had tons of fun during our Duck Duck
Dewey duck hunt and I know you have given our over 200 duckies good
homes. Now that you will all be better students for all that reading, we are
looking ahead to fall and the new school year. Kitty will be running our
Get Ready for Kindergarten program on Wednesday August 18th from 10:30-11:15
and we will be having our School Year's Eve Party on Tuesday August 31st
from 5-7pm. Check our events calendar to register for these great get back
to school programs. Our Story Hours will be starting up again this fall.
Our lottery registration system will begin on September 15th. For those of
you new to the area or to the programs, we fill the programs by a lottery
system. Come into Just for Kids starting on the 15th. Bring your library
card and fill out a registration sheet with your choices for times. You
will then pick a number and we will assign class times based on those
numbers. You can pick up your class assignments starting the week of
September 20th. Also coming up will be our second attempt at a costume
exchange. You can drop off any gently used costumes during the week of
September 13th. Kids have grown out of certain sizes or just cleaning out
your closets? We will take them! Then during the week of the 20th, we will
have our Costume Collection on display. On Monday, we will open it up to
those who donated costumes to give them first pick. Then from Tuesday
through Thursday, we will have them out from 10-12 and then again from 4-7
to choose one costume per child. Please be on the lookout for our
brochures coming home with your kids from school or stop in to get one at
the Just for Kids Area. Our theme this fall is Myths and Legends. Please
remember that most of our programs do require a pre-registration. While we
would love to have everyone who wanted to participate come, due to lack of
space and budget we usually can only accommodate a smaller group. If you
have registered and can't make it, please let us know ASAP so we can offer
the space to someone on a waiting list. Also if you are on the waiting
list, please know that we will call you if there is a cancellation. Nothing
pains our hearts more than having to say "no" to the little face in front of
us waiting at the doors to see if they can get in. Once again thanks for
having fun with us this summer and we look forward to a fabulous fall!
GENTLE REMIDERS
In the Summer: The Just For Kids Area will close one hour prior to the upstairs Monday through Thursday (7pm). However, we will be open regular library hours on Friday (6pm) and Saturday (5pm). Young children should be accompanied by an adult at all times. Please call 294-6606 ext.14 if you are unable to make a program you pre-registered for. There could be a waiting list. If your child has stayed home from school due to illness, please do not bring them to the library. Children’s areas of the library are expressly for children and their caregivers. In case of inclement weather, please call ahead to see if the library is open or holding scheduled programs. The Just for Kids Area closes one hour prior to regular library closing.
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