Saturday, September 04, 2010
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 Library Hours Minimize
Monday 8:15 am - 4 pm
Tuesday 8:15 am - 4 pm
Wednesday 8:15 am - 4 pm
Thursday 8:15 am - 4 pm
Friday 8:15 am -1 pm

 Times subject to change.

  
 Important Dates to Remember Minimize

Last days to return books and media to the library are May 6-11.  Books not returned by these dates are considered lost, and notices for replacement costs will be sent home after May 11. Please email Mrs. Saunders if you have any questions regarding your library and media materials.

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Welcome to Our Library!

Those who are frequent visitors to the Thelma Massey Library know that it is a very special place! Pam Saunders, our librarian, has been with us since 2001, and most of us know that she does so much more than check out books. Aside from managing the school store and elementary lunches, you might frequently find her assisting students with their research and writing or encouraging them to get involved in any of a number of elementary reading programs. She has a BA in political science from West Virginia University, and she worked in advertising and taught English and composition in various community colleges for several years before joining us. Above all, “Mrs. Pam’s” heart’s desire is to reach our students for Christ. The library frequently becomes a house of prayer.

 

“It is such a privilege to enter into prayer with and for our families, especially when the students approach me and ask me to pray with them. This is a special blessing from our Lord: to be able to intercede in prayer, without regard for place, time, or circumstance, with His children and for His children, including parents and grandparents. So many times we intercede especially for extended family members to come into a knowledge of who Jesus is, what He can do, and how much we need His indwelling Spirit to enter into all of us.”

 

  Scholastic Book Fair
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Every year Grace Prep hosts a Scholastic Book Fair which benefits our very own "Lion Library." The Scholastic Book Fair is a 3-day event that is held in the fall and is run completely by parent volunteers. The Book Fair not only raises money to help toward purchases for our library, but it also allows Grace Prep to promote literacy amongst its students and allows individual teachers the opportunity to grow and supplement their curriculum. The Book Fair includes contests which benefit individual students and teachers, plus allows students the opportunity to purchase books as gifts for their teachers.

The final "numbers" for our Scholastic Book Fair last fall (2009):
  •  Total sales amounted to $3472.14!

  • We received $868.03 in CASH and approximately $390.00 in free books for our library & GPA teachers (Once Mrs. Saunders picked free books for the library, we were able to utilize the remaining money to pull books for our beloved GPA teachers.)

  • We have $223 credit with Scholastic that we can utilize at any time.

  • We were given $75 in free books to use with raffles, so Mrs. Offutt, our winning teacher, received $50.00 in free books and Sara Gunn, a 1st grader, received $25.00 in free books.

  • We collected $18.74 for our “One For Books” Campaign, and we utilized our $110 credit from last year’s book fair to help purchase 30 children’s dictionaries for both 1st and 2nd grade!

 

  
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