OKE TBA Voting Totals Are In!!!

Congratulations to all OKE 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who participated in this year's Texas Bluebonnet Award program!

This week, 139 students came into our library and cast their votes for their favorite book from this year's list of nominees.  The totals were as follows (I have highlighted the top three books on our campus):

Votes per book:

8 votes for The Night Gardener

0 votes for The Great American Dust Bowl

2 votes for The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

18 votes for The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Book One: Spelling Trouble

13 votes for Always, Abigail

3 votes for Emily's Blue Period

2 votes for Saving Lucas Biggs

12 votes for Sky Jumpers

17 votes for The Vanishing Coin

3 votes for The Scraps Book: Notes from a Colorful Life

9 votes for Mountain Dog

3 votes for Grandfather Gandhi

12 votes for The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom

0 votes for When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

12 votes for Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina

5 votes for Quinny & Hopper

7 votes for The Lost Planet

2 votes for Rutherford B., Who Was He?: Poems About Our Presidents

5 votes for Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

6 for The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

Total book votes:  139

Votes per grade:

• Third Grade: 48
• Fourth Grade: 43
• Fifth Grade: 48

Total school votes:  139

These votes have been submitted to the Texas Library Association in Austin.  Our votes will be added to the votes from children all across the state of Texas.  In early February, the Texas Library Association will announce the official winner.  I will be sure to post the official winner as soon as it is announced.

In the meanwhile, you can get a head start on reading from next year's list:

2016-2017 Texas Bluebonnet Award List

These books will be available for purchase during our school's Spring Book Fair, and will be available for check-out from the library soon!

Important Upcoming Dates!

The library will be closed all day on Thursday, January 28th to accommodate PLC’s. There will be no Accelerated Reader testing before school on this day. Students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms during the school day. Thank you!

The Bluebonnet Bash will take place Friday, February 5^th in the library.  All students who read eight or more Bluebonnet books AND returned their forms by the January 20^th deadline will be invited to attend. Invitations will be sent home in the Wednesday folders on 2/3/16.

The library will be closed all day on Thursday, February 25^th to accommodate PLC’s. There will be no Accelerated Reader testing before school on this day. Students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms during the school day. Thank you!

The library will be closed all day on Friday, February 26^th to accommodate Book Fair Set-Up. There will be no Accelerated Reader testing before school on this day. Students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms during the school day. Thank you!

The library's Spring Book Fair is around the corner! The library will be hosting its Spring Book Fair from Monday 2/29/16-Thursday 3/3/16 in the library.

Book Fair Hours:

Monday: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM

Tuesday: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM and 4:30 PM-7:00 PM (during Family Art & Science Night)

Wednesday: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM

Thursday 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM

*Only students accompanied by parents may shop in the Book Fair from 8:00 AM-8:30 AM each morning. The Book Fair is open to students after the Morning Announcements each day.

Proceeds from past Book Fairs have been used to purchase books, fund author/illustrator visits, fund reading incentive programs, purchase library furniture, instructional materials, and technology. Thank you for supporting the OKE Library!

There will be no AR testing in the library before school Monday 2/29/16-Friday 3/4/16 due to the Book Fair. Students may take AR quizzes in their classrooms this week with teacher permission.

The library will be closed all day on Friday, March 4^th so that we can pack up from the Fall Book Fair. The library will re-open after the book fair is packed up.

OKE Library News

The library will be closed all day on Thursday, January 28th  to accommodate PLC’s.  There will be no Accelerated Reader testing before school on this day.  Students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms during the school day.  Thank you!

OKE 3rd-5th Graders: Don’t forget! If you are interested in participating in our school’s Texas Bluebonnet Award program (voting and Bluebonnet Bash), you must return your forms to the library no later than Wednesday, January 20th.  All students who have read five or more of this year’s nominees and who have returned their forms on time will be invited to vote for their favorite title.   Voting will take place from Monday, January 25^th-Wednesday, January 27^th in the library.  All students who have read eight or more of this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees and who have returned their forms on time will be invited to the Bluebonnet Bash. The Bash will take place on Friday, February 5^th in the library.  Extra forms are available in the library, or can be printed from the Texas Bluebonnet Award section of the blog.  Happy reading!

Library Volunteer Positions Available:

The Kilpatrick Library is in need of volunteers.  We ask our volunteers to commit to one hour per week on a regular basis.  The duties include helping students locate and select books, checking books in and out to students, shelving books, and keeping the library organized, as well as assisting with various other tasks.

Library volunteers allow Kilpatrick to keep the library opened for circulation all day long.  With library volunteers we are able to offer more activities and programs including book clubs, author visits, reading incentive programs, and more.

The library is at the heart of Kilpatrick Elementary and our volunteers are the beat that keep it running.

If you would like to volunteer, please call or email Prudence Johnson:

281-237-7621

PrudenceSJohnson@katyisd.org