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Attention Breakfast and Book club members Due to the delayed arrival of The Alchemyst, we will NOT meet on Tuesday, May 1. When the books arrive, I will hand them out at lunch time. We will reschedule our 3 book club dates for:
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We just received our first purchase of non-fiction eBooks.
You can access them by going to Login: newprague
Password: trojans
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Password: trojans Breakfast and Books:
Check out the Breakfast and Books link on the left for information about our next book: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
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Study Validates the Importance of Reading Programs
A recent study conducted by Dominican University's Graduate School of Library and Informational Studies provides evidence that summer reading programs help students expand their reading abilities. Without any summer reading, most students actually lose ground in their reading ability. However, students that attended summer reading programs actually GAINED during the summer months putting them ahead of where they were in the spring.
Moral... reading will exercise your brain and make you smarter! Want to read the full article? Click here. What a great school year we've had so far!
We have been busy reading FABULOUS new books, learning about genres, and raising money for the school's media center at the fall book fair. We raised over $2500 for the media center. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF LITERACY!!! ![]() Please CONTACT US with any new and amazing websites that you think would be beneficial for others!
Natalie Weatherman- Media Specialist
Mary Jo Coons - Media Center Paraprofessional
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