2025-2026 Coming Attractions

2025-2026 Book Tasting At Olivet School

Here's A Peek From Previous Year's Book Tasting Event At Olivet School

You're Invited!

Mr. Meatball & Friends Request The

Pleasure of Your Company To Sample Olivet’s Finest Print Cuisine

Featuring Our Newest Book Additions for 2025 - 2026

Held In The World Famous Olivet Media Center

For this star studded event, the Olivet Media Center will be transformed into a five star restaurant. Students will have a chance to preview & sample Olivet's 2025-2026 new library books and materials. They will also have the opportunity to provide & share a rating from one (1) to five (5) stars on their personal book recommendation sheets provided on their Tasting Menu.

Don't forget to make your reservation for this event!

Olivet Elementary School’s 9th Annual Book Tasting Event

Olivet’s School-Wide Reading Event

Every January, Olivet Media Center rolls out the red carpet for its most popular reading event, the Olivet Elementary School’s Book Tasting Event. Students in grades 2 thru 4 have the chance to preview and sample Olivet Elementary School’s finest print cuisine featuring the newest book additions for 2025- 2026 school year. This fun, fabulous annual event is hosted by Ms. Gwen Acosta, Pittsgrove Township School’s K-4 Media Specialist and Mrs. Denise Zeidler, Associate Media Specialist in the Olivet Media Center to celebrate the arrival of the new books purchased for the 2025-2026 school year. It is here where the Olivet Media Center is transformed into Mangia! a five-star restaurant-like ambiance to provide students an engaging way to browse through the new, expansive book collection. The red carpet, beautiful tablecloths, soft music, candelabras, and a virtual crackling fireplace set the mood for a perfect setting to relax and read!

The Olivet’s Book Tasting Event gives the students a chance to sample new titles and authors to peak their reading palates as well as to provide them with an opportunity to rate the books on various areas such as covers, interests, and illustrations in a fun, exciting, engaging way. Students come dressed to impress donning their best furs, pearls, and mustaches, as they walk the red carpet and discover new reads. In addition, students have the chance to become a part of the Mangia! staff as the host/hostess, cooks, and wait staff while serving up some fancy fascinating reads! Plus, there is a book buffet. It’s all you can read! And the reviews are in, this book tasting event received 5 stars!

Hungry For More? Try our Book Buffet. It's all you can read!

One Book One School 2026

The 2026 One Book, One School Big Reveal takes place this spring! Stay tuned!

2026 One Book One School Coming Soon!

BLAST FROM THE PAST!

Olivet Elementary School Celebrates The 2023 One Book, One School

By: Ms. Gwen Acosta, K-4 Media Specialist, Pittsgrove Township Schools

Something BIG is coming to Olivet Elementary School…this year’s One Book, One School, The Giant of Geography written by Tevin Hansen. One Book, One School is a nationwide reading program which encourages the school to become a community of readers with the entire school community (students, staff, & families) reading the same book together as ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL. This program One Book, One School promotes a love of reading and motivates a community of readers to increase vital reading skills.

This is the 8th year that Olivet School has participated in this annual reading event. Each year, Olivet Elementary School’s One Book, One School Committee selects a book to read as a school community with each student receiving a copy to read at home together as family. The book launch assembly takes place every April in honor of National Library Month. This kick-off helps to create excitement for reading and is a fun way to promote literacy both in and out of school. During the book launch, the magic of reading comes to life with a special pep rally style assembly where the book title is revealed and the characters literally jump out of the pages of the book right into our school with a Character Meet and Greet. It is here where members of the One Book, One School Committee dress up as the story characters to help motivate and to help peak students’ interest in reading the book.

Each week, the students have the opportunity to take part in classroom discussions as well as to answer trivia questions where they can earn punches on their special One Book, One School bookmark, which can be cashed in for prizes and other special incentives. There are also culminating projects and special family night events that coincide with the book. This year Olivet Elementary School will be hosting a Geography Bingo Family Night as well as a Geography Themed Movie Night. Olivet Elementary School will also be hosting a school-wide Geography Bee.

For more information about Olivet’s One Book, One School please, visit Ms. Acosta’s Library Land Webpage at

https://sites.google.com/a/pittsgrove.net/ms-acosta-s-land-of-learning/one-book-one-school-olivet/the-giant-of-geography

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