National Novel Writing Month
First Saturday of November: Book Lovers Day
1: National Authors Day; National Family Literacy Day
3: Sirius Black Birthday (HP)
6: National Nonfiction Day
8: “Bram” Stoker Birthday (1847)
10: Neil Gaiman Birthday (1960)
12: National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day; Neal Shusterman Birthday (1962)
13: Robert Louis Stevenson Birthday (1850)
Third Full Week: National Young Readers Week; National Book Award Week
15: I Love to Write Day
18: High Five a Librarian Day
22: Silvanus Kettleburn Birthday (HP)
29: Madeleine L’Engle Camp Birthday (1819); Bill Weasley Birthday (HP)
Come check out this month's library displays!
Great book recommendations
Interactive displays and challenges
Learn about historical events
Monthly themes
Holidays from around the world
Date: TBD
Ms Cruz is working with Loreto to create a Reading Buddy program. Would you like to participate? Come by the library!
Mondays at lunch
Pull up a beanbag and join us for Movie Mondays at lunch! We'll screen one movie for four consecutive weeks.
This Month's Movie: TBD
Come join our monthly Book Club! As members, we'll talk about a book and enjoy activities to go along with the plot, characters, and theme. Interested? Come sign up!
nutrition & lunch
Do you enjoy coloring? Come by at nutrition or lunch to color your own mandala or shared art poster! Your art will be used to beautify the circulation desk and make our library a place of color and creativity.
nutrition & lunch
Want to hang out and create something? We have origami kits and lanyard materials for you to use! Have an idea for another quick craft? Make a suggestion here.
nutrition & lunch
Challenge your friends to a card or board game! A few choices are Uno, Operation, Connect4, Battleship, and Jenga. Don't see the game you love? Make a suggestion here.
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Come enjoy our meditation corner! Located at the back of the library, you can practice breathing exercises and simple yoga poses. This comfy seating area is a place to relax and recenter.
Volunteer Readers took a walking field trip to Loreto Elementary to read aloud in classrooms. Our readers served as mentors and role models, (and we had lots of fun!) Way to go Nighthawks!
Students showed off their chess skills in our first ever tournament! Observers enjoyed seeing them battle.
Thank you for participating in the Kindness Challenge! We used the library to review books with kindness themes, make posters, and demonstrate acts of kindness.
Our last Book Fair was an amazing success! Thanks to your purchases, we earned Scholastic dollars for new library books and decor!
We watched Turning Red! This is a great movie about learning who you truly are.
🎵 🎶 "I’ve never met nobody like you
Had friends and I’ve had buddies, it’s true
But they don’t turn my tummy the way you do" 🎵🎵
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Congratulations to Our October Winners!
Top Patron: Valeria Vasquez
Top Homeroom: Ms. Anguiano
Trivia Challenge Winner: ?