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Parents: Once per week OLMC students in grades PK through 5th visit the library for storytime and an activity. Students also have an opportunity to check out a book from our collection to take home for the week.
Junior High students have access to a "grab and go" section so they always have a good book to read! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to request extra books for your child to have at home for the quarter.
SOAR like an Eagle
Starting in September of 2016, the year OLMC celebrated its 60th anniversary, family and friends of our school have been taking our school mascot "SOAR" with them on their travels around the world! SOAR has traveled over 1 million miles and visited many exciting destinations. Can you guess the farthest country SOAR has traveled to? It was the Kingdom of Bhutan! When an Eagle returns, we mark our library map and read a book that features that destination.
If you would like to help our fun library project, simply download the picture of SOAR and take it with you on your travels. Please take a few pictures of SOAR at your destination and email them to the library at lmillenbach@olmc-school.org
OLMC COMMUNITY READ PROGRAM May 2025
Dear OLMC Families,
I’m excited to introduce our new Community Reads program —a school-wide initiative designed to bring students, families, and staff together through the power of a shared story.
As your school counselor, I believe stories can be a powerful way to support children's social and emotional growth. The book that I have chosen to kick off our Community Reads program is titled, A Boy Called Bat, written by Elana K. Arnold. A Boy Called Bat is intended to be read together at home as a family, creating an opportunity for connection, meaningful conversations, and quality time. Participation is completely optional, but is enthusiastically encouraged.
Over the next few days, I will send home a copy of A Boy Called Bat with the youngest OLMC student in your household (grades K-5) to keep for your home library. Along with that book, you will find a list of suggested discussion questions that align with each of the chapters. These questions are grouped in way to recommend nightly chapters --but don't worry if you don't stick to the recommended pacing. Just enjoy the time as a family!
Your child's teacher has also been provided a copy of A Boy Called Bat. They may choose to include discussions and activities in the classroom related to the story to help bridge the connection between home and school, as well as build excitement to read with you at home.
Don't forget to join the discussion in my Google classroom!
Thank you for being such an important part of our community.
Warmly,
Trista Henry
School Counselor
2024- 2025 School Year...Students in Preschool through grade 5 have been keeping the library buzzing with activity! We participated in Read for the Record for the 13th year by reading Piper Chen Sings by Phillipa Soo and met with our Book Buddies throughout the year. Our "One School, One Book" selection this year was Giovanni and the Fava Bean by Joseph Ruli; we even created a St. Joseph's Day table and brought in 8 bags of food for the altar! We donated the food to our St. Vincent de Paul Society and to Jeremiah M's Boy Scout food drive at Christ the Redeemer parish. In March, the 4th grade library class had history come alive with an interactive presentation on the History of Berlin! A favorite book this Spring we read was the classic The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhouse. We made our library version of an egg tree and will display it until Pentecost to remind us "We are Easter people!"
Library classes have been busy!
We started the school year off with "One School, One Book" projects based on Peter Reynolds' book The Dot, we participated in Read for the Record for the 12th year by reading With Lots of Love by Jenny Torres Sanchez, and our "Book Buddies" program is always a favorite time for both the big and little readers! We even had a very special visit from one of our favorite storybook characters Elsa who taught us the power of sign language!
Most important though, we are enjoying the power of reading a good story!
Thank you to everyone in the OLMC community who has donated books for our children. The books (and their donors) are much appreciated and well loved!
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