Escobedo MS Library

Late Fee Food Drive

Help fill up the Food Pantry at
Helping Hands of Vegas Valley

Listen up everyone! – Escobedo MS library is teaming up with the Helping Hands of Vegas Valley organization to collect non-perishable food for low-income senior citizens in Las Vegas. This activity will take place the week of March 22nd-26th, 2010. Here’s the catch- for each item you bring in to our library, we will remove up to $1.00 of late fees from your account at the library! You may bring in more than one item if you owe more money. This only applies to late fees, not lost books. You may donate food even if you do not owe any late fees.
A community social service agency
Please assist our community’s poorest seniors by making a contribution of canned or non-perishable food items. You will be assisting low-income senior citizens who often have to make the choice between eating, buying prescriptions or paying necessary bills to remain independent in their own home.
Suggested items include, but are not limited to:
 Soup, canned
 Ramen noodles
 Meat (canned tuna, chicken, turkey, roast beef, Spam)
 Vegetables (canned beans, corn, green beans, peas,
Carrots, etc.)
 Fruits (peaches, mixed fruit, applesauce, etc.)
 Macaroni & cheese
 Pasta
 Canned meals (ravioli, chili, stew, etc)
 Boxes of cereal or individual instant oatmeal packets
 Boxed juices

For further information contact us at
(702) 633-7264 or visit our website at www.hhovv.org

Nevada Reading Week Activities

Nevada Reading Week March 22nd-26th, 2010
Theme: Pick a Book from the Reading Garden

Daily Activities-

Mystery Reader: 8:00am- During morning announcements Monday – Friday, a mystery staff member will read a short passage over the intercom. Each CLASS will vote on who they think the mystery reader is. A ballot for each day of the week is attached to this page. Ballots need to be sent down to the library by 9:00am. All classes with the correct answers will go into a drawing to win doughnuts. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 6th and the doughnuts will be given out Friday, April 9th.

Trivia Question: 8:00am- Students and teachers will be asked a trivia question by Mrs. Machin over the intercom regarding books (mystery passage, character or author). If ANYONE (not a class) knows the answer, he or she can bring it to the library before lunch that day. Please have the student write his or her answer on a piece of scratch paper with his or her name and grade. Mrs. Baca will draw one correct answer from each grade level each day. The winner will receive a $5.00 Barnes and Noble gift card. Winners will be announced the following day.

Drop Everything and Read (DEAR): The entire school will drop everything and read on Monday, March 22nd for the first 10 minutes of each class period. Listen for the reminder announcement each period.

Dress Up Days:

Monday- Read My Shirt (wear clothes with school appropriate words on them)
Tuesday- Crazy Sock Day
Wednesday- Cat in the Hat Day (Hat Day)
Thursday- Cuddle Up With a Book (Pajama Day)
Friday- Character Day (dress up as your favorite book character)

Voluntary Activities-

Door Decorating: Classes that would like to participate will decorate their door in some way that incorporates the Nevada Reading Week theme, or reading in general. A team of judges will select one winning door per hallway. P.E. and health count as part of the 200 hall. Each of the four winning classrooms will get a $25.00 Barnes and Noble gift card to be used to purchase new books for their classroom library. Please make sure the work is student centered. In order to be eligible for judging, the doors need to be completed by Friday, March 19th. Winners will be announced the 26th.

Bookmark Decoration Contest: The library will have blank bookmarks available for decoration. Students may decorate the bookmark incorporating the theme “Pick a Book from the Reading Garden” into the design (please, only one entry per person) and submit by the 25th. There will be one 6th, 7th, and 8th grade winner. ALL entries will be displayed in the library and a team of teachers/administrators will select the overall winner, who will pick a free book from the library.

Book Swap: On Wednesday, March 24th during both lunches, we will have a Book Swap. Teachers and students will bring in books they don’t want anymore and trade them for different ones. All books to be swapped must be turned in by Monday, March 22nd. For each book turned in, a ticket will be given. The tickets will be used to enter the Book Swap. Each ticket will be used to get one book (5 books brought in= 5 tickets= 5 books).

Guest Readers: A Guest Reader sign-up sheet will be available in the teachers’ lounge. Teachers and students, please invite significant others, friends, community or family members to come read to your class or the classes of other teachers. This will be a fun way for the students to get to know us better.

Food Drive: Escobedo MS library is teaming up with the Helping Hands of Vegas Valley organization to collect non-perishable food for low-income senior citizens in Las Vegas. Bonus- for each item students bring in to our library, we will remove up to $1.00 in late fees. Kids may bring in more than one item if they owe more money. This only applies to late fees, and not lost books. Students and teachers may donate food even if they do not owe any late fees.