We are gearing up for the Scholastic Book Fair to be held at Boulan Park Middle School in the Media Center on December 2-6, 2013. As your official "Book Fair-oh," Mrs. Chatel would like to welcome you to our Reading Oasis! At our Ancient Egyptian-themed fair, you will find many fantastic reads for your son or daughter. Your child should be receiving a parent letter this week and a sneak peek pamphlet about the hot items at the book fair. Would you like to honor your child's teacher by purchasing a book as a gift off the teacher's wish list? We will have a display listing the books at the book fair that each English teacher would like to have in his/her classroom library. This would be a wonderful holiday gift for your child's teacher! Can't make it to our fair? Don't worry--shop our online bookfair today through December 7! Your purchases will arrive at school before Winter Break. As a fundraiser during the book fair, we will be having a Penny War. Students can bring silver coins (i.e. nickels, dimes, and quarters) and dollar bills to put in their grade's jar and pennies to put in the other grades' jars. When students make a purchase at the fair, they will be entered into a drawing. 2 students will be chosen from the winning grade and will be able to choose one of the following staff members to "mummify"! Mrs. Kwasny, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Lewan, Mr. Franklin, Ms. Johnson, Mrs. Shankin, Mrs. Beswick, Mr. Morse, Mr. Havrilla, Ms. Dodge, Ms. Kline, Mrs. Wright, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Martin, Ms. Jones, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Tasich, Ms. Gilbert, and Mrs. Chatel Mrs. Levitt's social studies classes have been busy creating decorations to help transform our media center into a Reading Oasis. Walk like an Egyptian on down to our fair December 2-6! See you there!
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The Smith Book Fair was a huge success, thanks to help from many sources! Mrs. Ostrowski's students created Egyptian drawings, palm trees, and even a pyramid! The National Art Honor Society students from Troy High School transformed the media center into a "Reading Oasis," replete with columns, leaves, vines, paintings, and, best of all, a mummy. We couldn't have run the fair if not for our wonderful parent volunteers, who set up the fair, ran the registers, and packed everything up at the end of the week. Teachers also helped out when the Media Center was busy in the mornings before school. Students enjoyed browsing the fair all week and competing in Penny Wars. The Book Fair-oh also made an appearance each day. The sixth graders took an early lead and won the War by a landslide. Each day, volunteers from Troy High's National Honor Society counted the coins so that Mrs. Chatel could announce the scores each day. Two sixth graders were drawn from those that made purchases at the fair, and they will be able to mummify a Smith staff member of their choice. Thank you for your support of the Book Fair! Book sales, candy sales, and Penny Wars helped us to raise around $1,800 for the Smith Media Center!We are gearing up for the Scholastic Book Fair to be held at Smith Middle School in the Media Center on November 11-15, 2013. As your official "Book Fair-oh," Mrs. Chatel would like to welcome you to our Reading Oasis! At our Ancient Egyptian-themed fair, you will find many fantastic reads for your son or daughter. Please visit the fair during Parent-Teacher Conferences on November 13! We will be open until 4 pm. Can't make it to our fair? Don't worry--shop our online bookfair today through November 22! Your purchases will arrive at school well before Winter Break. As a fundraiser during the book fair, we will be having a Penny War! Students can bring silver coins (i.e. nickels, dimes, and quarters) to put in their grade's jar and pennies to put in the other grades' jars. When students make a purchase at the fair, they will be entered into a drawing. 2 students will be chosen from the winning grade and will be able to choose a teacher to "mummify"! 7th grade Global Studies students at Smith have created Egyptian cartouches with messages about reading. Mrs. Ostrowski's students have created wonderful pyramid and date palm tree decorations to complete our oasis!
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Mrs. Christina Chatel, MLISA teacher librarian at Boulan Park and Smith Middle Schools in Troy, Michigan. Archives
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