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Exploratorium 2011

  Kim McCain—This year in the HS we have "Be Cool--Read and Research".  Students vote on the theme in April during National Library Week and we have fun planning over the summer.  This year we created a 12 foot penguin on our center pole and through a student contest, he was named "Waddles".  We added penguin feet and words around the soffet, used strofoam coolers for ice blocks and made them into book shelves and a small reading space.

 We made an igloo out of milk jugs for the elementary a few years ago!  The kids rotate through during skills time to read in the igloo.

  Kim McCain--We rotate our theme from the HS to the elementary.  So last year the camping theme was in the High School and this year it is in the elementary.

Kim McCain--Here is the jungle theme.  We took our pole in the middle of the media center and turned it into a tree.  The monkeys a friend found at garage sales for me.  

  Kim McCain--We did the Rock N Read theme from Highsmith.  I put out an email for old guitars from our staff  (we are a small staff of 35) and then got some old instruments and records from the band teacher.  We were going for the  Hard Rock Cafe look.  Lots of fun. Then you can also see how the jungle theme was taken to the elementary the second year.

  Robin Schrack--Blazer News: We get an extra copy of the local paper and cut out articles & photos when our students and staff are published.  We also include flyers and dates to keep the students up-to-date.

  Robin Schrack--Before They Were Movies (could also read Reel Alternatives):  Books that movies have been made about.  I include a copy of the book cover and the movie poster.

Robin Schrack--International Blazers:  Showcases our Foreign Exchange Students

Judy Henning— Banned Books Week 2011

Judy Henning— Banned Books Week 2010

Judy Henning— Read If You Dare

Judy Henning— Tech Week Judy Henning—

Books Into Movies

  Judy Henning—

QR Codes—This was a competition for the students.  They downloaded the program that reads barcodes to their cell phone and the first to get to the end won a $15 iTunes card.

Angie Richeson—Our Scholastic Book Fair theme last year

Angie Richeson—Our Accelerated Reader theme this year

Bev Gustafson—We use a single theme for the library and leave it up all year!

We have borrowed several themes from Upstart—with permission.

Bev Gustafson—We coordinated a reading contest to go along with our theme—2010-11.

Bev Gustafson—Our 2011-12 theme—Be a Reading Star! Our reading contest is on the next slide.

We gave the letters a 3-D look by using styrofoam blocks behind them.

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Bev Gustafson—Our dragon wound all the way around the library, with the tail nearly touching the head. A scale was added for each 80% or better AR test score!

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Barb Keep Barb Keep

Claudette Wielechowski Claudette Wielechowski

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Deb Jameson Deb Jameson

Lori Long Lori Long

Lori Long Sara Churchill

Linda Trone

Kari Bulgrin