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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Mark Your Calendars (If you haven’t already): JM TLC Day – August 21
Friday, July 16th, 2010Hello everyone,
Well — we won’t have to paint the school! I’m looking out at our GREEN school (all too apropos) — but there’s still plenty of work to be done.
For those of you who are new to our community: Last summer we spent a summer day getting Joaquin Miller ready for another year of learning and growth. It was hard work, and fun, and community-building — and we’re thus going to do it again this year.
For now, please mark your calendars: we’ll spend a good part AUGUST 21 — likely 10-2 — weeding, painting, organizing, cleaning — and meeting new friends and fellow school community members.
Also, please contact me at mike@teamfee.com if you’re interested in serving as a project leader. This would require you to gather tools ahead of time, show up a bit early and be on-site to coordinate volunteers. We’ll need 5-7 leaders.
Finally, let me know if you have recommendations for projects to take on! For now the Dads’ Club will be renovating the teachers’ kitchen, librarian Cindy Gullikson has requested some work in the library — and there’s always work in the garden to be done!
I look forward to meeting all of you on the 21st.
Best,
Mike Fee
Joaquin Miller PTA President
mike@teamfee.com
Library News
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010YEAH FOR VOLUNTEERS: The library could not function without the commitment made by our volunteers to staff each class, each week. Come volunteer in the fall; no experience necessary! I am very grateful to the following volunteers: Colleen Sanford, Stephanie Eckhaus, Karen McClinchey, Kristin Nicholas, Joann Fazio, Allison Justice, Tracy Hughes, Lisa Brown, Laura Hubbard, Erik Hubbard, Mika Max, Liz Wardman, Debbie Fong, Joan Korin, Karen Bloom, Glenda Cheng, Cindi Goodsell, Lynn Mladjov, Gail Louis, Tina Lo, Aly Weir, Tammy Kutlik, Milena Geary, Hope Salzer, Nora Schweizer, David Schweizer, Jessica Lee, Josie Jesser, Charisse Hampton, Maya Ewing, Monique Smith, Antonio Gamez, Jennifer Kaufman, Chris Sommers, Maria Orfanos, Janet Parrish, Susan Dovi, Meri Soll, Dolly Bahrami, Lauren Penney, Carolyn Anteneh, and Luci McNulty.
CYRM: We enjoyed another year of participating in the California Young Reader Medal program in all grades. After hearing a series of books read aloud in the library, students voted for their favorite. Our lunch-time book groups (grades 3-5) also read the Intermediate and Middle School novels. The following students completed all three novels in the Intermediate category: Katherine Purev, Jordan Reilly, Grant Griffin, Keegan Pfeiffer, Hannie Ross, Margarita Ku, Katie Nicholas, Mikayla Nicholas, Carly Mandel, Leah Treidler, and Skylar Scott. The following 5th graders read all three middle school novels: Keegan Pfeiffer, Hannie Ross, Avery Huetter, Leah Treidler, Margarita Ku, and Linnea Gullikson. Great job JM Readers! You voted along with half a million students to select the state winners:
Picture Book: Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier
Intermediate: No Talking by Andrew Clements
Middle School: Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Picture book for Older Readers: Owney: the Mail Pouch Pooch, by Mona Kerby
SUMMER READING: It’s important for our kids to keep up all the vocabulary, reading speed, and comprehension gains they’ve made this school year by reading over the summer. So head on down to the Oakland Public Library, sign up for their summer reading program called Make a Splash, and encourage your children to choose some books they will enjoy. Sign-ups have already begun. The program continues until August 14. New prizes this year include Fentons ice cream and Pasta Pomodoro. I told each student to hang on to their reading log and bring it back this fall for an additional little prize from the JM Library (any kind of log works for me).
MORE OPL: Visit the main branch downtown this summer. They have a huge manga/comics section in the children’s room on the ground floor and upstairs in the Teen Zone.
The Montclair Branch has a new children’s librarian, Miriam Medow. This is great news for a position that has been vacant for a while. Miriam visited most of our classrooms last week to kick off summer reading. Oakland Public Library can be found online at oaklandlibrary.org. You can reserve titles online to be held at a branch convenient to you.
JM LIBRARY WEB PAGE: I have added links to several good reading lists for kids. The Multnomah County (Oregon) library system offers lists by grade, genre, and Quick Picks for new books. Start at joaquinmiller.org, select JM Library on the right side, and bookmark this page for the future. You’ll also find up-to-date lists by grade from Santa Monica/Malibu school district.
A NEW MOVIE based on Beverly Cleary’s Ramona series opens on July 23rd . Ramona and Beezus is based on Cleary’s classic book Beezus and Ramona with big sister Beezus played by Selena Gomez. What a great opportunity to rediscover all the Ramona classics like Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Ramona and Her Mother, and other favorites like The Mouse and the Motorcycle. I am also looking forward to reading The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles) a new series from Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief author Rick Riordan about Egyptian mythology.
Masae Ahn and I wish you all Happy Summer Reading,
Cindy Gullikson, JM Librarian
cindy.gullikson@consultant.ousd.k12.ca.us
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