Upcoming Events - Read Across America Day March 2nd!
Kyffin will host a special author visit in honor of the day. Karla Oceanak & Kendra Spanjer - author & illustrator of the Aldo Zelnick series - will visit Kyffin on Wednesday March 2nd.
All Kyffin families are invited to attend the after school assembly and meet the author & illustrator!
Read Across America Day Assembly
3:30 to 4:30 in the Kyffin Elementary School Gym
All families are welcome (students need to be accompanied by adults)
Books are available for pre-order (and will be signed by the author and illustrator). Books will also be available that day. To pre-order a book, please fill out the form sent home in Friday folders on February 19th. Missed the form? Contact Mrs. Covington and she'll get you more information!
March Madness isn't just for basketball (but...Go Duke!), this year all Kyffin Students will participate in the Book Championship! At the beginning of Febrary, every student was given the opportunity to nominate one book for the book championship. Much like the way teams are chosen to participate in the NCAA tournament, a secret algorithm that no one - not even Dick Vitale - understands was then applied to all nominated books. The nominees were then narrowed down to 40 entries (20 primary, 20 intermediate), and the tournament has begun! During the week of February 16th, the pool was narrowed down to the Top Ten. In coming weeks, we will continue to narrow the field. So far there have been several near-shut outs as well as several upsets.
You can see how our bracket progresses as the tournament continues by checking out our bracket display outside the library!
In the library in February & March
March Madness, Book Championship Edition!March Madness isn't just for basketball (but...Go Duke!), this year all Kyffin Students will participate in the Book Championship! At the beginning of Febrary, every student was given the opportunity to nominate one book for the book championship. Much like the way teams are chosen to participate in the NCAA tournament, a secret algorithm that no one - not even Dick Vitale - understands was then applied to all nominated books. The nominees were then narrowed down to 40 entries (20 primary, 20 intermediate), and the tournament has begun! During the week of February 16th, the pool was narrowed down to the Top Ten. In coming weeks, we will continue to narrow the field. So far there have been several near-shut outs as well as several upsets.
You can see how our bracket progresses as the tournament continues by checking out our bracket display outside the library!
