March Newsletter

What happened in March?

Author/Illustrator Visit

Author Karla Oceanak, Mayor of Golden Marjorie Sloan, Illustrator Kendra Spanjer

On March 2nd, author Karla Oceanak and illustrator Kendra Spanjer visited Kyffin Elementary.  We had a wonderful day of small presentations for students and an after school presentation for parents and students.  We had several visitors from the community attend as well, including Golden Mayor Marjorie Sloan, JeffCo School Board President Ron Mitchell, and Colorado State School Board Member Jane Goff.

Students enjoyed the presentations about the Aldo Zelnick series - based on the life of tweenager Aldo who fills sketchbooks each months with his alphabet themed adventures, and Mrs. Covington was in librarian heaven spending the day with an author and illustrator.

Update: March Madness of Books

The competition has become fierce for the championship of books.  There have been upsets (who knew that the Bad Kitty series would beat out the Geronimo Stilton books, or that A Dog's Purpose would take down The Strange Case of Origami Yoda?).  The final match-up will be voted on after spring break, and it's going to be a great one: Harry Potter vs. Dr. Seuss!

Librarian for a Day - Molly Weber

As always, one of the items up for auction at the Kyffin Gala was "Librarian for a Day".  For the second year in a row, Miss Molly Weber was the winner of that prize.  Molly joined us for the day on Wednesday, March 16th.  She read to Mrs. Kinghorn's Kindergarten students, helped with check out and shelving, and worked on the ever-daunting technology inventory.  It was a joy to have her with us for the day once again.

Miss Weber reading "Horton Hears a Who" to Kindergarten students.

The Library has been Art-Bombed!

As many of you know, our wonderful Art teacher, Mr. Carroll, encourages 6th grade students to create "Art Bombs" for the building.  This year, the art bomb for the library was amazing.  I love it and want to keep it at my desk for the rest of the year (though, that will make it a little difficult to get work done...)