Family Reading Night This Thursday!

Our Family Reading Night will take place this Thursday, October 18!
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. ~ Bookfair Open
6:30 - 7:30 pm ~ Incredible Bats presentation

• Learn all about bats through an interactive multimedia presentation!
• See real Egyptian Fruit Bats, African Straw-Colored Fruit Bats, and skunks (de-scented) up close!
• Find out how neat these misunderstood creatures are and how they have an important impact on the environment!

Why bats and skunks?

This goes along with our “One Book, One School” book, A Boy Called BAT by Elana K. Arnold. The shipment of our books has been delayed, but we hope to start any day now! As soon as we receive them, we will be sending a copy of the book home with your oldest Prospect student. 

The Bookfair is Coming!

    Come visit the Prospect School Fall Book Fair presented by Anderson's on Thursday, October 18th and Friday, October 19th from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. In addition, the Fair will be open during Family Reading Night on Thursday, October 19th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
    Did you know that a percentage of all book fair sales gets turned into actual dollars that Mrs. Swanson gets to use to buy new books for the Prospect library? Your participation directly supports our school and we appreciate your support.
     Grades 1-5 will visit the Fair with their classes during the school day. Please see the schedule below for your child’s designated shopping time. You may either send money with your child or you are welcome to meet your child at the book fair during their scheduled time to help them explore! Kindergarten will not visit the Fair with their class. We would love to have you visit before or after drop-off or pick-up with your child.
      Anderson's will provide a great selection of books for all ages. Plus, there will be an opportunity to pre-order the highly anticipated Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: The Melt-Down (release date October 30th).

Thursday, October 18th
9:00 - 9:20 Awick   
9:30 - 9:50  Malsack    
10:30 - 10:50  Johnson
12:30 - 12:50 Warren
1:00 - 1:20   Akiti
1:30 - 1:50  Matt
2:00 - 2:20  Turrentine
2:30 - 2:50   Nolin

Friday, October 19
9:00 - 9:20 Tweedie
9:30 - 9:50 McKay
10:00 - 10:20 Segovia 
12:30 - 12:50 Wichman
1:00 - 1:20   Goetz
1:30 - 1:50  Shramovich
2:00 - 2:20  Legner
2:30 - 2:50   Monat

Bluestem Award

The fourth and fifth grade students were introduced to this year's Bluestem Award books this week in library! (Third graders will be introduced in a few weeks.)
They learned about the rules, which can also be found here, and had time to learn about some of the books. Here is the full presentation with book summaries for all the books and book trailers for some of them:

2018-2019 Schedule

Our schedule in Prospect Library is certainly not set in stone. We have a lot of different activities, from author visits to special projects to testing, that can cause us to change our schedule. However, in a typical week, this is when each class will come to checkout from the Library:

Monday - 1M, 2T, 5A
Tuesday - 3M, KBam, KF, 5S, 5M
Wednesday - 4W, 1T, KBpm, 2S, 2N
Thursday - 3W, 1J, 5L, 4M
Friday - 4A, 3G

Remember, students are always welcome to come check out books at other times whenever they need a new book!

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new school year! In the Library, we are busy getting new books processed and ready to be checked out! Mrs. Swanson is also helping get the technology, including the 1:1 iPads, up and running! We can't wait to see you all soon!

A Wish for a Well

Prospect's 5th grade students and EcoPanthers are working on a service learning project, A Wish for a Well. 5th graders were inspired to take action in the fight against the water crisis in South Sudan after reading the Global Read Aloud book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. ​ This project supports the charity​ Water for South Sudan ​through the Iron Giraffe Challenge.

The 2018 Iron Giraffe Challenge calls on schools to each raise a minimum of $1,000, with a goal to raise $150,000 total. The IGC has grown every year, so we are confident that you can help us reach, or even surpass, this goal. All participating schools will be recognized on the WFSS website, and all who complete the challenge will receive a WFSS poster and be entered in a drawing to win different prizes, including Skype calls with Linda Sue Park.

Here is ​a link to Prospect's donation​ ​page​, created by Becky Koziel, ​which​ will inform you ​about​ the goal ​of​ our project. ​Through this page​,​ families ​are given the opportunity to spread awareness and make online donations. In the interest of student safety, please do not include children's first names on the donor line if you are planning on donating. For example, we would prefer "The Smith Family" to "Jane Smith" if Jane is a Prospect Student. We are accepting cash donations at school as well.

Additionally, our students are busy making informational brochures that will eventually come home ​to be shared with family, friends, businesses, etc. We are hopeful the students will be ready to share these before Winter Break. Feel free to share the brochures and the link below on social media to help spread awareness and help us to reach our goal.  ​

Thank you so much for supporting this cause!

A New School Year and a New Baby!

Prospect teachers and staff are busy getting ready to start the 2017 school year! We are excited to see the students come in and visit the library! Things will be just a bit different at the beginning of the year because Mrs. Swanson is taking a maternity leave to stay home with her baby until November.  The newest member of the Swanson family is Tessa Elizabeth! She was born on July 23, right on time, the day before her due date. The Swansons are all doing well and are thrilled with their new baby.

Tessa Swanson at 2 days old

Tessa at 3 weeks old

While Mrs. Swanson is at home, the Prospect Library will be in great hands with Mrs. Reinhardt, the library assistant, and Teacher-Librarian Mrs. Miks! Mrs. Miks was the MRC Director at Monroe School for many years before she retired in 2015. We know Prospect students will enjoy learning with her and will make her feel welcome.