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Bill Durbin to visit Roosevelt students

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by jhietala.

Back by popular demand! Bill Durbin, successful local author, will return to the Roosevelt Elementary Library to visit with the 5th and 6th grade classes in early March. He has written many books that are of interest to Roosevelt Elementary and Virginia High School students. See the link to his web page at the “Links” area on the right side of this screen.

Books by Bill Durbin may be ordered through the school and can be signed by Mr. Durbin after his talk with the students. Parents of 5th and 6th grade students, watch for order forms the week of Feb. 8. The book sale is a library fund raiser and the Roosevelt library will benefit from your purchases.

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Great News!!

Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by jhietala.

We have hired a part-time person to help out in Virginia Public Schools libraries. Ida Froehlingsdorf worked at Parkview a few years ago and has returned to Virginia and is working in the district again. She will work at the Virginia High School Library Media Center on the day that Mrs. Hietala is at Parkview [...]

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Visit VHS Book Fair this week!

Posted on 07. Nov, 2009 by jhietala.

Virginia High School book fair is ready for business in the library media center in the annex basement. It will be open during school hours all week, Nov. 9-13. The book fair is also open during Parent-Teacher conferences Tuesday and Thursday evening. Please contact the library 742-3926 if you can volunteer during the school day. To see [...]

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VHS Book Fair details…..

Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by jhietala.

The Virginia High School book fair will be held Nov. 9-16 in the High School library media center. See link for VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL ‘S BOOK FAIR in the “links” section of this web page.
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
If you can help out with the fair during the school day or during conferences, please contact the library [...]

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High School Book Fair coming soon

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by jhietala.

The Virginia High School book fair will be open during teacher conferences the week of Nov. 9. Watch for more details soon.

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Accelerated Reader for High School

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by jhietala.

High school students in English classes have completed the STAR (Student Test for the Assessment of Reading) test and are selecting or already reading books for their first quarter reading requirement. To see if a book at home has an AR quiz, click the link to the right: AR Quiz Site.

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Scholastic Book Fair coming to Roosevelt

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by jhietala.

Roosevelt Elementary School’s library will be having a book fair Sept 3 during open house, and during the first week of school. Click the link at the right for more information and to see if we reach our goal. Virginia High School library’s book fair will be in October.

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Summertime

Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by jhietala.

Although school is out for the summer, work continues on the barcoding project. We have almost 9000 items in the computerized card catalog. Along with creating computerized records and attaching a unique bar code to each book, clear and consistent spine labels are attached to books that need them. Books are also labeled if they [...]

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School Year Winding Down

Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by jhietala.

It’s hard to believe, but there are only a few more weeks until summer vacation. Please help students remember to return all library books so that they can be processed over the summer. Reminders will be sent home to high school students with outstanding books.