Online Encyclopedias

We are again connected to World Book Online and World Book Kids. They are really wonderful sources of information. The Kids one is new and is great for youngers. You can also reach them from our own Robinson School web site's Library page or Research page.

Have you been to our school web site yet? Check it out at

http://vitaschools.learningnetworks.com/rs/

A Great First Week!

The students clapped and cheered when I announced the opening of the library last Monday. It was a great week. Everyone loves the new layout. Stop in and see us! Parents and home schoolers are welcome.

Almost Ready

We are hoping to open the library on Monday, October 1!

Moving along...

Hello All, and welcome back to school. The classrooms are ready and today is the first day of school. There are still 3 rooms that need to be put back together: the tech lab, the art room, and this room, our library.

As soon as our library shelves are bolted back onto the walls, we can get the books onto the shelves and arrange our furniture. Until then, Ms. Annie Watson and Ms. Ellen Hanson will be working in the library ordering books, cleaning our shelving, and continuing to get us ready to open.

We might need some extra hands shelving books when the time comes, so if you're interested in helping, call Annie at school. This year I will only be in the library on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Mrs. Hanson will keep the library open on Thursdays, and Fridays we will be closed.

Summer Update: Moving books

Hello, All! I hope you have had a great summer. We are gearing up to start moving things back into the building, and of course a huge part of that will be moving library books. I am not sure of the schedule for this (we have to get the classrooms put together first), but we will be needing help moving and unpacking books. If you are interested in helping move books or shelving them, please call Annie Watson at 453-2949 or email me at awatson@anesu.org .

Thanks and enjoy these last few days of summer.

Have a great summer!

Read! Don't forget to visit the Bookwagon with all the wonderful storytellers!

Starksboro Public Library

This morning a mysterious visitor came to MARS to tell the students about exciting summer activities at the Starksboro Public Library. The visitor looked kind of like Sherlock Holmes and told of all sorts of mystery and sleuthing activities happening. Be sure to stop in to the Starksboro Public Library to join the fun. They are open Mondays 10-6, Thursdays 10-4, and Saturdays 9-1.

Bookwagon!

The Starksboro Bookwagon is coming! Bookmarks will be going home with all the students giving the schedules and locations for all Bookwagon stops. Each time your child visits the bookwagon he or she will receive a free book. If you visit all 10 weeks, you'll have 10 books at the end of the summer. There will also be storytellers each week to read to the kids. Don't miss it!

Down to the wire

We have 4 more days of school left. We are all furiously packing as we do our best to get the building ready for the renovations that will take place over the summer. See our summer reading lists to the right of this text. Please read with your kids all summer -- it's so important.

Books and Spring

The other day a flock of bobolinks bubbled along the hedgerow as I walked down to Lewis Creek after school. Northern Orioles, red-winged blackbirds, meadow larks, and of course robins are all serenading us. Outside my bedroom window, the starlings continue to rear their young in the holes of a giant Eastern Cottonwood tree. Chokecherry trees are blooming. Choke berry is about to bloom (it's a native shrub), as is honeysuckle.

Pear and apple trees are blossoming in New Haven. I'm keeping an eye out for pollinating honey bees on them. Speaking of which, the bees are still working the ground ivy. Mustard is coming out now too, a big source of nectar for bees.

Wild strawberries (and cultivated!) are flowering, alerting us to those special spots where we will go to gather tiny bursts of sweetness in June.

Be sure to get out in the woods and enjoy the multitudes of flowers and birds. There are many field guides available help identify them. See the list (top right) for a few titles.

Watch out for porcupines and opossums on the road at night -- too many are being hit by cars.

Winding down the year

The end of the year approacheth...and it is earlier this year. Because of the building project we are closing the library a week early. We have over 8,000 items in our library! All of our books, videos, maps, and EVERYTHING must be packed up and stored over the summer. Click here
for our end-of-year calendar.

Fifth graders Henry (left), Travis, and Colby were in this afternoon, and we talked about books we like. Henry's favorite right now is Powder Monkey by Paul Dowswell. Colby likes the Guinness Book of World Records, and Travis enjoyed Guts by Gary Paulsen.

Bookmark display

I recently brought in all the bookmarks I have collected over the years, and put them up on our Library Gallery bulletin board. Come take a look!