The Winter Book Fair has officially wrapped up, and it was a great success! Students purchased many books and enjoyed the opportunity to select titles that matched their interests and reading preferences.
Research shows that student choice plays a powerful role in literacy development. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) states, “Letting students choose their own books boosts reading engagement and promotes social-emotional and intellectual growth.” Additionally, Jenni Aberli of the International Literacy Association emphasizes that “Student choice is the key to turning students into readers.”
⭐ Thanks to our community’s support:
$133 in Share the Fair funds was used to purchase books for students who may not have otherwise been able to shop.
10 books were raffled off, paid for with Scholastic Dollars.
3 students and 3 staff members won gift certificates to use at our next fair.
📅 Mark your calendars!
Our BOGO Book Fair (Buy One, Get One FREE) runs April 23–May 1. Scholastic requires two regular fairs before hosting a BOGO event, and we proudly do this to give students the opportunity to stock their personal libraries at a BOGO rate right before summer.
Thank you to everyone who helped make the Winter Book Fair a meaningful and exciting experience for our students. ✨
We had so much fun recognizing our prize winners from our latest Beanstack Challenge.
Some of our student readers enjoyed a delicious breakfast from Chick-fil-A, while others won gift certificates to shop at our next Scholastic Book Fair or picked out fun items from our prize basket.
And of course, we couldn’t forget our amazing staffulty readers—several enjoyed a tasty lunch from Moe's.
We are so proud of everyone who participated. Every page read makes a difference, and we love finding ways to celebrate the joy of reading in our school community! Keep turning those pages! 📖✨
We are SO proud of our MMSOA readers! 📚
Back in August, we set a lofty community goal on Beanstack — 1 MILLION logged reading minutes.
And guess what? 🎉 WE SURPASSED IT! 🎉
To celebrate, we treated everyone to ice pops because we officially “iced out the competition!” ❄️ What an incredible accomplishment for our entire school community!
But we’re not stopping there…
So what do we do now? We go BIGGER. We’re aiming for 2 MILLION logged minutes before the end of the school year! If we reach this goal, we’ll celebrate schoolwide with a SILENT DISCO 🪩🎧 and a photo booth to capture the fun!
Let’s keep logging those minutes, turning those pages, and showing what MMSOA readers can do! 2 million… here we come! Stay tuned! 👀 A brand-new challenge is launching soon—and don’t be surprised if Benny the Bean pops up as one of the prize options!
Students and staffulty came together to get crafty and spread love throughout our school community. Participants created beautiful “Kindness Makes Us Bloom” artwork using fingerprint painting—each unique print representing how every small act of kindness helps our school grow.
We also designed heartfelt greeting cards and artwork to gift to others, sharing encouragement, appreciation, and a little extra joy.
It was a wonderful reminder that when we create together, we connect together—and kindness truly helps us bloom!
Scholastic Book Fair: February 4 - 12
🕒 Regular Hours: 7:35 am – 3:30 pm (Families are invited to shop after school with their students.)
🌟 Want to plan your shopping trip? https://www.scholastic.com/bf/marringtonmiddleschofarts
Preview books, read synopses, and explore age recommendations and subjects/themes.
Set up eWallets: Create your child's Book Fair eWallet so he/she can shop cash-free and worry-free.
💳 Payment Options:
Cash, checks (made out to MNM), debit and credit cards, Apple Pay, and Scholastic eWallet
Thank you for supporting student literacy and the MMSOA Library! 📚
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Have a wonderful winter break!
Ms. Clark’s 7th grade GT Math classes partnered with the library for a meaningful (and cozy!) learning experience that brought numbers and books together. During a read-in, students tracked the number of minutes they read at set intervals and then used that data to create graphs.
From there, students will analyze their results to deepen their understanding of graphing, slope, and constant of proportionality (all using real reading data they collected themselves) when they return from winter break.
This cross-curricular collaboration showed students that math is everywhere… even between the pages of a good book! 📖
