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The Mendenhall Elementary Library has been very busy! Each month our students at Mendenhall Elementary are challenged to read! Mrs. Tracey Crawford rewards the top reading class in each grade, best library helpers, best behaved library class, overall top readers, and most helpful library class. Golden tickets are awarded to these classes and students.
Not only do we have check-out and five library classes daily, but classes are exposed to a variety of lessons by several others besides, Mrs. Crawford the librarian.
Mrs. Judy Byrd’s 3rd grade FLAG students created “Endangered Animal” projects. These were then displayed on our library shelves. The projects were really good!! The students also wrote stories about their animals and put these stories into book form. These students then read their books to our kindergarten library classes. Our kindergartners really loved hearing these stories!
The 4th grade FLAG students in Mrs. Dene Miller’s classes have completed their written scripts and videos to assist in the Mrs. Crawford’s Library Orientation Video to be used next August. Hopefully this Power Point presentation with the videos will assist children new to our school and will be a great review for the returning students. Organization and structure are very important in a library. This week we began videoing the library’s emergency procedures, as well. We have plans to work on other videos for the school office!
The Library has also been used by the MSU Extension Office to teach nutrition lessons to students in grades K-3. Mrs. Laureen Lockhart and Mrs. Tammy Layton are super instructors. The students participate in hand-on activities to better their knowledge on good foods that make us healthy, what foods are in specific food groups, and what exercise can do for them. Mendenhall Elementary was also able to benefit from Mrs. Shanell Williamson from SE MS Rural Health. She visited with Mrs. Lockhart and Mrs. Layton during February for Dental Health Month. Every student in grades K-3 received a toothbrush, paste, and coloring book.
Mrs. Alicia Keith, our school counselor uses the library space to work with each grade on different character traits. She shares great information and always lends an ear to our students and the issues in their lives.
Several visitors from the community came and shared books during Read Across America Day. Ms. Sylvia Kennedy from Central Mississippi Regional Library Service, Mendenhall Branch read Go, Dog, Go! to Mrs. Bethany Fortenberry’s Kindergarten Class, and Mr. Toby Graves from Co-Lin Community College, Magee Branch read Horton Hatches an Egg to Mrs. Kendall’s 3rd graders. The students were very entertained by these readers! It was a fun day!
The Mendenhall Elementary Library will have a Book Character Dress-Up Day and a Scholastic Book Fair at the end of April! The students can’t wait!
Remember, “There are many ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is best of all.”- Jacqueline Kennedy
Picture 12 Mrs. Tammy Layton from the MSU Extension Office is working with Ella Claire Williams and Jeremiah Craft on strengthening their muscles.
Picture 11 Mr. Toby Graves from Co-Lin Community College, Magee Branch read to Mrs. Ashley Kendall’s 3rd graders.
Picture 10 Ms. Sylvia Kennedy from CMRLS, Mendenhall Branch shared stories with Mrs. Bethany Fortenberry’s Kindergartners.
Picture 9 Mrs. Alicia Keith, Mendenhall Elementary’s School Counselor is in the middle of a character trait lesson with a 1st grade class.
Picture 8 Mrs. Dene Miller’s 4th grade FLAG students (pic1): Laney Swalm, Kaylyn Johnson, Caelynn Abraham, Abram Bryant, Lauren Layton, Lexi Sharp, Noah Carlisle, Morgan Johnson, and Henry Funches. Not pictured Dalton Floyd.
Picture 7 Mrs. Dene Miller’s 4th grade FLAG students (pic2): Morgan Adams, Jayci Beasley, Braylon Starks, Christine Hartzog, Owen Davis, Sam Rankin, Kyndal Holloway, Jeremiah Magee, Michael Chandler, Isabella Medina, Trace Pullens, and Ashlynn May.
Picture 6 Mrs. Dene Miller’s 4th grade FLAG students (pic3): Chandler Arinder, Shanna King, Zayden Kendall, Keegan McLendon, Abbi Rose, Anson Fewell, Graceland Brown, Katelyn Vanderschaff, Rylee Durr, and Rikki Vance. Not pictured Brandon Sullivan.
Picture 5 Mrs. Shanell Williamson from SE MS Rural Health is pictured with Mrs. Christi Dampeer’s 2nd graders. They just received toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a coloring book after a good dental lesson.
Picture 4 Mrs. Judy Byrd’s 3rd grade FLAG students with their books (pic 1): Breonna Jackson, Laney May, Bobby Parker, Ethan Waldrop, and Madison Brummett.
Picture 3 Mrs. Judy Byrd’s 3rd grade FLAG students displaying their books (pic 2):Railey Shell, Cannon Fortenberry, Brookelynn Brewer, Paxton Wolken, and D’Kennedi Jenkins.
Picture 2 Mrs. Laureen Lockhart from the MSU Extension Office is pictured with some of Mrs. Traci Brown’s 1st graders: Kaylan Welch, Braelyn Blackledge, Jamarion Dixson, Kinsley Williams, Jayda Alzabidi, and Keyanna James.
Picture 1 Mrs. Judy Byrd’s 3rd graders: with their endangered animal projects. Madison Brummett, Ethan Waldrop, Breonna Jackson, and Laney May.
