Kristen Loesel

From the PSO: We have put up photos of our new library and Kristen, If Hogwarts could have a Librarian, She would be the one.

(But we got her first! Yeah!!)

Don't forget our Author on: (Due to Scheduling conflicts with CSAP, we are going to invite Mark to join us in September 2008 to kick off the new school year.)

Celebrate Our New Library ! ! !

Hi! WELCOME to the new and improved Malley Drive Elementary School Library. My name is Kristen Loesel, and I’m the Teacher Librarian. This is my second year at Malley and I’m just as excited about this year as I was about last year.

Last year was full of planning…
How much shelving do we need and where do we put it? Should we use browser bins or regular shelving for picture books? How many computers will be in the library and the computer lab? Will we have a projection system for teaching in the library? And the toughest question of all was how do we pack all of these books and materials before May 25th?

This year is full of excitement…
Malley’s new library has twice as much space as our previous library! There is a classroom area that will seat 34 people with a computer, LCD projector and screen for teaching, and all of the non-fiction books are on the walls surrounding the tables for student research. There is also a story corner with room for 49 Kindergartners and 1st graders (trust me on that!), and all of the browser bins full of picture books surround it so that students can pick a book based on the cover, not the spine. There is also an information center with 12 computers with access to World Book Online, EBSCO database and the Internet, a scanner and a printer right in the center of the library, plus a full computer lab just off the hallway to the library. Also right off the hallway is a brand new book room with mobile shelves full of sets of books, including thousands of books that came from Wyco’s book room, for teachers to use in guided reading groups.

So come to the new and improved Malley Drive Elementary Library, take a peek at the new classroom area, search the Internet and check out a book. Last year we built better readers… this year it’s time to get caught reading!