Weeding at Benavides ES

Librarians weeding outdated books from the collection.

HISD Millionaire Club - Summer Reading Program 2009

Students should select and read a minimum of 5 books this summer to make sure that they enter school in the fall with reading skills at or above the level they were at before leaving for summer break.

Books read should be recorded in the Reading Log that students received before the end of the school year.

In the fall, the reading logs should be returned in order to be eligible to receive prizes for participating in the Millionaire Club.

Reading lists are available from the HISD Library Services website: http://www.hisdlibraryservices.org/millionaire/readlinglists.htm

Bonner is Recognized!

Bonner goes pink!

Water Party 2009

Thank you to everyone who made Water Day a huge success!
Special thanks to the teachers who agreed to get "dunked"!!!
Kids had a wonderful time!








Congratulations to the 691 students who reached their reading goals for the year!

Multicultural Program

Students, teachers and parents will be treated to a special presentation by Bonner students tomorrow, May 14, 2009. There will be three presentations:

8:30 a.m. for parents attending the PTO meeting
1:30 p.m. for students
and 6:00 p.m. for the community

The program is coordinated by Ms. Celestine Jenkins,
Music Teacher

Water Day - May 18, 2009

Bonner’s Annual Reading Counts Celebration
Water Party
Monday, May 18th

Celebración Anual Reading Counts de Bonner
Fiesta de Agua
Lunes, Mayo 18, 2009

Reminders:

What to Bring:

Wear your appropriate bathing suits and sun block lotion under your school clothes on water day. Students will not be allowed to change in school. Bring extra clothes, sun block lotion, a towel, underwear, socks, and sandals or water shoes.

Que Debes Traer:

Trae tu traje de baño y loción protectora para el sol puesto debajo de tu uniforme a la escuela en el día de agua. Trae un cambio de ropa extra, una toalla, loción protectora, ropa interior, calcetines, y sandalias o zapatos de agua

SAFETY RULES:
Water Activity areas will be slippery. Walk at all times.
Be nice and courteous. Wait for your turn.
Report unsafe incidents and behaviors.
HAVE FUN!!!!

Summer Reading program

So you want to be a millionaire?

Here’s your chance – be a part of the
Houston ISD Millionaire Club!

What is it?
The Millionaire Club is a coordinated effort by the Department of Library Services, the Literacy Leads the Way initiatve and the Reading Department to keep HISD students reading over the summer months. If all students read five books this summer… HISD students will have read 1 million books!!

Why are we doing it?
Besides becoming better readers, students develop a love for reading, and the entire family can benefit by making reading a family activity. Reading over the summer is the best way to make sure that students enter school in the fall with reading skills at or above the level they were at before leaving for summer break. Students who can least afford to risk the gains made during the school year in the area of reading suffer the most from summer reading loss.

Water Day coming soon....

Water Day will be on May 18, 2009.

Students have until May 1st to read and take SRC quizzes. Each grade level has a yearly reading goal that students must meet so that they can participate in the Water Party.

PK-K 50 points
1st 50 points
2nd 75 points
3rd 100 points
4th 125 points
5th 150 points

NTB for K-2nd Grade

Six second graders participated in HISD's NTB contest held Thursday, April 16 at the Doris Miller Center.

Ronald McDonald Show at Bonner

Bonner students watched a Magic Show by Ronald McDonald on Wednesday, April 15.
Ronald emphasized the importance of reading and encouraged students who are interested in magic to check out books from the library. :)

TLA General and Opening Author Session

April 1, 2009
TLA's General Session featured Paula Poundstone, one of the most original and imaginative comedians in the country today. She is the national spokesperson for Friends of Libraries USA and has worked tirelessly to promote libraries.

The Opening Author Session featured Joe Hayes, author of La Fantasma, 2006-2007 Bluebonnet Awardee, Attica Locke, author of Black Water Rising and Jon Scieszka, famous for The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,Stinky Cheese Man,and Math Curse.

TLA Conference in Houston

Texas Library Association Conference
Annual Conference 2009

"Creating Communities of Ideals and Innovation"
March 31- April 3, 2009
George R. Brown Convention Center

Popcorn and Pickle Day

As an attendance incentive, classes that had perfect attendance on Friday before Spring Break and Monday after Spring Break were treated to popcorn and pickles on Wednesday, March 25.

Scholastic Spring Book Fair

Bonner's Spring Book Fair started with a preview day on Monday, March 23.
The book fair will continue all this week from March 24-27.



Parents are welcome to visit the book fair with their child/children everyday before school 7 -7:40 am and after school from 3:15-4:30 pm.

On Thursday, March 26 the book fair will be open until 6pm during Family Library Night.

Please support your library! Purchase books at the book fair!

Bonner's NTB Team

CONGRATULATIONS to Bonner’s Name That Book Grade 3 through 6 Team for competing in yesterday’s competition! Bonner was tied with MacGregor for third place in the elimination round!

James G.
Miroslava A.
Joseph N.
Kevin R.
Ruben T.
Jorge A.
Alexis D.
Sergio M.

This is Bonner’s first time to compete and the kids did a wonderful job!

Ancillary Highlights 2008-2009

Ancillary classes - Art, Library, Physical Education, Music and Social Studies - are essential in developing College and Career Ready students!

Texas Legislative Day Feb. 25, 2009

Items presented for the 81st Session:
1. Support for K-12 Databases
2. Mandate - All schools to have a library and a certified librarian

No Bullying Presentation

Third, fourth and fifth garders watched a "No Bullying" presentation by representative from the Safe and Drug Free schools. Students were given tools and strategies they could use when confronted with situations when they feel helpless, intimidated or bullied.
Ms. Chapa, counselor, coordinated the event.

Usage Statistics Up since new circulation policy was adopted

Patron Type


Faculty
Aug 14
Sep 146
Oct 602
Nov 522
Dec 425
Jan 581


Students
Aug 317
Sep 3450
Oct 1580
Nov 2418
Dec 2706

Future of Reading

This is a very interesting article that talks about the value of a library, benefits of a good library program and the important role librarians play in the school.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/books/16libr.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Librarians at TCEA Austin

IMLS Project LIBS participants attend the Texas Computer Education Association's convention in Austin.

TCEA Conference February 3-6, 2009

At the Brainpop booth....with Moby at TCEA Austin




Exploring the technology booths at TCEA with Jackson MS librarian, Cynthia Ramos

Parent Meeting presented by The Children's Assessment Center

Every month a parent meeting is organized by our school counselor, Gabriela Chapa. On Jan. 31, over 90 parents attended the presentation titled “Preventing Sexual Abuse” presented by The Children’s Assessment Center.

Congratulations to Mrs. Pickens’ class! They are the winners of the Pizza Party. There were 10 parents from the class who attended the presentation!

Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kick-off

Bonner Elementary

Cookie Dough Fundraiser Kick-off
For Students

Tuesday, February 10th
In the Cafeteria

PK – 2nd @ 8:45 – 9:15 a.m.

3rd- 5th & Sp. Ed. @ 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

2009 Bonner Spelling Bee

The Spelling Bee was held on January 30, 2009 in the Bonner Library & Media Center. Students from third, fourth and fifth grade participated.
The winners are:

First place - Anais G. from Ms. Jeter's class
Second place - Karla O. from Ms. Cordova's class
Third place - Miros A. from Ms. Cordova's class

Bonner's Spelling Bee champ will compete with other winners from different East Region elementary schools.

PK and K students checking out books!

Aside from storytime activities, PreKinder and Kinder students are now able to check out books from the library. Students, with the help of their teachers, choose their own books, check them out and read them at home.

Name that Book (NTB)

For the first time, Bonner Elementary is joining HISD's NTB contest for PK-2 and grades 3-6. Students are required to read atleast 30 books.

The Name That Book Program is organized and sponsored by the Department of Library Services. In the spring, librarians, teachers and parents create a Name That Book Reading List for the following year. A majority of the titles selected are new and are chosen from the state reading lists created by the Texas Library Association.

School sponsors of the Name That Book Program may be librarians, teachers, or parents. Students in participating schools are invited to participate and teams are formed. The teams prepare for several months by reading and quizzing each other on the books. The culminating event is a contest between school teams that is held in the spring. Student teams work together to answer questions from the books on their reading list to see if they can “Name That Book”.

TOP READERS for January

Here are the classes with the most points for SRC:

First: Mr. Lopez's class

Second: Ms. Cortez's Class

Third: Ms. Gonzales's class

Fourth: Ms. Madrigal's class

Fifth: Ms. Jeter's class