West U has a fantastic collection of interesting and current books and learning resources, thanks primarily to the generous financial partnership with parents, grandparents, and friends of the school.  The primary source of library funding comes from the Birthday Book Club and the annual Barnes & Noble Book Fair.  During the past 10 years, these funds have purchased several thousand books.  The Magazine Sales Drive that is held in the spring funds the clerical position in the library.

Thank you to our wonderful financial partners!! 

INFORMATION:  

• BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB:  Students are invited to come to the school library to pick out a brand-new book to be donated to our school library in honor of their special day!  What is the procedure?  Parents will go to the front office to fill out a donation form and pay a library donation fee in the amount of $25.00.  Next, a birthday book card and envelope will be delivered to your child's teacher.  The student receives permission from his/her teacher to bring the birthday card to the library.  They will select a book from the "Birthday Book Club" shelf in the library.  The birthday card is placed inside the book and delivered to the librarian for processing by PTO personnel.  This takes place within a couple of days.  A special "Birthday Book Club"  bookplate is placed in the front of the book with the student's name and birthday printed on it.  They will have the privilege of being the first person to check out and read the book!  Finally, the birthday book is delivered to the student at their classroom.  Students will then return their birthday book to the library in a timely fashion so that it can be checked out to others.  Congratulations on choosing this unique way to celebrate your birthday and thank you for supporting our library!!!

• BOOK FAIR:    The annual book fair was held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers located at Vanderbilt Square,3003 W. Holcombe Blvd.  on March 8-10, 2010.  There were lots of activities and entertainment along with visits from invited authors.  Bookmarks designed by student artwork winners were also sold to our patrons.   We very much appreciate the efforts of the PTO chairpersons!  Many books were purchased for the school library collection, as well as for our teachers' classrooms.  THIS VERY IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER provides the school library with funding for its annual book budget.  

           THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE LIBRARY.

• MAGAZINE SALES DRIVE:      The annual magazine drive in the spring is sponsored by Time Magazine .  Money earned from this fundraiser provides support for the library assistant's position.  Students, faculty and parents are invited to renew and purchase magazines of their choice from the QSP catalog listings.  These orders are collected from students for a two week period in March.  No money is collected or turned in at this time.  An invoice will be mailed for all magazine orders that are submitted.  Students are then awarded thank-you prizes based upon the number of magazines subscriptions that they sell.  Teachers are also awarded classroom prizes based upon the number of magazine subscriptions that their students have sold.  This past year our students had much fun collecting furry little "Weepul" characters.  In addition: you can save time and GO ONLINE!  Using the Internet is the easiest way to support our sale and can be accessed all year long for your renewals.  All of these online sales plus all paper order forms that are submitted will count for student and teacher prizes.  Go to this website:  http://www.qsp.com  and click on the orange tab. "Register Now" (or log-in).  Our School/Organization number is 425044481.  Many thanks to all of you who have been so generous with your support of our magazine sales drive.  Please save your renewal orders for our 2011 magazine drive!!!