

Birthday Book
Club, Book Fair, and Magazine Sales Drive
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.