WCLS

Our classroom kits are boxes of 30+ books as well as audio you can check out have been a big hit this year.  What can we say?  We love teachers!
To reserve a set for your classroom just call and talk to Aubri at 360-384-3150 ex 276.  

If you have a request for a certain kit let us know...that's how why we put together the Hunger Games kit.

Current Kits:

The Hunger Games 
30 copies of this bestselling story.  Don't try and take it away once you hand it to your students.  There might be a rebellion.

Middle School Fantasy 
Every one of these titles is the first in a series: ignite interest in one of these books and your students will want to keep reading to find out what happens next.
The Alchemyst, Artemis Fowl, The Goose Girl, Guardian of the Spirit, Into the Wild, The Lightning Thief, The Looking Glass Wars, The Ruins of Gorlan

Middle School Issues 
These books will spark discussions around justice and peer pressure.
Stargirl, Black and White, Stuck in Neutral, Schooled, Touching Spirit Bear, Schooled, Peeled, Hurt Go Happy

High School Issues
Teens dealing with poverty, war, pregnancy, and peer pressure.
The Blind Side, Glass Castle, Fat Kid Rules the World, The First Part Last, No Choirboy, Sunrise over Fallujah, Speak

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
The National Book Award winning novel about a teen growing up on a reservation and the heartbreak of leaving home to follow your dreams.  As funny as it is sad.

Nancy Hudson has set up a reading club for teachers at Vista Middle School so that they can pool their knowledge of the best reads for teens.

It's a brilliant and straightforward idea: all the teachers in the club pick a book.  They read it, write a review, and create a poster for their title.  Everyone brings enough copies of their poster and review for all who attend the club...that means at the end of the meeting each teacher walks away with 11 new titles to hook their students, and posters to go with them!

The students at Vista are ravenous readers, and it is no wonder...their teachers have a lot of great suggestions at their fingertips thanks to this club!

When I was visiting Kirsten Jensen's classroom she had just opened a new box of books for her students.  She uses donorschoose.org, a website that helps connect teachers and donors.  She has had great success enriching her classroom library due to the generosity of donors!

It was really fun to talk to Kirsten's students about what they've been reading.  They keep a notebook of favorite reads and what they might like to read next.  When their time for reading in class is over the whole class takes a moment to share their reading reflections with the students sitting next to them.  All of this combined means that when you ask students what type of books they like they are eager to share.

I am excited to let you know that WCLS has recieved a grant that will help us work more closely with schools.  The Washington State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services has awarded us a Library Services and Technology Supporting Student Success grant for $39,615. Supporting Student Success grants are designed to assist school and public libraries to work together for the success of K-12 students in completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs).