The past couple of weeks have been busy, busy, busy in the Sappington Library Makerspace!
The Scholastic Book Fair has been visiting since Thursday, December 4th and will be here in the library until tomorrow, December 12th. Our friends have loved shopping for their very own books throughout the day, and it has been so fun seeing their excitement for reading their new books. It has been a very successful Book Fair this year, and we want thank all of you who have bought books! The library benefits so much from those sales because it allows us to earn money to purchase Scholastic books for our library. We are so grateful to have such amazing and supportive families at Sappington!!
We have also been plugging away at Hour of Code. Sappington has been working on Hour of Code for several weeks now, but the week of December 8-14 is Computer Science Education Week, During this week the students are being challenged to complete the Hour of Code by December 14th. Students who have exposure to computer science presented in such a relevant and engaging way are more likely to pursue higher education in this area. With computer science and coding driving much of the economy and society at large, it is important for students to know what it's all about. We are so proud to have so many students who have completed Hour of Code already! They are really working hard, and are enjoying it in the process!
Mrs.Czaicki and Mrs.Grebe have also been working very hard on organizing all of the wonderful arts & crafts supplies that have been pouring into the Makerspace thanks to all of your generous donations. We have so many great things to put out at our Creation Station, it will be hard to wait until the Book Fair is gone to restock that center! As always, you may donate items at any time. We have a quick turnover of all of our back stock, so don't hesitate to send in cardboard tubes, shoe boxes, cereal boxes, beads, buttons, glue, yarn, ribbon, etc. Whatever we put out gets used, and in very creative ways, too!
In addition, we have sorted through all of our donated electronics for the Take-Apart Center. We have loads of great items, BUT they won't last long. Any broken or unwanted electronics that you may have we will happily take off of your hands. Some of the items contained in these boxes include: radios, cameras, keyboards, phones, remote controls, calculators, etc. This one of our most popular centers in the Makerspace, and the steady stream we have been getting through donations is much appreciated! Keep them coming!
The Makerspace would not be the success it is without your continued support of this new adventure here at Sappington! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
