Another New Year!

Okay. Last year did not go as planned. I think I only updated the blog twice the whole year and that was in the very beginning. Not good. So this year I am scheduling time to work on my blog so there is no excuse! The sad part is that some really great things happened in the library last year, but I never put them on here. But that is all water under the bridge. Fresh year, fresh start!

I started back to school on August 13th. Summer flew by way too quickly, but I was ready to come back until I got a look at my library:

Everything looked so sad and sterile. Also, they had used our school for summer school, so things were not exactly how I left them. I found piles of books and things that I assume I had a reason for when I left for the summer, but now I have no idea what I was thinking. I knew I should have written it down!

Alright! Time to roll up the sleeves and dig in. After a week and a half of inservice/work days, I finally got my library looking the way I like it!

Still work to be done, but it is definitely looking better! I even decided to put a new display on the door It's called "What's Mrs. Hancock Reading." I think it is important for the students to see that I am a reader as well.

Maybe some of my choices will inspire their choices. I also want to make my library an inviting place so I put this on the front door:

 Now the fun stuff starts; adding students to Reading Counts, Study Island, cataloging new books that I got over the summer, etc. Ugh!! Just let me have the kids already! Ready for a fabulous new school year!