Back to School in the Library (Student Edition)

 A new school year starts this week (I am beginning my 25th year!)

Last year I wrote about my Stationary Station HERE----> LINK

It was a super easy station for staff, students and parents that only required putting out paper, envelopes, and pens)  

Last year I also only did this during Meet the Teacher- I am adding a couple of more interactive things this year that will last through Labor Day

Meet the Teacher/Beginning of the year (all the templates are in Canva and will be below)
-Draw yourself into a story- I found this on School Library Media Specialist Facebook page from Sharon Autry
 *This was super easy- I did change it up a bit because I have access to a poster printer- can't wait to see this come together throughout the year

-Stationary Station- invite students/staff/parents to write a letter to themselves or a student to be delivered at the end of the year
*materials- paper/envelopes/pen/directions and a bucket to collect items
*I have reached out to the Senior Teachers about sharing a post and information about this so seniors can write letters to themselves
*I am also going to send out a Kinvolved to parents and invite them to write me an email that I will print off and then put in an envelope for the end of the year

*I am going to take these until September 4th before Labor Day

TEMPLATES

Draw yourself into a story- TEMPLATE LINK

back to school bulletin board by akbusybee

Stationary Station- TEMPLATE LINK

Stationery Station by akbusybee

This is also what I am posting on Social Media to advertise

Of course a couple of other Back to school traditions I have is First day of school pictures.. and my next blog will be about the Novel Sips soda bar I am creating to get my teachers into the library!

Back to School- Stationery Station

 School starts for students this week- but as a librarian I have been back since July 28th.  

Before students are back on campus- staff is busy at working together to make it a great school year and getting ready for Meet the Teacher. The library not be completely set up- but it is ready for students and staff to check out books!  I also try to create an activity for students and parents to do inside the library and this year I created a Stationery Station.

Info about my campus:
-comprehensive high school 9-12
-about 2500 students

 

Materials Needed for the station:
(also- many times- I spend my own money creating things- this year I was able to do this with all the materials I had- AND- I am SUPER thankful for those that helped with my Amazon Wishlist)
-different types of paper
-fun pens
-envelopes
-information about what to do

That's it! I posted on social media to let parents/staff/students know that they could stop by the Stationery Station.

The Station
This station offered parents to write a letter to their student that I am going to either deliver the first of September or the end of May (I mean- lets think about those freshmen and seniors!)  I invited students and staff to write a letter to themselves that I would deliver at the end of the year. 

Although this was up for Meet the Teacher- I am going to keep it open until August 22nd.

TEMPLATE

Stationery Station by akbusybee

Next blogs will be about:
Back to School for teachers- my competition that I have and also the Bookmarks we are creating.

What do you do to get students in the library at the beginning of the year?