I had a party for my library assistants at one of my schools today. I call them LA Kids and they are 5th and 6th grade students who volunteer their time once a week to help out in the library - shelving books ( most of the time in the right place), checking books in and helping younger kids check out books. There are 21 of them and they are really helpful. I love seeing the sense of responsibilty they take on when working in the library. This year there is one student who can only help at recess and does not have a scholarly reputation. When he reports for library duty however, he is strictly business. It is great to see him take pride in his work and today it paid off. At the party, they got to cash in their tickets for prizes. Every time they worked this semester, they earned one ticket. The prizes were donated books, posters from the Book Fair, and assorted junk that kids love and moms hate to find laying around the house. Some prizes required more tickets than others but this librarian marked the books way down so they would pick a book over the nostril pencil sharpener! One student who worked every day after school turning off computers, bought 12 books! It was a fun time and I think most of the kids walked away with some kind of treasure. Party #2 with the LA Kids at the other school is Thursday....I need to go to bed!
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