VVCS Annual Open House- Back to School!

Valley View Community School's Annual Open House

  Tuesday, September 11, 2012

5:30-7:00pm

Goodwin Library Children's Room staff will be there to share how we can support you and your student during the school year, provide applications for library cards, information about passes, programs and more!

For more info, go to:

http://sau61.org/vvcs/

"You will hear about The Leader in Me, classroom expectations for your child, and have the opportunity to meet families of your child's classmates and visit with representatives from many community resources available to you and your family."

The Goodwin Library Children's Staff would like to thank the following wonderful folks and businesses who helped provide the us with programs, supplies, donations, prizes and so much more for the children & teens of Farmington & Middleton:

Peter Boie
Lindsay Bezich and her Puppet Pals
Edra Toth and the Northeast Ballet Theatre
David Ira Rottenberg
Lisa, the Balloon Lady
Friends of the Goodwin Library
Brittany
Ava & Sue ("Read with Ava")
Valley View Community and Henry Wilson Memorial Schools
FAMEE
Farmington Recreation Department
South Main Pizza
The Dairy Barn
Crowley's Market
Farmington House of Pizza
Grace Community Church
Goodwin Community Health
SNH Food Service
TD Bank
Holy Rosary Credit Union
Barnes and Noble
Squam Lake Science Center
The Children's Museum of NH
York Animal Kingdom
Water Country
Storyland

 Mostly, we want to thank the moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, guardians, teachers, childcare providers....whoever you are....who read to your kids, bring them to the library and share with them a love for books, reading, and learning!  You are our heroes!

Thank you all for a WONDERFUL Summer Reading Program!  

One of our best years ever!! 

170 children and teens participated and read a total of 

1,396 books.  

CONGRATULATIONS!

Reading logs and prizes are here in the Children's Room 

and are ready to be picked up now.

  

If your child has received a Water Country pass, a couple of things to note:  the park is open thru Sept. 3, hours are 10:30-6:30 until Aug. 20th, when the park will begin closing at 5:30.  

If you plan on purchasing additional tickets, you may want to do so on-line as they

 are considerably less expensive.  

www.watercountry.com

Gwendolyn & Omar learning to dance

Author David Ira Rottenberg narrating the story

Practicing dance steps with Edra Toth

Ice Cream and certificates to celebrate the end of Summer Reading Program 

Autographed by the author!

Fun with 

"Lisa, The Balloon Lady" 

and the awesome gang from FAMEE!

"Dream Big-Read" Summer Reading Program Finale Event

FINALE EVENT  

Goodwin Library's 

"DREAM BIG-READ" Summer Program

Tuesday, July 31 6:30 p.m.

@ Valley View Community School 

FREE!

Author David Ira Rottenberg will narrate his book, Gwendolyn the Graceful Pig", accompanied by dancers from the Northeastern Ballet Theatre. 

 

Following the show....

Ice Cream Reception

Meet  the author and performers

   David Ira Rottenberg's books available for purchase and autographing

  Summer Reading certificate presentations

www.davidirarottenberg.com
www.northeasternballet.org

READ!  READ!!  READ!!!

Time is running out....the final day to read and log your 10 books and qualify for prizes is 

Saturday, August 4th!

One of these great prizes could be yours:

Books, posters, water bottles, stuffed animals,

gift certificates for ice cream and pizza, Barnes and Noble gift cards, passes to Water Country, Storyland, York Animal Kingdom, NH Children's Museum and more!
 

Already read your 10 books?  Well, read some more..... because.....the more you read, the more you know and the more you know, the smarter you'll grow!" 

 Let's break our record for last year (1,314 books read!)