The Riverdale Library Mission

The mission of the Riverdale Elementary School library is to encourage students and staff to become effective users of ideas and information, and life long readers and learners who have access to quality resources and authentic learning opportunities.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Riverdale Library Expectations Glog

Please click here to see the Glog for Riverdale Library Expectations.  These were shared with students on the PBS rotation day as well as touched on during their library orientation lessons.  We focused on the school-wide areas of Respecting Self, Others, and Property for our poster.  To view all text within a text box, hover in that area and a scroll bar will appear.  You can then scroll down to see all of the text.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Riverdale Library is "Open for Business!"

We just finished the first full week of school with great success!  We met with all 17 classes of Kindergarten through 5th grade students for a library orientation and check out session! (Please note: Kindergartners will check out their first books in the coming two weeks.)  We are happy to report that we circulated 1,081 items in this first week!  Whew, we gave our Destiny system a workout!

Students each have an individual pass that they are expected to have with them when they are in the library checking out books, using computers, playing games, or for other reasons. (Please note: Students do not need their pass if they are only returning books.)  We are encouraging students to try and fill in their entire passes throughout the school year.  That equals 40 visits for 2nd-5th graders and 60 visits for Kindergartners and 1st graders.  We believe this is a realistic goal if they us visit once or twice each week throughout the school year.  I sure enjoyed seeing the kids again, meeting new students, and reading aloud a library-related book to each class!

Thank you for your support of the Riverdale Library Program!

Meet Riverdale's New Leaders!

Mrs. Margo Walsh, Principal

Mrs. Lori Bailey, Assistant Principal
The Riverdale staff and students welcome Mrs. Margo Walsh as our new Principal and Mrs. Lori Bailey as our new Assistant Principal! The 2010-2011 school year has started off fabulously thanks to our new leadership team.  These two dynamic women will be a wonderful addition to the Riverdale community!  Welcome aboard!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

District Mission Wordle

The beginning of the school year is a fitting time to reflect on the district's mission, vision, purpose, and goals for our staff and students.  Here is a "wordle," or word cloud, depicting these key ideas!