<\/strong><\/p>\n As many parents know, the Allenby library is a very busy place. We have high circulation of books, our computer lab and SMART board very well used, and there are many different classes and groups of students using the library at any given time.\u00a0 We need a roster of parent volunteers to keep things running smoothly in the library.\u00a0 Volunteer jobs<\/strong> can involve anything from shelving materials, checking books in and out, assisting students, or creating Accelerated Reader quizzes.\u00a0 If you’ve got some time to spare and would like to help out, please contact Mme. Payne in the library or let the office know.\u00a0 No prior knowledge or experience is necessary, just a little bit of time to give.\u00a0 Thank you\u00a0to our Allenby parents for your help in getting the school year off to a great start in the library!<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Allenby’s annual Book Fair will be held from Monday September 24 to Thursday September 27<\/strong>.\u00a0 All students in the school will have the opportunity to come down and peruse the selection\u00a0of books available\u00a0for purchase at the Book Fair over the course of the week.\u00a0 The book fair will also be open until 6:30 pm on Thursday September 27 to\u00a0give families the opportunity to come in and browse together.\u00a0 All proceeds from the book fair are used to purchase new materials to be added to the library collection.\u00a0 Parent volunteers are also needed to help with sales at the\u00a0Book Fair.\u00a0 If you are available to help out, please let\u00a0Madame Payne know!<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n One of our library couches was in very\u00a0poor condition and\u00a0sadly had to be disposed of over the summer.\u00a0 If you happen to be redecorating or upgrading your furniture at home, and have a couch that is in reasonably good condition\u00a0that you’d like to donate to the Allenby library’s comfy corner, please come and speak with Madame Payne.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Circulation is now up and running, and students are beginning to use the library regularly.\u00a0 Please ensure that you know when your children’s library book exchange days are, and help them to be prepared by reminding them to pack their books in their\u00a0backpacks on the appropriate day.\u00a0 Students must return their books before being allowed to sign out new ones.\u00a0 Also, students in grades 3 to 6 are expected to memorize their student numbers for logging-in to school computers and using the automated book circulation system.\u00a0\u00a0Teachers have made students aware of their student numbers if they didn’t know them already, so please help by quizzing your children at home to help them memorize their\u00a0numbers.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Library Volunteers Wanted! As many parents know, the Allenby library is a very busy place. We have high circulation of books, our computer lab and SMART board very well used, and there are many different classes and groups of students using the library at any given time.\u00a0 We need a roster of parent volunteers to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-2048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-school-news","tag-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2048\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Book Fair is Coming Up!<\/h2>\n
Comfy Corner<\/h2>\n
Circulation News<\/h2>\n