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Back Elementary School Library

End of the School Year Report 2024 - 2025

Back ElementarySchool LibraryEnd of the School Year Report 2024 - 2025

Thank You Thank You

It has been a great school year, and I have enjoyed working with all of the students, staff, and families! Thank you for your support of the library staff and library this school year.

GISD Summer Reading Program GISD Summer Reading Program

Learn about GISD's Summer Reading Program by viewing the video and reading the flyer below. Happy reading, and have a great Summer Break!
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Garland ISD: Summer Reading Program

Library by the Numbers Library by the Numbers

Q: How many students and staff members did the library help this school year?

A: 14, 958 Back Bulldogs

Q: How many library books were checked out by students and staff this school year?

A: 18, 254 books

Q: How many new books were added to the Back Elementary library this school year?

A: 609 books

Q: How many minutes did Back students read on Renaissance myON this school year?

A: 86,000+ minutes

Armadillo Books - District Winner Armadillo Books - District Winner

This school year, we read books from the GISD Armadillo List. Students voted for their favorite and the winner for the district was Yoshi: Sea Turtle Genius! We created a community garden bulletin at school based on the book, Something Someday.
Armadillo List 2024-2025

Programming Programming

On top the the usual library lessons and checkouts, we had more fun library programming this year:


  • Summer Reading
  • Pumpkin Book Character Contest
  • Book Character Dress Up Day
  • International Dot Day
  • Literacy Night
  • Reading with Rodney Bus
  • Cybersafety Poster Contest
  • Book Fairs
  • Bookmark Contest

Digital Resources Digital Resources

GISD Libraries
TexQuest

Public Libraries Public Libraries

Rowlett Public Library
Garland Public Library
Sachse Public Library
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Meet the librarian

Name: Nancy Fuentes

Job Title: School Librarian, Teacher Librarian

Education: Bachelor of Arts from Southern Methodist University and Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Texas

Certifications: Bilingual Generalist EC-6, School Library EC-12

Email: nfuente@garlandisd.net
Phone: 972-475-1884
Twitter: @LibFuentes

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