LRC Weekly Update

Preparing for the Book Fair

The in-person Fall Book Fair will be open for purchases from October 6th to October 10th. To prepare, the library will be closed for setup on October 2nd and open for a class preview on October 3rd.

On October 3rd, you can sign your class up for a 15-minute preview using this link. During this time, students can create wish lists that can be sent home. Additionally, a duplicate copy of the student wish list will be sent back to the classroom with teachers in the hopes to distribute it to parents during conferences to encourage book purchases.

Teachers with library time on October 2nd and 3rd are encouraged to reschedule their library and check out time. Please comment in the LRC schedule with your preferred alternative library time.

Shopping During the Fair

During the week of the fair, there will be no regular library time or book check-outs. Classes will not have a scheduled time to shop. New this year, you can send up to five students at a time to the book fair to buy books with laminated passes created by the LRC. These passes will appear in your mailbox by Friday, October 3rd.

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions and thank you for supporting the Fall Book Fair!

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help make our upcoming book fair a huge success!

We need help with a variety of tasks, including assisting students with finding books, managing the checkout process, and tidying up the displays. Your time and energy would be greatly appreciated and directly contribute to creating a wonderful experience for our students. If you are available to lend a hand, please sign up using the link below.

Sign-Up Genius - Book Fair Volunteers

Thank you for your support!

The online book fair is live! Parents can now buy gift cards for their students to use at the in-person book fair held during school hours. These gift cards are a simple and secure payment method for students and make great gifts for teachers and librarians. Parents can even send them as a donation to the school to help ensure every student can shop the book fair.

To purchase gift cards, parents can visit Literati.com/Store and connect to your school. Once purchased, the gift cards are delivered via email and can be printed out for easier in-person checkout. Recipients will be able to see who sent the gift card. Any leftover balances on the cards can be used at future Literati Book Fairs or throughout the year at the school’s Literati Store.

Here is a pdf flyer that explains how to purchase and use gift cards. Please feel free to share this in your newsletters as well. :)

We're excited to announce the second installment of Free Book Friday, a great opportunity to get new books into the hands of your students and help build their home libraries. This isn't a typical library visit—it's a chance for kids to pick a book of their very own to keep forever.

To participate, simply comment in the LRC schedule a 15-minute slot between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the Friday schedule. In your comment, please note if you prefer this to be a one time visit or a recurring time and how frequently you'd like to come.

Please keep in mind that this time is just for students to select their free book, not to browse or check out books from our regular collection. To make sure everyone gets a chance, each student can take one free book per visit.

We can't wait to see your students and help them find their next great read!

We'd love your input! Please suggest books for our March Book Madness using the form below. All suggestions are due by September 30th.

You may fill out the FORM as many times as needed. :)

Come celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15th - Oct. 15th in the library! We've got a large selection of books on display and would love to host read-a-louds for your classes.

Please take a look at my LRC Schedule and comment if you'd like an extra read-aloud in the LRC or your classroom to celebrate!

Chromebook Troubleshooting Tips

Here's a how-to slideshow with some basic troubleshooting tips for chromebooks. It includes information on how to fix a sideways screen, clearing your cache and turning off accessibility mode.

Vivi Updates - Extended Screen

For those who wanted to extend their desktops instead of mirror your screen you now can! Using the desktop vivi app you can set up multiple screens. Here's a quick how-to from microsoft or please reach out to Kristine to help!

YouTube Update

Elementary students cannot access YouTube as of June 2025. While this has its good points it may create a wrinkle in your teaching if you want students to utilize secondary video sources. But fear not! there is a workaround.

If you want to continue to use YouTube videos and have students access them you can embed them in google slides. If you have any questions about how to embed videos in your slides please reach out to Kristine. :)

Daily Sub Tech Capabilities

New this year, daily subs will use a chromebook issued from the LRC. These devices can connect to Vivi using classlink, however, daily subs do not have the ability to print.

They also do not have access to many Classlink and instructional apps. Please keep this in mind when you are planning an absence.

Below is a snapshot of what you're daily substitute will see in classlink.

• Helpdesk Ticket Portal

• Vivi Connect Directions (Windows+K DOES NOT WORK)

• How to Pin a Website to Task Bar

• How to add a printer

• 2025-26 List - D303 Approved Instructional Technology

• SOPPA reference

• Schoology Commitments 25-26

• share your story here - D303 News

• How to import content from old course - Schoology Support