LRC Weekly Update

Can you believe we are already nearing the end of the school year? It’s been a fantastic year of reading and exploring, but it is officially time to start getting our library ready for summer break!

Please keep these two important dates in mind and share them with your students:

• Friday, May 8th: Last call for check-outs! This will be the final day for students to check out library books. We would absolutely love your help in reminding students to start bringing back their borrowed treasures after this date so we can get our shelves organized for next year.

• Friday, May 22nd: The fun continues! Even though check-outs are pausing, regular library time, free books, and all our awesome activities will keep rolling right along as scheduled until May 22nd. Please note: After this date, the library will officially be closed for the remainder of the school year!

Thank you so much for being amazing partners in literacy this year. Let's make these last few weeks in the library an absolute blast for the kids!

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 5th! We are excited to host our friends from the St. Charles Public Library for a special morning visit in the Community Room. Each grade level's visit will last approximately 20 minutes.

The Details:

• When: Tuesday, May 5th (morning)

• Where: Community Room

• Why: Summer reading program and additional information!

Visit Schedule

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please help us spread the word and use the message below in your newsletters to help promote our OSOB Celebration! It's now updated with the RSVP link too. :)

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🎉 Save the Date: Our One School, One Book Grand Finale!

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of community, culture, and celebration! We are wrapping up our One School, One Book journey with a massive bash on Thursday, April 30th, from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

This isn't just a meeting; it’s a full-blown festival! Here is a sneak peek at the fun we have planned:

• Live Entertainment: Tap your toes to a vibrant live Mariachi band!

• Delicious Eats: Enjoy sweet treats to keep the whole family energized.

• Free Book Collection: Every family can stop by to browse our librarian selected free books to add to their home libraries! 📚

• All School Art Display: Find your student's beautiful artwork outside the community room!

• Interactive Sessions: Get moving and creating with specialized music, art, and dancing workshops for the whole family.

• Fluffy Friends: Take a breather and relax with some very special therapy dog visits.

• Silent Auction: Don't miss your chance to win big at our Basket Raffle!

• Food Truck: A variety of delicious food from Dulce Tentaciones Mexicanas available for purchase.

RSVP & Session Sign-Ups are Now Open! We are so excited to see you there. Please use the link below to let us know you’re coming and to choose the sessions you'd like to attend:

👉 OSOB RSVP

We can’t wait to see our entire school family come together to celebrate our love of reading. See you there! 📚✨

We want to make this year’s yearbook the best one yet, and we need your eyes behind the lens! Whether it’s a candid moment in the classroom, a highlight from a field trip, or a great shot from a school event, we want to see it.

Please take a moment to upload your favorite photos to our shared folder at the link below:

👉 Yearbook Google Drive

Please share all your photos by tomorrow!

I hope you and your students are having a wonderful time bringing these self-portraits to life! To help things run smoothly as we wrap up, here is a quick recap of the next steps:

📆 Timeline

Ideally, we’d love to have all self-portraits completed and mounted before April 17th so we can get our beautiful displays ready!

🔧 Materials & Assembly

11x17 construction paper was dropped off today and name tags were delivered to mailboxes too!

• Need more tags? No problem! Just reply to this email if you need a fresh set for your class.

• Assembly: Please have students glue their portraits with glue sticks to the construction paper and place their name tag in the lower right-hand corner.

🧷Getting Ready for the Bulletin Board

Once the portraits are finished, here is how to get your background paper:

• Kindergarten: Please email Kristine when your portraits are ready to be mounted to the bulletin board paper. We'll take it from there and mount it.

• 1st – 5th Grade: Send an email to Kristine to let her know when you're ready; she will deliver the bulletin board paper directly to your PLC team lead’s classroom.

Thank you all for your hard work and creativity in making this project a success! I can’t wait to see the final gallery.

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. If you have any questions or need support finding other options 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