JISD Library News

We are rocking and rolling into the beginning of May! JES just started their video morning announcements every day, and we have an A/V Club that meets 2-3 times a week to film and do video duties. We have been concentrating this past month on poetry for Poetry Month in April. 4th and 5th grade has been constructing their own concrete poems while 2nd and 3rd has been writing free verse after reading ISH. During their rotation time, K and 1st have been learning about Spring and gardens, while 2nd and 3rd has done a Scavenger Hunt to discover new books and 4th and 5th has been working on a mini-research project on countries. We wrapped up Humphrey, our One Book, One School selection and had a bookmark contest. Our book fair was also in the month of April so we have been busy and reading!

The Igo Library had a great month of April and we are looking forward to the final month of the school year! All of the Igo students enjoyed creating poems for Poetry Month in the library and hearing original poems read over the morning announcements. Those activities will be missed as we roll into May. We are starting off the month of May with a Scholastic Book Fair in the Igo Library! We will be open daily from 7:45 AM until 4:00 PM, though we will close at noon on Friday. The library will close on May 9th to get ready for STAAR testing, but all students will get a new-to-you book from the Book Swap on the same day! If you have questions about returning or paying for missing or damaged library books, please reach out to Mrs. Jarrett.

April was such a fun month at the JMS Library! We celebrated National Poetry Month with book displays, blackout poetry and digital blackout poetry! Students continued to check in and out books with their RLA classes and learned about the importance of their Digital Footprint with a digital citizenship lesson from Common Sense Education. The JMS library will be closing for book check out on Friday, May 6th, and all library books are due on May 13th.

It’s hard to believe summer break starts in a few short weeks. Remember to return all library books, hotspots, and Chromebooks, and don’t forget to keep up with your summer reading with our Sora eBooks and audiobooks! We wrapped up April with some wonderful poetry submissions for National Poetry month. JHS students are donning their thinking caps in the library this month! We're hosting an array of assessments, including the Texas State Floral Association Certification Test, TSI testing, and STAAR EOC testing for Algebra 1, Biology, and US History. We'll also be hosting Ms. Gipson's English 1 Research presentations and artifact displays.

JES - jennifer.nachtwey@jarrellisd.org

Igo - bridget.jarrett@jarrellisd.org

JMS - alison.martone@jarrellisd.org

JHS - mary.mcclendon@jarrellisd.org