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This week students are participating in the City Treasurer's financial education initiative "Money Savvy" financial literacy program. Students who complete their packets with their parents and return them next week during library will be entered into a raffle to receive a Money Savvy Piggy Bank. Students are discussing the four ways they can use their money; Save, Spend, Donate, and Invest.
Thank you to the wonderful parents who came in to help during the book fair. There were hundreds of books labeled and shelved. The final numbers from the book fair will be posted as soon as they are available.
Due to scheduling conflicts the book fair will be open the following hours this week.
April 19th, Monday 9am-3pm, Tuesday 9am-6pm, Wednesday, (Report Card Pickup) 9am-6pm and Thursday 9am-6pm. We could use some help packing up the fair on Friday starting at 9am.
What an exciting month! The K-3 grade students voted for their favorite Monarch nominated book. The book with the most votes was Scaredy Squirrel which was also the winner statewide. Below are the statewide results.
And the 2010 Monarch Award Illinois’ K
-3 Children’s Choice winner is…
First Place…Scaredy Squirrel
Second Place…Once I Ate a Pie
Third Place…Gingerbread Girl
1392 Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Delores Starbuckle
by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
2112 Baa
-choo! by Sarah Weeks
7488 The Cheese
by Margie Palatini
7163 Chicks and Salsa
by Aaron Reynolds
8260 A Day with No Crayons
by Elizabeth Rusch
14498 The Gingerbread Girl
by Lisa Campbell Ernst #3
2056 Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
by Paul Fleischman
2311 I Lost My Tooth in Africa
by Penda Diakite
1248 The Little Red Hen
by Jerry Pinkney
2837 Max’s Words
by Kate Banks
10229 My Dog Is as Smelly as Dirty Socks: And Other Funny Family Portraits
by Hanoch Piven
9809 Nic Bishop Spiders
by Nic Bishop
5517 On the Road
by Lucy Nolan
20626 Once I Ate a Pie
by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest #2
5764 The Perfect Nest
by Catherine Friend
4495 Recess at 20 Below
by Cindy Lou Aillaud
1699 Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
by Lenore Look
35975 Scaredy Squirrel
by Melanie Watt #1
2779 Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
by Alan Madison
3291 What to Do About Alice
? by Barbara Kerley
Total votes cast 149,449 on time; with late votes 156,175 students voted
February
Students it is almost time to vote! Voting will take place the last week in February.
K-3 Grade students will vote for their favorite Monarch Young Reader's Choice 2010 nominated book. To be eligible to vote you must have read or been read to at least 5 titles from the list.
4-8 Grade students will vote for their favorite Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Choice 2010 nominated book. To be eligible to vote you must have read at least 3 books from the list.
January
Welcome back everyone! "There's snow better time to read!" Stop by the library media center to check out the new arrivals.
A huge thank you to the parents and Nettelhorst Community Group for generously sponsoring the library in order to apply for the Department of Libraries matching grant. $5000 in books were purchased for the library media center and the school applied for and was awarded an additional $3000 for the Department of Libraries matching grant.
Go Cubs! The Cub's organization donated $4500 to purchase books for out library. With this donation, we were able to add 280 books to our collection.
In total we have increased our collection by over 800 titles. On behalf of the students of Nettelhorst, thank you all for your generousity and continued support.
December
Wishing all of the members of our Nettelhorst Family a relaxing Winter Break. Looking forward to seeing you in the new year.
November
Bookamania
Date: Sat. November 21, 2009
Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Harold Washington Library Center 400 S. State Street 60605
Meet authors and illustrators Pat Mora, Rafael Lopez, Charles R. Smith, Jr., Bob Barner and Jim Aylesworth at our free annual celebration of children's books.
Enjoy Click,Clack, Moo onstage and activities related to other Doreen Cronin books. Greet storybook characters such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar and enjoy performers, puppets, magic and lots and lots of books!
For children ages 3-10 and their families. Book sales by Sandmeyers Bookstore in Printers Row.
SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCES:
Winter Garden Main Stage: 11 a.m. Chris Fascione, Master of Ceremonies 11:30 a.m. Jabberwocky Marionettes 12:30 p.m Afro-Ethnic Folklorio 1:30 p.m. Ken Lonnquist - Imagination Unlimited! 2:30 p.m. Chris Fascione - Juggling Funny Stories
Thomas Hughes Children's Library: 11 a.m. Mother Goose & her Friends Noon Storyteller Karen A. King 1 p.m. Bill Hooper's Active Music for Children 2 p.m. Jasmin Cardenas - Bilingual Folktales
Lobby: All Day - meet your favorite storybook characters, sign the Fairy Tale Guest Book and watch Sean Masterson's Magic Up Close
Auditorium: 11:15 am. and 1:30 p.m. Click, Clack, Moo by TheatreworksUSA
And don't miss the Puppet Bike at the State Street entrance.
November is the month for our Fall Scholastic Book Fair
Volunteers needed to help with the Fall Book Fair. We will be setting up the Book Fair on Friday, November 13th starting at 9:00am. If you can donate some time after drop-off, it would really help. See the Book Fair Website for more Book Fair volunteer opportunities.
Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair will open Monday, November 16th and run through Friday, November 20th. Flyers will be sent home this week. Volunteers are needed.
Check out our Book Fair Website to take a sneak peek at the fantastic titles that will be available.
If you create a wish list, please remember to add sales tax 10.25%.
October is Fire Prevention Month.
Don't forget to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Remember to talk as a family about your home emergency plan. Do you know where to meet your family if you have to leave your house because of a fire?
6th Annual Halloween Hoopla
This event is sponsored by the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce. Families gathered in the back playlot for this Halloween event including the famous hayride! Many thanks to the Chamber and the many hands that volunteered to make this another memorable event. It gets better each year!
For more photos, scroll down to the bottom of this page and select slideshows. If you attended and took photos, please feel free to share them by emailing them to Mrs. Kupec at fmkupec@cps.edu.
Congratulations to the Winners of the
LMC Book Character Pumpkin Decorating Contest
1st Place (K-1 Division)
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2nd Place (K-1 Division)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
3rd Place (K-1 Division)
Fancy Nancy
1st Place (2-3 Division)
Captain Underpants
2nd Place (2-3 Division)
Charlotte, Wilbur, and Templeton
3rd Place (2-3 Division)
Warrior Cats
1st Place (4-5 Division)
Dumbledore
2nd Place (4-5 Division)
Bunnicula
3rd Place (4-5 Division)
Hermione
September is Library Card Campaign Month.
Your Most Important School Supply
Every student needs to have a Chicago Public Library Card. Students will be taught how to access and utilize the resources on the Chicago Public Library website. If you do not have a CPL card, visit our local branch with a parent or guardian to apply.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th. It is a celebration of the culture and traditions of Americans with roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking nations of Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
Test your knowledge of Latino History by taking this short quiz and brush up on your Spanish. Visit this great Scholastic site and learn more about Hispanic Heritage.
Thank You Chicago Blackhawks!
We would like to thank the Chicago Blackhawks' organization for their allocation of funding to our library media center. Due to this generous contribution, we were able to purchase $5000 in Sports and Fitness books. The majority of these books are found in the 700 section of our library.
Please participate in our poll, located under the left navigation menu, to vote on what we will call this updated section of our library. We have narrowed the choices to "Blackhawks' Book Nook", "Blackhawks' Center Ice", or "Blackhawks' Nest". We greatly appreciate the Chicago Blackhawks Organizations' generosity.
Bookamania
November is the month for our Fall Scholastic Book Fair
October is Fire Prevention Month. 
6th Annual Halloween Hoopla 
1st Place (K-1 Division) 
3rd Place (K-1 Division) 
2nd Place (2-3 Division) 
1st Place (4-5 Division) 
3rd Place (4-5 Division) 
September is Library Card Campaign Month.
Every student needs to have a Chicago Public Library Card. Students will be taught how to access and utilize the resources on the Chicago Public Library website. If you do not have a CPL card, visit our 
Thank You Chicago Blackhawks! 
