Grants! Grants! Grants!

Librarians from Humble ISD Earn over $13,000 in Educational Grants.

 

Bluebonnet Reading Grant earns $1,400!

Derry Summer and Janet Self coordinated a summer 

Bluebonnet reading camp grant and earned $1,400.

The Camp was held at Bear Branch Elementary from August 3-6.

Derry Summer

Picasso Painting

Janet Self

Paper folding activity

Collage Activity

 Children's Book Festival Grant Earns $2673.00!

Lynn Sayre and Derry Summer       

 earned a grant for $2673.00 for the Children's Book Festival
which will be held on 

February 20, 2016!

Cara Rydell at Greentree Library Earns $4642.00 in Grants!

Cara Rydell earned 2 grants for Greentree Elementary Library.

She earned  $1,556  for "Tinker Time" which will allow her to create and support  a maker space in the library. Cara also earned $3,086 for "To The Future."  This grant will help her get books for the nonfiction section that are more current. Being one of the older elementary schools, the Greentree nonfiction section is in dire need of a makeover!

Amanda Buschmann at AMS earns $880.00 for "Sound Readers: Incorporating Audio Books"!

Audio Books at AMS

Amanda Buschmann was excited to receive a slew of audio books to join the traditional print books at AMS, thanks to the generosity of Chevron.  Once the students realized they had audio books, they began coming more frequently to the library to request them.
Students use the audio books to follow along with the traditional print book. This is especially helpful for children with dyslexia or other reading problems. Students are allowed to check out the audio materials and take them home. 
Teachers utilize the audio books in conjunction with printed material. One teacher in particular, a dyslexia teacher, uses the audio books almost every day. The teachers and students are very thankful to have these materials available as resources for the classroom and at home.

Sue White Received a Junior Literary Guild Grant for TMS!

Sue White at TMS received a grant from The Junior Literary Guild for $150.00 for one new free book a month for the library collection.

 

Lynn Sayre Earns Grants for Foster Elementary!

Lynn Sayre received a grant for $768.00 from the Education Foundation called S.A.M. which gives at risk students books through their mentor system. She is very excited that 24 students at Foster Elementary will receive a book each 9 weeks and then someone on the support team will mentor them.  Lynn also received $320 from Donors Choose for Maker Spaces. 

Oaks Elementary Library Earns $2357.92 in Grants!

Valerie Bonnie reports that Lori Freshour earned a grant for Oaks Elementary Library called "If You Give a Kid a Book" for $2357.92.  It was written for emerging readers in grades 1 and 2 and struggling 3-5 readers. Valerie is  purchasing 158 books from Bound to Stay Bound with the grant money.  She can't wait to get them and share them with her students!