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LIBRARY NEWS
Mrs. Carole Ashbridge

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all who supported our flower sale. It was incredibly successful and added greatly to the treasury for our trip expenses.

Academic Awards Recognition Program

On May 16, 2008 students in grades kindergarten through twelve will participate in a community service day, known as Patriot Pride Day. Students will do various projects at school and in the village to help beautify our community and show our thanks for all that our community does for us! If you have a special project you would like our students to tackle, please call Mr. Berie (646-3575). Rain date will be

Secondary Resource Room
Resources for Regents Preparation As June exams approach students should be preparing for them in their classes as well as at home. Regents review classes are provided by individual teachers before and after school, for most subjects. Regents review books can be used in a number of ways aside from reading the content: make flash cards using the glossary at the back and review the terms used on the tests, take the practice regents exams at the back of the book, page through the book looking for maps, political cartoons, graphs, or tables that your son or daughter could practice analyzing and interpreting. Students can also utilize the www.regentsprep.org and the www.schoolisland.com websites to prepare for the regents. Both sites provide previous regents questions that students can practice answering as well as providing explanations when incorrect answers are chosen. Regents Week: The Night Before and Morning Of * get a good night's sleep * eat breakfast * try to stay calm and breath (which will help you answer the questions and prevent your brain from closing down) Study hard and good luck!!!

Secondary Resource Room

Resources for Regents Preparation
As June exams approach students should be preparing for them in their classes as well as at
home. Regents review classes are provided by individual teachers before and after school, for most subjects. Regents review books can be used in a number of ways aside from reading the content: make flash cards using the glossary at the back and review the terms used on the tests, take the practice regents exams at the back of the book, page through the book looking for maps, political cartoons, graphs, or tables that your son or daughter could practice analyzing and interpreting. Students can also utilize the www.regentsprep.org and the www.schoolisland.com websites to prepare for the regents. Both sites provide previous regents questions that students can practice answering as well as providing explanations when incorrect answers are chosen.

Regents Week: The Night Before and Morning Of
* get a good night's sleep
* eat breakfast
* try to stay calm and breath (which will help you answer the questions and prevent your brain from closing down)

Study hard and good luck!!!

WRITING CONTEST FOR SACKETS STUDENTS

The Greater Thousand Islands Literacy Council sponsors a writing contest every spring and
many of the schools in the North Country participate in this contest. This years theme was
“If you could create a holiday, where you and everyone else could have the day off, what
would you name your special day and why?” Many of our Sackets students decided to name
a day and write about this topic. I am pleased to let everyone know that we had three
winners from our school this year.

In third grade--Laurence Fedorko took third place.
In sixth grade--Amanda Rookey took first place and
Joshua Keruski took third place.

The winners were treated to a dessert reception at BOCES on May 12, 2008. I congratulate
all the winners and I am looking forward to seeing more stories to be submitted next spring.

Alynda Haycock
Greater Thousand Islands Literacy Council Representative for Sackets Harbor Central School

PATRIOT PRIDE DAY

The Sixth Annual Patriot Pride Day a Huge Success On Friday May 16th the students and staff at Sackets Harbor were busy working in the community. Students in grades K-12 were involved in a variety of activities including gardening, yard work, mulching, planting flowers, and cleaning up at Westcott Beach.

The feedback from the community was extremely positive. We look forward to our seventh annual Patriot Pride Day next May!

LIBRARY NEWS Mrs. Carole Ashbridge
Library Lines….. Project time is slowly winding down in the Library. May, however was a very busy month. Kindergartners read books about spring and families. Kevin Henkes’ Lily series is always a good read for exploring family and school relationships, as well as a good laugh or two. Both Mrs. Danega’s and Mrs. Reichhart’s classes have been coming to the library to learn how to use the laptops and the SuperPhonics program. Our First Graders continue to read folk tales from around the world. We have moved from Africa to North America and have enjoyed tales that have African roots. Global History I students continued researching Renaissance Movers and Shakers using the ABC-CLIO databases and the eBooks bought by NovelNY. Spanish IV students have each chosen an Hispanc artist to research. They have used many of the books in the library that were purchased in Spanish museums and book shops as well as the Informe database. 7th Grade Science students commenced their final projects and spent some time in the Library honing their documentation skills. Earth Science students used many of our science and periodical databases to research space exploration topics. It was fascinating to see what new discoveries are occurring in the world beyond planet Earth. REMINDER: in order to get the library ready for the new carpeting installation, we need to have all library books returned by 27 May 2008. All of our books need to be packed and moved from the library space by the end of school. Library Club: The Library Club traveled to Syracuse on 22 May to buy books for the library from the money raised by the Yankee Candle Sale. We returned with over $1800.00 worth of books and had a great time choosing some outstanding titles for our school. We did take some time to have a fun ride on the carousel at Carousel Mall. Thank you to all who have supported our candle sale.

LIBRARY NEWS
Mrs. Carole Ashbridge

Library Lines…..
Project time is slowly winding down in the Library. May, however was a very busy month.

Kindergartners read books about spring and families. Kevin Henkes’ Lily series
is always a good read for exploring family and school relationships, as well as a good
laugh or two. Both Mrs. Danega’s and Mrs. Reichhart’s classes have been coming to
the library to learn how to use the laptops and the SuperPhonics program.

Our First Graders continue to read folk tales from around the world. We have
moved from Africa to North America and have enjoyed tales that have African
roots.

Global History I students continued researching Renaissance Movers and Shakers using the ABC-CLIO databases and the eBooks bought by NovelNY.

Spanish IV students have each chosen an Hispanc artist to research. They have used many of the books in the library that were purchased in Spanish museums and book shops as well as the Informe database.

7th Grade Science students commenced their final projects and spent some time in the Library honing their documentation skills.

Earth Science students used many of our science and periodical databases to research space exploration topics. It was fascinating to see what new discoveries are occurring in the world beyond planet Earth.

REMINDER: in order to get the library ready for the new carpeting installation, we
need to have all library books returned by 27 May 2008. All of our books need to be packed
and moved from the library space by the end of school.

Library Club: The Library Club traveled to Syracuse on 22 May to buy books for the library from the money raised by the Yankee Candle Sale. We returned with over $1800.00 worth of books and had a great time choosing some outstanding titles for our school. We did take some time to have a fun ride on the carousel at Carousel Mall. Thank you to all who have supported our candle sale.

CASUAL FOR A CAUSE UPDATE

Casual for a Cause is going strong and is proud to lend sincere congratulations to Jeff Anthony, a graduate of the class of 1999. After months of training, Jeff recently completed a mini-iron man competition. All the money he raised went to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. It takes strength, dedication, compassion and heart to successfully complete this competition, and we are so proud of his accomplishments. Great job Jeff, you made your Sackets community very proud!

Other donations (including Jeff's) are as
follows:

April/May:
-Autism Awareness $139.50
-Local family (anonymous donation)
-Leukemia/Lymphoma Society $90.00

June:
-Donations to benefit Darfur--End the Violence
-Donations to benefit Lupus research

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