All Night Read-In

The ML All Night Read-In is coming soon. Sign-ups start Wednesday, March 26 at 7:45 in the ML commons. Get all your info here: http://gallowaylibrary.weebly.com/all-night-read-in.html.

There will be lots of reading and lots of book-related fun. It is guaranteed to be a great night.

Book Bling Day

Today we celebrated Book Bling Day with lots of beads being given out throughout Middle Learning. We also kicked off our Double Dog DEAR by challenging advisors to read books picked by their advisories. And we are having our annual Spring Break Photo Contest for both ML and UL students. Have a great break and take your picture reading!

Lynne Rae Perkins

Lane Emmons' 7th graders recently finished reading As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth by Lynne Rae Perkins. Lynne is best known for her book Criss Cross, which won a Newbery Medal several years ago. Yesterday the students had the chance to Skype with Ms. Perkins and ask her questions about the book and her writing process. It was the first time she had ever done a Skype call with a school and it was fun to be her test case.

6th Grade Movies

Laurie Halse Anderson

Laurie Halse Anderson with Lily M., 10th grader

We were so honored to welcome Laurie Halse Anderson at Galloway last week. She spoke in the theater to our 8th, 9th and 10th graders. Lily M. gave her a fabulous introduction and had the opportunity to show Laurie the Speak book trailer she made in eighth grade. Laurie autographed a lot of books and spoke personally with many students. She was entertaining, educational, and gracious to everyone she met. Thank you, Little Shop of Stories for sending her our way. See more photos on our Galloway Library Student Center website.

New Art in Library

Thank you Ms. Daws and the 7th and 8th Grade Intermediate Fine Arts Class for making our new library book ends. They are currently on display in the library. Soon they will spread out and be placed on the bookshelves where near the books they represent. Come see them in the library or take a look at them on our library web page.

Reading Bowl Teams

The ML Team ready to compete

Galloway had three reading bowl teams compete last Saturday, Jan. 11 in the Fulton County Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl competition. Our elementary team, made up of fourth and fifth graders, took second place and is advancing to the next level of competition. Congratulations to them and Ms. Zupancic! Our ML and UL teams did not win, but they had a great time and read a lot of books. Special thanks to our first-ever UL team for fearlessly taking part in the reading bowl without a lot of coaching. Thank you to Ms. Emmons for co-coaching and Ms. Chapman for volunteering at the competition.

The UL Team