Halloween Poetry Reading

This Friday October 31, come to the library for spooky poetry readings.  All UL students and staff are invited to share or listen to poetry from 8:30-9:00 a.m.  Halloween themed poems are welcome but not required.  Nutella and croissants will be provided.

Many Galloway students are fans of Neal Shusterman's Unwind book series. The final installment, Undivided, was released yesterday. Our biggest superfan had it read by 6 a.m. I Tweeted this out and it was retweeted by Neal Shusterman himself. The library has 2 print copies of the book and can put it on library Kindles as well. Come by if you want to read Undivided.

Galloway was thrilled to host author Tony Abbott today. He spoke to the 5th and 6th graders about the writing process and his new book series, The Copernicus Legacy. Lucas did a fantastic job introducing Mr. Abbott to the audience.

Book Clubs are Up and Running

The 2014-2015 Unbound Book Club

We have had several book club meetings in the last two weeks. The UL book club has 25 student members and four teachers participating. Unbound Book Club has 38 ML students on the roster, and Untitled Book Club has 12 seventh and eighth graders. We are thrilled to have so many readers among us. As you can see from the pictures, our groups are pretty equally split between boys and girls as well. You can follow all of our book clubs on the Galloway Library Student Center webpage.

You have devices, we have eBooks!

We are thrilled to announce our new collection of eBooks and audiobooks. Galloway students may now borrow free downloadable audiobooks and e-books for an e-reader, mobile device, or computer with our OverDrive library. Use our website or download the OverDrive mobile app from any app store. We are part of a consortium of independent scools (MISBO) and this collection includes over 1,000 titles. Add The Galloway School as your library, and while you're at it, add your public library's OverDrive collection too! 

Click here for setup instructions.
Click here for instructions on using the service after you are set up.

You may choose to create your own OverDrive account and an Adobe ePub account. However, you may bypass these options and still use the system by signing in with your Galloway network ID. We understand that there may be some confusion with the initial setup. If you have questions, please contact Middle/Upper Learning librarian Marcia Kochel.  Early Learning students do not have network IDs and should contact librarian Amy Zupancic for login instructions.

Happy Summer!

We hope you have a relaxing, fun-filled summer. And of course, we hope you read some good books. Don't forget Galloway Summer Reading—find out all about it on our Summer Reading website. We are checking out up to 25 books to returning students so stop by the library on the last few days of school and we will help you load up with books. If you like to listen to audiobooks, take a look at our collection of Catalist Digital books (user name and password is the same as what we use for our database page). And here's the BIG NEWS...The Galloway Library now has an eBook/Audiobook account with OverDrive. Get the OverDrive app and select The Galloway School. Sign in with your network ID (this will work for current middle and upper learning students) and try out an eBook or audiobook. We are part of a consortium of independent schools, and there will be over 2,000 books available. If you have questions, please e-mail Ms. Kochel at mkochel@gallowayschool.org.

Fearlessness

This week the Galloway sixth grade team traveled to Six Flags for a lesson on roller coaster physics that included a private ride on the Superman roller coaster. These students went on their first roller coaster ride ever! It was a really awesome field trip and we thank Galloway parent John Odum for the tour.