The Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island Fishbein Library
Overview
Recommended Reading List
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Librarian
and Website Coordinator
Karolyn White, BS, MS, CAGS, appointed 1993, alumni
parent, Voice Mail: 82 E-mail:
kwhite@jcdsri.org
 Resources
Our library is automated by
Follett/Sagebrush Software and contains approximately 5,000 volumes for
Grades PreK-change to 5. For example, there are some 100 items in the
Reference Collection and over 2,000 items in the Fiction Collection.
Collections include Primary, Intermediate, and MS remove Judaica,
Autographed, Periodical, Audiocassette, Videocassette and DVD, and
CD-ROM. There are four computers for student use as well as a TV, and
VCR, DVD and CD players. Students may borrow books from Temple
Emanu-El’s library, which is adjacent to our library
Classes
Grades PreK-5 have a weekly, 45-minute class. Class
activities may include stories, poetry, book reviews, artwork, puppetry,
dramatizations, research problems and games, and researching.
News
A Library Monthly Newsletter blog is
posted on the school website in the Newsletter section.
After School Club
For eleven years the library has
offered after school clubs. Our current Our most popular clubs have been
Book Buddies, which involves books and activities based on a theme, and
Knitty Gritty Club, which teaches knitting.
READING INCENTIVE PROGRAMS
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award Program, Children’s Book Week,
Reading Week, Jewish Book Month, Read Across America, Summer Reading
Lists, the Library Summer Reading Program, and others.
SPECIAL ANNUAL EVENTS
Bookworm Library Program, Scholastic Book Fair, Reading Week with a
Visiting Author, Book Awards Celebration, Black History Month, Women’s
History Month, Poetry Month, National Library Week, Teddy Bear
Celebration and others.
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help
with library tasks such as cataloging books on Mondays. Other times may
be arranged. Please feel free to drop by and help.
Thank you for all your support!
Please help your children return library books and
use their library book bags. Karolyn White
Recommended Reading List
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