H. D. Stafford Middle Library Learning Commons

FVRL Summer Reading Program

6/6/2019

Just because Stafford's library is closing for year, you don't have to stop reading! Visit your Public Library and enter their Summer Reading Program.

https://www.fvrl.bc.ca/summer_reading_clubs.php

SUMMER READING CLUBS
Imagine the possibilities! Dream and discover endless possibilities all summer when you join FVRL’s 2019 Summer Reading Club. There is a club for everyone!

Read To Me (0 to Preschool) Share stories, record reading, collect stickers, win prizes and get a medal.
Kids (grades K to 6) Collect a reading record, enter prize draws, come to fun shows and earn a medal. Just read every day!
Teens (grades 7 to 12) Read. Record. Repeat. It begins when you pick up an SRC reading record. Includes chances to win fantastic prizes.
Adults Take home a reading record and mark your reading to enter prize draws. The more you read, the more chances to win.

How do I join? Sign up starts June 21 and continues throughout the summer. Visit your favourite FVRL location to join.

How does it work? You and your family members can pick up a reading record at your local library! Record every day that you read for fifteen minutes or more! You can read at home, in the library, on a beach, anywhere! Once you have recorded seven days of reading, come back to the library for stickers and prizes!

Programs and Events
It wouldn’t be Summer Reading Club without a great lineup of events throughout the summer. We have storytellers, puppet shows, parties, awards ceremonies and more! Check out our spectacular guest performers at a library near you.

The Great Gordini: Join the Great Gordini for a show filled with magic tricks, wacky fun, and a lot of opportunities to participate.
Karima Essa: Experience the magic and joy of dance and storytelling as Karima Essa performs Bollywood dance.
Tiffany Stone: Join poet Tiffany Stone for poems and rhymes about flaming flamingos, baaaad animals and rainbow colored clothes.
The Well Worn Trail: Discover fascinating facts about Canadian animals and their habitats. Storytellers Rob and Lillian use puppetry, songs and story to kindle the wonder of nature.

Visit our Events page for a full list of SRC 2019 Events!

Accessible Summer Reading Club
Find accessible Summer Reading Club titles through NNELS. FVRL also has ebook and audiobook formats to better serve customers with perceptual disabilities. Ask library staff for more information.
The possibilities you explore this summer are limited only by your imagination when you join 2019 Summer Reading Club!

Last Day for Library Books: Friday, June 7th

6/6/2019

The Stafford Library is winding down for the year. All library books are to be returned by: Friday, June 8th. Any students with overdue books will be given a bill and expected to pay the fine amount before the end of the year. Student Yearbooks could be withheld until the fines are paid. If the overdue/lost book is returned, the fine will be waived, and if a student pays for a book and it is found, he/she will receive a full refund. All fines should be paid to the office and the receipt taken to the library in order to take it out of the system.

HD Stafford has voted..."Refugee" is the Winner of the 2018-2019 Langley Book of the Year!

5/9/2019

The 2019-2018 Langley Book of the Year campaign has come to an end at Stafford Middle. We had an Ice Cream/Voting Party yesterday to celebrate and cast our votes for the favourite LBOY 2018/2019. Our 5 students who read all 10 books we recognized and Mrs. Rehnby presented them with a $10 gift card. All of Mr. Briscoe's class were invited to party as they were the division who had read the most books and any other Stafford students who had read 3 of the titles were also invited.
Results of the voting are:

Refugee - WINNER
Restart
7 Dead Pirates
He Who Dreams, Wing and Claw, Wish
Wolf's Boy and All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook

We thank all those who read and all the teachers who supported this year's LBOY program....it was the best one yet!

Isabel read all 10 books and received a gift card from Mrs. Rehnby

These 5 girls read all 10 books this year

Mr. Briscoe's winning Division with 67 LBOY's read

Zaina was presented a gift card from Mrs. Rehnby for reading all 10 books

Mrs. Rehnby congratulated our eligible LBOY voters for 2018-19

Ashley was congratulated for reading all 10 LBOY's

Victoria received a gift card for reading all 10 books...she was the first to finish

Alissa receiving her gift card from Mrs. Rehnby for reading all 10 LBOY's

May's Photo Conest

5/7/2019

Check out our "Contest" page for photos of Stafford's "Pets Caught Reading". Contest runs through May 17th, so there is still time to submit your pet (not just dogs) caught reading.

Langley Book of the Year is now Closed

5/2/2019

Our LBOY competition has now wrapped up. It was the LBOY with the most reads ever with 285, and the closest class competition ever. We had 5 students who read all 10 books and who will receive a prize.
This year’s winning class had the same number of reads as their Division number…67. Congratulations to Mr. Briscoe’s class – Division 6-7 – we’ll see you Wednesday Block 6 for your ice cream party. Congratulations also to Division 7-9 (Ms. McArthur) who finished in 2nd place, only 2 reads behind with 65 books read. Any students who have qualified to vote by reading 3 LBOY’s will receive an invitation to the ice cream/voting party from their homeroom teacher.
Thank you to all this year’s participants and all that’s left is to choose HD Stafford’s favorite book on Wednesday.

Regional Speechfest

4/18/2019

Today, Stafford hosted our Regional Speechfest in our LLC. Students from our school and our feeder schools presented their speeches to the judges hoping to win a place in the District Speechfest Competition held next week. Below are pictures of the top 3 students of each of the 3 grade categories - the top 2 move on the the District Competition. Congratulations to all speakers as the competition was fierce and very entertaining! A big thank you to Mr. Hantke and Ms. Spreitzer for volunteering their time to make some very difficult decisions and choosing the winners.

Grade 2 and 3 finalists

Grade 4 and 5 finalists

Grade 6 and 7 finalists

Last Two Weeks before LBOY 2019 ends

4/11/2019

Make sure you drop by the LLC in the next 2 weeks to complete any quizzes you have not done. The last day for quizzing this year's LBOY's is Wed. May 1...you need 3 books completed to qualify to vote and the class with the most books read will also be invited to our Voting/Ice Cream Party on Wed. May 8th. at 12:45.
Check out our window display of past LBOY winners and nominated titles throughout the years.

It Happened in April

4/9/2019

Drop by the LLC to learn about some important world events that have taken place during the month of April...world history at its best!

Science Fair: Division 7-2 and 7-3

3/12/2019

The LLC is once again hosting Science Fair projects for two classes: Mr. Van Meer and Miss Robinson's. As you can tell from the photo, it was a jammed packed LLC with students explaining their experiments and sharing their expertise. Well done by all.

Respect and Diversity Week

2/26/2019

The HDS LLC will be supporting our school's "Respect and Diversity Week" campaign from Thursday, February 28th to Friday, March 8th. See our office window for dates, themes and colors.

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