New Arrivals

Over 150 new books will be added to the main collection this month, including many award titles from the newest Newbery, Bluebonnet, Lonestar and Tayshas reading lists. Please check the library webpage for the complete listing in May. Many audio and video resources are also added to their collections. See attachment for details. They are available for general circulation.

Accelerated Reader News

The Super Seventh Grade Readers!

For the first time in the AR history, the 7th graders are the leaders in the Class Challenge competition by earning the most points. So far they have earned over 4528 combined points.

New Arrivals

75 fiction and non-fiction titles are added to the Holy Family Collections and are ready for circulation. They are on display in the New Arrivals area in front of the conference room and Mrs. Wellmon’s office. The full list is posted online and outside the library.

Book Fair Update and Thanks

Thanks to all who shopped at the Barnes and Noble bookfair. The total sales in those two days came up to $4437.94, which yielded $987.59 in cash profit and donation for the Holy Family Library. In addition, the library also received 36 wish list titles from the supportive shoppers.

Gorman Bookfair at Barnes & Noble in Early February

The Holy Family Library will host an in store bookfair at the local Barnes & Noble early next month. If you shop at the store during those two days and checkout with a Gorman voucher, the library may earn up to 25% of the total sales*.

Barnes & Noble Bookfair Coming Soon

The Holy Family Library will host an in store bookfair at Barnes & Noble during the first weekend of February. We will need volunteers (both parents and students) to sit at our display table to represent us and help with the teacher wish list donations. Please contact Chi-Shim Wellmon or Rosie Bellenfant if you would like to schedule to help.

Tayshas HS Reading Club

The Tayshas Reading Club is open to enrollment for all high school students. Members who have finished reading 12 books, including at least 7 Tayshas titles* by May 15, 2008 will receive a $20.00 gift card from the Library.

Holy Family Library

The Holy Family Library has resumed its regular service on September 20. Many thanks to all who have prayed for and waited patiently to use the newly renovated facility! The initial responses from everyone are very positive. Please let us know if you would like to tour the facility or have recommendations to help the library grow. Parents and friends of the Gorman community are welcome to become patrons of the library. Contact Chi-Shim Wellmon @ 903-561-1857 or cwellmon@tkgorman.net for details.

Library Renovation Project

As the Holy Family Library is near completion, Gorman thanks all those individuals, families and benefactors who supported the efforts. Special thanks go to the Friends of the Library Committee for their belief in the library and their visions for the future. Their dedication and hard work not only helped develop the library long range plans but also brought the community together to realize this dream. On behalf of our students and generations of new library patrons to come, please accept our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation. We apologize for any convenience due to delay of the library services. The Holy Family Library rededication mass and ceremony will take place September 12, 2007 at 8:30 a.m.

End of Circulation

Because of the renovation project scheduled to begin on May 29, all resources are due back to the library on May 7 to be packed up for storage. Special arrangements, however, may be made with Mrs. Wellmon to use library resources for research purposes after May 7. In addition, electronic databases are also available 24/7 on and off campus via the Gorman website.

Famous Young Adult Authors Visiting Gorman

The library is honored to present Scott Westerfeld and his wife Justine Larbalestier, both successful young adult writers to the Gorman community later this month. They will be sharing their writing experiences with us at an all-school professional forum. Many of their books are included in several state recommended lists. Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies trilogy is very popular among Gorman readers.

2007-2008 Awarded Booklists

The new Bluebonnet, Lonestar and Tayshas reading lists for MS and HS students recommended by the Texas Library Association (TLA) have been published.  You may click on the attached link for details on titles: http://txla.org/html/reading.html
The library owns 27 titles on the lists and many more of the recommended books will be on their way to serve the Gorman readers.

New Arrivals

The Library has recently added over 80 books to its collection. Please open the attached file below for the newest titles.

Accelerated Reader News

AR Readers Rock!

Compared to the same time of last year, the AR readers have come out 4400 points ahead! Recent updates are attached below.

Anna Makes Her Move

Congratulations to 6th grader Anna Davidson as she becomes the first reader to qualify for all AR events, including the Year-end Six Flags trip. Anna decided to move up during the month of November and has since added over 300 points to claim the top spot of the reading program, after convincingly winning the Reader of November award. Great job!

Gorman Bookfair Thanks

Congratulations to Aza Pace for winning the Bookfair Bookmark Competition! 

Many thanks to everyone who supported the bookfair! Because of your generosity and dedication, the Library has earned over $950.00 in cash.  In addition, we have received 58 new audio and print books for ours as well as some classroom collections from the Wish List donations. Your support has made it a huge success, again!

Library Book Fair at Barnes & Noble This Weekend***

This annual fundraising event for the library will take place on November 4, 5, and 6 (Saturday through Monday). The library may earn up to 25% of your total purchases if you shop at the store during these three days and check out with a Gorman voucher. Students will receive a "flyer with voucher" from their English teachers before the book fair. Extra vouchers will be available at the Gorman display table and the B & N cashier.