The King School Library Biennial Report summarizes the activities of the King School Library from August 2010 to May 2012 under the direction of Library Media Specialist Natalie Sapkarov. During this period, the library collection decreased in size due to weeding but circulation increased by 3,000 materials. Special events were held and grants totaling $9,705 were received to support new materials and technology, including student response systems. The library curriculum focused on instilling a love of reading and information literacy skills for students in grades K-5.
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Informational brochure about the Bluestem Award for students. Modified from the original resource on ISLMA - http://www.islma.org/pdf/Bluestem2012BrochureTemplate.docx
LibQUAL+®: The UK & Irish Experience, presented at the Library Assessment Seminar and LibQUAL+® Share Fair. University of Lund, Sweden. 20th September 2012. Presentation by Selena Killick, Cranfield University. Presentation discusses the use of LibQUAL+® in the UK and Ireland since 2003, presenting longitudinal data results, lessons learnt and outcomes of actions.
Check out some of these new books at your local public library or
bookstore this summer! I created this list with a variety of
readers in mind, thinking about our school community,
and including some of my favorites from the year. Happy reading!
-Natalie, Lower School Librarian
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Check out some of these new books at your local public library or
bookstore this summer! I created this list with a variety of
readers in mind, thinking about our school community,
and including some of my favorites from the year. Happy reading!
-Natalie, Lower School Librarian
While student teaching, I created a 5-week poetry unit for a third grade class. For three weeks during this unit, I divided students into three groups, visiting a different poetry center each week, from exploring the Shel Silverstein website to reading poetry aloud to one another to creating concrete poems.
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
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The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
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unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
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• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
1. King School Library Biennial Report
August 2010 - May 2012
1108 W FAIRVIEW / URBANA SCHOOL DISTRICT 116 / PREPARED BY NATALIE SAPKAROV
Daily
Activities
Teach weekly K-5
library lessons, aligned
with Common Core & Illinois
School Library Media
Association Standards
Help students &
teachers find books of
interest & curricular
materials to check out
Special Events & Programs
Select books, DVDs, Youth Literature Festival 2010 - Judith Fradin Author Visit
and technology to
Family Reading Night 2010 “Fall Into Reading”
purchase for the Family Reading Night 2011 “Reading Takes You Places”
library collection
Illinois Readers’ Choice Awards
Monarch Award 2011 (1st & 2nd gr.)
Troubleshoot
Rebecca Caudill Award 2011 (5th gr.)
technology problems Monarch Award 2012 (1st & 2nd gr.)
around school Bluestem Award 2012 (4th & 5th gr., pictured above)
Kindergarten students (2010) select Fifth grade students (2011) practice Ms. Bundren’s 2nd grade class (2012)
and read books from the library finding books using Dewey Decimal dances the conga line in the library to
during their weekly lesson/checkout call numbers in a library scavenger learn the organization of the picture
hunt book section
2. Grants NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS!
Received by Ms. Sapkarov
Fourth grade ESL students (2010)
$480 cluster around the newest additions to
the King School Library, graphic novels
Splash Grant 2010
courtesy of Donors Choose
picture books to replace last year’s
weeding
$440
Donors Choose 2010
graphic novels to support ESL
students & struggling readers
$850
Snapdragon Grant 2011
multiple copies of 2012 Bluestem
Award nominees to promote the Ms. Sapkarov eagerly checks out new
reading program to 4th & 5th gr. graphic novels to 4th grade ESL students -
over 40 books totaling $440 were
$300 carefully selected and added to the library
LBSS/ISLMA Grant 2011
set of 2012 Bluestem Award books
Additional Funding
$3,000 State School Library Per Capita Grant 2010
$435
Dollar General 2011
geography & history books in the Books By the Bushel 2011
$150
900s to get this section up to date Urbana Free Library Video Giveaway 2011
$1,400
State School Library Per Capita Grant 2011
$350
$2,000 Scholastic Book Fair Dollars 2012
$150
Beyond Question 2011 Books By the Bushel 2012
$150
student response systems
(“clickers”) to use with a computer
and/or SmartBoard TOTAL: $9,705
WORKROOM RENOVATION - SPRING 2011
WORKROOM
MATERIALS WEEDE
D
Science Kits
76%
Professional
54%
Multiple Copy Fictio
The teacher library workroom all The newly renovated, spacious, n
cleared out and ready for a makeover bright, and inviting teacher library 35%
(check out those new floors!) - the workroom - with new built-in
bookshelves, cabinets & flooring
Foreign Language
collection was heavily weeded; a major
undertaking! (see chart to right) 30%
3. King Library Collection Statistics
Number of Library Materials Number of Circulations
41000 23000
30750 22000
20500 21000
10250 20000
0 19000
2010-2011 2011-2012 2010-2011 2011-2012
NUMBERS
Even though we have
almost
10,000
less materials in the
King School Library
this year because of
the intense weeding
we have been doing
LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY
1 SmartBoard + speakers
3,000
more materials were
1 Smart Airliner checked out this year!
1 Smart Document Camera
This may also be due
1 Librarian MacBook
to the increase in our
student population by
17%
30 Student Response Systems
6 iMac Workstations
2 PC Workstations
4. ABOUT ME Library Curriculum
Kindergarten
Highlights
Thematic Literature Units
Author Studies
Book Care
1st Grade
Book Care
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Monarch Award
Name: Natalie Sapkarov
Fractured Fairy Tales
Chapter Book Read-Aloud
Title: Library Media Specialist
2nd Grade
Book Care
Certification:
Mysteries
IL Type 10 Special Teaching -
Monarch Award
K-12 Library Media Specialist
Library Catalog & Call #s
& IL Type 3 Initial Elementary
Chapter Book Read-Aloud
Education:
••• 3rd Grade
Story Elements
Master of Science in Library &
The Library Curriculum is a
Trickster Tales
Information Science from the
Library Catalog & Call #s
University of Illinois at fine balance of ...
Fiction & Nonfiction Genres
Urbana-Champaign
Book Care
Fables
Literature Appreciation
Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education from
4th Grade
instilling a love of reading &
Library Catalog
Loyola University Chicago
Mysteries
learning in students
Bluestem Award
Biographies
Professional Internet Safety & Book Care
Development:
Information Literacy Skills
African-American Folktales
Tall Tales
4/2012 - Take One! Entry teaching students to search,
1/2012 - Monarch Award collect, and evaluate 5th Grade
Bluestem Award
Committee Meeting, ISLMA information effectively both in
Dewey Decimal System
Genres
10/2011 - ISLMA Conference the library and online Internet Safety & Book Care
Reference Materials
Civil War Stories
10/2011 - Igniting a Passion for
Computer Lab Project
•••
Reading Book Discussion
9/2011 - Teaching African
Children’s Literature &
Culture Workshop
4/2011 - Introduction to
iMovie Workshop
10/2010 - ISLMA Conference