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Hilltoppers are Feelin’ Groovy at book fair
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School students celebrated peace, love and happiness during the school’s “Feelin’ Groovy” themed book fair March 14-18.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.Hilltop Elementary School first-grade students traced and cut out their hand prints from construction paper, which Patti Hockensmith, Hilltop Elementary School librarian/media specialist, made into a giant peace sign for the bulletin board for the school’s “Feelin’ Groovy” themed book fair March 14-18.
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Neighbors | Abby Slanker.A fourth-grade Hilltop Elementary School student checked out the “Feelin’ Groovy” book fair bus at the school on March 17.
By ABBY SLANKER
Students at Hilltop Elementary School traveled back in time to the 1960s for the school’s “Feelin’ Groovy” themed book fair March 14-18. With the library decorated with peace signs, happy faces, lava lamps, tie-dye, flowers, paper chains, and straw and bead curtains, the students were able to check out a variety of books available for purchase.
The students attended the book fair during their scheduled library times. The students also visited the book fair the week before they were scheduled to shop so they could browse and create a wish list of books they wanted to buy.
Students could also attend the book fair during the school’s K.I.S.S. evening event, during which Kids Invite Someone Special, to look over the book collection and make pre-sale purchases on March 14. A magician joined the students and their families for the event.
The book fair was organized by Patti Hockensmith, Hilltop Elementary School and C.H. Campbell Elementary School librarian/media specialist.
“The students even helped make the decorations for the book fair. The kindergartners make peace signs and first-graders traced and cut out their hand prints from construction paper and then I made them all into a giant peace sign for the bulletin board. The second-grade students made tie-dyed coffee filters and the third-graders made the colorful paper chains hanging from the ceiling. Finally, the fourth-graders made straw and bead curtains which are also hanging from the ceiling. They loved making the decorations and loved being involved in the book fair. They were very excited about it,” Hockensmith said.
A variety of books of all reading levels were available for the children to choose from, including chapter books, picture books, facts and statistics books, reference books, cookbooks, bestsellers and books about animals.
Parents and grandparents were also invited to the days of the book fair to help the students shop. The book fair also offered adult bestsellers for the parents and grandparents who attended the fair. Students could also purchase posters, bookmarks, pencils, novelty erasers, journals, pens, stickers and more.
Each teacher was able to choose books they would like for their classrooms, and students were also able to purchase the books for the classrooms.
Members of the school’s PTO helped set up the book fair, operated the checkout during the fair and were also available to help the children pick out books.
Hockensmith stated that proceeds from the book fair are used to buy books and other items for the library.