Book Fair 2013 was a huge success!

I love Book Fairs! I love to organize them, decorate for them and work them. I love even more when I pack it up and they take it all away! Although they are a lot of work, book fairs provide one more opportunity to get books into the hands of students, and even though some of the items are a little pricey, many bargain books are available for purchase for as little as $2 or $3. This year's theme, Reading Oasis, was really fun, and I got some extra help with decorations from Mrs. Prihoda's art students. They created some beautiful Egyptian art that added ancient ambiance to the fair. Students who shopped the fair got an added bonus - a chance to mummify the teacher of their choice. Out of a field of good spirited teachers (Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Gommert, Mrs. Seidel, and Mr. Poe), students use their spare change to select their victim. This election funded a new book for the library and marked Mr. Poe for mummification. He was such a good sport as the selected students wrapped him in toilet paper in the name of reading, and then took a stroll around the hall for everyone to enjoy! Aside from all of the fun, the Book Fair sold over $3700 in books (an increase of about $800 from last year) and earned over $1850 Scholastic dollars to spend on our library.