Story Hour

Sandy Hunter Library is now hosting a story hour every Friday from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Children of all ages are invited to attend and the hour will include a story, activity, and art project.
We started this week by reading the book, "Where The Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak. The kids then created their own wild thing out of newspaper, colored strips, cotton, and other materials. Armando is proudly showing off his wild thing named, "Bad Wolf Monster."
Story hour is free and fun! If you would care to join, just stop by!

Summer Programs Award Ceremony

As part of the successful completion of both the Remedial Reading Program and the Beading Program, Sandy Hunter Library sponsored a Celebration Ceremony. All the beading creations were put on display and parents were invited to come to the library and participate in the ceremony.
Each child was given a certificate of recognition and as part of the Remedial Reading Program, each student received a final report card which charted the progress they had made over the four weeks.
The theme of the ceremony and the summer was, "Learning Together." A special thanks goes out to the women of Mamma's Group who made beautiful cupcakes and two delicious cakes with the theme written on them.
After the ceremony finished, guests were invited to nachos, soft drinks, and cupcakes. We were very lucky to have volunteers from the community come and assist with preparations and distributing the food. Pictured below is Hadassah, Romana, and Elena preparing plates to be handed out.

It was great to be able to celebrate with the children, the volunteers, and the parents who all helped to create two very successful programs and we look forward to continuing both in the summer of next year!

Summer 2008 Beading Program

Soon to be updated..

Summer 2008 Remedial Reading Program

The library has just concluded a four week remedial reading program. The program was designed to improve students reading fluency and writing skills. 26 children ages 4-13 participated and six high school students volunteered their time to act as tutors to small groups.

Yamisuri, she was able to read 10 more words a minute by the end of the program

Nahson and Jordan, both improved their writing skills and displayed great ideas in their journals

Rahim, Josue, and Danisha showed improvement in reading fluency and writing

Each student completed 5 reading assessments throughout the program, utilizing DIBELS, and received a final report of their progress, strengths and weaknesses, and special notes for their teachers to see for the 2009 school year. A special thanks to the volunteers of the program, Joshua, Jamir, Keysea, Hadassah, Giselle, and Monica!

Also, CTV3 News had a special report on the program and if you would like to check it out, follow this link:

http://www.ctv3belizenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2372&Itemid=0