Thank You and Congratulations!

First I would love to give a huge THANK YOU to my library sub Ms. DiPietro. She did an amazing job taking control of the library while I was out on maternity leave. Which of course brings me to her wonderful idea of the Falcon Fall Reading Contest! Not only was the contest fun for all who participated but I found it enjoyable to watch. I think it was awesome to see students reading books, using Destiny Quest from home and school, and writing reviews! What a great way to stay involved in the library!

The contest ended a week ago and the winners were announce at morning announcements on Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who participated. Here are the winners:

K-2 Group: 1st place - Ava Dalawari KB
                   2nd place - Charlie Krappman KA
                   3rd place - Luke Roa 1A

3-5 Group: 1st place - Shaylin Jani 4B
                  2nd place - Daniella Salazar 3B
                  3rd place - Robert Giradello 5A

6-8 Group: 1st place - Elizabeth Nail 7B
                  2nd place - Julia Nail 7A
                  3rd place - Amanda Hill 6B

Falcon Fall Reading Contest Prizes

If you can read and write, then you can WIN PRIZES!

There's only  ELEVEN more days until the Falcon Fall Reading Contest 2012 officially ends.  How many raffle tickets have you earned?  Already, over 20 students have earned mini-prizes...will you be next?

 

The GRAND PRIZE drawings for all grade groups will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012.  

    



Additional prizes are being displayed in the St. Philip Library, including Target and Cherry on Top gift cards, candy, coloring books, and more!

Continue reading books and writing reviews, Falcons!

Qualifying Books for the Falcon Fall Reading Contest 2012

 Types of Books that Qualify for the Contest:

1. Any book under the Science Fiction Genre (To check if the book falls under Science Fiction look up your book in Destiny Quest.  Under “Narrow Your Search” click on “Genre.”  If “Science Fiction” is listed then the book qualifies.)
2. Any Mystery Genre book
3. Any Fiction books related to Fall or any Fall Holidays (Halloween, All Saints Day, Thanksgiving)
4. Any Scary Story Books (i.e. Goose Bumps # FIC STI)
5. Any Non-Fiction book related to Fall or any Fall Holidays (Halloween, All Saints Day, Thanksgiving)
6. Any Non-Fiction Books related to myths of monsters (i.e. Zombies # 398 KRE)
7. Any Non-Fiction Books related to animals, insects, arachnids, or reptiles related to the Fall Holidays previously mentioned (i.e. Spinning Spiders # 595.4 BER)
8. Any Fiction or Non-Fiction Books related to Fall Sports including Football, Soccer, and Basketball

If you have a question about whether or not a book qualifies for the contest, please ask the librarian!

 

Qualifying Book Reviews:

1. Your review must state something you specifically liked or disliked about the book.  It must convey that you have read the book! (i.e. I really liked this book because it had an unexpected ending.  Or, I didn’t like this book because the main character was too arrogant.) 
2. If your book review is too short and not descriptive (for example, This book was good) it will not be accepted.  You will have to rewrite the review for it to qualify and help you earn raffle tickets.
3. If your review spoils the ending of the story, your review will not qualify.
4. If your review does not appear in Destiny Quest within 4 days of you writing it, then your review has either been rejected and you must rewrite it, or you must check with your librarian.
5. Book reviews should be a minimum of 1-2 sentences long. 

Falcon Fall Reading Contest 2012 Commences!

Logging Onto Destiny Quest from Home

1.  For quick access, click on this link: https://stphiliptheapostle.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?context=saas20_0403174

2.  Click on "St. Philip the Apostle School," which should take you to the Destiny Quest homepage.  If unsure about whether or not you are on the correct page, click on "Quest Home."

3.  On the same panel you will see a tab that says "Login."  You must be logged in in order to write a book review.

4.  Usernames are the students' first initial followed by the whole last name in lower case.  Punctuation is ignored.  For example, the username for John Smith's would be jsmith and Jane D'souza's would be "jdsouza."

5.  Each student from grades 1-8 have already created a password.  If they have forgotten their password, they must come to the library to be reminded of their password OR request a new password.  Once logged on, use the search bar to locate the book you have read.  The title should appear as a small icon, sometimes accompanied with a picture of the book's cover.  Click on the title you wish to review.

6.  A new screen with "Title Details" will pop up.  Make sure that you have clicked on the tab "Reviews."

7.  Once on the proper tab, click on "Add Review."

8.  Another screen will appear asking for you to rate the book and leave a comment.  Each student must accompany their star rating by writing a minimum of 1-2 sentences using details to describe why they liked or disliked the book.  To simply write, "This book is awesome!" or "I do not like this book." is not acceptable because there are no details describing why the book is awesome or why you don't like it.   When writing reviews, students should aim to help future students know whether or not it is a book they would enjoy and should spend time reading.

9.  Once the review is written, click "Save."  The review will be sent to the librarian for final approve.  Once approved, the review will appear on Destiny Quest and the student will earn the amount of raffle tickets corresponding to the book read.

Please stay tuned for further updates and details!  Happy Reading!