1. LARNED MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY
OCTOBER MONTHLY REPORT
GWEN LEHMAN, LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST JANICE KNEISLEY, LIBRARY ASSISTANT
WAW Award Ceremony
Each school year, LMS students
are introduced to the William
Allen White (WAW) Book
Nominees for the current year.
These books have been chosen
as some of the best written for
their age group. Students have
from mid-October until April 15th sleepover. Any student who Emporia, KS for the
to read the nominated books and reads and writes a book sleepover. Students were
vote for their favorite. The review for every title from able to swim and play
winning titles are announced a their grade level will be able basketball, fussball and pool.
few days following the voting and to attend the ceremony and They also participated in a
awards are presented to the sleepover free of charge. Q&A session with the
winning authors in the fall. At winning authors, Cynthia
This October Ms. Lehman
Larned Middle School, any
took 3 eligible students to the Kadohata and Barbara
student who reads and writes a
WAW Award Ceremony and O'Connor. After a brief
book review on at least 2 WAW sleep, we woke early to
sleepover. On October 1st
book nominees from their grade attend the author signing at
the group traveled to the
level is eligible to attend the
recreational center in (cont. on pg.2)
WAW Award Ceremony and
Mission
The Larned Middle School Library will be
an inviting, user-friendly hub providing
opportunities for active, engaging and
challenging learning for students and staff
through various media resources,
programming and collaboration. The LMS
Library will provide a quality program that
will enable students to be lifelong learners
Kaitlynn meets author Cynthia and enhance the curriculum and
A little pie for breakfast?
Kadohata technology standards of Larned Middle
School.

2. LMS LIBRARY
INTERNET
IDENTITY
Program Highlights
Card Catalog: Allows
students and staff to search
the collection at school or
home--http://98.172.116.52/
simple/?
sessionid=1NYR545AQ36404
832
LMS Library Website:
General information on
library policies & procedures,
programs and Teen Advisory
Group--http://
www.usd495.net/
1507201712277/site/
default.asp
• Mrs. Kneisley ran a Word of the Day contest. If students used the word of the
day correctly in a sentence, their name was entered in a drawing for a prize at
the end of the week.
• New laptop cart and computers arrived at the middle school during Parent/
Teacher Conferences. The new laptops were available for checkout the last
week of October.
• Sixteen new titles were added to the library collection during the month.
• Ms. Lehman attended the Kansas Association of School Librarians Conference
in Junction City and come back with new ideas to promote books and
incorporate more technology with the students of LMS.
WAW continued...
the Emporia State University Memorial Union. Our students
were among the first 10 to get their books signed by both
authors. Following the book signing, the students participated
in various activities at the student union. The morning
concluded with the actual award ceremony where the authors
were presented the WAW Award for their books.

3. Data Snapshots
LMS LIBRARY STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER 2010
Total Circulation 1966
5th Grade Circulation 629
6th Grade Circulation 622
7th Grade Circulation 147
8th Grade Circulation 157
Other 411
Card Catalog Total Page Hits 1944
Kan-ed Application Usage Totals 66
Filled Denied
Total Resource Requests Unable to obtain due to program error
For more pictures see the video on the LMS Library Website
accessible through the district website
Writing letters to favorite WAW
authors
Sticky Bubbles