End of Another School Year

As a teacher it's always bittersweet to come to the end of the school year.  The last few weeks are an exhausting sprint to the finish, students and faculty alike have their minds on summer yet there's plenty of work still to be accomplished.

In year's past our fifth graders bring in money to buy a book as a parting gift to the library.  This year the fifth grade teachers wanted the gift to be more meaningful to the boys, and decided to have the boys offer the gift of service.  As the school librarian I was a grateful recipient of much of that service.  Boys were reading and cleaning shelves, removing the batteries from our Playaways, and sorting magazines for a start.  As you'll be able to see they took their jobs very seriously and they did a good job.