We’ve had a good year. Deborah Gitlitz, our Outreach Librarian, has been making contact throughout the City to parent groups, apartment houses, and anywhere else folks gather to take early literacy messages to families. She has been visiting a Head Start program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. She’s been meeting with Hispanic parents at Boeckman Creek Primary. And she’s been an important Spanish language resource for the library, including building our Spanish language collections. This year…
Science Adventure
By Hilly Alexander Blog
The Wilsonville Public Library Foundation has had another successful year raising money for the Wilsonville Library in 2016. We thank our donors for their generosity. Here are the highlights of what we funded: Science Adventure – Science focused Summer Reading Program * 500 science prizes for kids completing 10 science explorations * 300 kids taking summer science classes Annual cost: $6,700 Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) – Early literacy program that provides books for preschoolers. * 710…
By Hilly Alexander Blog
“491 kids completed their Science Logs: the highest number so far and an 11% increase from last year 27% of kids who signed up for Summer Reading finished their Science Logs (50% finished the Reading Log portion) – Steven Engelfried, Youth Services Librarian”
By Steven Engelfried Blog
From 1st graders petting a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach to an eleven year old testing ph levels of plants, the Wilsonville Public Library’s “Summer Science Adventure,” now in its fourth year, inspires kids and families to explore science in a variety of ways: Science Logs: Every child who signed up for the Summer Reading Program also received a “Science Log.” Their challenge: to complete at least 10 science activities over the summer. Over 430 kids are on pace…