WELCOME TO
FAITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S
MEDIA CENTER

"Home of the Faith Firecrackers"Our reading theme for the year is "Clued into Reading". We have many activities planned throughout the year to celebrate the love of reading.
NORTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD
For the next several months, students in grades K-5 will be participating in the North Carolina Children's Book Award contest. This award was first given in 1992 and each year since then, school and public libraries participate in the process of selecting, studying, and voting for the next winner. Students will become familiar with the nominees through a variety of activities and vote for their favorite title in March. This North Carolina Children's Book Award for 2008-2009 will be selected by our students and students from all over the state of North Carolina. This year's nominees are:
PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY Grades K-3
PREVIOUSLY
EGG IS QUIET
WHO IS MELVIN BUBBLE?
DOGKU
PERFECT NEST
LILY BROWN'S PAINTINGS
KNOCK, KNOCK !
BIG BAD WOLVES AT SCHOOL
WOLF'S COMING!SNOW DAY!HENRY'S FREEDOM BOXMR. PUSSKINSMARIMBA!MILLIE WAITS FOR THE MAILHEY, MAMA GOOSE
JUNIOR BOOK CATEGORY Grades 4-5
PENDERWICKS
HEY THERE, STINK BUG!
MARTINA THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACHROAD TO PARISDOGS AND CATSONE THOUSAND TRACINGSDIARY OF A WIMPY KID: GREG HEFFLEY'S JOURNALRULESCITY OF DOGSHOW TO STEAL A DOGLAWN BOYPAINT THE WINDNIGHT OF THE HOWLING DOGSPEAKBIRMINGHAM, 1963
Battle of the Books
Congratulations to the following students who will make up our Battle of the Books team this year:
Kayln Ellenburg, Elizabeth Yousey, Caroline Dean, Shelby Lowe, Nikolas Pillsbury, Jocelyn Lowe, Chance Brown, Tori Isenhour, Corbin Benton, Cole Hendrix, Margaret Young and Addy Cofer
These students will battle other students from the Rowan-Salisbury Schools at Rowan-Cabarrus on March 9.