NewLibrayBooks

= Jump into a New Library Book By: Ali Bower, Makenna Rupert , Madison Losell  =

Did you know that the library got over 1,500 new library books for us to read?

All of the money used to buy the new books came from several different places. One place it came from was the PTO. The PTO donated $10,000 to the school. Another $6,000 was donated from the school. On top of that, $5,000 came from the Susquehanna Bank, and the Crosscutter’s baseball team.

In order to purchase more books, our school had to make some more room on the shelves. They got rid of about 2,800 books. After speaking to Mr. Tsikitas, Rommelt’s librarian, we learned that some of these abandoned books are under the staircase next to the cafeteria. There are 49 boxes packed tight with books! Also, some of the books were given to teachers for their classrooms.

Mr. Tsikitas also informed us that they paid for the company to put the labels on the books before they were sent to the school. Then, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Day (the library aids) got to put the new books on the shelves. They also placed the old books that were no longer needed off the shelves.

We’ve enjoyed reading the new books, such as //Down The Rabbit Hole//, and //Runaway.//

As you can see, it took a lot of money and hard work to get these books to our library, to give us more choices, and the advantage to enjoy new books! J