LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: September 20th -27th – Science Research Project – all grades research with science classes September 22nd – Volunteer Orientation for Adult Volunteers – 11:00 am and 6:30 pm September 25th - National Book Fair on the Mall in Washington, DC (Go with your family!) September 27th-October 1st – Banned Books Week September 30th – September’s Bates Star Reader Celebration - 6th period – Sidewalk Chalk Art! October 1st – School Picture Day October 4th- 11th – Science Research Project – all grades research with science classes October 18th-21st – Project Citizen Intro – 6th graders research with social studies classes October 25th – Library Listening Lunch! Bring your lunch and listen to spooky stories October 29th – October’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 5th period – Make-a-Mask! November 11th – Veterans Day- 7th graders meet Veterans with social studies classes November 15th – School Picture Make-Up Day November 15th-19th – SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR! December 6th-9th – Science Fair! December 6th-7th- All grades visit and view Science Research Projects with science classes December 8th-9th – Science Research Project Judging December 13th – November/December’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 3rd period – Holiday Card Making! December 17th – Library Listening Lunch! Bring your lunch and listen to students perform holiday music January 10th-14th –Model United Nations Project – 7th graders research with social studies classes January 27th – Model United Nations Competition January 31st – January’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 2nd period – Dance, Dance, Dance! February 11th – Library Listening Lunch! Bring your lunch and listen to love poems February 28th – February’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 1st period – Lunches for Lighthouse! March 8th-23rd – MSA testing window March 6th-12th – Teen Tech Week March 28th – March’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – Go Fly a Kite! April 11th-15th –Borders Book Fair saluting National Library Week April 11th – Library Listening Lunch – Student’s Choice –share a song, dance, musical work, poem, reading or skit April 27th-29th – Project Citizen Presentations and Judging May 9th -15th – Simulated Congressional Hearing - 8th graders research with social studies classes May 20th – April/May’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 2nd period– Games Day! May 25th – Simulated Congressional Hearings – Presentations and Judging June 2nd-8th – Language Arts “Coffeehouse” – all students present best work from Language Arts June 10th – June’s Bates Star Reader Celebration – 5th period – Ice Cream Sundaes!