Children’s News:
Regular Storytimes will resume the week of
August 11, 2008!
Weekly storytime schedule will remain
the same as last year:
Preschool Tues. 10:30 am
or Thurs. 10:30 am
Wed.
2:00 pm
After School Thurs. 3:45 – 4:45 pm
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Back-to-School Bookmark Contest
Open to ages PreK
– 12th grade
Begins: Monday August 25
Deadline: Friday, September 26 at 5:00 pm
Spring into Reading 2008!
WESTWARD HO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is event is generously
sponsored by :Friends of the Daphne Public Library and a grant from the Alabama State Council On The Arts.
2008 Poetry Contest Winners:
Poetry Contest Winners in
grade divisions were selected by a group of local teachers as follows. Kindergarten: 1st Place “A Cowboy
Named Dash” by Trevor York, Daphne Elementary.
Third Grade: 1st Place “Darkness” by Nichole Goff, Christ The
King School; 2nd Place “Velociraptor” by Bryton Lopez, Christ The King School; 3rd Place
“My Oak Tree” by Mary Grace Hellmich, Christ The King
School; Honorable Mention “Deer” by Bailey Rawls, Christ The King School. Fourth Grade: 1st Place “Dancing
With Ants” by Sara Sheckells, Bayshore
Christian School; 2nd Place “Cowboy Festivals” by Cameron York, W.J.
Carroll School; 3rd Place “What Happened to Dodiawea”
by Savannah Bohler, Bayshore
Christian School; Honorable Mention “ I Am A Lasso” by Dana Hodde,
Christ The King School. Fifth Grade: 1st
Place “Books” by Lauren Dunigan, Bayside Academy; 2nd
Place “Books” by Audrey Mecke, Bayside Academy; 3rd
Place “Books” by Hannah Walters, Bayside Academy; Honorable Mention “ Westward
Ho” by Skylar Singleton, Daphne Elementary East;
Honorable Mention “ Westward Ho” by Olivia Buchanan, Daphne Elementary
East. Overall Winners for
Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade: 1st Place “Darkness” by
Nichole Goff, Christ The King School, 3rd grade; 2nd Place “Books” by Lauren
Dunigan, Bayside Academy, 5th grade; 3rd
Place “Dancing With Ants” by Sara Sheckells, Bayshore Christian School, 4th grade.
2008 Art
Contest Winners:
Art Contest Winners for each
category were selected by members of the Bay Rivers Art Guild as follows. Pre-kindergarten -Kindergarten: 1st Place,
Sam Malone, School of Fish; 2nd Place, Kirk Kirkland, Sunshine
Flower; 3rd Place, Alex Cook, Polka dot Crab; Special Award, Braden Downing, Frogs. First and Second Grades: 1st Place, Collen
Young, Mouse; 2nd Place, Parker Ponder, Winter; 3rd Place, Slade McLendon,
Riley; Special Award, Mary
Katherine Wilson, Fannie. Third and Fourth Grades: 1st
Place, Liam Searcy, Horse and It’s Stable; 2nd Place, Sarah Esther
Merry, Roly the Rooster; 3rd Place,
Katherine Flowers, Bamboo Stalks; Special Award, Molly Downing, Midnight. Fifth and
Sixth Grades: 1st Place, Michelle King, I’m Falling; 2nd
Place, Jeannie Pierce, Column; 3rd Place, Savannah Martiniere, Horse; Special Award, Avery Werther, The Ocean King.
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Bilingual Spanish Storytime with Ms. Veronica!
Daphne Public Library will offer a
storytime in Spanish for both preschool and after school children beginning in
January, 2008 with Ms Veronica!
Preschool Spanish will meet the second Monday of every month, beginning
January 14th, from 10:30—11:00 a.m. After School Spanish will meet the fourth Tuesday of each month,
beginning on January 29th, from 3:45-4:45.
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