Happy New Year!

We wish you a Happy New Year! 2008 is almost here, and we hope to see you @ the library for all the exciting, fun programs we are planning for the new year. Don't forget that the library will be closing at 6:00 p.m. on December 31st, will be closed on January 1st, and will reopen at 10:00 a.m. on January 2nd. Have a safe holiday and we'll see you soon @ the library!

Club Anime Update 12/27/07

Since I have received only a few completed trivia entries, the deadline will be extended. The Club Anime trivia # 3 will end on January 15, 2008. Please turn in your forms before the new deadline. Our next meeting will be Thursday, January 10, 2008.

HAPPY NEW YEAR CLUB ANIME!

A Message 4 U

Season's Greetings from the staff of the John's Island Regional Library! Don't forget we'll be closed on December 24, 25, & 26, but we'll be back to our usual hours of operation on Thursday, December 27. Hope to see you then!

Barbie's Book Club from YouTube

Thanks to the Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, Topeka, Kansas, for this video. If you're interested in reading Kieran Scott's books, they are available at the Charleston County Public Library!

Club Anime Trivia is Available!

I need your completed trivia on or before Friday, December 21st! If you need help, please feel free to ask me.

Writing Contest Winners!

The John's Island Regional Library is proud to announce the winners of the Writing Contest for Island High School Students held as part of The Charleston County Big Read. Students wrote papers on Independence vs. Love Relationships in Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. All winners are students at St. John's High School.

First Place: Shekinah Robinson
Second Place: Keyla Sadler
Third Place: Candis Brown

Copies of the winning papers can be read at

the John's Island Regional Library.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Schools In The News

Here's the link to an article in today's Post & Courier about students at St. John's rewriting their school's mission statement: Students Rewrite Mission Statement

The Post & Courier also had an article on November 28, 2007 about students at Haut Gap Middle School: Haut Gap 6th Graders Use Weather to Put It All Together

Way to go!