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--------------4189A7D12119E9592953269D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks to all who responded to my questions about circulating books during the summer. Almost everyone was enthusiastic about their summer checkout program. I got really excited reading their responses! I think I'm gonna "go for it!" For those who requested to see the responses, they are listed below. Thanks again for your input! Tish Carpinelli Lower Cape May Regional H.S. Cape May, NJ carpinelli@lcmr.capemayschools.com ******************************* We circulate books during the summer and we encourage it. We are a high school, with 1600 students. A big plus is that we are open 2-3 days per week during the summer. We include suggested summer reading lists in report cards that are mailed home, in the letters to the incoming freshmen, and also distribute the lists to local public libraries. We put notices in the local newspaper encouraging freshmen and their parents to come in for tours of our library. As a result we see anywhere from 10 - 50 patron visits per day during the summer. Some are freshmen and parents, some are faculty preparing for the next year, many are upperclass students who want a good book or are killing time before sports practice. Doesn't really matter - they are all reading and we actually get to spend some time with them since it is quiet! Good luck and go for it! *********************************** We circulate year round--we hold 10 week report cards if summer books aren't back. Very little problem unless a family moves out of the district. *********************************** I do allow summer checkout, and each year have just a few students take advantage of it. I don't publicize it, but it may come up in conversation during finals, and it is usually the better readers who ask. I am not sure that I would have more students check out for the summer if I did make a big deal of it..most of them are preoccupied with finals. I think it promotes reading, just because it is taking advantage of an (rare) opportunity. I think if I did do it on a bigger scale in the future, I would probably limit it to just paperback novels. That is usually what they want, anyhow. Hope this is some help. ********************************* > yes, yes, yes! We allowed students to take books over the summer. They > had to be returned by the first day of school and not before (unless the > family was moving unexpectedly). Students wrote out lists of books they > wanted...something like 20 each. We did not have a limit really, but that > seemed to work well. Then each student's parent signed a permission and > guarantee slip for return as promised or replacement. we then went > through the lists stacking books to fill requests. Where there were > duplicates and someone miss his first choice he got his second and maybe a > lst choice winner did not get his 2nd choice but was bumped down to 3rd. > It was amazing how we could balance this out. Then we told the kids to > trade off with one another during the summer if there were books that were > in high demand. Just that one student was responsible for the books that > were on his list. We had probably 25 students who wanted to do this at > the beginning. The English Dept tried stipulating a few books that > would be read during the summer for classwork in the fall, but this was > purely for fun reading and the books were good ones that the kids just > did not have time for during the school year assignments. Losses? > None. some went to summer holidays where there were no libraries, etc. > ********************************** I have allowed summer checkout for the past 4 years and never lost a book. I don't start it until the last week or so of school when seniors are gone. Only students who have returned all books and paid any fines are eligible. I don't limit the number of books but do if they are on a required reading list. I don't let teachers bring their whole class in for checkout as that would encourage those who don't really care to checkout anyway and I suspect lead to losses. Announcements are made over the morning TV show and those who want books know where to come. Now I have students asking when they can check out for the summer. Even though our circulation is less than 50, I think it is well worth it. ********************************** I don't allow summer check out because so many students disappear during the summer. If they leave during the summer, I will have no way to get my books back from them once their records are sent. If you plan to do this, I would be sure Guidance had a list of students and materials so that you can get them back if the student has to suddenly move This assumes you have a cooperative Guidance Department. It is worth trying, but you will more than likely get burned at some point. I would limit the number of check outs simply because of this risk. I would limit to 10 books. ********************************** I tried summer check out for the first time last summer. It was a huge success. Many students took advantage of the program. This year I have already had students asking about checking books out for the summer. We had no more loss than we have during the year. ********************************** Go for it! This one change I made 4 years ago has brought more positive "public relations" than anything else I've done. I haven't lost more than a couple of books. The 8th and 9th grade English teachers bring their students down for book selection. It is optional and about half of each class selects something. They have an annotated reading list to choose from that I helped create. The older kids also have required reading lists and I sign out those titles, too, because the public library always gets a rush in August and I think it is a shame that my books used to sit unused all summer. I always push the leisure reading titles, too. I have no limit on the number they can take. My "library rats" or my pets, as you could call them, can take a whole grocery bag of titles if they want. And they do! It takes about two weeks once school begins to get everything back but it's worth it. ********************************* We had summer circulation of books for the first time last summer. It worked very well. We plan to repeat it this year. We got all the books back. We also let summer school students take books out, and again we got them all back. We set no limit on the number of books, but no one was unreasonable. They were due the first day of school, and the students who hadn't returned them got overdue notices and brought them back. I am sure it encouraged reading among the students. The interested students acted quite pleased to be allowed to take books out for the summer. ******************************** We let students check out books for the summer. Not many participate, but those who do seem to appreciate it. We get them back--they are due on the first day of school. ******************************** We have had summer checkout for a number of years and it has worked fine. Students who have fines paid and books turned in can check out whatever they want over the summer. We don't have a huge number of checkouts, but the students who use the summer checkout seem to appreciate it and do not abuse it. We may have lost one book in the ten years or so that we have done this. They check out required summer reading mostly but also books they have wanted to read and haven't had time--usually the thick ones. Just last week, a student asked me if we were going to have summer check outs again. ******************************** on a very limited basis it does work. I make sure I do not loan to Seniors, other than that... --------------4189A7D12119E9592953269D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Thanks to all who responded to my questions about circulating books during the summer. Almost everyone was enthusiastic about their summer checkout program. I got really excited reading their responses! I think I'm gonna "go for it!" For those who requested to see the responses, they are listed below. Thanks again for your input! <p>Tish Carpinelli <br>Lower Cape May Regional H.S. <br>Cape May, NJ <br>carpinelli@lcmr.capemayschools.com <p>******************************* <br>We circulate books during the summer and we encourage it. We are a high <br>school, with 1600 students. A big plus is that we are open 2-3 days per <br>week during the summer. We include suggested summer reading lists in <br>report cards that are mailed home, in the letters to the incoming freshmen, <br>and also distribute the lists to local public libraries. We put notices in <br>the local newspaper encouraging freshmen and their parents to come in for <br>tours of our library. As a result we see anywhere from 10 - 50 patron <br>visits per day during the summer. Some are freshmen and parents, some are <br>faculty preparing for the next year, many are upperclass students who want <br>a good book or are killing time before sports practice. Doesn't really <br>matter - they are all reading and we actually get to spend some time with <br>them since it is quiet! Good luck and go for it! <br>*********************************** <br>We circulate year round--we hold 10 week report cards if summer books <br>aren't back. Very little problem unless a family moves out of the district. <p>*********************************** <br>I do allow summer checkout, and each year have just a few <br>students take advantage of it. I don't publicize it, but it may come up in <br>conversation during finals, and it is usually the better readers who <br>ask. I am not sure that I would have more students check out for the <br>summer if I did make a big deal of it..most of them are preoccupied with <br>finals. I think it promotes reading, just because it is taking advantage of <br>an (rare) opportunity. I think if I did do it on a bigger scale in the <br>future, I would probably limit it to just paperback novels. That is <br>usually what they want, anyhow. Hope this is some help. <br>********************************* <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <pre>yes, yes, yes! We allowed students to take books over the summer. They had to be returned by the first day of school and not before (unless the family was moving unexpectedly). Students wrote out lists of books they wanted...something like 20 each. We did not have a limit really, but that seemed to work well. Then each student's parent signed a permission and guarantee slip for return as promised or replacement. we then went through the lists stacking books to fill requests. Where there were duplicates and someone miss his first choice he got his second and maybe a lst choice winner did not get his 2nd choice but was bumped down to 3rd. It was amazing how we could balance this out. Then we told the kids to trade off with one another during the summer if there were books that were in high demand. Just that one student was responsible for the books that were on his list. We had probably 25 students who wanted to do this at the beginning. The English Dept tried stipulating a few books that would be read during the summer for classwork in the fall, but this was purely for fun reading and the books were good ones that the kids just did not have time for during the school year assignments. Losses? None. some went to summer holidays where there were no libraries, etc.</pre> </blockquote> ********************************** <br>I have allowed summer checkout for the past 4 years and never lost a book. I don't start it until the last week or so of school <br>when seniors are gone. Only students who have returned all books and paid any fines are eligible. I don't limit the number of <br>books but do if they are on a required reading list. I don't let teachers bring their whole class in for checkout as that would <br>encourage those who don't really care to checkout anyway and I suspect lead to losses. Announcements are made over the <br>morning TV show and those who want books know where to come. Now I have students asking when they can check out for <br>the summer. Even though our circulation is less than 50, I think it is well worth it. <br>********************************** <br>I don't allow summer check out because so many students disappear during the summer. If they leave during the summer, I will have no way to get my books back from them once their records are sent. If you plan to do this, I would be sure Guidance had a list of students and materials so that you can get them back if the student has to suddenly move This assumes you have a <br>cooperative Guidance Department. It is worth trying, but you will more than likely get burned at some point. I would limit the number of check outs simply because of this risk. I would limit to 10 books. <br>********************************** <br>I tried summer check out for the first time last summer. It was a huge <br>success. Many students took advantage of the program. This year I have <br>already had students asking about checking books out for the summer. We had <br>no more loss than we have during the year. <br>********************************** <br>Go for it! This one change I made 4 years ago has brought more positive <br>"public relations" than anything else I've done. <br> I haven't lost more than a couple of books. The 8th and 9th grade English <br>teachers bring their students down for book selection. It is optional and <br>about half of each class selects something. They have an annotated reading <br>list to choose from that I helped create. The older kids also have required <br>reading lists and I sign out those titles, too, because the public library <br>always gets a rush in August and I think it is a shame that my books used to <br>sit unused all summer. I always push the leisure reading titles, too. <br> I have no limit on the number they can take. My "library rats" or my <br>pets, as you could call them, can take a whole grocery bag of titles if they <br>want. And they do! It takes about two weeks once school begins to get <br>everything back but it's worth it. <br>********************************* <br>We had summer circulation of books for the first time last summer. It <br>worked very well. We plan to repeat it this year. We got all the books <br>back. We also let summer school students take books out, and again we <br>got them all back. We set no limit on the number of books, but no one <br>was unreasonable. They were due the first day of school, and the <br>students who hadn't returned them got overdue notices and brought them <br>back. I am sure it encouraged reading among the students. The <br>interested students acted quite pleased to be allowed to take books out <br>for the summer. <br>******************************** <br>We let students check out books for the summer. Not many participate, but <br>those who do seem to appreciate it. We get them back--they are due on the <br>first day of school. <br>******************************** <br>We have had summer checkout for a number of years and it has worked <br>fine. Students who have fines paid and books turned in can check out <br>whatever they want over the summer. We don't have a huge number of <br>checkouts, but the students who use the summer checkout seem to <br>appreciate it and do not abuse it. We may have lost one book in the ten <br>years or so that we have done this. They check out required summer <br>reading mostly but also books they have wanted to read and haven't had <br>time--usually the thick ones. Just last week, a student asked me if we <br>were going to have summer check outs again. <br>******************************** <br>on a very limited basis it does work. I make sure I do not loan to Seniors, <br>other than that... <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </html> --------------4189A7D12119E9592953269D-- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. 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