MacDowell Montessori School Library

10/09/2025

The high school book tasting orientation was a huge hit! The culture of reading in our building has grown so much 💗

08/29/2025

I’ll be promoting The News Literacy Project with teachers, students, and families this year!

10/28/2024

Thanks to our awesome upper elementary students who helped the voting process run smoothly this morning for lower elementary students!! 🗳️ 🇺🇸

10/25/2024

MPS is hosting Mock Elections for all students in K5 - 12th grade next week! The library will host voting for K5 through 6th grade. Middle and high school students will vote in their Social Studies classrooms. We have created little voting booths for privacy and purchased voting stickers to make it official for our students!

I'm looking for at least one parent volunteer to support this effort during the following times. Please respond here and email Ms. Raasch ([email protected]) if you can help! Thank you!

Monday
9:00-11:00 (Ms. Heidi, Ms. Maggie, and Ms. Patti's classes)
AND
12:30 - 2:30 (all the 5K classrooms)

Tuesday
9:00-11:00 (Ms. Mary & Ms. Britni's classes)

Wednesday
9:00-11:00 (Ms. Valyncia, Ms. Lee, & Ms. Emily's classes)

Thursday
9:00-11:00 (Mr. Roman, Ms. Kiki, & Ms. Morgan's classes)

05/19/2024

When Katherine Applegate writes the final book in this epic series, I need a box of tissue in the first 10 pages😭💜 Ivan, Bob, and Ruby have such a special place in my heart after sharing their stories with students for over a decade! I can’t wait for my own son to finally meet them🥰

Also, reading in a hammock is my 💖

05/13/2024

Last week we had a special author visit from my dear, long-time friend, Laura Anne Merritt Bird, who came to share her first book with our Upper Elementary classrooms! “Crossing the Pressure Line” is such a fabulous middle-grade book and our students can’t wait to get their hands on their signed copies to read over summer break!! We especially love that Laura is a local author and that her story takes place in the Wisconsin north woods! The students loved the special feather bookmarks she brought for them to make!

05/08/2024

WOW! Our first Donor's Choose project was already funded! We are SO very grateful for the many families that donated to help make this possible! THANK YOU! 🥳🤩🥰

Help me give my students low-tech tools for our library maker space. LEGO and KNEX are great for young students to practice fine motor skills, create, build, and collaborate with peers. This year w...

05/02/2024

UPDATED: Double donations up to $50 by adding the promo code LIFTOFF at checkout for the next 7 days! Yippeee!

Our first Donor's Choose project to add more tools for our youngest makers! Please consider supporting this project!

Help me give my students low-tech tools for our library maker space. LEGO and KNEX are great for young students to practice fine motor skills, create, build, and collaborate with peers. This year w...

03/20/2024

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the book fair a huge success! Our community is incredibly generous and bought so many wonderful books 🥰 Thank you for supporting our library program! 25% of your purchase comes back to MacDowell Library 🌈 We love Rainbow Booksellers! 🌈

There’s one more day to shop: Weds after school from 3:30-4:30. Consider staying for the SEC at 5:00 and the PTO at 5:30!

03/17/2024

Book Fair starts after school tomorrow! Check the comments for a link to sign up to volunteer for a shift! Rainbow Booksellers donates 25% of sales to our library 📚 🌈 📚

03/13/2024

Book Fair is NEXT WEEK in the Library! We need volunteers to help make this fundraising event a success. Please sign up for a slot if you can; there are several different days, times, and opportunities!

WHEN: Monday, 3/18 through Wednesday, 3/20 (Week before Spring Break!) Please consider staying after the fair on Wednesday to join us for our SEC (School Engagement Council with Principal Corona) at 5:00 and the PTO meeting at 5:30; all are welcome! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Check slots for specific times....