Southwest City School Library

05/03/2026

We are once again closing in on the end of a fantastic school year in the library! This means our library books are ready to return home! ALL books are due back Friday, May 8th! Notes regarding missing and lost library books (along with places to check for missing books) will be sent home the week of May 12th!

04/04/2026

Families-

It's time ⏰️

Our spring book fair is here and will be ready to shop Tuesday, April 14th through Friday April 17th from 7:30 am to 4:20 pm!

We will be hosting previews this Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 10th and notes/flyers will be coming home this week!

This year will once again be the BOGO FREE fair!

03/12/2026

🎞The day finally arrived 🎞

Today we got the opportunity to celebrate our readers who accepted the challenge and read four or more of the Missouri Association of School Libraries Mark Twain or Truman Award Nominees!

In total, we had 32 students qualify and get to enjoy a movie, snacks, and popcorn 🍿 in the library this afternoon!

We want to congratulate every reader who earned their spot this year and let you know to keep your 👀 peeled for more announcements on those who are shooting for the Elite Reader Award!

03/09/2026

We've had a few last minute Qualifiers to celebrate 🥳

The following readers have earned their spot at our Reader celebration on Wednesday by reading four of our state nominated titles:

Elmer
Mateo
Aiden
Sofia
Emanuel

02/19/2026

When a kindergarten friend lets you know their teacher has a surprise but they can't tell you what it is....you always hope its good 🤞

And boy was it!

Mrs. Olivia's kindergarten class earned their very own from Beanstack for logging their reading ( and earning prizes!)! They brought Benny in for a photo op with Mrs. Granger 📸

Way to be incredible, Mrs. Olivia's class! Keep reading!

02/18/2026

Our readers have been sliding in for the home stretch!

With only 2.5 weeks left to qualify we have had several students hit the home run and earn their place in our Reader Award Celebration!

Congratulations to:
Cody B.
Brinnleigh W.
Alexis V.

02/11/2026

It's been hard to keep up with all our Reader Award Qualifiers this month!

Way to go:
Ervin V.
Maria S.
Karina G.

They will get to join us for our Reader Award Celebration in March!

02/07/2026

💫SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT💫

We are incredibly proud to announce that we have our first ELITE READER for the 2025-2026 school year!

Kimberly V. read, logged, and reviewed all 12 of the Mark Twain Award Nominees and earned her place in history on the library wall!

Way to be incredible, Kimberly!

02/06/2026

🎉Shout out to our newest Reader Award Qualifier🎉

In order to become a Reader Award Qualifier, students must read and log 4 of our state nominated titles!

Way to be incredible, Annabella K!

01/27/2026