FAMILY Reading night

FAMILY READING NIGHTNovember 4, 2011Hamburg middle schoolWelcome to the 7th annual FAMILY READING NIGHT!

We hope you enjoy this slideshow. you will see results of the logo contest, information on the door prize drawing, glimpses of the different activities, pictures from past FRN events, and more!

You can tell how high a Society is by how much of its garbage is recycled.Dhyani Ywahoo

This years theme is READ, RECYCLE & RECHARGE

DID YOU KNOW? We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year!Make literacy part of your family time!

Play board games together.

Choose books over TV

Read the ingredients and directions on a recipe together and make something yummy!

Make reading FUN!

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. Dr. Seuss

Visit the cafeteria to view the Chinese Auction Items & choose the gift basket that you would like a chance to win! Make sure you fill out your ticket completely!

Winners will be posted at 8:45 in the cafeteria and Library Media Center (LMC)

You do not need to be present to win!

*Winners not present will be contacted, & can pick up their prize on Monday between 8:00am and 3:30pm.

Only one raffle ticket per family ~ any duplicates will be disqualified. You will find your ticket in your Family Reading Night Bag!

Chinese Auction RaffleThe Screen Actors Guild Presentswww.storylineonline.netListen to members of the Screen Actors Guild read your favorite stories.The interactive site provides lessons ideas and activities for each book!Follow site updates on Facebook and Twitter.

Logo Contest Winner

Created by Erin Kane, 8th grader

Books may well be the only true magic.~Alice Hoffman

DID YOU Know?Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.BOOK SWAPAll proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House Charities

I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library. Jorge Luis Borges

Discover South america!

Want to know what life is like below the equator? Come and take a trip from A to V and in between! Passports will be provided as well as a surprise when you visit all 9 countries.Join us in the cafeteria at 7:15

Mmmmm theres a cookie with your name on it!

FAMILY READING NIGHT 2008Recycle Your Knowledge!Trivia that tests whether you are green or if you are leaving a large carbon footprint!

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. Emilie Buchwald

DID YOU Know?It will take the typical glass bottle 4000 years or more to decompose.

Own Late Aches Aim Men HitOnly takes a minute

Ape Lay OnwardsA play on words

(3 sessions)7:207:458:10MAD GAB MANIA!Room 211Outside a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside a dog, its too dark to read. Groucho Marx

Poetry in art Room 217 Recycle a page of an "abandoned" book by creating a poem and then painting it to create a masterpiece.

Logo Contest Honorable Mention

Created by 8th grader Jordan WarisFAMILY READING NIGHT 2010Book swap!!! Room 212-214

DID YOU Know?The average American uses seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees.I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

Groucho Marx

FAMILY READING NIGHT 2010Book swap!!! Room 212-214

Libraries are not made; they grow.

Augustine Birrell

BULLDOGCOLORING CONTEST

for ALL AGES!

Room 207-209

FAMILY READING NIGHT 2007DID YOU Know?The average American consumes approximately 500 gallons of gasoline per year, whereas the average Canadian consumes approximately 310 gallons per year. Parents: Need some R&R?Join us in the Library for some Read and Relax time.Take a book off the shelf, or a magazine off the rack!

Logo Contest Honorable MentionCreated by 8th grader Gilly Tytka

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Edmund Burke

RECORDING STUDIO STATION! Take home a recording of your favorite song, poem, quote, or story! Enjoy listening, singing, rapping, and speaking on tape!Reading materials provided, but your own ideas are WELCOME!

FAMILY READING NIGHT 2009"You see, I don't believe libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." Monty Python

DID YOU Know?It is estimated that $2.8 billion in 2008 went to energy costs to power unused computers in the workplace alone. The amount of energy used for this is estimated to release over 20 million tons of CO2 emissions...the equivalent of the emissions from approximately 4 million cars!

Board Games Room 207-209

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Ray Bradbury

FAMILY READING NIGHT 2008

Hamburg Middle School Musicians will be Performing!Small groups will be performing at the Book Swap in Room 212 / 214.Select Strings will be performing in the cafeteria at 8:30.

Logo Contest Honorable MentionCreated by 6th grader Hunter Barnes

Watch for the mascot! The bulldog is in the house!

THANKS TO THE HMS STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT!

THANKS TO our guest speakers!Mrs. Nowadly ~ Hamburg School District Energy Coordinator

Mrs. Durni ~ Recycling Club Advisor

The HMS Recycling ClubTHANKS TO THE 2011 Family reading night committee members & volunteers for their hard work and dedication!Mrs. KullmanMs. WatkinsMrs. TomlinsonMs. RybczynskiMrs. PerriMrs. SpringbornMrs. LauriaMrs. DatesMs. FinnertyMrs. Montoro

Mrs. DemersMrs. MeholickMrs. PaciorekMrs. BognerMrs. WolfMrs. KaneMrs. Currier

Library Club studentsHigh School Participation in Government students

THANKS TO THE following local businesses FOR THEIR donations!Albright-Knox Art GalleryBuffalo Museum of ScienceNiagara ChocolatesAquarium of NiagaraBuffalo SabresPizza Hut (Blasdell)Buffalo BanditsEdie's PizzaTargetBuffalo BillsIlio DiPaolos WegmansBuffalo GamesLibrary ClubWendy's (Camp Rd.)THANKS TO THE PTSA & THE HMS STAFF FOR DONATING TREATS!

Refreshments available in the cafeteria after 7:15!This slideshow was created by the Family Reading Night Committee. We hope you enjoyed it!