Friends of the EGR Library Used Book Sale

Members only presale Friday, June 15, 2012

6:30-8:30 pm can join at the door

Saturday, June 16, 2012

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

In the EGR Middle School

 

Details:

The Friends of the EGR Library will hold their semi-annual used book sale on  Saturday, June 16, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the EGR Middle School Cafeteria. Members only pre-sale Friday, June 15, 2012 (can join at the door)

Thousands of books sorted into over 30 categories will be on sale as well as videos, CDs, and DVDs. The book sale is held the same day as the Clothesline Art Fair, so plan to spend the day celebrating books and art!

If you would like to donate books for this sale, you may drop them off at the Library during regular library hours. For large donations, please contact Dawn Lewis, EGR Branch Manager, at 647-3880. Proceeds from the book sale benefit programs and services at the EGR Library.

Traffic Note: Lakeside Drive will be closed north of the Middle School, and Wealthy Street will be closed through Gaslight Village for the Reeds Lake Clothesline Art Fair during this same time period. Plan to arrive at the Middle School from the east/west on Lake Drive or from the south on Breton Road.

Location: East Grand Rapids Middle School
2425 Lake Drive SE
East Grand Rapids, MI 49506

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Walks for Autism Awareness

The East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation is seeking nominations for theExcellence in Teaching Award and Vi-Chem Award.

The Excellence in Teaching Awards and Vi-Chem Award are ways for you to honor and thank that amazing teacher who has made a difference in your child’s life.

Through the Excellence in Teaching Award, the East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation awards $1,000 each to two teachers, one at the Elementary level and one at the Secondary level. These awards recognize and encourage superior professional effort to improve instruction. The Vi-Chem award recognizes excellence in teaching of science, mathematics, or technology. This is a $1,500 award given to one elementary or secondary teacher of the above subject areas. The awards are presented each year at the opening meeting for staff in August.

To nominate a teacher, please complete a nomination form available in your school office or at www.egrsf.org. Submit the application online or download the nomination form and send it to the Foundation office at Woodcliff. The deadline is MAY 15, 2012. A committee comprised of representatives from the Foundation and teachers from the elementary and secondary schools will review all nominations and select the recipients for 2012.

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SUPPORT STAFF EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR:

Click here for nomination form

ARTWALK

                                                             

Join the EGR Library, the EGR Public School’s Art Departments and the Gaslight Village Business Association for a month-long celebration of Art and Reading!

• Grab a copy of Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni Morrison at the library to read as a family.
• Pick up a map at the library and take an ArtWalk through Gaslight Village beginning Sunday, March 4th.  Wonderful artwork by EGR Middle School and High School students will be on display throughout Gaslight Village, while art work by EGR 5^th graders will be on display at the EGR Library.
• Join us at the EGR Library on Sunday afternoons throughout March at 2:00pm for a variety of programs and art activities for all ages, culminating with an Art Show where you can meet and greet with some of the artists, taste food from local restaurants, and enjoy a performance by Thistle Head on Sunday, March 25^th at 2:00pm.

Check out www.kdl.org, call 784-2007 or visit the EGR Library for full details.

HURRAH!