It's the last day of November. Where has the fall gone? Each school year seems to go faster than the last. The seniors are busy filling college applications or visiting with military recruiters here in the library. They are also working hard to finish required courses so they'll graduate with their class in June. Many have papers due in Participation In Government (P.I.G.) and College Prep classes. It's incredible what they produce and rewarding to know as a librarian I have been a part of their scholastic life since they were in kindergarten.
Having worked in two elementary schools for 11 years before being assigned the high school, I have had the opportunity to shape these young lives since they were 5 years old. Now at 17 and 18 they have developed into fine young men and women ready to tackle what lies ahead of them. It makes me very proud.
Last summer and my first year completed as a high school librarian, a student in the 2011 graduating class ran into me in the mall. This person told me how much she came to appreciate all the librarians do for students. It makes my job so worthwhile to hear just one person say something like that.
How cool for you that you got to see some of your students grow from kindergarteners to high school grads! Was it a tough transition to go from an elementary to a high school library? This is my second year as a high school librarian - lookinf forward to sharing stories!
ReplyDeleteIt WAS tough to go from working with little ones my whole career...30+ years,to working with young adults but now that I'm in the secondary position, I wouldn't want to go back.
ReplyDeleteIt's been fun reading YA books/adult books but I do miss the illustrated books from the primary. In YA there are so many good books out there. The authors writing for HS kids are truly amazing and talented individuals.
We have a huge Art/Music Fair in the spring and the library takes part by holding a book swap and if lucky a local author who will come and sit to introduce their book (s)..for free. Do you have any authors in mind?
My very first kindergarten class graduated in 2010. Time does fly doesn't it. I came into the the library the other day and a bunch of my previous elementary, now middle and high school students wrote nice messages all over my white board. How they missed me, missed library etc... It was so sweet. I took pictures and put them in my evidence binder. What better evidence that we make a differnce.
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