11/09/1999 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Date: November 1, 1999 To: Helene DeFoe From: Janet Burke Re: Monthly Report The month of October was busy in the Children's Room as the fall schedule for storytime and first grade field trips commenced. Family Storytime was held on Oct. 2"d with an attendance of 15. Family Storytime was also held on Oct. 9th as part of the Octoberfest. The attendance at Mashpee Commons was 48 and approximately 50 children participated in the craft activity of rock painting. I did an outreach program for Head Start on Oct.5'h. The teachers and 16 children enjoyed stories. Since then, one of the teachers has been into the library to obtain her teacher's library card and they have also scheduled a field trip for November. The Kids Klub Preschool visited the library on Oct. 6`h. 26 children enjoyed the storytime. On Oct 8`h I visited two elementary schools and visited 6 first grade classrooms. I distributed library card applications to approximately 150 students in anticipation of future field trips. The following first grade classes visited the library in October: Oct. 13`h Miss Russell's Class 20 students Oct. 25`h Mrs. Rafferty's Class 18 students Oct. 27`h Mrs. Connor's Class 22 students (2 classes rescheduled for November due to rain) On Oct. 15`h Helene and I presented our mini grant project for the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners at the Weston Public Library. We also toured the following libraries and took photographs of their children's rooms: Weston, Waltham, Newton and Duxbury. Toddle Time and Preschool Story Hour both began in mid-October: Oct. 18`h Toddle Time 19 children+ adults Oct. 18`h Preschool Story Hour 10 children+adults Oct. 25`h Toddle Time 21 children+ adults Oct. 25`h Preschool Story Hour 15 children+ adults The monthly storytime for Day Care Providers was held on Oct. 27`h with an Iattendance of 10.