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Date: September 1, 2010 <br /> To: Helene B. DeFoe <br /> From:. Janet Burke <br /> Re: Monthly Report <br /> The statewide summer reading program, "Go-Green at your library" rare for eight weeks this <br /> sum'm r. 1 were "green" by lirr i n ting all paper—th entire program gra online. Chi-ldren <br /> committed to read 20 minutes s per day for at least.5 days a week and recorded their time on an <br /> online reading log. When children showed us their log online, they received a small prize for <br /> their rarding effort and for viiting the library. The final prize was a coupon for a free ice cream <br /> cone from Polar Cave ice Cream Parlor. This is the fourth year that Mark La.wrence from Polar <br /> Cave has generously p ns r d oursummer reading program. Atotal f1 4 children and <br /> teens participated this year. In 2009 we had 219 children and 5 teens participate. I believe the <br /> decline in participation is due to parents' reluctance to use the online component. <br /> Each week we have displayed ar "Green Fact of the Il k". Children read the fact and thea they <br /> can enter a raffle for Green at your library" prize. Participation has been: <br /> August 7th Raffle Entries 32 <br /> August 14 �' Raffle Entries 2 <br /> August 21. t Raffle Entries 1 <br /> Luis Catala, a Mashpee parent whose native language is Spanish, is volunteering his.time at the <br /> library this summer conducting a Spanish Immersion class for preschoolers. There are 1 <br /> children registered for the weekly lesson and craft experience—parents and siblings also <br /> participate. The attendance has been: <br /> August 7t Spanish Class 2 <br /> August 14th Spanish Class 1 <br /> August 1St' Spanish Class 2 <br /> Jeanette Campbell continued Lap Babies as a parent ruin group through August with an <br /> attendance f: <br /> August 4th Lap Babies 2 <br /> August 11th Lap Babies 12 <br /> August 18th Lap Babies 1 <br /> August 25th Lap Babies 17 <br /> Claudia and I have been workingtogether toffer Multicultural Story and Craft Program for <br /> school-age children. We created passports for the children and each week we visited a <br /> different countryand stamped their passports. I have been select ing the books and reading the <br /> stories, while Claudia has prepared the craft activities. elle started the summer with 1 <br />