Tri-School Dads Softball this Saturday

Baja Padres Softball

It’s almost here! The Dads Club rivalry continues. Root for the Baja Padres (Beach Dads) Saturday, June 13th, 2-5 at Coaches Field.

Come out and support the Baja Padres at the 3rd annual tri-school softball game.  BBQ and games for the kids in deepest right field. Proceeds benefit the APCP program of the winning school’s choice.

Thank you from the Beach Librarians

June 5, 2009

Dear Beach Parents’ Club Board,

We can’t believe that another year is just about over! The McHugh Library’s support to our school community of motivated learners, both student and adult, is buoyed by the BPO’s continuing financial assistance and enthusiasm.  Our dedicated group of library volunteers does an amazing job of taking care of the various jobs, i.e., shelving, readying new books, staffing the circulation desk during classes and lunchtime, assisting during research projects, and the like. Our volunteers logged more than 320 hours as recorded on our library logs, and that doesn’t include the hours parents have spent on various projects implemented at home. Our student volunteers, the Beach Booksters, have provided yet another core group of book lovers to help out in our busy library.

The funds dedicated from the Tri-School Auction of 2009 will serve us well next year as we continue to augment our collection, adding many books to the non-fiction collection at a variety of reading levels, and purchasing fabulous picture books and novels, audiobooks and DVDs to continue our tradition of a well-stocked library filled with interesting and relevant reading, listening and viewing materials. We continue to subscribe to two databases for use both at home and at school. Ed1stop and Worldbook Online can be accessed via our school website, as can the library’s catalog.

As you know, Kitty Nemechek, library assistant, will be retiring after 24 years of working in the library.  Her job as a library assistant is essential to the functioning of the library and its programs.  Kitty is responsible to provide support in maintaining the library environment so that it is conducive to instruction and learning, to assist in maintaining, ordering and processing of library materials, to assist in the training and supervision of volunteers, and to work with the teacher-librarian, classroom teachers, students, parents in order to share appropriate materials and information. The funding for her position this next year is in question at present and the BPO input will be essential in finding solutions to maintain the library assistant’s position in these times of budget crisis.

We can’t thank you enough for your continuing generosity and support of the library and its programs. With our continuing partnership, our students will certainly develop into lifelong readers!

With warmest regards,

Robin Ludmer                                     Kitty Nemechek

Teacher-Librarian                                Library Assistant