In just over a month, @MrSchuReads will be visiting *OUR* 200+ @ElsaEngRRISD 5th graders! We are SO excited and can’t wait to welcome him to our school! 📚💚🎉@LibrariesRRock #LibrariesRRock @revabala1 @mrsmcalhoun @mrs_eaton @joshhanlonE3 @RatajErin @RekhaShirtekar @RoundRockISD https://t.co/ErGww60DDY
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) September 12, 2019
Category Archives: Announcements
Join the Birthday Book Club for 2019-20!
Join the @ElsaEngRRISD Birthday Book Club during Open House tomorrow! Check out our hallway display for all the details, and complete the blue form in your child’s Welcome Packet & attach payment. Help support our library while honoring your child! https://t.co/tIBzegNDSw 🎂📚💚 pic.twitter.com/EnHCWximx6
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) August 13, 2019
More information on our Library Website!
Launching a NEW Library Website!
Check out our new England Library Website!
In an effort to streamline library websites across Round Rock ISD, all library websites are making a move to the Google Sites platform. I developed a brand new, awesome website which will continue to serve as a landing place for our community to gain access to our online library catalog, research resources, MackinVIA eBooks, library schedule, details about library programs, general information, and professional development links for teachers & colleagues. The new library site is linked to our main school page under Library, and it’ll be the first place everyone goes to when looking for information! The Google Sites platform is also much more mobile and tablet friendly.
I am SO EXCITED to continue THIS website (englandlibrary.edublogs.org) as more of a News and Blog format! I’ll continue posting here regularly, adding photos, announcements, updates, and news about what’s happening in the library!
This summer, our NEWS website will serve as the place to go when entering our Weekly Giveaways!
I am also excited to maintain our News & Blog website for the rich history it contains! On this website, I’ve been chronicling our first seven years together at England, and I don’t intend to stop!
We have four more school days left! Use this time to check out our new website and take a look around!
Mrs. Kupersztoch Honored as 2020 Teacher of the Year for England Elementary!
I’m proud to represent @ElsaEngRRISD as our 2020 Teacher of the Year! Tonight’s lovely @RRISD_PIEF Banquet honored all @RoundRockISD Teachers of the Year. I was particularly pleased with how my song choice went over… 😉📚🌈🥰 @JanaStowe @amiusel @LibrariesRRock #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/aJ8azg5y3i
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) May 7, 2019
Emily Arrow sings with PreK, K, and 1st graders!
To say our students have been a little excited to meet kid-lit-tunes musician Emily Arrow is an understatement! We’ve been reading books, singing her songs, and watching her YouTube videos for months, and the day finally came for her to sing with us LIVE and IN PERSON from the Elsa England Cafeteria!!!!!!
These rockstar PreK, K, & 1st grade teachers are also Emily Arrow Superfans🌟! We loved every minute of her visit, & can’t wait until her return (hopefully soon)! Psst: see our Arrow-themed shirts?! 🎶📚❤️🤩 @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock Thanks again @ElsaEngPTA for your support! pic.twitter.com/kR0yez6dIP
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
Our visit @ElsaEngRRISD with the amazingly talented and inspiring @helloemilyarrow was a highlight of our year! We sang our ❤️s our along with her, and loved every minute! Thanks again to our @ElsaEngPTA for supporting priceless experiences such as this one! #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/MQmVpu0zSg
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 7, 2019
Thanks again to Ms. Chen’s Kindergarten Class for such a sweet introduction, helping us welcome Emily Arrow to England! @rochelle_chen3 🎶📚❤️🎸🎶 @helloemilyarrow pic.twitter.com/mEAdBaFax5
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “Books, Books” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/ZAXBrzqSo2
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “The Dot Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/GVRNkj1JdV
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “They All Saw a 🐱 Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/i05yC3YkAL
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 preparing to sing “The Narwhal: Unicorn Of The Sea Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/KClSD273z9
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “The Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/Kw8wD9vAOM
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “Poem in Your Pocket Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/ynoxY57HT6
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “Are We There Yeti Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/VXcCtzFtHm
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “The Louise Loves Art Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/lpAe1bFKXf
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “Be a Friend Song” 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/dMDKdQzSZt
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
🎶❤️📚 “Follow Your Arrow” and farewell 📚❤️🎶 singing with @helloemilyarrow at @ElsaEngRRISD #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/SuuS4HFVxm
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) March 8, 2019
Thanks again to our fabulous PTA for sponsoring this amazing experience for our community!
7th Annual Unusual Reading Spot Contest – due April 12, 2019
The England Library is so excited to host our seventh annual Unusual Reading Spot Contest! Students enjoy having their picture taken while reading in an unusual place or pose and entering their picture in our school-wide contest. Students might be found reading in a refrigerator, near an important landmark, in a basketball hoop, or any place your imagination takes you. Our students read EVERYWHERE!
In the photos, students should be visibly reading a book – and we should clearly be able to see the book cover (see examples above). The 10 winning images will be enlarged to 16” x 20” for display in our England Library during the 2019-20 school year.
Who: Any student attending England! (Only one entry per student, however students are welcome and encouraged to include siblings in a joint photo!)
When: from NOW until Friday, April 12, 2019
Contest Rules: Participating students must turn in a 4” x 6” or 5” x 7” photo print on photo paper of their contest entry (sorry, entries cannot be emailed). The submissions will be voted on by a panel of judges and the winning images will then need to provide a digital version of their image (please take the photo in the highest resolution your camera will allow) so that we may enlarge it for display in the library. Minimum resolution pixel dimensions are 1840 x 2300; optimum resolution pixel dimensions are 2400 x 3000 or higher. Please note that “camera-phone” photos will not be a high enough resolution to print in such an enlarged size for display in the library. Additionally, please do not Photoshop or otherwise edit the photo in order to superimpose parts of the image – we want it to be as authentic of an image as possible. Pick up a participation form in the library or download one below to attach to your contest entry picture.
Please note these additional guidelines: Your book must “match” the unusual reading spot, and the cover of your book must be visible in the photo.
Coins for Coats: October 15-19, 2018
Student Council and the England Library are co-sponsoring this year’s Coins for Coats program, helping the Round Rock Area Serving Center buy new coats for children in need throughout Round Rock ISD. With your help, they guarantee that your kindness will be passed on through the warmth of a coat.
If you would like to help, students can bring coins or bills to the school library to place in our special “Coins for Coats” collection containers between October 15-19, 2018.
We are encouraging students to bring one type of coin each day that week and offering incentives for collecting the most funds:
MONDAY = bring pennies
TUESDAY = bring nickels
WEDNESDAY = bring dimes
THURSDAY = bring quarters
FRIDAY = bring $1 bills (or $5, $10, checks made to “RRASC: Keep Round Rock Warm“).
The TOP overall classroom will win a $40 Gift Certificate to spend at our Fall Book Fair plus an invitation for a popcorn reading party in the library! The TOP classroom per grade level will each win a $15 Book Fair Gift Certificate plus a classroom incentive.
The Round Rock Area Serving Center has never turned a child in need away without a coat.
Last year, our Elsa England community alone raised an incredible $4,900+ – and across Round Rock ISD, Coins for Coats raised over $30,000 in all, benefiting students right here in Round Rock!
Please help to make this year a success!
November 2017 by the numbers…
A short but jam-packed November in the books @ElsaEngRRISD Library! Fab visits from @TBABooks authors @ElizEulberg & @Devas_T, successful @Scholastic #BookFair, 3rd & 5th gr. research lessons, more #ArmadilloAward lessons w/ K-2, and a little R&R for all! #LibrariesRRock pic.twitter.com/HsaksBC7XR
— Emily Kupersztoch (@mrsklibrarian) December 5, 2017
6th Annual Unusual Reading Spot Contest – due April 20, 2018
The England Library is so excited to host our sixth annual Unusual Reading Spot Contest! Students enjoy having their picture taken while reading in an unusual place or pose and entering their picture in our school-wide contest. Students might be found reading in a refrigerator, near an important landmark, in a basketball hoop, or any place your imagination takes you. Our students read EVERYWHERE!
In the photos, students should be visibly reading a book – and we should clearly be able to see the book cover (see examples above). The 10 winning images will be enlarged to 16” x 20” for display in our England Library during the 2018-19 school year.
Who: Any student attending England! (Only one entry per student, however students are welcome and encouraged to include siblings in a joint photo!)
When: from NOW until Friday, April 20, 2018
Contest Rules: Participating students must turn in a 4” x 6” or 5” x 7” photo print on photo paper of their contest entry (sorry, entries cannot be emailed). The submissions will be voted on by a panel of judges and the winning images will then need to provide a digital version of their image (please take the photo in the highest resolution your camera will allow) so that we may enlarge it for display in the library. Minimum resolution pixel dimensions are 1840 x 2300; optimum resolution pixel dimensions are 2400 x 3000 or higher. Please note that “camera-phone” photos will not be a high enough resolution to print in such an enlarged size for display in the library. Additionally, please do not Photoshop or otherwise edit the photo in order to superimpose parts of the image – we want it to be as authentic of an image as possible. Pick up a participation form in the library or download one below to attach to your contest entry picture.
Please note these additional guidelines: Your book must “match” the unusual reading spot, and the cover of your book must be visible in the photo.
Coins for Coats: Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2017
Student Council and the England Library are co-sponsoring this year’s Coins for Coats program, helping the Round Rock Area Serving Center buy new coats for children in need throughout Round Rock ISD. With your help, they guarantee that your kindness will be passed on through the warmth of a coat.
If you would like to help, students can bring coins or bills to the school library to place in our special “Coins for Coats” collection containers between October 30th and November 3rd.
We are encouraging students to bring one type of coin each day that week and offering incentives for collecting the most funds:
MONDAY = bring pennies
TUESDAY = bring nickels
WEDNESDAY = bring dimes
THURSDAY = bring quarters
FRIDAY = bring $1 bills (or $5, $10, checks made to “RRASC: Keep Round Rock Warm“).
The TOP overall classroom will win a $40 Gift Certificate to spend at our Fall Book Fair plus an invitation for a popcorn reading party in the library! The TOP classroom per grade level will each win a $15 Book Fair Gift Certificate plus a classroom incentive.
The Round Rock Area Serving Center has never turned a child in need away without a coat.
Last year, our Elsa England community alone raised an incredible $4,603 – and across Round Rock ISD, Coins for Coats raised $30,174 in all, benefiting students right here in Round Rock!
Please help to make this year a success!