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Winchester Potters librarian outlines year-round reading and makerspace programs at board meeting
Summary
The principal and librarian at Winchester Potters Elementary presented the school’s library programs to the board, highlighting community-built displays, research supports, author visits, makerspaces and summer reading efforts.
Winchester Potters Elementary’s library programs and student projects were showcased Tuesday at the West Seneca Central School District board meeting, where the principal and the school’s library media specialist described year-long activities designed to promote reading, research and creative learning.
Principal Jamie Knight introduced the library presentation and noted the library’s role as a welcoming hub; the classroom teacher and board members called the library a bright, collaborative space in its early weeks under new leadership.
The librarian (first name Marie in the meeting) told the board she has been the school’s library media specialist for about three and a half years and described recurring and seasonal programs: a community-built poster begun at the start of each year; nonfiction research instruction and database use; a December “Holidays Around the World” makerspace; a January book-award season; author visits timed to literacy events; a schoolwide reading of Charlotte’s Web coordinated with a spring family event; a spring poetry wall activity; the school’s Battle of the Books club; and a June makerspace and inventory period. She also noted students’ continuing access to digital platforms Sora and PebbleGo over the summer and named a districtwide summer giveaway program, Reading Rover.
Why it matters: The presentation illustrated how the district’s elementary libraries run programming that aims to tie library resources to classroom curriculum, support student research skills, and sustain reading through the summer.
Selected details and examples: The librarian described a year-beginning poster activity in which students, staff and parents place color-coded stickers to build a communal image over months; a December makerspace that offered stations themed to different holidays; a spring author visit by Rachel D’Annunzio timed to the district’s literacy events; and a schoolwide reading of Charlotte’s Web coordinated with a family event to highlight animals and kindness. The librarian also noted that three students from Winchester Potters recently traveled to Albany for a state math competition. The library continues to use digital resources (Sora for ebooks and PebbleGo for research) and plans two days of June Makerspace activities before summer.
Board response: Board members thanked the principal and librarian for the presentation and praised library staff and district support for collaborative library programs. The superintendent and board noted districtwide library efforts that include summer reading giveaways.
What’s next: The presentation was informational; there was no board action tied to the spotlight. The librarian and principal asked the board to continue supporting district library collaborations and summer reading programs.
