By Brenda Erdahl
Sports Editor
Maple Lake Elementary School (MLE) will host a Scholastic Book Fair from October 12 – 18. Funds raised will help purchase books for the Media Center/Library. Families, faculty, and the community are invited to attend and help inspire children to become lifelong readers. The Book Fair will be open for teacher/student previewing Wednesday, Oct. 11 – Friday, Oct. 13, then Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 16 and 17 from 9:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.
The Book Fair takes place in the Elementary Large Group Room. Just follow the arrows on the walls to find the room. The Book Fair offers specially priced books and educational products, including popular series, award-winning titles, new releases, adult bestsellers, and other great reads from dozens of publishers.
Book Fair customers may help the school build classroom libraries by purchasing books through the Classroom Wish List program. In addition, the Book Fair will feature the “All for Books” program, where students can share the thrill of donating loose change to purchase books from the Book Fair. Parents, Grandparents, Community members can also donate money to this program. These funds help purchase books from the Book Fair for students who can’t afford to buy a book. Scholastic Book Fairs® then matches those monetary donations with a donation of up to one million dollars in books from The Scholastic Possible Fund, which distributes books to children in need through organizations, such as Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. and the Kids in Need Foundation.
What’s more, 40% to 50% of the purchase price of books, depending on the total sales, goes back to the school and will be used to purchase books for the Elementary Media Center/Library, Media Specialist Sarah Thomas said.