Book Gala--Publishing Party

Our Published Books Have Arrived!!! We kept it a secret until Friday afternoon and presented the books to the students at the end of the day.  Everyone was super thrilled!! How exciting to see your work in a hard-bound book!! One student said, "When I got my hard-cover book in my hands, it felt magical!  When we held our books, we were all very proud of ourselves.  I think some of us were on the verge of crying we were all so happy!  It was one of my greatest experiences of being proud of myself!"

As you can see, everyone was waiting in eager anticipation!!
 
 

Here is Miss Leonard distributing the books.  Carrie is just getting her books!
 

After the books were distributed, we spent some time sharing them with each other!
 

Here Faith shows her book The Forgetful Rabbit.
 

Carrie with her book dedicated to her young cousin.
 

Sharon proudly displays her kidnapping mystery story.
 

Here are Emily and Anais with their treasures.
 

Joseph, Josiah, and Joey with smiles all around!
 

Bethany and Charity--two creative ladies.
 

Michael is so proud he finally finished!!
 

Tory with her book--The Famous Christmas Tree.
 

Ava and her sister with their books.
 


Here we have Gabe and Zack. 
 
It was hard to wait, but we left the books at school and on Monday we set up the band room for our first ever Book Gala.  Each student got to display their own book and show all the parents, family, and friend that were able to come.

The "boys'" table--it was a bit crowded!
 

More of our class showing their books...
 

Sharon proudly shows her mom her book!
 

The "girls" table posing!
 

Down the line.
 

Each class selected 4 students to represent their class and present their books.  Josiah went last.  He read his book Bumble the Bee to the younger members of the audience after which he dismissed all the students and the program was over!  Each student got to take their books home! What an exciting learning experience and treasured keepsake for each one. 

--Miss Leonard