Island Books Contest
Island Books sponsored a poster and postcard contest to help promote the project. Students from all primary schools entered. All entries showed creativity and artistic talent. The winners were announced in March. Prizes were awarded in both categories. Posters from K-3 and postcards from Grade 3-6. The first prize winners in each category received $50.00 gift certificates from The Tackle Box.The Tackle Box generously matched these gifts which were given to the winner's school. First prize winners also received a book "The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton. Other finalists received ice cream coupons from Ashley and Sons. Ashley and Sons generously donated ice cream cones for the honorable mentions. The winning choices will be printed and used to promote the project.
Poster Winners
First prize: Luciano Smith Morris VanterPool School
Second prize: Ori Smith MVPS
Third Prize: Amelique Hodge MVPS
Postcard
First prize Mia Hughes Stoney Ground
Second prize Jeleen Deshatlo Morris Vanterpool
Third prize Leon Vanterpool MVPS
Fourth prize: Syrenna Rogers Stoney Ground
Honorable mention:
Poster: Kylon Webster Island Harbor school
Postcard:
Keisheena Liddie MVPS
Tashim Fleming MVPS
Derrick Hughes Road school
Angelique Hazell Alwyn Allison Primary
Island Books
An Opportunity to Do Something Nice
On Your Vacation in Anguilla
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You may have read about visitor Heidi Hughey and her "childrens books" project in The Anguillian
newspaper. Here is how Heidi describes it:
"I am an Educator in the U.S. and decided a bag of children's books delivered to the school nearest
Cap Juluca (my home a way from home)
would be a small way to say Thank-you.
What started about 5 yrs. ago, I have continued on each return."
"I began to think... What would happen if every guest at the hotel brought one book and gave them to the West End School...then what if EVERY visitor brought one book and these books were shared equally among all the island primary schools. I hoped someone could come up with a catchy phrase...If you have room in your beach bag, please bring a children's book..."
"These books would be used in the Anguilla schools to foster the pleasure of Reading. Teachers could use these books in ways that are best in their classroom; individualized instruction, reading groups, home assignments, book reports, D.E.A.R. (drop everything and read), etc."
"Teacher Art has been supportive of my idea and we hope somehow to implement this idea. If this information is on a website the drop off point could be at the West End Primary school with Teacher Art distributing the books equitably around the island or if the hotels become involved perhaps a collection at their hotel.....if it really takes off...A box at the airport!"
"I believe in this simple concept and hope it's implementation will be successful."
Heidi Hughey,
fax 617-731-0608, email PelicanPie@aol.com
The reason for this is that these recorders are used as listening centres and thus the children can listen to stories while reading the books to the same story.
Here are some that would work great:
Counting Poems Flip Chart: 20 Playful Poems That Teach Numbers, Counting, and More
Multisensory Strategies: Lessons and Classroom Management Techniques to Reach and Teach All Learners
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Cassette)
Scooby-Doo!� Phonics Box Set #1
Fox on a Box (Usborne Publishing)
Pass It On : African American Poetry
Curious George� Makes Pancakes
Scholastic Phonics Readers - Set A Audiocassettes: For Readers 1-36
Scholastic Phonics Readers - Set A: Readers & Teacher's Guide
Listening Center B: 5 Audiocassettes & 5 Matching Titles
Listening Center A: 5 Audiocassettes & 5 Matching Titles
Scholastic Spelling Audiocassettes: Units 1-6 Grade 1
Scholastic Phonics Readers - Set B Audiocassettes
Scholastic Phonics Readers - Set B: Readers & Teacher's Guide
Alwyn Allison Primary School is located next door to La Sirena Hotel.
If you are coming from the airport direction, turn right just before the
left turn for Cap Juluca.
Secondary Drop-off Point.
We have a second point where you can drop off books: with Mimi Gratton, the Executive
Director of the Anguilla Hotel and Tourism Association. Tel: (264) 497-2944.
(email ahta@anguillanet.com). The drop-off point is the
AHTA office in The Valley, located in the Tourist Board
building on Coronation Blvd.
I am in daily communication with Art on everything, and he seems to have a good handle on it. Anything more we can do let us know, but the participation is growing! June 9, 2004
More on Anguilla Books
"I have been coming to Anguilla for the 10 plus years. After several years of sheer bliss,
I tried to think of a way to give back to the island which continues to give me such pleasure."
Tape Recorders and CD Players
We have received a lot of books - thanks and keep it up.
But now we could use some tape recorders and CD players, simple ones that can plug into an electrical outlet and
have an earphone plug, so we can have 6-8 earphones off each one if necessary.
Reading and Tape Sets We Could Use!
Once we get enought tape and CD players for the children, we will need books and matching CD/tapes to go with them.
Thank You Letters!
Teacher Art is head teacher at Alwyn Allison Primary School in West End. He has agreed to
be the central collection point for these books. The school phone number is
497-6721 and his home telephone number is 497-2369
and his email is hurricaneart@caribcable.com
New US Shipping Address!
The Island Books program now has a US shipping address. You can send
books here and they will be forwarded to to children in Anguilla:
Alwyn Allison Primary school
7150 N. W. 36th Avenue/Ang. Post Ocean
Miami, Florida
33147
USA
The Anguilla Post Office was kind enough to provide this mail forwarding service.
Thanks to the Anguilla Community Foundation for its contribution of US $300.00 toward our shipping costs.
Special thanks also to the Caribbean Cable Communications Ltd (Cable TV) who will pay some of the shipping expenses.
Feedback from Visitors!
Mike Bass of Cherry Hill, NJ writes:
We made our 4th trip to Anguilla last week, and are now home. We met with Art at the Alwyn Allison Primary School, and upon our return have made tremendous headway in getting books to Anguilla. A local school near to me in NJ donated lots of used taxtbooks: Spelling, history, health, etc, as well as a printer and a scanner. Three couples, regulars to Anguilla, are buying PM Reader 2 series as a donation, I have already notified Art of this. Many others are sending cases of books. Anguilla will soon have more books than it know what to do with!
Books That We Are Looking For!!
The response from book donors has been so heartwarming and the
the impact of the books on the children so dramatic, that
we have come up with a new wish list of books, including
titles like Mama I Want to Sing and How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?. Click the link above.