Week 1 (Oct. 2 - 6): Students will ONLY browse the fair and create wish lists during their library class this week.(See the library schedule at the end of this letter to see what day your child has library class.) Students will bring those wish lists home to you. Please know, you are under no obligation to purchase any of the books on your student’s wish list. We do this so those parents who do want to purchase books can see what their child has requested. There is a possibility that popular books will sell out and substitutions will need to be made. (Ms. Kim pays attention to those wish lists as they are made and tries to order extra of popular titles to restock.) There will be NO purchasing of books this week….JUST browsing and picking books out we would like to buy. You may set up your child’s ewallet this week, but please do not send cash or check to school until next week.
\r\nWeek 2 (Oct. 9 - 13): Students will be allowed to shop using cash, check (made payable to Westside Elementary), or the money placed in their online ewallet account during their library class. This week will be the ONLY chance to shop the fall book fair, so please make sure to send the student with the correct amount of money or have their ewallet account set up BEFORE their library day. (Don't forget to add extra for tax! A $5 bill will not buy a $4.99 book).
\r\nIf you choose to send a check or cash, please place it in a ziploc bag and include your student's name, their teacher's name, the amount enclosed, and their wish list. (You may circle the titles on the wishlist you have approved so that Ms. Kim will have that information.) If a student's shopping time is missed due to being absent on library day, every effort will be made to give them time to shop. If we are unable to do that, students can shop online with their parents at https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westsidefall and have their purchases shipped to their home.
\r\nWe highly encourage parents to use the ewallet option. Ewallet is a great way to use a debit or credit card to add funds into an account for the student to use to shop without having to send cash or a check to school with the student. Please do not add more money than you want your child to spend (because spend it they will LOL). Any funds not spent at the fair will not be refunded by Scholastic, but will roll over to use at the next Book Fair or you can use it to make purchases online. If you have funds left over from a fair last year, it will give you the option to add those funds to this year’s ewallet when you set it up. You can set up an ewallet by going to the book fair link page (https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westsidefall) and clicking “get started” under the ewallet section. You will need to know your child’s teacher’s name (It is in the schedule below.). More than one ewallet can be set up for a student so this is a great way for grandparents to buy books for their grandchild even if they live out of town!!
\r\nAll purchases benefit our school and help us purchase books for our school library!
\r\nSincerely,
\r\nKim Lawhon (Librarian)
BOOK FAIR SHOPPING DAYS
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| \r\n 2nd - Choate | \r\n 2nd - Olivarri | \r\n 2nd - Copeland | \r\n 2nd - Marino | \r\n SC-Hicks |
| \r\n 1st - Hearn | \r\n 1st - Davis | \r\n 1st - Verser \r\n | \r\n 1st - Schowe | \r\n 1st - Williams \r\n |
| \r\n 3rd - Turney \r\n | \r\n 3rd - Watkins | \r\n 3rd - Schucker | \r\n 3rd - Petty \r\n | \r\n 3rd - Price \r\n |
| \r\n K - Weeks K - Eden | \r\n K - McLarty | \r\n K - Briggs | \r\n K - Myers | \r\n K - Woechan \r\n |