Week 1 (March 4 - 8): Students will ONLY browse the books at 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 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 can't shop online with their child will still have some choices when it comes to purchasing books their child has seen and 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. You may set up your child’s ewallet this week, but please do not send money to school yet. If your child is absent on library day, a blank wish list will be sent home with them so that you can browse the flyer and look online to write some titles down you would like them to buy.
Week 2 (March 11 - 15): 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 your child’s ONLY chance to shop the spring 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! Sadly, a $5 bill will not buy a $4.99 book).
If 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/westsidespring and have their purchases shipped to their home.
We 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. You can add these funds by going to the book fair link page (https://www.scholastic.com/bf/westsidespring) and clicking “get started” under the ewallet section. 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!! Ms. Kim recommends you set up your wallet the day before your student’s library day so that it has time to process and show up in the cash register.
All purchases benefit our school and help us purchase books for our school library and classrooms!
Sincerely,
Kim Lawhon (Librarian)
BOOK FAIR SHOPPING DAYS
