Welcome to the

Richland School District 88A

Samuel Chellino Media Center

2009-2010 School Year!

Richland School District 88A Reading Vision:

Our Vision is to improve fluency and understanding for all

readers, as well as foster a desire to become a lifelong

reader and critical thinker.

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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”
— Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!”

Friends of the Samuel Chellino Media Center

Please consider supporting our Media Center and Literacy in our school by joining  the Friends of the Samuel Chellino Media Center. Each membership will go towards helping to bring new books into our Media Center. All books purchased will have bookplates that say: This book was purchased with Literacy contributions from Friends of the Samuel Chellino Media Center and Richland School District 88A. For a membership levels see the form: click, print and return to Mrs. Patty Kulesza. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Membership Form

New “Celebrate Richland” Media Center Mural

Please stop in the Samuel Chellino Media Center to see our wonderful new mural.  The mural is a collaboration between Richland School students, staff and 3 student artists from the University of St. Francis.  The artists began designing and painting the mural last May and finished the project this fall.  James Green, Nicole White and Julia Oliyaparathu donated their artistic talents to make this awesome mural come to life.  Each piece of the mural depicts an aspect of Richland student life featuring community, academics, sports and the arts with the main piece focusing on the lifelong love of reading! 

                                Mural Photos  one  two  three  four

Programs for Students @ Des Plaines Valley Public Library District

Homework Help Tutors

Through a partnership with Joliet Junior College and the America Reads/America Counts program, the library is pleased to be able to offer free tutoring services to children in grades K to 8.  At Crest Hill, a tutor is available on Monday evenings from 6-8pm and Saturdays from 11am-3pm.  Students who need help with homework are encouraged to drop-in (no appointments) and get the help they need.

            Marvelous Mondays at Crest Hill

In Crest Hill, check out one of our fun programs every Monday afternoon.  Register at Children’s Services. For ages 7 and up.

New! Assignment Alert Collaborative Planning for Teachers

New! Quarterly Topic Request for Teachers : What’s Soaring @ Richland

Do you have a suggestion for a book we should consider buying or  one that you have read that you think would be great for us to add to our book collection?

New! Staff /Teacher Suggest A Book

New! Students Suggest A Book

The Illinois Children’s Choice: The Monarch Award for 2010 takes place on Feb. 28, 2010.  All students in grades 1-3 vote in the Media Center for their favorite picture book from the 20 title list.  This year 245 students have voted and the Richland Winners were very, very close.  All the results are counted, then sent to the Illinois School Library Media Association and tabulated from participating schools and public libraries from around the state.  Here are the Richland Elementary School Results:

“WINNER!” 1st Place -37 votes: “The Cheese” by Maggie Palatini

2nd Place -36 votes:  “The Gingerbread Girl” by Lisa Campbell Ernst

3rd Place-35 votes: “On the Road” by Lucy Nolan

Congratulations to Richland Elementary School’s Winner! Stay tuned to see which book is chosen by our children in grades K-3 in Illinois announced at the Northern Illinois University Children’s Literature Conference in early March 2010!

Scholastic Book Fair is coming ! Join us for “Book Fair Diner!” Scholastic Book Fair, March 22-26, 2010.  Checkout the webpage for special programs and times you can visit the fair in the Sam Chellino Media Center!