St. Croix Falls Public Library and Elementary School Library Win Award

Hats off to the St. Croix Falls Public Library and Elementary School Library for winning the Standing up for Rural Wisconsin Schools, Libraries, and Communities award!  Tony Evers will present the award on January 31st in Madison to Youth Library Services Director Cole Zrostlik and St. Croix Falls Elementary Librarian Rita Platt.  

St. Croix Falls’ “One Community, Two Libraries” program is a collaborative effort, and joining forces has allowed the libraries to offer more activities, including  four yearly “Pajama After-Hours” nights where teachers and librarians come together to read with children and families. They also promote co-teaching sessions in the form of a “Parent Academy” where they give lessons about good reading habits and work toward signing community members up for public library cards at the school. The public library supports the school by leveling books according to school methods and promoting school services on its website, and the school teaches students to use the MORE online catalog, promotes public library programming, and works with children to use the resources available to them through the SCF Public Library. Both summer reading programs dovetailed this year and students and parents knew they could count on both libraries to help them meet their summer reading goals. In total, over one hundred children read for over 1,000 minutes each.

Go St. Croix Falls!

For more information, see the article in the St. Croix Valley Sun.