Scholastic Book Fair Makes New Knowledge Center Debut

The Windermere Preparatory community is invited to “Enter the Kingdom of Reading Where Books Rule” at the WPS annual fall Scholastic Book Fair. The fair is open daily through September 16, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the school’s new Knowledge Center.

The fair has taken on grander proportions this year. “This is a larger book fair with a wider selection of books than ever before, held in the new, larger Knowledge Center,” said Helene Valentine, the center’s director. The WPS Knowledge Center moved into its new location with the opening of the new WPS classroom neighborhood in August.

On Wednesday, students and parents are invited to participate in a special family contest event titled “Dragon Breath Mints.” Students are encouraged to visit the fair while they are on campus for their conferences and enter the contest with their parents. The winners will receive a gift certificate to the fair.

This year, also in conjunction with the fair, the Knowledge Center is promoting the Scholastic-sponsored fund-raiser “One for Books.” Students are asked to contribute “one dollar” to go towards new library books. In return for the contribution to the WPS Knowledge Center, Scholastic will match the money to send to certain literacy charities. “The program gives students a chance to contribute new books to our WPS Knowledge Center collection, while helping others,” said Ms. Valentine.