Ms. Beaumont Recognized as FCPS CARES of the Month Recipient!
Congratulations to our school librarian Wendy Beaumont on being recognized as the October 2021 Region 5 FCPS CARES of the Month recipient the Department of Human Resources!
Below is the write up submitted by our school's PTA President.
Ms. Wendy Beaumont has done an exceptional job before and throughout the pandemic to encourage kids to read. Prior to the pandemic, she partnered with the PTA to sponsor monthly summer library sessions, where kids could check out books and socialize with others, and particularly kids moving to the area who wanted to make new friends and get comfortable with their new school. The PTA would also provide her a small stipend so that she could special order books that were temporarily unavailable with the County. During the early virtual phase of the pandemic, she spearheaded the school’s “Book Bus Program,” sending books home with students once each week. She often would include extra books for the voracious readers, and if a book request was unavailable, she would find a similar book to send home with the students to encourage them to expand their choices in books. Now that we are back in school, she has resumed ordering new books for students, working with teachers to find books relevant to the curriculum, and setting out for display books that would be of interest and the proper difficulty level for students during library time. She also sponsored an artificial pumpkin decorating contest for October, where the pumpkin had to be a character in a book. Many students at Little Run ES have learned to read, or read more challenging books (e.g.: chapter books) specifically due to the passion, skill, and hard work of Ms. Beaumont.
