Mrs Roper and Miss Hazuda's Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures!

Mrs. Roper had some fun times hanging out on her porch
reading this summer. She loves to sit out there with her dog and a good book! It is a very relaxing place and a great place to read! Her house is about 5 miles away from HES!

I also stayed around St. Mary's this summer. I really took it easy, so it was nice and relaxing! I spent most of my time reading and researching my family history. (Just so you know, it is not as easy as the commercial for Ancestry.com makes it seem.) I stayed home reading a lot of the time, but some mornings I went across the bridge and went into Solomon's. I had breakfast at Roy Rogers and then went and found a bench on the boardwalk. I sat and read and read and read. I would bring a few books with me. It was very relaxing and I got to be outside. Solomon's Island is about 9 miles away from Hollywood Elementary School.

I've got three more Take A BOOK On Vacation pictures that will be shared on the blog this week! If you haven't sent in your pictures, there is still time.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Even More Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures!!

Austin, an incoming Second Grade student, did A LOT of reading this summer along with a lot of traveling. These first three pictures were taken at King's Dominion in Doswell, Virgina. King's Dominion is about 82.1 miles from Hollywood Elementary.

These next two pictures show Austin reading at Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada. Niagara Falls is about 475 miles from Hollywood Elementary. If you have not had a chance to visit Niagara Falls, I highly suggest that you do. It is a site that is so impressive when visiting in person.

While up North, Austin also visited Binghamton, New York. Binghamton is about 351 miles from Hollywood Elementary. It looks like Austin had some visitors as he was reading!

Austin also manged to do some reading at home in Hollywood, Maryland. Austin seems to be a good reading role model in this picture. It looks like Austin did a lot of reading this summer, but also had a lot of fun traveling different places.

Stay tuned for my Take A BOOK On Vacation picture and one from Mrs. Roper!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures from Japan!!

I was so excited to open my email and find Take A BOOK On Vacation pictures all the way from Japan!! The pictures had a great email from Nicole and Megan's mom explaining all about the pictures. These pictures make me want to go visit Japan. 

Dear Ms. Hazuda,

We are exited to send this email to you because this is our first time Take A Book On Vacation pictures!

Megan ( an incoming 3rd Grater) and Nicole (an incoming 1st Grader) are visiting their family and friends in Japan. They went to Japanese elementary school to experience lots different things in Japanese, and they loved it!!!

Megan is a great reader, and she helps her little sister Nicole to read her books and homework. Nicole started reading books like her big sister, and now read books to her little brother. They decided to take their books to Tokyo Tower because it's one of a popular place to visit in Japan, and also they thought that HES kids might know this place because of Godzilla movie!

Tokyo Tower is 13 meter taller than its model, the Eiffel Tower of Paris, and the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. It was completed in the year 1958 as a symbol for Japan's rebirth as a major economic power, and serves as a television and radio broadcast antenna and tourist attraction.

We could ascend to the main observatory at 150 meters and the special observatory at 250 meters to get a bird's eye view of Tokyo. One of the picture is Nicole checking the view through "looking down window". Under good weather conditions, Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance.

We highly recommend this place to visit if you have a chance to go to Japan!!!

 

I'm not brave enough for the "looking down window"! Tokyo is about 6,817 miles from Hollywood Elementary School. It takes about 14 hours to fly from the US to Japan.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter) 

A Take A BOOK On Vacation Picture From Nurse Page!

Nurse Page and I share a love of vacationing in the mountains. I think our favorite quote is from John Muir, "The mountains are calling...and I must go". We each hear them calling every summer and usually go and relax and recharge. 

Nurse Page finds yoga as relaxing as reading, so this vacation she decided to combined both. I think she looks very relaxed and interested in her book.

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter) 

Another Take A BOOK On Vacation Picture!

Jack, an soon to be Second Grader, went on vacation with his whole family. He took two of my favorite books on vacation with him. Jack wrote me a letter, which his wonderful mother emailed to me. You will find it below.

Dear Ms. Hazuda,

I went to Nags Head North Carolina with the entire Venendaal family, all 14 of us, this summer.​ 

I read Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon.  I liked how Penguin went to the beach and we were at the beach too.  My favorite part was when Crab said, "I shell return".  I also read Penguin and Pinecone and like the colorful illustrations in these books. While on vacation, I got to be a part of an annual turtle race and learned the difference between an alligator snapping turtle and a striped mud turtle.  My cousins and I spent our days surfing, body boarding and digging for sand crabs. It was a fun relaxing trip.  Hope you like my picture. 

Nags Head is about 280 miles from HES. Hope you are having a great summer and we will be seeing each other shortly.  :)

Jack

If you have not read Penguin on Vacation and Penguin and Pinecone you really need to because they are great books! Salina Yoon also written Penguin in Love and her newest Penguin and Pumpkin. I can't wait to read Penguin and Pumpkin! It was just published at the end of July!

More Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures from myself, Nurse Page and many other students are coming this week!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Mrs. Gilman's Take A BOOK On Vacation Picture

Wow has time gotten away from me! I've been hard at work in the HES Media Center getting it all set up for the new school year! It is looking really good! There are some great books that are in boxes waiting to be processed for this school year! I'm espceally excited to share the Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominees. There are some great titles for Kindergarten through Third Grade and Fourth Grade through Fifth Grade. I have read all of the books and they are some really good choices this year.

Mrs. Gilman took some time to go on vacation with her family to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While there, Mrs. Gilman and her family had a lot of great family time on the beach. Mrs. Gilman made sure that she brought a fun beach read with her. Her dad was even got in her Take A BOOK On Vacation picture! Myrtle Beach is about 438 miles away from Hollywood Elementary School.

Stay tuned I've got even more Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures coming up this week!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

Another Set of Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures!

Nathan (an incoming Third Grader) and Ben (an incoming First Grader) took their vacation to Natural Bridge Virginia. While at Natural Bridge, they stayed in a cabin at Jellystone Park and enjoyed playing at the water partk. They toured the caverns which are said to be the deepest on the East Coast. The cavern depth is 375 feet and the temperature in the cavern is 54 degrees. Nathan and Ben also visited a drive through zoo. They were able to feed and pet exotic animals from six different continents. While they were at the zoo, they took time to read a book they got from the gift shop about the animals they had seen. Everyone had a wonderful time.

Ben and a Friend

Nathan and a Friend

Natural Bridge Virginia is about 212 miles from Hollywood Elementary School. Which is about four hours from Hollywood Elementary School. If you haven't had a chance to visit Natural Bridge Virginia, I highly suggest that you take the time to visit this wonderful place. 

Keep those pictures coming! Mrs. Gilman's post is coming up tomorrow!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)

More Take A BOOK On Vacation Pictures!

This time our Take A BOOK On Vacation pictures come from Weld, Maine. This is an annual trip for Leo (an incoming 2nd Grader) and Eliza (an incoming 4th Grader) to visit family. Weld is about 660 miles away from Hollywood Elementary. It looks like such a great place to visit, especially Lake Webb. This picture shows Leo and Eliza taking a break from swimming to read a book that Leo checked out from the Weld Public Library. He was excited to check out a Leo Lionni, for obvious reasons! This book, Tico and the Golden Wings, is one that I haven't read and will be looking for soon.

Leo and Eliza's second picture was taken in Weld, Maine along Route 142 at the Scholfield Home. This "man in the bucket" has been on the roadside for decades and is a favorite spot to stop for family pictures! In this picture Leo and Eliza has just been up the road at the Weld Public Library checking out some books to read on vacation. Leo got The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin and Eliza picked up Dear Mrs. Larue-Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague. 

I just love that these HES students are making use of the public library on their vacation. It reminds me of my summers with my grandparents. I would stay with my dad's parents during the summer while I was being tutored for dyslexia by a good family friend. One of the things that my grandmother and I did in the afternoon every other day was to walk to the library. It was always a treat for me because I thought it was really neat that the library was on two floors, not like the ones around here. Leo and Eliza thanks for bringing back those memories!

Keep those Take A BOOK On Vacation pictures coming! I've got four more posts coming! There will be a new one each day! One of the posts is from Mrs. Gilman and another post is from me!

Happy Reading!!

Miss Hazuda (@HESMediaCenter)