Mission Statement
Our mission is to educate for life so that each child acquires the knowledge and skills to succeed in school and beyond.
SEVENTH WARD
ELEMENTARY
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Address:
24495 LA Hwy 16
Denham Springs, LA 70726
Phone: 225-665-5815
Fax: 225-665-7280
Cafeteria: 225-664-7449
Principal: Laura Dunlap
Beginning Time: 7:40 a.m.
Ending Time: 2:45 p.m.
Carpool drop off begins at 7:20 a.m.
Arrive by 7:25 a.m. to eat breakfast.
Seventh Ward Elementary Book Club
Requirements:
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5th grade student at SWE
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Must love to read and be committed to reading selected book club books
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Attend meetings held in the library Wednesdays before school.
SWE Book Club Meetings
When: Wednesday Mornings
Time: 7:20 am- 7:40 am
Place: Library
2023-2024 LYRC 3-5th Grade Nominated Title List
*These books are available for checkout at our school library.
• Allergic written by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter (Graphix, Scholastic)
• Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom written by Matthew Swanson, illustrated by Robbi Behr (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field written by Scott Riley, illustrated by Nquyen Quang and Kim Lien (Millbrook Press, Lerner Publishing Group)
• The Hiddenseek written by Nate Cernosek (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• Jillian vs. Parasite Planet written by Nichole Kornher-Stace, illustrated by Scott Brown (Tachyon Publications)
• A Kind of Spark written by Elle McNicoll (Crown Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• Leonard (My Life as a Cat) by Carlie Sorosiak (Walker Books US, Penguin Random House)
• Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty written by Chana Stiefel, illustrated by Chuck Groenink (Scholastic Press, Scholastic)
• Lost Legends: The Legend of Flynn Rider written by Jen Calonita (Disney-Hyperion, Hachette Book Group)
• Lunch Every Day written and illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi (K.O. Kids Books)
• Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued written and illustrated by Peter Sís (Norton Young Readers, W.W. Norton)
• Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites written by Debbi Michiko Florence and Jamie Michalak, illustrated by Yuko Jones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Macmillan)
• Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book written by Keila V. Dawson, illustrated by Alleanna Harris (Beaming Books)
• Stella written by McCall Hoyle (Shadow Mountain)
• With Great Power: The Marvelous Stan Lee written by Annie Hunter Eriksen, illustrated by Lee Gatlin (Page Street Kids)
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