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October

Weekly Program

Weekly Program

Monthly Program

Monthly Program

Virtual Program

October 25, 2025

6-8 pm

Cafeteria

Library Visit
& Storytime

A Weekly Program for All Grade Levels

Program
Details

Theme: Internet Safety; Halloween

Featured Titles by Grade:

K

  • Unplugged, by Steve Antony

  • Hardly Haunted, by Jessie Sima

  • There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat, by Lucille Colandro

  • Stumpkin, by Lucy Ruth Cummins
     

1

  • Blackout, by John Rocco

  • Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds

  • The Hallo-Wiener, by Dav Pilkey

  • Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson

2

  • Chicken Clicking, by Jeanne Willis

  • Gustavo the Shy Ghost, by Flavia Z. Drago

  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams

  • Creepy Pair of Underwear, by Aaron Reynolds

3

  • The Recess Queen, by Alexis O’Neill​

  • The Spider and the Fly, by Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi

  • Big Pumpkin, by Erica Silverman

  • Bone Soup, by Cambria Evans

 

4

  • ​Minecraft Woodword Chronicles Series, by Nick Eliopulos

  • Farah Rocks Series, by Susan Muaddi Darraj

  • She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein, by Lynn Fulton

  • The Widow’s Broom, by Chris Van Allsburg

 

5

  • ​Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen

  • The Front Desk Series, by Kelly Yang

  • Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, by Adam Rex

  • Short and Shivery, by Robert D. San Souci

6

  • The Dark is Rising Series, by Susan Cooper

  • The Spiderwick Chronicles Series, by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

  • ​Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein, by Linda Bailey

  • Short and Shivery, by Robert D. San Souci

Detailed Titles and Activities Downloadable PDF

​References

Common Sense Media (2025)

Reading Buddies

A Weekly Program for K, 1, 5, 6

Program
Details

Fridays

8:05-8:25am

K & 1 Classrooms/Outside (Weather Permitting)/Library

Dates:

October 3, 2025

October 10, 2025

October 24, 2025

October 31, 2025

Readers Recommend

A Weekly Program for Grades 3-6

Program
Details

  • 3rd & 4th Grades

Wednesdays at Lunch

​Dates:  October 1, 2025

October 8, 2025

October 15, 2025

October 22, 2025

October 29, 2025

  • 5th & 6th Grades

Thursdays at Lunch

Dates:  October 2, 2025

October 9, 2025

October 16, 2025

October 23, 2025

October 30, 2025

LEGO Club

A Monthly Program

Program
Details

Tuesdays & Thursdays

2-3 pm

Library 

Dates:

Primary (Grades 1-3): October 7, 2025

​​Intermediate (Grades 4-6): October 9, 2025

Not Bored
Game Club

A Monthly Program

Program
Details

Tuesdays & Thursdays

2-3 pm

Library 

Dates:

Primary (Grades 1-3): October 14, 2025

​​Intermediate (Grades 4-6): October 16, 2025

Creative Writing Workshop

A Long-Term Program for Grades 3-6

Program
Details

Wednesdays 

2-3 pm

Library

Dates:

October 29, 2025

Book Talks & Trailers

A Virtual Program

Program
Details

Last Monday of the Month

Date:

October 27, 2025

Spooky Story
Costume Party

A Special Event

Program
Details

October 25, 2025

6-8 pm 

Cafeteria​
 

Students and families are invited to dress in costume for a night of Spooky Stories. In between stories, spooky tunes will play. Snacks and drinks will be provided. 

Read Aloud Titles:

  • The Ugly Pumpkin, by Dave Horowitz

  • There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat, by Lucille Colandro

  • Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky, by Jory John

  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams

  • The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard, by Ron Keres

  • Click, Clack, Boo, by Doreen Cronin

  • Bone Soup, by Cambria Evans​​

 

Snacks Served:

Chips, Cookies, Soda, & Bottled Water

 

Marketing & Promotion:

Teachers will communicate about the Spooky Story Costume Party to their students’ families via ClassDoJo. Flyers will be sent home with students in mid-October and posted to all common areas, bathrooms, classrooms, in the cafeteria, and main office. Flyers will also be posted on school social media and communications platforms.​

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Staffing and Support: The PTA will provide volunteers to help serve snacks. Teachers

and other staff will volunteer as guest readers.

Total Expenses: $177

Detailed Budget Information

References

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Kristin Perez | SJSU | Info 260A | Prof. Lisa Houde | Spring 2025

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