Nathan Hale School Media Center

860-647-3322 b47ccolm@ci.manchester.ct.us Ms. Colman and Mrs. Badeau Call or email us with any of your media questions!

K-8 Resource Page	Our Media Center Catalog	Nutmeg Books for 2010	National Book Festival 2009	Explorer Links
From this page you can access our school library catalog, Mary Cheney Library, and many, many other resources.	Wondering what we have at school? Click here and choose Nathan Hale School, then look at our resources!	Check out the winner for 2009. Then click on Intermediate Books. These books are recommended for students 4th - 6th. Read at least 3 to vote in our state wide voting. Read 5 to join us in our Nutmeg at Night in January 2010.

Past Events

One Book, Many Cultures

The Year of the Rat

by Grace Lin

May 12 was an exciting night at the Home of the Hawks. Russian cartoons and music playing, a discussion about kite flying in Pakistan, a Mariachi band performing in the hallways, families decorating quilt squares for our Nathan Hale Community Quilt, all of this and more happened from 6 - 7:30 p.m.This was the culminating activity for our One School, One Book project, and an evening of appreciation of some of the different cultures in our world. Our quilt is being sewn by Ms. Vicchitto and Ms. Miner, and will soon be displayed.

Author Visit with Elisa Carbone

April 3rd was the big day. Our 4th graders welcomed her with flowers and an acrostic poem using the letters of her name. She presented to all the grades. A small group of 3rd and 4th graders met with her to focus on their writing. She ate lunch with the 5th grade students, parents and staff in the Devouring Books Discussion Group. She discussed her book Blood on the River, one of our Connecticut Nutmeg Nominees for 2009. (Below are 5th graders preparing for our Elisa Carbone's visit.)

Nutmeg at Night 2009


Verplanck School ready and waiting for our student contestants. While this photo was being taken, pizza was being delivered, nametags were being made, and the microphone was being plugged in.	Many students submitted tee shirt designs! Although only one was chosen to be on the shirt, the others were displayed during the Nutmeg at Night evening.	Steve Hadge,Robertson School Media Specialist and Mona Elbert, Mary Cheney children's librarian, holding up the winning tee shirt design. Every contestant received a shirt!	Because we received grants from the Townwide PTA and the Manchester Foundation, we were able to purchase copies of the Nutmeg Nominees for 2010.	The contestants have already competed and they are carefully deciding which book to choose to take home and read for next year's Nutmeg contest.	As you can see from the scoreboard, many students knew the answers to the questions.