The Elementary Library, in partnership with the Young Readers Club (YRC) celebrated the annual National Book Week with this year’s theme “The Filipino Reader in the Era of ASEAN Integration” from November 18-23, 2015 through a series of meaningful activities for the Elementary Department. Through the leadership of Mrs. Arlyn S. Cristobal, Elementary Library Head and Ms. Mary Angelique Baylon, Assistant to the Elementary Library Head, with the assistance of YRC officers, activities such as “Book Donation Drive”, “Shelfie contest”, “Name that Book” contest, “Tagisan ng Top Readers”, Spelling Bee contest and “Who am I contest “ were conducted. Different contested events were participated in by pupils from Kindergarten to Grade 6 including DKLC.

The activities’ main objectives are: (1) to foster the love for library, (2) improve the reading culture of pupils through the use of story books; (3) to test pupils’ familiarity with the classic stories for children and general reference books; (4) to test pupils skills in spelling of words (use of dictionary); and (5) to develop among children the value of generosity by sharing or donating their story books for the Book Mobile Project of the University Libraries.

The celebration was proven a huge success. It shall continue on as a major activity of the Elementary Library

The following were the results of the different contested events: