Nashville Elementary first-graders create lending library

Nashville Elementary first-graders recently completed a project to create a lending library for Nashville as a legacy from the school’s final first grade class.

The project began in the fall as part of West Holmes’ new Wit and Wisdom literacy curriculum. Students completed a literacy unit titled "A World of Books," in which they learned how mobile libraries helped bring books to children in remote locations around the world. They also read about how communities can use little libraries to share books with one another.

After the unit students came up with the idea to create a lending library in Nashville. With donations from students’ families, a retired teacher and a community member, the class was able to purchase a box to install outside the Western Holmes Fire Station.

Cory Angle with Right Angle Vinyl customized the box for the project, and students brought in books to fill the library. Recently, the students took a walking field trip to place their books in the library, which is now ready to serve Nashville.

The class thanked the donors, Right Angle Vinyl, the Western Holmes Fire Station and Buckeye Deli, which treated students to ice cream on the way back to school.