Submitted by the San Juan Island Library

Elementary school students participated in the 2016 Bookmark Contest to help kick off the San Juan Island Library’s Summer Reading Program: On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!

The winners:

Kindergarten– Penelope Moore of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

First-grade – Lillian Aldous of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

Second-grade – Georgia Vanderyacht of Paideia Classical.

Third-grade – Lila Horne of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

Fourth-grade – Mckenna Clark of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

Fifth-grade – Lupita Soto of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

Sixth-grade – Dexter Prescott of Friday Harbor Elementary School.

“Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the students who participated,” said Melina Lagios, youth services manager at San Juan Island Library. “This is a fun contest and I’m always thrilled to see how talented and creative the students get with their designs.”

The winning bookmarks have been reproduced to be distributed as bookmarks at the library. They are free for the public to take home.

All the bookmark entries from kindergarten through sixth-grade are currently on display in the children’s area at the San Juan Island Library.

The bookmark contest is sponsored by the San Juan Island Library and the Friends of the San Juan Island Library with community support from Sally Waite, Friday Harbor Elementary School, Paideia Classical, Stillpoint School, home schooling families, Giffin Bay Bookstore and Printronix.