Great Valley Writing Camps

From our own Tech Team at Van Allen this summer, Charlotte Shaddix is one of the Escalon Homecoming queen candidates! Go, Charlotte!

Queen, Princess candidates center stage for Homecoming Festivities are going on all week on the high school campus, with dress up days centered around movies.

Fun for all ages in downtown Manteca!

This Saturday, October 19th, we're having a PUMPKIN PAINT PARTY at the Deaf Puppy Club from 10am to 4pm! All ages welcome, $10 per person, supplies and pumpkins provided! Hope to see you there 🎃🎨

Fun event for your little future pilots and aerospace engineers!

✈️ 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬' 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! ✈️

You're invited to the Stockton Airport's first Kids' Aviation Day event! Join us for interactive aviation and STEM-themed activities and learn about careers in aviation. And did we mention we've got planes 🛩️? There 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 even be a few special surprises up our sleeves 👀

Mark your calendars now for the Stockton Airport Kids' Aviation Day!

📆 Saturday, November 9, 2024
⏰ 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM
📍 Stockton Metropolitan Airport Terminal
🤑 Free admissions and parking

Visit Stockton County of San Joaquin, CA San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors

What fun! For those of you with pre-schoolers, Garden Joy is truly a joy!

“🌼📚 Dive into a bloomin’ good time at Garden Joy’s preschool story time! 🌈📖

🌱✨ We would like to welcome you and your little ones to this month’s first Friday preschool story time, this Friday, October 4th at 9:00 am

🌸Pack a picnic and explore our lush gardens and u-pick flowers afterward. This event is free and no registration is required. Bouquets of garden flowers can be cut for a $10 donation.

*Parking for Garden Joy events is located next door in the Ace Hardware parking lot.

Support our Escalon public library during the Citywide Yard Sale this Saturday, October 5th, during open hours, 10:00 to 3:00.

Get ready! We're cleaning out the back room for another Big Book and Media Sale on October 5th during the citywide yard sale! And now we can accept credit cards.

Fun performance at the Escalon library!

CANCELLED--and I apologize that this was not posted before the performance. Sally Hale, administrator of this page, was “off the grid” as I often am and did not get the text from Jodi about the last minute cancellation until late last night EST.

Performing this Saturday morning at 11:30, the Little Luminaries are a performing arts group that emphasizes the importance of imagination, storytelling, and childlike wonder through dance and song. Come see this “ballet infused” production.

Here is a chance to support the wonderful members of Escalon’s Eastern Star Chapter. They provide the majority of our supplies for camp every summer. Let’s let them know we appreciate it by supporting them back! ❤️

Sounds like a wonderful evening under the stars!

🍁✨ Get ready for a reel fall treat under the stars! Join us for an enchanting outdoor movie night at Garden Joy complete with food and drink vendors. 🎬🌿🍂 Are you excited to cuddle up with a cozy blanket, sip on warm beverages, and savor delish bites while watching a movie alfresco? 🍿🌼🎥

Thursday, October 10th at 6:30 gates will open. We will be playing Hocus Pocus at 7:30. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for children. This is going to be a fun Thursday night for the family! Sign up at the link in our bio

There’s a lot going on in downtown Escalon tomorrow. You can tour the car show then adopt a new pet on the way home!

Oakdale Aniimal Shelter is hosting this FREE adoptions event this Saturday at the library. Stop by to meet your new best friend ! Make a fun cat painting while you’re here ! (While supplies last)

Escalon Public Library programs for September!

The Escalon Lions support us so support the Escalon Lions and attend the Car Show September 14th in Main Street Park!

Escalon public library programs for August.

For our young writers who might be interested in being published, Christian publication Pure-in-Heart is seeking submissions. Information here!

How to Submit Work About Pure in Heart Pure in Heart Stories is a literary and art magazine for families, with a Christian worldview. Here you can find short stories, poetry, photography and art by adults, teens…

Front page news!

Young writers learn as they go through camp Ten students were in the class for those going into TK up to third grade, with 11 students in the group going into fourth through seventh grades.

Look at us all dressed up in our Olympic handprint shirts!

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! The 2024 Great Valley Writing Camp in Escalon's online anthology is live!

GVWP Escalon Camp 2024 Writing camp for elementary kids and teachers in the Escalon school district.

Don’t miss our Celebration of Student Work tomorrow from 11:00 to 11:30! There will be light refreshments.

I took only this photo today, but it was perfect, a shot of our proud writers sharing their work from the last two weeks with each other!

Day Eight most of us finished doing our handprints on our teeshirts, more writing was done, and instead of presenters, we held our own Olympic Games including a discus, basketball shooting, long jump and batting events.

Day Seven and I am somewhat embarrassed to admit these presenter photos are all I took. (In my defense, I was working on clerical tasks all morning.) I know the Tech Team took more and I will add them, along with more narrative, to this post tomorrow, I promise!

Day Six had a whole lot of researching going on in the Upper classroom. Students chose a past Olympics and researched the city and country where it was held. Our Littles shared amazing writing at Authors’ Chair and then our guest today was our own EHS golf team member Genevieve Casazza who among other things, told us that golf is self-competitive: you play against yourself just trying to get better.

We started Day Five at Van Allen like most of the world, without internet, but our teachers and campers were not fazed.

If you enjoyed our Garden Friend and Foes theme this summer, you’ll love the new Escalon library Student Garden Club. It has its first meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, October 25, from 3:30 to 5:00. While we have plenty of other materials, you might want to bring your own two-liter bottle to build a wormery.

Fun afternoon for teens and tweens at the Escalon public library. Make a ghost in a jar while you watch the Caspar movie!

What a fabulous idea!

The Escalon public library is having a Halloween Costume swap where you can exchange last year’s (or before) costumes for a voucher to come back and choose a new-to-you costume. You can find out more at the circulation desk.