Library

ay Downing, Librarian

I am Kay Downing, and I am excited to be your Tidwell Librarian. My husband, Shawn, and I have a very active 7 year old son, Wyatt. When we are not at the pool, we are usually chasing Wyatt around the house. I enjoy reading, exercise, movies, sewing, and spending time with my family. 

I graduated from the University of North Texas with my Masters in Library and Information Science. I worked in McKinney ISD for nine years before coming to Northwest ISD. I love the communities that Northwest ISD serves. I previously taught 7th grade ELA here at Tidwell Middle School.

Please see the following letter from the District regarding summer reading for students. 

Summer Reading Letter

Mrs. Downing is allowing students to check out books for summer reading. I will be on campus to allow students to exchange their books in July and early August. If you are interested in this program, please contact kdowning@nisdtx.org,

Sora (can be accessed in the student portal) contains Ebooks and Audiobooks at your fingertips. Click here for a video.

Our annual Book Brawl competition challenges students to read several different books, to compete on a team in a trivia contest answering questions that apply to the books. Two teams will compete at the District Book Brawl at the end of February. If you are interested in participating in our annual Book Brawl, please complete the form at the end of this slide show. For a list of the books on this year's list please follow this link: https://view.genial.ly/65c24c7b88cbd6001456dfd7/interactive-image-book-brawl-24-25 

Follett Destiny can be used to search books physically in the Tidwell Middle School library collection. 

2024-2025

The Spelling Bee will be held Thursday, December 12th starting at 9:00 A.M. in the library. Once I register Tidwell for the Spelling Bee, I will update with more information on when to pick up spelling lists. If you have any questions, please let me know. kdowning@nisdtx.org