The semester brings new things: new media assistants, new books, new staff, and more!
First, this semester I am teaching Library Science I! Such an exciting opportunity to share my love for the library/media center with students. The students applied for the class and in both sections will be learning about library administration and management, organization, effective research skills (in order to help others), as well as having genre projects and other activities related to books!
I am also instituting a library volunteer program during SMART lunches. These student volunteers are manning the circulation desk to give me more time to circulate among the students and to help students with projects and choosing books. My first set of volunteers are already lined up and excited to be working in the media center.
The National Honor Society will be working with me in the near future to establish two peer tutoring sessions during SMART lunch. One day per week will have a math tutorial for Math I and II (formerly known as Algebra I and II). We are also hoping to have a peer editing day for research papers on another day of the week. This will give the NHS members an opportunity for service hours and help students who are struggling a chance to improve their grades.
What new beginnings are you working on this semester?
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Friday, January 15, 2016
The Best Time of the Year
Guess what one of my favorite times of the year is?
No, I'm not talking about Christmas (although I do love it!).
No, it's not my birthday.
Give up?
It's the day the big shipment of books arrives!
This is, naturally, not a set day of the year. It sometimes even happens multiple days of the year, and it happened during this very long week of final exams. What a great way to start the new semester! All of the books will be processed and on display for students on the first day of the new semester!
So what do we have? Some highlights:
We have a new trilogy by Barry Lyga: I Hunt Killers is the first book in the series. Jazz's father is one of the most notorious serial killers of all time with 124 victims. He taught his son everything he knew before being caught. Now, however, bodies are beginning to appear. Can Jazz convince the cops a serial killer is on the loose? Or will he be blamed? A gripping look into the mind of serial killer.
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz: Imagine being a regular, all-American teenager. Football star. Excellent student. Homecoming king. About to follow in your older brother's footsteps and head to West Point. Now imagine that your brother has gone from being American hero and Army Ranger fighting in Afghanistan to suspected Al Qaeda terrorist making videos calling for the destruction of America. Only you hear the coded messages in the videos, and no one believes you. Is he a terrorist? What is the truth? Excellent read.
Don't worry! There's a lot more! For all my graphic novel aficionados, we expanded the four most popular series with 45 more books. We also have continued Madeleine Roux's Asylum series and the light-hearted How to Ruin... series by Simone Elkeles. The list of titles goes on! Stop by and check out the New Books section!
No, I'm not talking about Christmas (although I do love it!).
No, it's not my birthday.
Give up?
It's the day the big shipment of books arrives!
This is, naturally, not a set day of the year. It sometimes even happens multiple days of the year, and it happened during this very long week of final exams. What a great way to start the new semester! All of the books will be processed and on display for students on the first day of the new semester!
So what do we have? Some highlights:
We have a new trilogy by Barry Lyga: I Hunt Killers is the first book in the series. Jazz's father is one of the most notorious serial killers of all time with 124 victims. He taught his son everything he knew before being caught. Now, however, bodies are beginning to appear. Can Jazz convince the cops a serial killer is on the loose? Or will he be blamed? A gripping look into the mind of serial killer.
Code of Honor by Alan Gratz: Imagine being a regular, all-American teenager. Football star. Excellent student. Homecoming king. About to follow in your older brother's footsteps and head to West Point. Now imagine that your brother has gone from being American hero and Army Ranger fighting in Afghanistan to suspected Al Qaeda terrorist making videos calling for the destruction of America. Only you hear the coded messages in the videos, and no one believes you. Is he a terrorist? What is the truth? Excellent read.
Don't worry! There's a lot more! For all my graphic novel aficionados, we expanded the four most popular series with 45 more books. We also have continued Madeleine Roux's Asylum series and the light-hearted How to Ruin... series by Simone Elkeles. The list of titles goes on! Stop by and check out the New Books section!
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