Highlights of My Week

Anytime school goes from a "short week" to a "full week" you can never anticipate what the week will be like overall. Will everyone be exhausted by Wednesday? Do the events of the week energize you? See which type of week you think I had based on these highlights:

1. A student in the library with her English class had difficulty finding what she needed in the databases. Through a brainstorming conversation regarding her topic and what interested her the most about it, she fine-tuned the topic and successfully found great sources for her research.

2. Several students, with the help of two library assistants, are ready, willing, and able to help create some of the informational visual art to decorate the library.

3. During SMART lunch, a group of seniors mentioned their disappointment over not being able to walk across the stage since the cost of the cap-and-gown is out of reach. Through our discussion about courses of action, one student has taken the lead to try and develop cost-affordable options for all students who cannot afford the cap-and-gown. (Civics in action!)

4. Students have been working all week on presentations, researching and creating them in the media center. A new student who came mid-week to our school approached me to inquire about checking out books that will help him be the most successful in one of his core classes. (One day in class and he's looking at new ways to achieve success! I love it!)

5. What a great reaction by one student who was reading what she thought was the final book of a trilogy when I let her know the characters and story will continue in two more volumes. (And those books are already on an order list!)

6. A discussion with a student over the word "eclectic", and why it's a compliment when that word describes your reading selections.

7. Having a student struggling with a drawing until we were able to connect him with another student whose tips and talent helped finally get the teeth looking right. (Learning during SMART lunch is not confined to academics.)

8. The thank you from a student who needed a way to get his homework done without interfering with his two jobs or getting a good night's sleep.

These events don't include the fun and interesting conversations with some really great library assistants, having a very nice group of distance learning students with me at different points throughout each day, and my after-school library visitors who have the most impeccable manners and great senses of humor.

Next week's challenges will be different since new things will be happening near the hungry bookshelf. (But, please stop feeding the Skittles to the fiction bookshelves. They don't like the sugar like the ants do.)