April is National School Library Month, which is a month to celebrate all school libraries have to offer to students and teachers. The theme for 2012 School Library Month is "You belong @ your library." Stay tuned to hear about special events occurring during April to celebrate school libraries. Until then, check out all the reasons you belong @ your library:
Research anything – for a school assignment or your own personal projects
Get a global perspective – learn about other cultures, global issues and events
Enjoy great programs – authors, speakers, open-mic, special events
Study in a quiet place – study for an exam, write that essay
Hang out with friends – catch up on the latest gossip, compare gaming strategies, make plans for the weekend
Explore new ideas – take the opportunity to investigate topics of interest or importance to you, satisfy your curiosity
Feel safe – spend time where there is always a welcome smile and an offer of support, find a kindred spirit
Lose yourself in a good book – participate in the promotion of reading through book clubs, suggesting titles for inclusion in the library collection, write book reviews
Expand your world online – use it for school-based assignments and explore your personal interests
Find endless opportunities – be a student library aide, meet with your favorite club, see an student work on display, the possibilities are endless
Teen tech week was a success here in the library. We had 108 book reviews submitted by middle school students. Also, our "Technology We Like" bulletin board demonstrated that the middle school students enjoy technology so much, that it cannot be contained on one board!
Next week, March 19th through the 23rd, we will be celebrating Happy Hunger Games week. In honor of the release of the motion picture version of Suzanne Collins' bestselling novel, The Hunger Games, we will be having a contest for middle and high school students.
Each day there will be different question posted in the library that will be based on the Hunger Games book. Students visiting the library can answer the questions, and the correct answers to all of the questions will be pulled together for a "reaping" style drawing, where one boy and one girl will be selected to win a prize.
We will be celebrating Teen Tech Week in the library next Monday through next Friday, because our lives are full of amazing technology that we are able to use for fun and for school. This week, students were introduced to a contest, in which students are busy reviewing books on Destiny in order to be entered to win a small technology related prize! No telling what the prize is, but the more books you review, the more times your name will be entered. Also, don't forget that your review must be at least three sentences long!
Also, check out the Technology We Like bulletin board in the library. The post-its are taking over the wall! What technology will be crowned as favorite of the middle school? You will have to check out the bulletin board during Teen Tech Week to see for yourself.
Finally, check out the middle school showcase for some books to help teach you about some the different types of technology that we use.
