Book talks, making, and more!

We had a busy October!  We started the month with a book fair table to promote our Book Club, and we are happy to report that we had a wonderful first meeting on October 20th. We offered a virtual option for those who could not be on campus, and the rest of the club participated in person. Our next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 3, at 6:30 PM. Please contact us if you would like to be added to the Book Club distribution list. 

Playing YA Lit jeopardy!

It was a tight contest!

The makerspace is a popular destination for classes and individual students working on independent projects. Five Departments (CTE, English, Health, Science, and Social Studies) have used the makerspace this year, which means that well over 500 students have already had an innovation experience this year. Here is one student describing her work for a project on Absolutist rulers. 

A few junior English classes have begun working on their research papers. Students are using databases and library subscriptions to access news articles that are paywall protected on the Web. Databases provide citations that students can use to document their research. Databases can be accessed several ways:

1. ClassLink folders, which are organized by student task
• Country Studies
• English & Literature
• Images
• Library
• Newspapers & Magazines
• Primary Sources
• Science
• Statistical Information
• Works Cited
• World Languages
2. Schoology
3. The library website search box
4. The library website link to the databases

Watching students work on their American Studies students on their first Junior Research Paper helped us realize that they might benefit from a Works Cited "cheat sheet", so we made one! Here is the link to the document, and this is what it looks like: 

We made copies for each teacher, so they could post it in their classrooms.