Secondary Library Parent Workshop
Sep 17th — Today the Secondary Library will hold a Parent Workshop from 1-3 pm. The topics covered today include:
- Intro To Destiny
- Library Research Databases
- OverDrive
We look forward to working with parents today.
First Lego League Returns to the Library
Sep 2nd — First Lego League has returned to the Library. The practice started this last Tuesday with 10 teams all working toward October 20th when SAS PD will have its in house tourney to pick the 5 teams that will compete in the Shanghai Tourney held on campus in January. Our top team will be given the opportunity this year to compete in the China National Tourney in May 2016. Watch for more as the Lego Season ramps up.
Library Puzzle Table Returns
Sep 2nd — The library puzzle table is back with a vengeance and we have a great many dedicated middle and high school puzzlers. Check out the puzzle table during lunch or your flex period. New puzzles will appear with the one on the table is completed.
Coloring the Library Beautiful
Sep 2nd — The SAS PD Library began two coloring stations this year. Two tables have been set up with a number of coloring books, pens, and pencils. The rules are — if you start a page, you must finish that page before you begin a new page. We have already had a number of pages completed. Way to go!
A Grand Adventure – Genrefying our Fiction
Sep 2nd — The Grand Adventure has begun. The SAS PD Secondary Library has started at long last to place our over 15,000 fiction books in Genres. So far we have with the help of parent volunteers labeled over 100 books clearing the AAA to ALE books. The job is staggering. But by the end of this school year we hope to have it all done. Check back with us to follow our progress.
We have begun by moving down our AAA Fiction Shelves. We take each book out and classify it into one of 15 genres (see Genre Page). Once the book is classified and dotted it is moved to its temporary Genre home (bottom image).
After School Mac and Me in the Library
Aug 17th — Today the library was host to all the 7th Grade Humanities classes who came for a quick library orientation with Mrs Boyer. After the orientation students checked out both new and old books. In addition the MS EAL class toured the library. Mr. Poulin spoke to the entire 7th grade in thenNon-Fiction Lecture Area. The day ended with an after school Mac & Me workshop with new 7th and 8th grade students. Thanks to all the teachers and to Mr. Power for making it a great day in then Library
Welcome back to School SAS
Aug 13th — It was welcome back to school time on August 13th. New and old teachers together with new and old students all came together for the first day of school. The library was able to show off its new construction, 2 new Conference Rooms, new blue chairs, the new folding tables and over 1000 new books. The library was a hot zone as new students dropped off their computers to have them linked to the school.
Aug 7th – Welcome Back to School!
Aug 7th – The new school year is rapidly approaching and the library is open for business to support your reading and educational needs. Drop by to see all the changes! We have many new books, we have new learning and teaching spaces. If you need help with finding books, logging on to Turnitin, JStor, OverDrive, and NoodleTools.
See you in the library!
May 21, 2015 – New Blog Theme?
New Blog Theme and other Library News–Well the powers that be waved the wand and the blog theme that I was comfortable with was discontinued. I have made a switch, but still not happy with it. Other library news involves a continuing push with OverDrive in the Middle School classes. The library is up to over 865 OverDrive Titles. In addition the library as increased its FollettShelf/BryteWave titles with Chinese Poetry additions for next year.
The SAS Libraries are moving to add LibGuides to our tool kit. We are waiting on final tech approval, but we are excited to have this tool online next Fall.
As the count down to the end of the school year continues the library is changing out its tables for folding ones that hopefully will be more movable and storable. In addition 5 new low rolling shelves should come into the library before we leave for summer. These will be helpful in our move toward re-cataloging our fiction by genre. We are also on line for a change out of our easy chair furniture. Next August will be a great new beginning
May 18th, 2015 Library News
May 18th, 2015– It has been a while since the last post. A lot has happened. From First Lego Tournaments in February and April, Authors in May and much much more. We are nearing the end of the school year so there are some important dates to remember.
Important Library Dates as we finish out our School year
- Seniors it is time to turn in your library books and sign out for the year
- InterLibrary Loans have been discontinued for this school year. They will start up again in August
- The last Student and Parent Checkout date is May 29th
- All Student and Parent books are due back to the library on June 3rd
- All Teacher/Staff Books are due back to the library by Jun 8th
- The library will close on June 12 for the Summer
Author Visits
A Big Thanks to our Visiting Authors– Candace Fleming, Eric Rohmann, and David Schwartz who were on campus April 11-15th. Each WOWed! their audiences at the elementary and middle school level. Thanks for bringing your time and talents to SAS
Our last Author of the year is Margi Preus. She will be on campus May 221st.
OverDrive and BryteWave eBooks
Finally, SAS has dramatically increased its OverDrive holdings. We are over 860 titles, most are eBooks, but we do have over 25 audiobooks. If you have not come to the library to add OverDrive and BryteWave to your computer or reading device, it is time. DON’T WAIT!
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