by Aaron Starmer
by Frederick Joseph
by Jordyn Taylor
Many more titles to choose from. Check out the Goodreads recommendations as well.
February is Black History Month and please check out some of the works we have put together for you!
Try some of the Sora collection recommendations this month!
You can register to vote in Massachusetts if you are:
A U.S. citizen
A resident of Massachusetts
18 years or older
Not currently incarcerated by reason of a felony conviction.
You can register to vote online, by mail, or in person. Everything you need can be found on this website.
- Online: Oct 26 by 11:59 p.m. EDT
- By Mail (Received by Date): Oct 26
- In-Person at local election office: Oct 26 by 5:00 p.m. EDT
- Request Ballot (Received by Date): Oct 29 by 5:00 p.m. EDT
- Return Ballot by Mail (Postmarked by Date): Nov 5
- Return Ballot in Person: Nov 5 by 8:00 p.m. EST
- Early voting: Oct 19 - Nov 1
- In-person: Nov 5
There are 5 ballot questions voters in Massachusetts will be deciding. See the information guide: https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/download/research-and-statistics/IFV_2024_Large.pdf
Check out our collection of YA novels both in the physical collection and on Sora
MYSTERY SERIES WEEK
1st week in October
Billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.
One fateful summer, one family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts becomes the setting for the unravelling of dark secrets.
FEATURED POEM
may the tide
that is entering even now
the lip of our understanding
carry you out
beyond the face of fear
may you kiss
the wind then turn from it
certain that it will
love your back may you
open your eyes to water
water waving forever
and may you in your innocence
sail through this to that
From Quilting: Poems 1987–1990 by Lucille Clifton. Copyright © 2001 by Lucille Clifton. Reprinted with permission of BOA Editions Ltd. All rights reserved. https://poets.org/lesson-plan/teach-poem-blessing-boats-lucille-clifton-0
What would you like to see in the MHS Library? Add your book ideas to our
Check out books in the library by Latin X authors as well as the Latin X experience
Featured: Sonja Sotomayor memoir, The Education of Margot Sanchez, Clap When You Land, The Poet X, I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States and many more on Sora!
PAST EVENTS
Video Explaining the History of Juneteenth
Sora link to ebooks and materials on Juneteenth (sign into Maynard and your school gmail account.
Or explore many new titles in our high school library regarding slavery, race, and civil rights: Caste, The 1619 Project, Four Hundred Souls, and many more!
FEATURED CONTENT THIS MONTH
MHS Library Recommends
Amanda Gorman's Call Us What We Carry
There are so many to choose from, but here are some recommendations:
Learning Ally is now integrated with Clever which will allow students and teachers to use their MPS Google account to log in. If you are not familiar with Learning Ally, it is a big database of audiobooks for any student with a disability related to reading.
You can log in by going to this address and logging in with your MPS Google account:
https://clever.com/in/maynardma/ and then find Learning Ally under district resources.
Or you can click “Log in with your school or district” which is right below the user name and password fields.
There is more detail on this process here:
https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Clever-Educator-Login
Once you are logged in, you can quality students by following these instructions:
Log in to LearningAlly.org with your school educator credentials
Select Manage Students at the top of the webpage
From the dropdown menu above the Status column, choose Pending Qualifications
To the right of the student’s name and information under the Eligibility column, choose Select
In the popup window, select eligibility type (blind or visually impaired, other physical disability, or reading deficit)
Select Save. The student will now have full access to Learning Ally’s audiobook library.
Many titles celebrating Black History Month are on display in the library. Come check them out! Here are some of the authors we have highlighted this month!
Leah Johnson
Kaitlyn Greenidge
Wes Moore
Nic Stone
Our Sora ebook collection has hundreds of books for Black History Month as well. Search "Black History Month" in Sora...
Don't miss out on the fun. Sign up for the Gingerbread House competition!
What are you reading this Halloween? Sora has some classics and new creepy tales as well!
I want to read them all!
Voting open until September 23rd!
We will have a table set up to help you register to vote and or check your registration. 16 and 17 year olds in Massachusetts can pre-register to vote.
Mrs. Steigerwald' classes see below
Ms. Lind's classes see below
Ms. Gerondeau's classes see below
Mr. Luther's classes see below
Our ebook collection (https://soraapp.com/library/masslibma) has featured so many great books about and by women. These are just some of the 230 titles you could explore:
You can also check out the Women's History Month website and the National Museum of American History's virtual collection.
This site has interesting data on the state of gender bias in the world, and the theme of this year's International Women's Day is "Break the Bias." Check out these videos.
In honor of Black History Month, we've put together a collection of notable books by Black authors, as well as books about Black experiences in historical and contemporary times. These titles are in our library, but many more are available on Sora or through the Maynard or Boston public libraries. See my recommendation for a Sora ebook below.
Ask me how to help you find more!
Try this link out as well for more resources: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE0pIvaZ70/jxZ-oLxah7BMIksaeZpunQ/view?website#1:historical-black-health-and-wellness
The 2022 Black History Month theme is Health and Wellness. There are many titles on Sora , MPL, and BPL that you might find interesting. I recommend The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on Sora. It is about race, bioethics, and modern medicine.
Check out books in the library about climate change.
Featured works in the library: We Are the Weather; On Sora: Falter, How to Prepare for Climate Change, 1001 Voices on Climate Change, Unstoppable, Climate Migrants and so many more!
More resources: https://www.climatecrew.org/climate_prep_week_2021
Non-Fiction