Newton County

High School

Library Media Center

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

With just a few school days remaining, Senior Library Assistants Camden Thoms, Emily Terrell, Addison Sykes, and Laklee Howell-Hill celebrate their accomplishments by helping Library-Media Specialist Ben Wall create an "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!" board outside the library-media center, featuring "My Best Year Yet" graduation drawings and writing prompts. Graduation Day for the Class of 2025 is May 16, 2025, in Cougar Stadium.

The New Hunger Games Novel Has Arrived!

Check out the latest in The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. For more details, check out the Google Doc on the New Arrivals section of our page.

Thank you for making the Spring Book Fair a success!

Learn & Play

Senior Library Assistants Ester Herrera and Elena Fernandez finished one of the new Plus-Plus Puzzle by Numbers -- this one is of a US map -- available in the puzzle-game bins in the library-media center.

Prep Smarter, Not Harder.pdf

Use the Magnolia Resource "Learning Express" for FREE resources for preparing for college tests like the ACT! See steps at right.

Welcome Back!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Break! We hope to see you in the library-media center beginning January 7, 2025!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Library Assistants Seniors Abby Gray and Mackenzie Adam display a Christmas tree made of books and old, retro Christmas lights in the HS/MS Library Media Center.

Thanks to everyone who made the 2024 Fall Book Fair a success!

2024 Fall Book Fair Prize Winners

Grand Prize Winner ($20 Books A Million gift card, free book out of the book fair, and a candy goodie bag), 7th Grader Madalyn Henderson; Faculty Winner (free book out of the book fair), Mrs. Megan Sheehan; and JH Winner (free book out of the book fair), 7th Grader Ashlin Derrick. Madalyn chose Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Mrs. Sheehan chose Titanic: Ship of Dreams, and Ashlin chose Jennifer Nielson's Uprising.

2024 Fall Book Fair Prize Winner

High School Prize Winner (free book out of the book fair), Junior Laura Leigh Eady. Laura Leigh chose Jennifer Donnelly's Beastly Beauty.

Prep Smarter, Not Harder.pdf

Use the Magnolia Resource "Learning Express" for FREE resources for preparing for college tests like the ACT! See steps at right.

Thanks to all of the ELA classes for attending the fall semester library orientation!

Library Media Specialist Ben Wall instructs one of Mrs. Grace Pearson's 8th Grade ELA classes on the use of the library and its resources.

NCHS/MS Library Media Center Collaborates

with Miss Newton County Teen USA for Children's Book Drive

Donate New or Gently Used Children's Books Throughout the Month of April

Pictured above are Donors 7th Graders Jax White and Lilly Tucker with Library-Media Specialist Ben Wall

Help Support Miss Newton County Teen USA's Children's Literary Initiative

Pictured above are Miss Newton County Teen USA, Senior Maddie Oliphant along with Library-Media Specialist Ben Wall and members of Mrs. Jennifer Bailey's 7th Grade ELA class.

Thank you to all who made the 2024 Spring Book Fair a success!

The Spring Book Fair Prize Drawing winners included (top left) 7th Grader Carson Crenshaw who won the Grand Prize, a $20 Books a Million gift card, a free book out of the Book Fair (Carson chose Alan Gratz's Heroes), and a candy goodie bag; and (below left) Sophomore Mikayla Walker who won the HS Prize, a free book out of the Book Fair (Mikayla chose Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying). Also recognized was JH Prize winner, 8th Grader Olivia Woodham. Below: Snapshots from the 2024 Spring Book Fair.

We are so excited about our new tables and chairs!

Just before Christmas holidays, Santa made his delivery with new tables and chairs, giving our library-media center a much-needed updated look. Tables can separate and casters on the legs make them easily moveable. Rolling chairs feature a wire rack for belongings and comfy seat and armrests for all body types. Come in and check them out!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Library Assistants Seniors Morgan Chaney, Lacie Posey, Aleah McMullan, and Kylie Bagley display a Christmas book tree created with old library books and vintage Christmas lights near the library entrance.

Deck the Halls!

Library assistants designed and created Christmas sweaters to hang on the display outside the Library Media Center where the Elf on the Shelf sits and watches the hallways each day for students on their best behavior. Above, Library Assistants Seniors Macy Claire Mann and Lyddia Jones check out their work.

Snapshots from the 2023 Fall Book Fair:

Fall Book Fair Winners

Congratulations to Senior Chris Burton and 7th Grader Mark Savell, who won prizes in the Fall Book Fair drawing. Chris was the Grand Prize winner, winning a $20 Books a Million gift card, a free book out of the book fair, and a candy goodie bag. Mark was the Jr. High prize winner, winning a free book out of the book fair. Also recognized was Junior Reese Eldridge, the High School prize winner, who also won a free book out of the book fair.

Fall Book Fair Faculty Winner

Congratulations to Art Teacher Ms. Sherry Akins, who won the faculty prize in the Book Fair prize drawing, a free book out of the book fair!

Fall 2023 Book Review

Prize Winners

Students at NCHS/MS submit book reviews of their favorite library books to Library Media Specialist Ben Wall in the library/media center. Select reviews are posted in the library and on the library web page. The names of each person who submits a review are entered into a drawing for prizes at the end of the nine weeks. Pictured are the first nine weeks book review prize winners: 8th Grader Chloe Cook, winner of a wireless phone charger, and Senior Allie Boswell, winner of a set of wireless stereo headphones.

Brigadier General Pierce Is Dressed and Ready!

NCHS/MS Library Media Specialist Ben Wall shows Senior twins Alexis and Allie Boswell a mannequin fully dressed in uniform worn by Brigadier General (retired) and former Newton County Schools Superintendent of Education Billy L. Pierce. The uniform is one of many items donated by Pierce on display in the Billy L. Pierce Memorabilia Room in the NCHS/MS Library Media Center. The Memorabilia Room, named in honor of Pierce, features several military artifacts as well as a prestigious wall of graduates who signed with the various branches of the military, beginning in 2022- 2023. Earlier this year, NCHS was recognized as a Military Star School by the Mississippi Board of Education.

Memorabilia Room Dedication

The Billy L. Pierce Memorabilia Room at Newton County High School got its finishing touches this past spring as Brigadier General Billy L. Pierce (Ret.) (and former superintendent of Newton County Schools) participated in the final stage of the official announcement at the Newton County High School Media Center in May. Pictured are, front row from left, Anna Lynne Pierce, granddaughter and recent NCHS graduate signee to East Central Cheer, Triston Pierce, grandson and eighth grader at Newton County Middle School, and Linda Pierce, wife and retired educator; second row from left: Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jason Pierce, son; and BG Billy L. Pierce (Ret.); back row from left: Military Star School Ambassador Missy Johnson and NCHS Library and Media Specialist Ben Wall.

Thank you to all who made our 2023 Spring Scholastic Book Fair a success!

Spring 2023 Book Fair Prize Winners Announced

Congratulations to the Spring Scholastic Book Fair prize drawing winners! Winners in the prize drawing at the NCHS/MS Spring Scholastic Book Fair include Delore Nelson, faculty winner; Kara Dean, junior high winner; Julie Wyatt, grand prize winner; and Micah Tucker, high school winner. For every $25 spent at the fair, patrons were entered in the grand prize drawing; for every $5 spent, patrons were entered in the regular prize drawings. Each winner was awarded a free book out of the fair. The grand prize winner was awarded a free book out of the fair, a $20 Books-a-Million gift card, and a candy goodie bag. Thank you to all who made the NCHS/MS Spring Scholastic Book Fair a success!

Fall 2022 Book Fair Prize Drawing Winners

Thanks to all who made the 2022 Fall Book Fair a success! The Book Fair prize drawing winners are Megan Sheehan (faculty winner), Noah Smith (junior high winner), Emma Posey (high school winner), and Trinity Smith (grand prize winner). Each winner won a free book out of the Book Fair, with the grand prize winner winning an additional Books a Million gift card and a candy goody bag.

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