Featured Class Collaborations and Library Events

English 10 Research and Argument Escape Room

Students in several teachers' English 10B classes came to the library to demonstrate their research and argument writing skills by participating in an escape room where their teacher accused them of plagiarism.  It was their mission to solve the puzzles and prove their innocence.  Students were quite successful at exonerating themselves!

Cultures of Southport Event

Teachers of English learners, the school librarian, and others joined forces to celebrate students' cultural and linguistic differences with a week long cultural event in April.  Students showcased aspects of their home cultures by reading original poetry, making homemade soccer balls, playing cultural games, giving presentations about their home cultures, performing cultural dances and songs, participating in activities using giant maps, making and sampling foods from around the world, and more!  We love our diverse student population!

World of Evolution Project

This project was completed as a library collaboration with Mrs. Schnepp's and Mrs. Gearhart's Honors Biology classes.  During their study of evolution, students read Aimee Nezhukamatathil's World of Wonders.  In her book, Nezhukamatathil devotes each chapter to a different organism and uses elements of memoir and informational writing to tell the story of her personal connection with the organism and teach about it at the same time.  To wrap up their study of evolution, students each wrote a chapter in a class book where they selected an organism and discussed their personal connection with the organism as well as explained evolutionary processes of the organism, much in the spirit of Nezhukamatathil's book.  Student writing was beautiful and meaningful.  

Bi-Annual Open Mic in the Library

Mrs. Stanley and Ms. Kohne teamed up to create the Bi-Annual Open Mic in the LMC as an effort to give students a place to highlight their singing, speaking, and dancing talents.  The first one was a huge success!  We are looking forward to more in the future.  Our students are so talented!