February 2019
Library Lover's Month
"The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned." - Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
“The love of libraries, like most loves, must be learned. ”
― Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night
Important Dates:
February 15th - Snow Make-Up Day
February 18th - No School
Librarian's Update
The new semester is off to a busy start! January was packed full of Keystone Winter testing and the beginning of English research projects.
Total Number of Students that Used the Library: 4,875
Total Number of Classes: 37
- 1 Social Studies Class with 1 teacher
- 34 English Classes between 5 teachers
- 2 Art Classes with 1 teacher
Items Circulated: 272
February is a busy month for research for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade English classes. If students need help they are encouraged to come talk to me before school, after school, or during a study hall. During the research process in the library, students will be learning how to locate sources on the school's databases and how to cite a source on NoodleTools. The 10th graders will be taken through the steps of research one by one, while 11th and 12th graders will be given a review of information, and left to ask more questions as needed. The hope is that the students will be able to complete high quality research independently by graduation.
Featured Series
March Trilogy by: John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole). March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans John Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall.
Black History Month
Students will find books by black authors, about black Americans, or about Black History month on the display table and around the library. Students may look at these books during the period, or check them out for longer usage.
New Books!
New books will be arriving in the library during February! Listed below are some titles to get excited about!
Nonfiction:
- Your Rights as an LGBTQ+ Teen by Barbra Penne and Patrick Renehan
- Cool Careers without College for People Who Love Shopping by Rebecca Pelos and Edson Santos
- Cool Careers without College for People Who Love Coding by Asher Powell
- Cool Careers without College for People Who Love Writing and Blogging
- Black Enough : Stories of Being Young and Black in America edited by: Ibi Zoboi
Fiction:
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
- Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
- Sadie by Cortney Summers
- #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil