Holiday Book Swap

The Student Advisory Board of the HRHS Library is sponsoring a

Holiday Book Swap

Dec. 23, 2010

Students, faculty and staff are welcome to participate.
Here’s how it works...drop off your “lightly used” books for the swap in the library anytime before Dec. 23. You will receive a voucher to select books from the swap. The swap will take place before, during, and after school that day, come early for the best selection.

Participants can swap for as many books as they bring in.

This is a great no-cost way to treat someone to a book!

Any books left over at the end of the day on December 23 will be donated to charity.

Author Visit!

Local author, Ellen Wittlinger, visited with our seventh grade students today. She did a reading from "This Means War", her newest book, and a brief exercise with the students.

Welcome Back!

The HRHS Library may look a bit different this year. We have rearranged the main area so that both study hall students and a class can take advantage of the space. The circulation desk is now closer to the door, making it easier to check books in and out. There is a new area for Juniors and Seniors and a special discussion table in the back for small classes or students to work on group projects. Please let us know how you like the changes.

Cultural Council Grant

The HRHS Library has received a grant from the Cultural Councils of Chesterfield, Goshen, Southampton, Westhampton and Williamsburg to do a visiting authors program. The program will include a visit from a local author and with a writing workshop. Funds will be available to purchase books for students that the author has written. Plans are for the event to take place in the fall.

Change is good...

Next year students will notice a few changes in the HRHS Library. We will begin to implement a new model for the space. Several high school libraries throughout the country are changing their focus; away from traditional print material to multiple format approach to learning. In the learning commons students and teachers can explore information not only from books but also online databases, ebooks, videos and podcasts. We are working towards creating a listening/reading area for students to use ipods and Kindles to access books required for their English/Language Arts classes and

The rearrangement of the space will include the creation of two new classroom areas within the library. This will allow teachers to access the library even if there are study hall students signed up. We are also rearranging the print collection so that classes can access the nonfiction information more easily and students browsing for fiction can do that without disturbing classes in the library.

Tech Week at HRHS

March 8-12 will be Tech Week at HRHS. Stop in to enter daily contests, win prizes, and learn about the role technology plays in the library. On Thursday, March 11, the library will host a Guitar Hero and Wii Tennis tournament. Sign up in the library by Tuesday, March 9th if you would like to play.

Middle School Book Groups

The seventh and eight grade book groups have been busy reading throughout the winter. They have read Rniing Through Time, Found, Cirque du Freak, Peter and the Starcatchers, Bloody Jack, The Storm in the Barn, Crash Into Me and several others.

If you would like to join a group see Mrs. Belanger.