October 31, 2010

Book Clubs

**NEWS FLASHES**
1. I have updated my Shelfari and accepted friendship requests. I will send out invitations for our closed LMS group in the next day or two.
2. Book clubs will be starting in January! Each club will have a brief meeting in December to distribute the book that we will discuss and to go over the basics of the book club. Listen to announcements and keep reading the blog for details as they become available!

October 21, 2010


BES 2010-11
The link above will allow you to view the slideshow of the current Black-Eyed Susan nominees. When you go to Scribd.com via the link, click on Full Screen and in the bottom tool bar click on Scroll and change it to Slideshow. Don't forget to fill out a request slip for these books if there are not copies in when you visit the media center!

October 18, 2010

Service Learning connection on Television!

Mr. Kenny Wood of Lifetime Wells for Ghana will be featured on the Today Show on NBC Tuesday, October 19th. Mr. Wood is a resident of Denton and our 7th grade has held several walk-a-thons to help furnish school uniforms for the children in the towns where Mr. Wood drills wells. Tune in to NBC between 8 and 9 AM to see Mr. Wood interviewed by NBC's Jane Pauley.

October 15, 2010

New in Biography!


New in the biography section are multiple volumes from the Wicked History series. If you enjoy reading about people who will do anything (e.g. - betray, poison, guillotine) other people to gain power, this is the series for you. Folks featured in this series include Ivan the Terrible: tsar of death, Henry VIII: royal beheader, Cixi: evil empress of China, Robespierre: master of the guillotine. More evil than you can imagine - Check one out today!!