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 Carson Graham Loves the Library
Miss Clark’s English classes love the library and the library loves them in return! What I’ve loved most about working with this teacher and these hundreds of students ove (More)
 Word on the street is Wikis are wicked!!! In a good way...
For the las (More)
 Booklists to go!
One of the jobs I enjoy as a teacher/librarian is creating booklists for teachers and students. I love the challenge of coming up with the perfect titles for an assignment. You often have to find books with a particular theme or plot line, so it make (More)
 Kelley Armstrong visits Handsworth Library
On November 17, 2009, Kelley Armstrong, best-selling author of books such as The Summoning and The Awakening, gave a presentation to sixty Grade 8/9 students in the Library.  During the first part of Kelley’s presentation, she stressed to the student (More)
 Giving, Getting or Reading at Christmas a Book Display
by Maureen Stuart One of the chief goals of the library program is to support the School District’s goal of improving students’ reading proficiency and to provide students with access to quality literature reflecting diversity. With this in mind, (More)
 Book Trailers
by Maureen Stuart One of the English 10 teachers wanted her students to select a novel for an independent reading assignment, not limited to a particular genre, and I suggested combination Book Pass and media- created assignment. I began by exp (More)