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Library News
May 2, 2011:
Book Club members come and discuss Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass with us! Refreshments will be provided.
When: Wednesday, May 11th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 4, 2011:
The 6th grade won the One for Books Jar Wars with $44.32 in loose change! The 7th grade donated $23.70 and the 8th grade donated $8.50. The grade with the most loose change donated will have the honor of silly stringing Mr. Farr and Ms. Hamel so congratulations 6th grade! Many guessed but only one student won the 5 pound Hershey's chocolate bar. There were 1,129 pieces of popcorn in the jar. The student with the closest guess was Kaitlynn Gomez-Pedro with a guess of 1,123 pieces. Congratulations Kaitlynn! Congratulations to all of our Golden Ticket winners who won $5 worth of books at the book fair! Thank you to the Library Club, Art Club, Mr. Farr and all of the students and staff that helped with the book fair! Look for the book fair again in the fall of 2011! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ April 1, 2011:
Library Club members celebrate our book fair success!
When: Tuesday, April 5th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 30, 2011:
Book Club members come and discuss Shipwrecked by Gordon Korman with us! Refreshments will be provided.
When: Monday, April 2nd Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 23, 2011:
Library Club members help pick books from book fair for the library!
When: Tuesday, March 29th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 16, 2011:
Library Club members help plan the book fair!
When: Tuesday, March 22th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 11, 2011:
Library Club members help plan the book fair!
When: Tuesday, March 15th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 6-12, 2011:
If you're interested in the other technology tools available check out a some of the things you can do this week on the ALA's website. Vote for next year's 2012 Teen Tech Week Theme or vote for your favorite technology. And remember to Get Connected! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 3, 2011:
Book Club members come and discuss Among the Hidden with us! Refreshments will be provided.
When: Wednesday, March 9th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 2, 2011:
Library Club members help plan the book fair!
When: Tuesday, March 8th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 1, 2011:
Support our school by buying some books & read your heart out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 16, 2011:
Library Club members help plan the book fair!
When: Tuesday, March 1st Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ February 10, 2011:
When: Tuesday, February 16th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 27, 2011:
Library Club members help us start planning the book fair!
When: Tuesday, February 1st Where: The library Time:12th period
Hope to see you there!
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December 22, 2010:
The results of the Percy Jackson vs. Wimpy Kid giveaway are in!
With only 20 votes Percy Jackson just couldn't match the popularity of the Wimpy Kid who is the winner with 30 votes!
The winners are:
Barnes & Noble gift card: Madame Mong Percy Jackson: Rachel Smith Wimpy Kid: Matt Smith
Congratulations to our winners! You can pick up your prizes in the library at the end of the day.
And thank you to all of the students and staff who participated in our giveaway! With the combined donations of students and staff we raised $44.50 for Compassionate Care. Have a safe and happy holiday!
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December 14, 2010:
Come to the library and vote for your favorite character and then donate to enter to win the complete Percy Jackson or Wimpy Kid series. Voting is free but there is a suggested $1 donation to enter to win. All donations will go to Compassionate Care, a charity for terminally ill patients and their families. Staff you can also vote, donate, and enter to win a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. The last chance to vote, donate, and enter will be Tuesday, December 22 and the winners will be announced on the morning announcements Wednesday, December 23. So remember, vote for free, donate to those in need, and you can win something to read! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November 30, 2010:
When: Tuesday, December 7th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there!
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November 15th, 2010:
You're invited....to library club!
When: Tuesday, November 16th Where: The library Time: 12th period
Hope to see you there!
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October 17-23, 2010:
...Or...
Check out all of the exciting events happening during Teen Read Week!
Author Visit: As part of Teen Read Week, and to promote the upcoming 2011 Rochester Teen Book Festival, author Laurie Halse Anderson will be at the Pittsford Barnes & Noble on Saturday, October 23 @ 3:30. For more details go to TBF Live or visit the Barnes & Noble page.
Read-A-Thon: Be part of the Pittsford Barnes & Noble Read-A-Thon from 1pm-5pm on Saturday, October 23. For more details go to TBF Live.
Teens' Top 10 Winners: Every year the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) let's YOU decide what books should win an award. On October 18 @ 11am YALSA will announce the winning books. Visit the YALSA website to find out which books your peers voted to win!
No matter what you choose the most important thing is to READ because you can!
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September 25-October 2, 2010:
To check out the lists of books that have been banned in our country, or for more information about Banned Books Week, check out ALA's website.
Exercise your freedom to read! Stop by the library and see what banned books you can check out today!
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September 20, 2010:
We did it! We reached our
So Here's to Our Heroes! Thank you to Principal Farr and all the staff and students who helped us reach our goal. Check out our book fair in the spring when we will again see what crazy thing Principal Farr will do for books!
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September 9, 2010:
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Our book fair goal this fall is 200 books. We sold 184 books in the spring so this goal is well within our reach! If we meet our goal Principal Farr has again agreed to sacrifice his hair for literacy.....by shaving his head! Tell all your friends @ school to help us meet our goal and YOU can be the hero!
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June 8, 2010:
Summer is almost here which means it's time for Summer Reading! This year the NYS Summer Reading theme is "Catch a Wave." Check out your local public library to see what programs they have to offer just for teens or stop by the library to see what books Ms. Hamel recommends and to find out more what kinds of library programs you can be involved in during the summer.
To get ideas about what to read over break check out YALSA's Top Teen list, Amazon's teen page (to see what other teens are buying) and Teenreads or visit Ms. Hamel's "Teen Favorites" page to help you make your next choice.
Here's a list of some of the hottest series books coming out this summer that you don't want to miss!
Summer time is fun time so get out in the sunshine and enjoy a good book!
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April 6, 2010:
During the week of the I would like to thank the following staff and students for all their help with the Book Fair: Mrs. Borrelli, Mrs. Bement, Mr. Farrands, Thank you to all those involved in making our "Rock N' Read" book fair our most successful fair to date! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ March 26-April 1, 2010:
#1-Principal Farr has agreed to dye his hair blue for a day if we sell 300 books (was 600) @ our Fair!
#2-You can win a "Golden Guitar" worth $5 towards the Book Fair. Teachers have selected our winners so look in your locker each morning to see if you're one of the lucky winners of the "Golden Guitar."
#3-Donate your loose change to One-for-Books and get your name on our One-for-Books Jukebox wall.
The Book Fair will be @ Midlakes Idol from 6:30-9:30 on March 26 & @ the Band & Chorus concert from 6:30-9:30.
So don't forget to stop by and buy!
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March 19, 2010:
And now the results: The runners up are: Stephanie Balester and Sydney Jones. But the winner of two tickets to see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" goes to Haley Smith and her book review for Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer.
Congratulations Haley and thank you again to all the students who entered! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
March 12, 2010-March 18, 2010:
Win 2 tickets to see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" in theaters Friday, March 19th. Enter the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Contest!
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December 21st, 2009:
Our winners are:
Matt Johnson-Edward Basket Mrs. Burgess-Border's Gift Card
Congratulations winners!
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December 12th, 2009:
Attention students and staff! Enter to win an Edward or Jacob gift basket based on the Twilight series by voting “Team Edward” or “Team Jacob” in the library. Staff can enter to win a $25 Borders gift card. There is a suggested $1 donation. Students and staff can enter as many times as they wish. The raffle will run from Monday, Dec 14th until Friday, Dec 18th
Raffle prize winners will be announced Monday, Dec 21st and
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The Book Fair Carnival may be over but the excitment continues this week! We met our book fair goal with 256 books sold! Which means Mr. Farr AND Ms. Hamel will be silly stringed on Friday, April 8th. 
It's Teen Tech week! Celebrate all the ways that you use technology in school, @ home or in your world. There are many ways you can connect to the world through the library or other tools. One of the ways you connect to the world may be through Facebook or Myspace. These social networking sites have gotten a bad reputation recently but these sites are important in your world. Help adults in your life understand why these social networking sites are so important to you and learn how to remain safe at the same time by checking out 
Attention students! Ms. Hamel wants to know if you're a Percy Jackson or a Wimpy Kid!
Help the library club decorate our tree with books! 
Teen Read Week "Books with Beat" is this week! Created by the American Library Association (ALA) it's a week dedicated to you to celebrate YOUR hunger for reading. Stop by the library and check out the books on display or listen to a Playaway.
This week is Banned Books Week! Organized annually by the American Library Association (ALA) Banned Books Week is a time when we can recognize the great privilege of our freedom to read any of the wonderful books our country, or the world, has to offer because of our First Ammendment.
house. This fall's theme is: Here's to Our Heroes! There are many different kinds of heroes. The heroes in our life could be a solider, doctor, fireman, parent, friend or relative. Your hero could even be a superhero like Superman or Batman & Robin, like Principal Farr and Mr. Giancursio :) So as you come to the book fair think about those heroes in your life who've made a difference.
It's time for the "Rock N' Read" 
It's the moment you've all been waiting for....the results of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Contest!
Natalie Janas-Jacob Basket
