Teen Read Week is here. The theme is, "Read Beyond Reality." We will be reading as a school for the first 15 minutes of block 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the first 15 minutes of block 2 on Thursday and Friday. Thanks for your participation! Also, if you would like to vote for next year's theme, please visit the online voting site at the Young Adult Library Services Association.
Remember, if you check out a book at the library this week, you are entered in our drawing for Borders Gift Cards. Enjoy!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Welcome Back!
It's hard to believe that this is our 4th week of school. The library is in full swing now, with special displays for the Isinglass and Flume 2009-2010 titles. We also have a display of staff favorites - come in and take a look at what your teachers' favorites are!
The Page Turners had their first meeting last Thursday. If you missed that meeting, please come join us for the next one. Look for the yellow signs in the hallways advertising the next meeting date.
Finally, when it's time for you to do an Internet search, try using Goodsearch. This search engine is powered by Yahoo, and after you select Hopkinton School District as your charity of choice, every search you complete gives the School District 1 cent. It's free money!
Enjoy this beautiful weather.
The Page Turners had their first meeting last Thursday. If you missed that meeting, please come join us for the next one. Look for the yellow signs in the hallways advertising the next meeting date.
Finally, when it's time for you to do an Internet search, try using Goodsearch. This search engine is powered by Yahoo, and after you select Hopkinton School District as your charity of choice, every search you complete gives the School District 1 cent. It's free money!
Enjoy this beautiful weather.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Summer is here...
This is the last day of finals, and school ends tomorrow. What is on your summer reading list? If you need some ideas, check out the 2009/2010 Isinglass Teen Read Award nominees for grades 7 & 8, or the 2010 NH Flume Award nominees for grades 9-12. Feel free to ask us if you want some suggestions!
By the way, the 2009 NH Flume Award winner was Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult. This title was also the winner for our school.
Have a great summer, happy reading, and we'll see you in September.
By the way, the 2009 NH Flume Award winner was Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult. This title was also the winner for our school.
Have a great summer, happy reading, and we'll see you in September.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
And the winner is...
The Isinglass Award winning title for 2009 is...Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick.
Here at Hopkinton Middle High School, we had a three-way tie between:
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Thanks to everyone who voted.
The Flume results should be announced shortly, so stay tuned!
Here at Hopkinton Middle High School, we had a three-way tie between:
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham
Thanks to everyone who voted.
The Flume results should be announced shortly, so stay tuned!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Isinglass and Flume voting time!
Just a quick reminder to vote this week for your favorite Isinglass book or Flume book. We are collecting votes in the library through Friday, May 1st. You can also vote for your favorite Flume book online.
Also, Thursday, April 30th, is "Poem in Your Pocket" day. The idea behind this day is to carry a poem with you and share it with someone at some point in the day. Check out the Academy of American Poets' website for more information. We have poems in the library for you to choose from, or pick your own!
Also, Thursday, April 30th, is "Poem in Your Pocket" day. The idea behind this day is to carry a poem with you and share it with someone at some point in the day. Check out the Academy of American Poets' website for more information. We have poems in the library for you to choose from, or pick your own!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
New eBooks in the Library!
We have just added 20 eBooks to our collection. These books cover a wide variety of subject areas, and can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere you have internet access. From the library homepage, simply click on Gale Virtual Reference, and once you are on the virtual reference page, you can place your search term in the search box and all 20 eBooks will be searched. Another option is to click on "show all," and then click on the specific title of the book you are interested in searching. If you click on the eBook index, the pages are hyperlinked from that location. If you logon to the eBook site outside of school, you will need a password (see the librarians for password info.).
Some examples of the reference books available online include: American Decades and American Decades Primary Sources (2oth century U.S. history), World Eras, Major Acts of Congress, World War I, World War II, America at War, Colonial America, Middle Ages, American Social Reform Movements, Student Animal Life Encyclopedia, and Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America.
Take a look and please come see us if you have any questions.
Some examples of the reference books available online include: American Decades and American Decades Primary Sources (2oth century U.S. history), World Eras, Major Acts of Congress, World War I, World War II, America at War, Colonial America, Middle Ages, American Social Reform Movements, Student Animal Life Encyclopedia, and Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell Bottoms: Pop Culture of 20th Century America.
Take a look and please come see us if you have any questions.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Isinglass and Flume Voting Times Are Almost Here
This month, we will be finishing up our podcast series on the Isinglass Award nominated titles for this year. Voting for both this award and the Flume Award will take place in April. To listen to an Isinglass book podcast, click on "Isinglass Booktalks" on the left hand side of the library homepage.
For those Hopkinton Middle/High School teachers who are reading this, check out the teacher wiki (only available inside the school) for "websites of the week," URLs of interest that may be helpful, too!
Finally, starting this month, we will become a "bookcrossing.com" site. We will have a cart of books in the library, free for the taking, and each book will have a Bookcrossing ID number listed on the inside of the front cover. The idea is that after you read the book, you visit the bookcrossing.com site, plug in the book's ID number, and journal a brief entry about the book (anonymous - no registration required). After that, you are free to pass on the book by leaving it in another location for someone else to find. Please see the library staff for more details on this fun program, and look for the book cart to browse for free books!
For those Hopkinton Middle/High School teachers who are reading this, check out the teacher wiki (only available inside the school) for "websites of the week," URLs of interest that may be helpful, too!
Finally, starting this month, we will become a "bookcrossing.com" site. We will have a cart of books in the library, free for the taking, and each book will have a Bookcrossing ID number listed on the inside of the front cover. The idea is that after you read the book, you visit the bookcrossing.com site, plug in the book's ID number, and journal a brief entry about the book (anonymous - no registration required). After that, you are free to pass on the book by leaving it in another location for someone else to find. Please see the library staff for more details on this fun program, and look for the book cart to browse for free books!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
End of Semester One - Already!
It's hard to believe that semester one for this school year is just about done. Semester two starts tomorrow, January 28, 2009, as a Day 1.
Look for lots of new books in the library, as we just finished placing an order. Many of the books we ordered were teacher and student requests. Some of the titles include Chains by L.H. Anderson, I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee, Scat by Carl Hiaasen, and The Dead and the Gone, by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
If you have any feedback about our new online catalog, we'd love to hear it!
Look for lots of new books in the library, as we just finished placing an order. Many of the books we ordered were teacher and student requests. Some of the titles include Chains by L.H. Anderson, I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee, Scat by Carl Hiaasen, and The Dead and the Gone, by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
If you have any feedback about our new online catalog, we'd love to hear it!
Friday, January 9, 2009
New Library Catalog
Over the past few weeks, we have been transitioning from our old library software, Spectrum, to our new software, Destiny. Our new software is web-based, so students, staff, and community members can search for materials from any computer that has internet access. Please take a look:
New Hopkinton Middle/High School Library Catalog
On the left hand side of the page, you can also select a search option titled, Destiny Quest. This is a more visual library search interface.
We are excited about this transition and we would love to hear from you regarding your experiences with this new software. Happy New Year!
New Hopkinton Middle/High School Library Catalog
On the left hand side of the page, you can also select a search option titled, Destiny Quest. This is a more visual library search interface.
We are excited about this transition and we would love to hear from you regarding your experiences with this new software. Happy New Year!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
November News
There is a lot happening here in the library, and we can't believe it's the end of November already! We wish all our staff and students and their families a happy Thanksgiving holiday break. Take some time to enjoy a good book.
Upcoming Page Turners' meeting times are Tuesday, 12/2, and Tuesday, 12/16, during 1st lunch. We hope you join us for continued discussion of The Hungry Tide and The Wind in the Willows.
We have had a lot of new books arrive in the past several weeks. Ask us if you need a recommendation. One of our new favorites is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Finally, look for our "book swap" cart that will be introduced soon - books free for the taking. We will be registering those books with bookcrossing.com, a website that assigns ID numbers to registered books, so that anyone who picks up a book with an ID can write a brief journal entry about the book, free and anonymously. The goal is to then leave the book somewhere else for a stranger to pick up and read. The idea is to keep books circulating in the world, free, with people journaling about the books as they read them - kind of like a "message in a bottle." Some quotes about bookcrossing.com: "an online trend that has people committing random acts of kindness" (National Public Radio); "an innovative attempt to make the whole world a library" (Yahoo.com); "a phenom among readers with a taste for mischief and a touch of altruism" (The Los Angeles Times); and "a craze that is catching on globally" (The London Times). If you visit bookcrossing.com/hunt, you can locate books that have been "released" in NH, and see if you can catch them.
Upcoming Page Turners' meeting times are Tuesday, 12/2, and Tuesday, 12/16, during 1st lunch. We hope you join us for continued discussion of The Hungry Tide and The Wind in the Willows.
We have had a lot of new books arrive in the past several weeks. Ask us if you need a recommendation. One of our new favorites is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
Finally, look for our "book swap" cart that will be introduced soon - books free for the taking. We will be registering those books with bookcrossing.com, a website that assigns ID numbers to registered books, so that anyone who picks up a book with an ID can write a brief journal entry about the book, free and anonymously. The goal is to then leave the book somewhere else for a stranger to pick up and read. The idea is to keep books circulating in the world, free, with people journaling about the books as they read them - kind of like a "message in a bottle." Some quotes about bookcrossing.com: "an online trend that has people committing random acts of kindness" (National Public Radio); "an innovative attempt to make the whole world a library" (Yahoo.com); "a phenom among readers with a taste for mischief and a touch of altruism" (The Los Angeles Times); and "a craze that is catching on globally" (The London Times). If you visit bookcrossing.com/hunt, you can locate books that have been "released" in NH, and see if you can catch them.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Teen Read Week
Teens across America have voted, and the results are in. Here are this year's Teens' Top Ten books:
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Our celebration of Teen Read Week is next week, October 27th-October 31st. Check out a book or a magazine from the library during the week, and you'll be entered into our drawings for daily and grand prizes! See the library for details of what you could win. Also, Tuesday - Friday, the whole school will be participating in Drop Everything And Read (aka DEAR) time. The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Oct. 28th 1st 15 minutes of block 4
Wednesday, Oct. 29th 1st 15 minutes of block 4
Thursday, Oct. 30th 1st 15 minutes of block 2
Friday, Oct. 31st 1st 15 minutes of block 2
Happy Teen Read Week!
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Our celebration of Teen Read Week is next week, October 27th-October 31st. Check out a book or a magazine from the library during the week, and you'll be entered into our drawings for daily and grand prizes! See the library for details of what you could win. Also, Tuesday - Friday, the whole school will be participating in Drop Everything And Read (aka DEAR) time. The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, Oct. 28th 1st 15 minutes of block 4
Wednesday, Oct. 29th 1st 15 minutes of block 4
Thursday, Oct. 30th 1st 15 minutes of block 2
Friday, Oct. 31st 1st 15 minutes of block 2
Happy Teen Read Week!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Teen Read Week is coming
Next week, October 12-18th, is National Teen Read Week. This year's theme is "Books with Bite." There will be live chats with authors every night on the Readergirlz MySpace forum. Check out this trailer to see more:
If you are interested in voting for your favorite books this year, click on this link: 
On that page, you can also get a pdf of the list of nominees for 2008. Join teens across the country to determine the final list of winners!
On that page, you can also get a pdf of the list of nominees for 2008. Join teens across the country to determine the final list of winners!
Here at Hopkinton Middle/High School, we will be celebrating our own version of Teen Read Week during October 27th-31st. Anyone who checks out reading material from the library during that week will be entered in our drawing for fabulous prizes: Borders gift cards, magazines, and more. Also, from Tuesday through Friday, the whole school will celebrate with 15 minutes of school-wide reading each day.
Come in to the library to see our Teen Read Week displays and check out a book or magazine to be entered in our drawing! Winners will be drawn Friday afternoon and announced Monday morning, November 3rd.
Lastly, our book club, the Page Turners, will meet October 21st during first lunch. Everyone is welcome!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Welcome back to a new school year. Here in the library, we have been adding lots of new titles, and promoting this year's Flume and Isinglass Award nominees. Come in to see the list and the displays of books! This week, our first podcast will be published, Dark Water Rising, by Marian Hale. You can link to it from our homepage, or sign up for an RSS feed. We will keep adding podcasts to our Isinglass page from now until March--approximately one new podcast each week. Stay tuned for more updates! Also this week, we are celebrating Banned Books Week 2008 in the library. Listen to the announcements each day for an excerpt from a Banned Book, and try to guess which book it is. Good luck!
The Page Turners Book Club will meet Tuesday, September 30th, during 1st lunch in the main office conference room. Bring your lunch and have fun discussing books. We'll choose our next read at this meeting.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Summer Reading
Ah, summer. Friends, fun, fooling around -- and time to read the good stuff. I always think summer is a great time to try out a series; if you like it, you’ve got a month’s worth of good reads ahead. Here are a few to try, and a bit about them:
The Bloody Jack series, by L.A. Meyer: Bloody Jack, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Under the Jolly Roger, In the Belly of the Bloodhound, Mississippi Jack -- 1800s, orphans, pirates, kidnapping, disguise, adventure...
The Maximum Ride series, by James Patterson: The Angel Experiment, School’s Out -- Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, Ride the Final Warning -- plots, genetic engineering, flying, suspense, saving the world...
The Shadow Children series, by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Among the Hidden, Among the Impostors, Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, Among the Brave, Among the Enemy, Among the Free -- population control, identity, secrecy, adventure, friendship, science fiction...
The Traces (Luke Harding, Forensic Investigator) series, by Malcolm Rose: Framed!, Lost Bullet, Roll Call, Double Check, Final Lap, Blood Brother -- murder, suspense, mystery, robotic assistant...
The Twilight series, by Stephenie Meyer: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn (coming this August) -- love, high school, vampires, danger...
The Uglies series, by Scott Westerfeld: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras -- conformity, friendship, suspense, beauty, identity, science fiction...
Friday, June 6, 2008
Tape to DVD Gets Easier!
With the addition of a new Sony VCR/DVDR, we can now help your students take their completed video projects from DV, mini-DV, and D8 (even VHS...) tapes directly to DVD.For the "more than you might have wanted to know" details, see the two newest Library Survival Sheets, Dubbing from a DV Camera to a DVD & Dubbing from a VHS Tape to a DVD. (Both are .pdf files.)
This will be especially helpful to PC filmmakers who do not have DVD burning capabilities at home, or to anyone else who wants to edit on a program other than iMovieHD.
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