New book order just placed!

Yesterday I placed an order for 35 new books and 20 new AR quizzes. The titles are many that you have asked for such as the graphic novel series Fruits Basket, Vol. 1-9, and one of the Darren Shan books we were missing, Slawter, and Savage by David Almond. The quizzes are primarily for the [...]

Library Update

Interested in the new books and new AR tests which have just arrived? Take a listen.
Library update podcast: 11-04-08

Car racing in the library

Mr. Chris Berg’s fourth period Project Lead-the-Way class visited the library on Friday afternoon to try out the race cars they had designed and constructed. While each car varied in its individual features, the body of each car was a mouse trap. Some cars pleased the crowd and future engineers by traveling several feet while others left [...]

A Trip to Barnes and Noble

Dear Readers,
I made a trip to Barnes and Noble this weekend. The new titles I picked up for us are listed below. I will catalog these books and have them on display in the library just as soon as the server is up and running.
Shaman King, Vol. 1 (Graphic novel)
Shaman King, Vol. 2 (Graphic novel)
Sweethearts
Beneath [...]

Welcome Freshmen

Here we are starting another year in the South Lenoir Media Center. The freshmen sitting in the library for library orientation will so quickly be seniors, graduating and moving away to college or to a new job. Time does fly so I hope you will make the most of your time at South Lenoir. Ultimately [...]

Exam schedule, Spring 08

Exam Schedule, Spring 08

Celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19, 2008

To celebrate National Library Week, April 13-19, the staff of the South Lenoir Media Center is sponsoring two events. The first is a free library card give-away for students who have lost their library cards. The first 25 students who have lost their cards and report to the library any time next week to ask [...]

Going on an Archeological Dig

                      
Mr. Barnett’s class has been working on an interesting project project about Egypt. They finished up their research today in the Media Center.  Next Wednesday students will present their projects to the class. The PowerPoint presentations that the students have created have been colorful and informative.

Teacher Staff Development

All of the SL teachers attended an in-house staff development session on Valentine’s Day. The session, led by Ms. Yarman, was on Word Walls. Start looking for strategic words on the walls of all of your classrooms. The twelve hot words that you’ll be seeing everywhere in the school will help students do better on tests. [...]

Mr. Barnett’s Egyptian Project

                                                                                
 Mr. Barnett’s World History class started a project this week on an Egyptian archaeological dig. On Monday and Tuesday this week they have been working in class carving Egyptian artifacts out of soap and making a life-sized replica of a mummy. They will begin working in the Media Center on Wednesday-Friday to complete their [...]