Friday, May 26, 2017
Class of 2017
Today is the last class day for our seniors. The library will be a quieter place without them... both in a good way and in a sad way.
Here are some favorite moments with seniors from this year:
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Teen Central - Boston Public Library
Lots of great things coming up in Teen Central for teens! A career panel with a Web Developer and a Barber on June 5th to hear about those careers and a chance for teens to ask questions, applications for the Teen Leadership Council, applications for Teen Tech Mentor and Teen Gaming Specialists, healthy teen relationships program in June and a publishing panel.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Feeling stressed?
Ms. Moore of Health and Wellness and Ms. D (our librarian) are collaborating on the creation of a pop-up de-stress zone for students. Our first one will be:
For grade 10,
Tuesday, May 23rd,
at lunch,
in the Family Conference room.
Teachers are welcome to join, but students get first dibs on supplies.
If you have items you can donate, please bring them to us! We could use:
clear plastic bottles (soda bottles, tea bottles, etc)
white school glue
clear glue
food coloring
ziploc/sandwich bags
essential oils (especially lavender)
cotton balls
balloons (latex free is a plus!)
flour
cloth scraps
fiberfill (the stuff that goes into stuffed animals/pillows)
puzzles
coloring pages/books
colored pencils/crayons
+ anything else you think would help students de-stress!
Whatever extra items we collect will be added to de-stress zones for the future.
For grade 10,
Tuesday, May 23rd,
at lunch,
in the Family Conference room.
Teachers are welcome to join, but students get first dibs on supplies.
If you have items you can donate, please bring them to us! We could use:
clear plastic bottles (soda bottles, tea bottles, etc)
white school glue
clear glue
food coloring
ziploc/sandwich bags
essential oils (especially lavender)
cotton balls
balloons (latex free is a plus!)
flour
cloth scraps
fiberfill (the stuff that goes into stuffed animals/pillows)
puzzles
coloring pages/books
colored pencils/crayons
+ anything else you think would help students de-stress!
Whatever extra items we collect will be added to de-stress zones for the future.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Your Teacher is Reading .... Born A Crime
Ms. D is reading Trevor Noah's book, Born a Crime, thanks to Axis360.
Nelson Mandela once said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else's language, even if it's just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, "I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being." (Noah)
Ms. D highly recommends this book. Give it a try. It's written in short chapters, but each chapter tells a piece of his story. Mr. Noah has been through some crazy things... like his mom throwing him out of a moving car.
Trevor Noah's unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents' indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa's tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.
Nelson Mandela once said, "If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else's language, even if it's just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, "I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being." (Noah)
Ms. D highly recommends this book. Give it a try. It's written in short chapters, but each chapter tells a piece of his story. Mr. Noah has been through some crazy things... like his mom throwing him out of a moving car.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
Your Teacher is Reading ... Carve the Mark
Ms. D is reading Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth. There has been a lot of controversy about this book in the YA Author and Fan communities.
Reason one is that it comes across as racist. Read more about that: Justina Ireland and Fandom.
Reason one is that it comes across as racist. Read more about that: Justina Ireland and Fandom.
Reason two is that Cyra's power is connected to chronic pain. Read more about that: I Don't Want This Gift and As I Lay Reading.
Ms. D recommends that you read up on the controversy and understand what you might be getting into before you start the book. (also, read But You Don't Look Sick if you're interested in reading about how people handle chronic pain).
Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.
Akos is the son of a farmer and an oracle from the frozen nation-planet of Thuvhe. Protected by his unusual currentgift, Akos is generous in spirit, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get this brother out alive — no matter what the cost. The Akos is thrust into Cyra's world, and the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. Will they help each other to survive, or will they destroy one another?
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