Barrington High School Library!
December 2020
Barrington High School Library - Virtual Learning at its Best! Coming Soon! SORA new EBook BHS Library Catalog!
Coming Soon! New SORA app to check-out popular ebooks & school required reading!
New BHS Library Website - Check It Out!
Click here to access the new Library website! and Happy Reading!
BHS Summer Reading Program! A Great Success!
All students who successfully completed the BHS Summer Reading requirements received extra credit in the course of their choice for the 1st quarter!
Summer Reading Fun Facts:
Total number of students who participated - 361
Total number of students who received extra credit - 361
Most widely read title - They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Second most popular title - The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
Third most popular title - We Are Here To Stay by Susan Kuklin
Subject area chosen most for extra credit - Math
Second subject are chosen most for extra credit - Science
They Called Us Enemy
A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.
The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
From the author of The Darkest Corners and Little Monsters comes an all-new edge-of-your-seat thriller set in upstate New York about an eerie sequence of seemingly unrelated events that leaves five cheerleaders dead.
"Sharp, brilliantly plotted, and totally engrossing."--KAREN M. MCMANUS, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults by Susan Kuklin
Meet nine courageous young adults who have lived in the United States with a secret for much of their lives: they are not U.S. citizens. They came from Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Independent Samoa, and Korea. They came seeking education, fleeing violence, and escaping poverty. All have heartbreaking and hopeful stories about leaving their homelands and starting a new life in America. And all are weary of living in the shadows.
Thanks SO MUCH to BHS Parents' Association!! Check Out New BHS Books! Reading for the FUN OF IT!!
Book recommendations are welcome! Please email Dr. Costa or stop by the Library with your suggestions!
Please remember during hybrid learning, email Dr. Costa to request a book and it will be delivered to you!
Don't Miss! BHS Library Book Give Away!
BHS Library is making space for new books on our shelves and is giving away free books for you to keep, read, and enjoy!
Stop by the ENN Sunrise hallway between periods to see Ms. Hearn and help yourself to the free Library book Giveaway selections!
Lots more books coming soon!
For more information, email Librarian Dr. Costa costas@barringtonschools.org
Happy Reading!
Dr. Costa
Technology Resources of the Month @ BHS Library!
Gale eBooks!
Flipster! Free Magazines to read Online
Common Sense Media
Dr. Costa Selected 2020-2021 Common Sense Media Ambassador!
BHS Librarian Team Teaching with Ms. Siravo-Bazin Young Adult Literature Class @ BHS!
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
In Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing.-Amazon
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
Don't Miss! Lunch Bunch Virtual Book Club with Dr. Costa and Ms. Siravo-Bazin!
This is the second book in the Serpent & Dove series following up on Virtual Book Club Summer Selection and Rhode Island Teen Book Award winner Serpent and Dove!
The stakes are higher. The witches are deadlier. And the romance is red-hot. The eagerly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Serpent & Dove is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and is an instant New York Times bestseller! - Amazon
BHS Library Teams Up with Senior Project! Attention Seniors! Senior Project Research Process Begins November 30th! Don't miss Dr. Costa's 6 Episode Video Series on Senior Project Research Process!
BHS Library - Senior Project Research Templates, Resources, & Videos!
Episode 2: Conducting Deep Research
Episode 3: Developing MLA Citation Format
Episode 4: Creating and Using In-Text & Parenthetical Citations
Episode 5: Formatting a Works Cited Page
Episode 6: Resource Validation Criteria & Defense
BHS Library Virtual Partner in December! Writer...Researcher...Educator Taylor Polites!
BHS students in Mrs. Pickford's creative writing class have distinguished themselves in the Annual WriteRI! Fiction Writing Contest! Mr. Polities is the recipient of the 2018 RI Humanities Award, published author, and founder of Goat Hill an organization that supports writing and creativity through workshops, literary events and education.
Coming Soon! Taylor Polites as a special guest on ENN Sunrise!
Coming Soon! WRITE RI! Fiction Writing Competition Deadline - December 13th! For more information contact BHS Librarian Dr. Costa or Write RI!
Congratulations to BHS past winners of the Write RI Fiction Writing Competition!
BHS Librarian Teams Up with ENN Sunrise Show to Bring Special Remote Guest! RI Department of Health Dr. McDonald Interview on BHS Sunrise Show!
In November the Library partnered with ENN Sunrise Show to bring RI Department of Health Dr McDonald, MD MPH to help our students learn more about staying safe during these COVID times. Thank you Dr. McDonald and the ENN Sunrise Team!
For more information and to see the interview, go to https://www.ennsunrise.com/
Happy Library Memories! 2019-2020 Book Club!
Barrington High School Library
Email: costas@barringtonschools.org
Website: https://ricat.net/common/welcome.jsp?site=1919
Location: 220 Lincoln Avenue, Barrington, RI, USA
Phone: (401) 247-3150
Twitter: @BHS_Read