Library Media Center Newsletter
Where the learning never stops!
Third marking period wrapup
It's hard to believe we're entering the home stretch of the school year! Due to the additional testing this year, the Battle of the Books had to be postponed until May. The countdown today (April 10) is 32 more days until the competition begins. Students are busy reading the books to get ready for the competition! SMS students are also voting this month for the Nutmeg Children's Book Award Teen winner for 2014. There are a lot of great books on the list, including Divergent and some of the titles on this year's Battle of the Books list. Students have been busy working on projects in the LMC. Eight Red students chose a lot of interesting topics for their research papers, ranging from the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan figure skating scandal to Walt Disney to the web hacker group Anonymous. You can also keep up with events in the LMC by following the LMC Twitter feed (@SMS_LMC), which has over 100 followers!
Library on a cart
On some of the days when the LMC was closed due to testing, Mr. Bilmes and Ms. O brought a cart of books to study halls. These 7th graders were happy to have the LMC come to them.
Follett Enlight Reader
This is the free app students can download onto their devices. It's all they need to check out eBooks. They need to log in to their Destiny (library) accounts and they can check out eBooks and download them onto their device.
Students love using Social Media
Students will often come to Mr. Bilmes and ask for him to post their photo and put it on Twitter. These 8 Red students were proud of the new SchagSwag hashtag they came up!
Battle of the Books schedule
Competition starts May 12
Students are busy reading the titles on this year's Battle of the Books list. The competition between English classes will start start in May. Here are the dates for this year's competition. May 12 -- Grade 7 first round; May 13 -- Grade 8 first round; May 19 -- grade-level championships; May 28 -- school championship. Students can go to the LMC website and answer the Battle of the Books Question of the Week. Each week, students with the correct answer have their names randomly chosen to receive a prize.
Library Media Center
Mr. Bilmes and Ms. Obstgarten
Email: bilmesd@newmilfordps.org
Website: http://www.newmilfordps.org/subsite/sms/page/library-media-center-922
Location: 23 Hipp Road, New Milford, CT
Phone: 860-355-2204
Twitter: @SMS_LMC