@ the IMC ~ Fall 2012
Deerfield Middle & High School
Meet Mrs. Garvey, Our New IMC Director
In her free time, Mrs. Garvey enjoys attending her children's extra-curricular events, flying kites, scrapbooking, and going to Badger football and Packer games.
New!! DHS Book Club
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Banned Book Week
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held September 30-October 6, 2012, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States.
Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.
The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or restricted, in a majority of cases the books were not banned, all thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, booksellers, and members of the community to retain the books in the library collections. Imagine how many more books might be challenged—and possibly banned or restricted—if librarians, teachers, and booksellers across the country did not use Banned Books Week each year to teach the importance of our First Amendment rights and the power of literature, and to draw attention to the danger that exists when restraints are imposed on the availability of information in a free society.
For more information go to http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/
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Contact Info
608-764-5431 ext 1119
Mrs. Garvey
608-764-5442 ext 5208
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