WHS Media Center
January 2020
Georgia Student Media Festival
The Georgia Student Media Festival is coming up! Project categories include live action recordings, animation, websites and podcasts. A full list of categories, rules, and sample projects can be found on the GSMF website. All projects must be turned in to Ms. Smith in the media center by February 14th. See Ms. Smith for additional information.
Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
The county Reading Bowl is Saturday, January 25th at McDonough Middle School and needs volunteers. Any teachers or students who would like to volunteer can see Ms. Smith. The WHS team will compete at 2:15!
Google Expeditions Coming Soon!
Google Expeditions are coming soon! We will have training for using the new set of ten devices in February. This link to a Seven Wonders of the World Expedition gives a good idea of what the Expeditions are like: https://poly.google.com/view/8v-I0wldO1r
Upcoming Teen Events at Cochran Public Library
January 14th from 4:30 to 5:30 - Teen Book Club. January's book is Dear Martin by Nic Stone. Snacks are provided!
January 22nd from 4:30 to 5:30 - Teen Chess Club
January 30th from 4:30 to 5:30 - Manga Sushi Night - Create sushi rolls with rice krispies, gummies, and fruit snacks.
New Books Available for Checkout
The Last True Poets of the Sea
The Larkin family isn't just lucky—they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine, the town Violet and Sam returned to every summer.
But wrecks seem to run in the family. Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life.
Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece - the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century.
But wrecks seem to run in the family. Tall, funny, musical Violet can't stop partying with the wrong people. And, one beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life.
Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment, Violet is haunted by her family's missing piece - the lost shipwreck she and Sam dreamed of discovering when they were children. Desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric, lain hidden in a watery grave for over a century.
Review from Goodreads
All the Things We Do in the Dark
There’s no such thing as a secret.
SOMETHING happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. But Ava would rather keep that something hidden—buried deep in her heart and her soul.
She has her best friend Syd, and she has her tattoos—a colorful quilt, like a security blanket, over her whole body—and now, suddenly, she has Hailey. Beautiful, sweet Hailey, who seems to like Ava as much as she likes her. And Ava isn’t letting anything get in the way of finally, finally seeking peace. But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else’s secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava’s discovery—and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully-constructed wall of normalcy that she’s spent years building. Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is not your own—do you ignore the truth and walk away? Or do you uncover it from its shallow grave, and let it reopen old wounds—wounds that have finally begun to heal?
SOMETHING happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. But Ava would rather keep that something hidden—buried deep in her heart and her soul.
She has her best friend Syd, and she has her tattoos—a colorful quilt, like a security blanket, over her whole body—and now, suddenly, she has Hailey. Beautiful, sweet Hailey, who seems to like Ava as much as she likes her. And Ava isn’t letting anything get in the way of finally, finally seeking peace. But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else’s secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava’s discovery—and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully-constructed wall of normalcy that she’s spent years building. Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is not your own—do you ignore the truth and walk away? Or do you uncover it from its shallow grave, and let it reopen old wounds—wounds that have finally begun to heal?
Review from Goodreads.
The Toll
It’s been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone but Grayson Tolliver.
In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.
In this pulse-pounding conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe trilogy, constitutions are tested and old friends are brought back from the dead.
Review from Goodreads.
Reading Challenge Update
It's not too late to join the WHS 20 Book Reading Challenge! Students on track to read 20 books just celebrated in December with hot chocolate and snacks. We'll have more special events over the next few months.
See the media center page for more info: https://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/Page/127576
December Statistics
Student numbers:
Classes in the media center: 75
Students in classes 2250
Estimated students on pass:1386
Total students served: 3636
Checkouts:
Books checked out: 299
Sora (online) books checked out: 26
New books added: 43
Readers of the Month: Ernest Thomas, Lexie Lee
December 2019 vs. December 2018
Books checked out: Same
Online books checked out: 53% increase
Students served: 3% decrease