Pike Library News
Pike Middle School Library News, January 2014
Neal Shusterman to Visit Pike MS
Get ready for an exciting time with author Neal Shusterman on January 24th from 3:30-4:40 p.m. in the Pike MS gym. Author of the Unwind series will spend the day at 4 NISD schools including Pike. Get ready for an incredible time with Mr. Shusterman. You can find a complete list of his writings on Goodreads.
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Book Club
Due to the bad weather days in December, the Book Club for Legend by Marie Lu has been rescheduled for January 29th during all 3 lunches. Students interested in participating in the book club should sign-up in the library. It's not too late for faculty or students to check out a copy of Legend and participate.
LEGEND book trailer
Young Adult Keller Book Festival, January 25th
The YAK festival will be held on January 25th at Keller High School 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. It's free to all faculty and students. For more information on YAK click on this link. For a list of authors presenting at YAK click on this link.
TechnoExpo February 27th
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15 Book Database Closes Feb. 21st
25 Book Challenge Continues
Pike students have been participating in the 25 Book Challenge this year. 196 students who read 10 or more books were treated with a movie at the Northwest HS PAC on December 20th. Students who have read 15 or more books will be invited to participate in the 15 Book Challenge incentive on February 21st with a special dessert and extra lunch time. The 25 Book Challenge database will close on February 17th. All students at Pike who read 25 or more books this year will enjoy a fun day at Main Event in May.
Top 10 Books for 1st Semester
- Matched by Allie Condie
- Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Legend by Marie Lu
- Heat by Mike Lupica
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
- The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Top Ten Readers for 1st Semester
- Hannah Barnes
- Ashlyn Newman
- Samuel Mayon
- Lizzy Hedden
- Rosie Rodriquez
- Hannah Burge
- Savanna Joyce
- Caitlyn Watkins
- Alicia Alcorn
- Sydney Greathouse
Hour of Code
Super Coders
Pike Students Participate in Hour of Code
Pike students joined 15 million other students world-wide in December celebrating an Hour of Code. The group continues to meet and is working on coding computer games.
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