SHCS Library News
2018-2019 3rd Quarter
FIRST LEGO League
Look for applications for next year's team in late April. The team is open to SHCS middle school students.
SHCS Library By the Numbers
627 New books
18,079 books checked out
213, 510, 691 Words Read! (as counted by Accelerated Reader)
You Can Do the Cube!
Robotics in the library
African-American Read-In
Meet Author Alan Gratz during Spring Break
Camp Bookworm
Join Ms. Best and Mrs. Stand for a summer reading and activities camp. Camp Bookworm will also coincide with Ms. Kimbro’s String Camp to offer a full day combo camp!
June 10-14 - Choose 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm
Rising K-5th | $150
Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/vVQk85nvLRtR8KWC3
Robotics Camp
Join Ms. Best and Mrs. Erwin and learn about robotics, programming and the engineering design process with LEGO WeDo, Mindstorms EV3, Dash & Dot, and Ozobots.
July 22-25, 2019, 9am to noon
Rising 3rd-8th | $150
Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/9Of7T6GMfNOGexm42
Youth Media Awards
Newbery Medal (literature)
Medal: Merci Suárez Changes Gears written by Meg Medina
Two Newbery Honor Books also were named:
The Night Diary written by Veera Hiranandani; and
The Book of Boy written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Caldecott Medal (illustration)
Hello Lighthouse illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall
Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named:
Alma and How She Got Her Name illustrated and written by Juana Martinez-Neal;
A Big Mooncake for Little Star illustrated and written by Grace Lin;
The Rough Patch illustrated and written by Brian Lies; and
Thank You, Omu! illustrated and written by Oge Mora
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (early readers)
Fox the Tiger written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor
Four Geisel Honor Books were named:
The Adventures of Otto: See Pip Flap written and illustrated by David Milgrim;
Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories written and illustrated by Sergio Ruzzier;
King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth written by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Nancy Meyers; and
Tiger vs. Nightmare written and illustrated by Emily Tetri
Coming in 4th quarter...
- March 28: Rewards day for AR goals met in 3rd quarter
- April 1-30: National Poetry Month
- April 1-30: School Library Month
- May 3: 8th grade only - AR points due for Library rewards
- May 10-17: Book Fair! Begins on Grandparents & Special Friends Day
- May 17: AR points due for library rewards!
- May 20-24: Summer book checkout, permission forms will be available in May
- May 22: Rewards day for AR goals met in 4th quarter
- SUMMER READING FUN!
SHCS Library
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Location: 711 South Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone: 8655880415
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