News from your IMC!
Normal West IMC Newsletter, Winter 2015
In this newsletter ...
- Library Lunch & Learn - Today!
- Holiday Wrapped Book Event - Next week!
- Review for finals using FlipQuiz!
- What's New in the IMC?
- Using the IMC Space
- Textbook Collection Procedures
- Scholastic Warehouse Sale
IMC Events
Holiday Wrapped Book Event: December 7 - 15
If you need something to read over winter break, West book club and National English Honor Society would like to fix you up with a book! They've selected a variety of books and wrapped them up so you won’t know the ‘identity’ of your book until you get it home. You may end up having a great read with something you wouldn’t have selected yourself!
Library Lunch & Learn - TODAY!
The IMC is partnering with the U of I Extension office in Bloomington to host a Library Lunch and Learn event each month in the IMC giving students and teachers a chance to learn something new and interesting over their lunch hour. The U of I Extension will provide local speakers all of which have Master’s degrees in their fields, who will be talking about everything from student loans to locally grown food & nutrition to 4-H & honeybees.
Our first visitor is Pam Atkinson who will be here today, to talk about student loans. This is a great opportunity for our college bound students! I will have a sign-in sheet for students who attend over their lunch hour. Students can simply bring their lunch to the IMC and learn something new!
Please help us promote these events with your students. Here is an electronic flyer -http://pub.lucidpress.com/westimc/
Great Reads for Winter Break!
What's New in the IMC?
IMC Book Tree
Check out our new book page table!
Pub tables are a huge hit among our students!
Review for finals using FlipQuiz!
Try the demo to see how it works!
Making use of the IMC space!
IMC Tables & TV
Connect your laptop to the IMC TV for class presentations or demonstrations.
Reserve the IMC tables in Sharepoint!
The Quiet Zone - Students
**multiple cubicles are available for students**
The Quiet Zone - Teachers
First Semester Textbook Return Procedures
*If your class is a year long class, your books do not need to be returned or renewed.
All teachers of semester long classes are asked to follow the procedures listed below.
- Please start reminding your students that they will need to return their books on the day of the final. Collect textbooks from seniors who are exempt before the day of the final.
- The day of the final, send students who do not have their books back to their locker to get it before the exam period begins.
- When you are ready to give your exam, have your students put all textbooks on your empty overhead cart. Please include any textbooks in your room, such as books left on the counter, under desks, stored in cabinets, or from your office. If you no longer have an overhead cart, you can borrow a cart from the IMC or simply stack the books on the floor in the hallway.
- Place the cart in the hallway outside your classroom. The earlier in the exam period you can do this is very helpful.
- Inform any student who does not return their textbook at exam time that they are responsible for returning the textbook to the IMC before they leave for winter break.
Please let me know if you have any questions. I appreciate your help!
Books make great gifts!
Scholastic Holiday Warehouse Sale
Holiday Inn & Suites - Airport Location
3202 East Empire Street
Bloomington, IL 61704
Tuesday-Thursday, Dec. 8-10: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Get your Super Savings Pass: http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/warehouse
Tera Hafermann
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Email: hafermat@unit5.org
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