The Book Report
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MS STUDENTS
Battle of the Books
The statewide Battle of the Books program is designed to promote a love of reading. It encourages you to read a variety of books and remember information about the plots, characters, and settings of the books. Every question asked in a battle is answered by the title and author of the book. It is a fun, academic-based competition in school districts throughout the state.
We are looking for 2-4 students at Brown Deer Middle School to compete for our school in the State Tournament in March. The students will split up the 20 books on the list to read and discuss. We will have preliminary battles to get ready, and our annual student vs staff battle. Finally, there is a culminating statewide, online “battle” to find the teams who know the books the best. See Miss D if you would like to join our team!
Renewing Your Books
It's easy to renew your books without taking a trip to the LRC:
- Go to Destiny Discover via Clever, the library website or direct at https://security.follettsoftware.com/aasp/service/sso/mmform/show
- Sign in with Google
- Click the link to Checkouts under My Stuff.
- Renew your books!
Online Footprints (Part 1)
"Take for example, the teens who had their admission offers rescinded because of their behavior in a Facebook group for newly admitted students. Those students likely spent their entire academic careers preparing for admission to an Ivy League school, only to have their online behavior ruin what they had worked towards.
The Harvard Crimson reported that “In the group, students sent each other memes and other images mocking sexual assault, the Holocaust, and the deaths of children, according to screenshots of the chat obtained by The Crimson. Some of the messages joked that abusing children was sexually arousing, while others had punchlines directed at specific ethnic or racial groups.” After being notified of the chat and its contents, Harvard administrators acted by rescinding offers for at least 10 members of the group.
While the students in question did not intend for their highly inappropriate posts to be seen worldwide, the moral of the story is – nothing is truly private on the Internet."
(https://www.netnanny.com/blog/what-every-teen-needs-to-know-about-their-digital-footprint/)
HS STUDENTS
Research Tips for Slackers
Here are 3 Tips to Make your Research easier, so you have more time to do, well, anything else.
- Use a site like Wikipedia to develop your research question. The information may or may not be accurate, so I wouldn't use it for a source. But it's great for getting an overview that will pique your interest and point you in a specific direction.
- Your school and public library have a host of free, pre-vetted resources available to you. For heaven's sake use them! Get rid of all that time you spend weeding through search engine results and looking for reliable sources. That's already done. Hop on in. get some varied sources from different viewpoints and get out.
- Ask your librarian for help. We live for it!
Still Time to Join the Oct. Young Adult Book Club
Date: Monday, October 16, 2023 - 3:00-4:00 PM
Audience: 8th-12th Grades
Location: MHS LRC
Book is available for checkout in the LRC and on Sora. See Miss D to sign up.
Career Corner: Cybersecurity
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cybersecurity is just one of many careers in IT and is a growing industry with a lot of opportunities for growth and development. It is an industry that has the potential to pay well, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility. You may start out in an entry-level IT role, such as a help desk technician, network administrator, or software developer. Many cybersecurity professionals enter the field as a junior information security analyst after gaining some experience in IT. Not all cybersecurity careers require coding, so if technology is something that interests you, Waukesha County Technical College has one of the best programs in the state to prepare you for not only an IT Career, but also Cybersecurity Pathway.
STAFF
October/November Opportunity
Staff Q2 Book Club
For our inaugural Staff Book Club, we will be reading Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief. Please read the article in the New Yorker or the book prior to our meeting on October 27th. There will be tea and cookies in attendance.
LRC HAPPENINGS
Middle School Book Club
Banned Book Week Talks
Indigenous Peoples' Day
NEW TITLES
Middle Grade Realistic Fiction
Available in print.
Middle Grade Realistic Fiction
Available in print.
Middle Grade Non-Fiction
Available in print and e-book.
Young Adult Realistic Fiction
Available in print and e-book.
Adult Fantasy
Available in print.
Adult Realistic Fiction
Available in print.