WHS Media Center
February 2020
February is Black History Month!
Do you know who gave the most searched for speech? Who is the most searched for athlete? Who sang the most searched for "Star Spangled Banner"? Check out Google's video "Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers." Come see our display to check out a book on one of these notable moments and inidividuals!
Don't forget about online and audio books with Sora!
You have access to online and audio books through your Henry County Sora account. You can access it through Classlink when you log on to your computer. Sora also has an app that you can download to read or listen from your phone. Check out the highlighted selections below to celebrate Black History Month with a book.
Henry County Library System Teen Summer Job Fair
Looking for a summer job? Stop in and meet local employers at Cochran Public Library on April 9th!
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.
Read Across America Day and Literacy Week are March 2nd - 6th!
We will be giving away books, setting a book display with WHS faculty and staff's favorite books, starting March Reading Madness, and giving away prizes to students "caught" reading! Come by the media center for more information or to participate in any of these fun activities!
New Books!
Jackpot by Nic Stone
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin--comes a pitch-perfect romance that examines class, privilege, and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life.
Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she--with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan--can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will this investigative duo unite...or divide?
Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting story about class, money--both too little and too much--and how you make your own luck in the world.
Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas 'n' Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she--with some assistance from her popular and wildly rich classmate Zan--can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize. But what happens when have and have-nots collide? Will this investigative duo unite...or divide?
Nic Stone, the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out, creates two unforgettable characters in one hard-hitting story about class, money--both too little and too much--and how you make your own luck in the world.
Reveiw from goodreads.com
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
Isabel has one rule: no dating.
It's easier--
It's safer--
It's better--
--for the other person.
She's got issues. She's got secrets. She's got rheumatoid arthritis.
But then she meets another sick kid.
He's got a chronic illness Isabel's never heard of, something she can't even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He understands her more than her healthy friends. He understands her more than her own father who's a doctor.
He's gorgeous, fun, and foul-mouthed. And totally into her.
Isabel has one rule: no dating.
It's complicated--
It's dangerous--
It's never felt better--
--to consider breaking that rule for him.
It's easier--
It's safer--
It's better--
--for the other person.
She's got issues. She's got secrets. She's got rheumatoid arthritis.
But then she meets another sick kid.
He's got a chronic illness Isabel's never heard of, something she can't even pronounce. He understands what it means to be sick. He understands her more than her healthy friends. He understands her more than her own father who's a doctor.
He's gorgeous, fun, and foul-mouthed. And totally into her.
Isabel has one rule: no dating.
It's complicated--
It's dangerous--
It's never felt better--
--to consider breaking that rule for him.
Review from goodreads.com
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
The unforgettable story of two young women—one living, one dead—dealing with loss, desire, and the fragility of the American dream during WWII.
When Frankie’s mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary—just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That’s why Frankie's not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket.
Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans—two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive.
And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, it will be up to Frankie to find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America—every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough.
I will admit I do not know the answer. But I will be watching, waiting to find out.
That’s what ghosts do.
When Frankie’s mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary—just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That’s why Frankie's not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket.
Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans—two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive.
And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, it will be up to Frankie to find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America—every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough.
I will admit I do not know the answer. But I will be watching, waiting to find out.
That’s what ghosts do.
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
January Statistics
Student numbers:
Classes in the media center: 26
Students in classes: 780
Estimated students on pass: 2561
Total students served:
Checkouts:
Books checked out: 514
Sora (online) books checked out: 52
New books added: 62
Readers of the Month: Caden Jackson and Justin Armbrister
January 2020 vs. January 2019
Books checked out: 3% decrease
Online books checked out: 300% increase
Students served: 25% decrease