New Books

Our last shipment has arrived for the school year. Hard to believe! We have Breaking Dawn in Spanish, Audacity of Hope and Dreams From My Father by President Obama, Homeboyz, Hip-Hop High School, and the Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez by Alan Sitomer, the Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory, Psychology Demystified, Unwind by Neal Shusterman, the House of Night series by P.C. Cast, What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell and many others!

Unfortunately I also had to buy replacement copies of many books due to students leaving the district with books still checked out. I have lost approximately $1000 this way this year (it's been a bad year for that). With only $4300 in my budget, this is a huge chunk. I'll be doing massive fundraising next year!

Come in and check out our new book shelf! There's a book for everyone!

Win No Library Late Fees for a Year!

Hate paying late fees! You only have a few days left to win a free ride on late fees until April 2010! It's easy, just write a book review on our Destiny Library Card Catalog or on our Media Center Web Page. You may enter multiple times by reviewing more than one book. One lucky person will be chosen to have NO late fees until 2010. It could be you!

Superintendent's Awards

The last day of reading for the Superintendent's Ultimate Reading Award is today! Remember that 15 titles is the minimum number of books to read. Books read in class and for reading logs as well as books that you listened to count! If you read more than 15 add them to your list too as I count up how many books we read as a school and put the total number read on your certificate. Your reading list needs to be handed in to me on Mon. Apr. 20.

The award ceremony is on Fri. May 15 in the Media Center and Cafeteria from 8 to 8:30ish.

National Library Week

It is the last day of our fine amnesty week in celebration of National Library Week. We have had many late books returned and the students are very happy to have their fines waived. Several students have even told us that we shouldn't waive the fees as we need the money. True we would have collected more late fees but I'd rather have the books returned. And we have received some that were checked out last school year!

But on Monday it is back to normal so last chance to get your late books in!

Florida Teens Read Voting

It is now time to vote for your favorite Florida Teens Read book! Go here to vote. Voting is open until April 30th. You must have read a minimum of 3 of the following books in order to vote: Avalon High, Boot Camp, The Christopher Killer, City of Bones, Deadline, Firestorm, Incantation, Life As We Knew It, A Long Way Gone, The Nature of Jade, Street Love, Thirteen Reasons Why, A Thousand Splendid Suns, What Happened to Cass McBride, and Wicked Lovely.

Which will be the winner of this coveted award? You decide!

Teen Tech Week

Teen Tech Week was several weeks ago, during the FCAT testing. So instead we celebrated "Press Play @ Your Library" all month long. We had a display of technology, sports, and music books and held our first ever playlist contest. Students made playlists (soundtracks) for their favorite books. Mr. Ellsworth wanted to participate too, just ask him what songs he chose for Of Mice and Men! I must admit I had problems with my Harry Potter playlist, does anyone have any suggestions?

Congrats to Jasmine and Holly for winning $15 iTunes gift certificates for their playlists. Start preparing yours for next year and stay tuned for our School Library Month contest.

Poetry Out Loud update

I am happy to announce that Luana did a wonderful job of representing CSHS at the state Poetry Out Loud final. She competed against representatives of approximately 50 other high schools. Although she did not move on to the final round, we are very proud of her. She says she had fun and learned a lot for next year. So, everyone, brush up on your poetry recitation skills now!