What’s new in the library?

Congratulations Ms. Jennifer Fitzgerald for posting and winning the Barnes and Noble Gift Card.  This prize is being furnished by Ms. Marie Sarro library Intern.  Marie set up the blog as part of a course she is taking at Syracuse University.  Marie has been interning here since last July and will also be here this summer.  She is currently a High School history teacher in the Bronx.  she will be completing her Masters this summer and is seeking a position as a SLMS for the fall.  Thanks Marie for all your support. and thanks jennifer for reading and commenting on the blog.

My Book of the Month PS 291

A Chair for my Mother by Vera B. Williams

May Book of the Month PS 15

Slyvestor and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Are you currently certified as a teacher, but you are thinking of a career as
 school library media specialist?  

If so, you may be interested in a scholarship program offered by
Mansfield University (PA).  Limited 50% or 75% tuition-reduction
scholarships are available for certified teachers seeking an *online*
Master of Education degree with school library media certification.

Although the university is based in Pennsylvania, New York has a
reciprocal agreement with Pennsylvania on library media specialist
certification.

Applications are due June 1.  You may find details and an online
application at http://libweb.mansfield.edu/leaders.  If you have
additional questions, you may contact Debra Kachel, Scholarship
Director, at dkachel@mansfield.edu.

If you are interested please let me know.  I can help with the application and the coursework.

Hey!  A $20.00 Barnes and Noble gift card is a good prize!! Post a comment to the blog for your chance to win!!!  Last day to post is April 30th.

Over the break I have been adding links to our library home page which you can visit at:

http://library.nycenet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=4571

You can make the library site your homepage or bookmark it as a favorite on your classroom computers.  I am always interested in adding new links to the homepage.  If you have any links please comment.

I am currently reading Newbery Medal Winner “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman is the author of Coraline which was recently made into a movie.  He has a distinct style(some might say warped).  The first chapter of the book starts with a knife.  Is this book to gruesome?  Please comment if you dare.

Click here for an interview with Neil

 http://www.justonemorebook.com/2009/01/27/interview-with-neil-gaiman/

This blog is a place for us to share information and develop our ideas as they relate to the school media center.  During the month of April, any staff member who posts a comment on the library15and291 will have their name entered into a drawing to win a $20.00 Barnes and Noble gift card.  The drawing will be held on April 30^th.

The library is seeking your ideas for a poetry contest.  Perhaps students could write poems about the earth to coincide with Earth Day, or maybe “I am” poems or poems that take the shape of their subject.  Please submit your ideas A.S.A.P. and tell how you think winners should be chosen.  We would love to receive student submissions by April 30^th, just in time for “Poem in Your Pocket Day.”

P.S. 15 will read “You Read to Me,  I’ll Read to You:  Very Short Stories to Read Together” by Mary Ann Hoberman

P.S 291 will read “Dear World” by Takayo Noda

The library has recently received a grant of $2500.00 to create a collection of materials which will be loaned to parents.  The order has been placed and as soon as the materials arrive you will receive more information to share with our students’ families.