March- Deep Run High School Library

March- 3-7
Mrs. Lopez sold tickets to the spring play on March 1st for the final performance Saturday night. Students performed, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Program for the play

It SNOWED and we were out of school on March 3rd and March 4th.
We started 2 hours late on Wednesday March 5th.
We worked with 7 classes on March 6th and 7th.
Mrs. Smart sponsored the Deep Run Challenge Club meeting this week in the small gym.
We worked with 2 of Mrs. Latcovish's classes on using the online magazine Glossi for a project. Click here to see the lesson- House of Hanover Glossi Magazine Lesson
We worked with 4 of Mrs. Russ's classes on Mythology and becoming attorneys to try their cases about mythology Gods. Click here to see the lesson- Do the Crime-Do the Time Mythology lesson

Mrs. Russ giving instructions

We had a tailgate library promotion by the girl's team in Mr. Dickey's leadership class during extended study.

Students had to check out a book to get a ticket to come to the tailgate. We had more than 100 students there.

Get a ticket for book checkout

Food and Fun at the tailgate

Corn hole game at tailgate

Card game at tailgate

   






March 10-14
We rescheduled and held our Page Turners book club meeting this Monday.

Page Turners Game-Griffin the winner

We work with 8 classes this week.
We worked with 2 of Mr. Buscska's classes on World War II stations for 2 days. Click here to see the lesson - World War II Culture lesson

Mr. Bucska's class doing stations

We worked with 2 of Mrs. Gibson's classes on building a character profile using the online scrapbook mixbook. Click here to see the lesson-Character Profile lesson  

Mrs. Lopez explaining the Character Profile Project

Mrs. Gibson assisting students

Student creating mixbook scrapbook

We went and observed 2 of Mr. O'Dell's classes as they presented their projects which we helped them work on earlier using the online site Smores.

Students final project

Mr. O'Dell helping students make Smores

We worked with 3 of Mrs. Stockdale's classes this week on a World War II lesson. Click here to see the lesson- Take a Gander at Propaganda

Mrs. Smart giving instructions

example for students

   





We hosted a mentoring committee meeting on March 13 for all new librarians in the county. Mrs. Lopez is a mentor to the new GAHS librarian. The meeting started at 3:00 and ended at 5:00.

Mentoring Meeting at DRHS

Mrs. Tatum and Mrs. Lopez at Mentoring Meeting

   

Mrs. Smart collaborating with Mrs. Stockdale about lessons starting March 24th.  

March 14 is Pi Day- of course we have to support that by buying a piece of Pie!

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Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart with Pie

March 14 & 15 was the Deep Run Marathon Dance- Our school raised over $254,000 for charity.

Mrs. Leonard and Mrs. Lopez supporting DRMD with t-shirts

March 17-21
We were out of school on March 17th for SNOW.
We started 2 hours late on March 18th because of SNOW and ICE.
We worked with 3 of Mr. Hudson's  government classes using mixbook to compare countries. To see the lesson click here: example mixbook

Mr. Hudson assisting students

CIA World Fact Book

   





We worked with 4 of Mrs. Russ classes on their mythology projects this week.
We worked with 3 of Mrs. Pierce classes this week on resources about the 1960's.

Book sources for Mrs. Pierce's class

We had Mr. Dickey's leadership class, the boys team held tutoring sessions and bake sales during extended study 3 times this week in the library to promote the use of the library.

Tutoring and snacks in the library

Leadership tutoring

 

Mrs. Smart's book display

Cute sayings to catch your attention

More good books

March 24-31

We had a faculty meeting on Monday the 24th at 8:00am.
Visitors from North Carolina came to observe at our school.

Visitors observing in the library

We worked with one of Mrs. Carpenter's classes. They came to the library for poetry stations. To see the lesson and stations click here: poetry stations

Mrs. Carpenter's class

Mrs. Carpenter assisting students

 




We worked with 3 of Mrs. Stockdale's classes this week on The Cold War using a Glossi online Magazine.

We had a high school  librarians meeting this week at Belmont Recreation Association for 9:30-11:00.
There was a sales representative from Gale who showed us the Gale Virtual Reference Library, which can
be easily accessed from OneSearch. Online reference books that can be used by many students at the same time.

We had new books delivered this week and are now on display for students. Many non-fiction and fiction books to add to our collection. 

We had 21 teaching days in the month of March
We were out 3 of those days for SNOW 
We started one day 2 hours late for snow and ice
We worked with 8 different teachers this month
We worked with 39 classes this month.
We had 17 visitors from North Carolina schools come and observe classes all day on Wednesday March 26th. The visitors included superintendents, principals, teachers, and students. 
Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart helped serve along with others as facilitators of their tour. 
We had a leadership class where 2 teams held library promotional events this month.
We checked out 261 books this month
We collected $55.35 in color printing this month
We collected $8.75 in library fines this month.

February - Deep Run Library

Feb. 3-7

Students took make up exams on Monday and were proctored in the library. The whole day was used for make up exams.
We worked with Mr. Dickey and his leadership classes on a project they will be doing to promote the library. They are working in two groups and will be in a competition "like the apprentice TV show". The librarians and administrators will be judging this project.

Mr. Dickey class presenting their project to the judges

We worked with Mrs. Norris technology class on writing a research paper and thesis using APA style and format with citations using Noodle Tools.

Power Point explaining how to organize a research paper

Feb. 10-14

We worked with Mrs. Stockdale's classes to create digital  magazines that display the eras of the 1920's.
They will be working in groups and will chose from about 7-8 different scenarios that they will create their magazines about. Three of her classes will be coming in all week to work on their magazines.

Example magazine that students will create

Thinking we will be out of school for SNOW, the administrators surprised us with an early Valentines.

We were out of school on Feb. 13th and 14th for SNOW!

Feb. 17-21

Monday was scheduled as a staff development day but due to missed days from snow it will be a regular school day with students.
Tuesday morning we had a faculty meeting at 8:00 am.
Mrs. Norris brought in her class for research work this week and Mr. Battisti brought his class in too.
We went to watch the All Stars basketball game this week and supported our library friend Ethan Miller who eats lunch with us everyday. Go Ethan!
Mrs. Stockdale's classes came in to work on their projects. Here is an example of one groups Glossi Magazine.  Magazine- click here to see     Young Men's Magazine cover

 

We worked with  2 of Mrs. Berry's classes on doing research for "The Holocaust" project and using Noodle Tools for citations.
We worked with 2 of Mrs. Matthew's classes this week doing the computer time line lesson. They came in all week to complete this lesson. Students worked in groups and went to websites for information and then added to the large timeline.

Mrs. Matthew's class

Timeline directions and lesson

Feb. 24-28

We attended the secondary library quarterly meeting meeting after school on Monday at Tuckahoe Middle School from 4:15-5:45.
We expect to have a fire drill one day this week.
We worked with 3 of Mr. Clarkson's classes this week on a career research paper and writing a resume and cover letter for a job application.

Mr. Clarkson's class

We worked with 3 of  Mrs. Fuller's classes on poetry stations about Dickinson, and Whitman.

Mrs. Fuller's class

We worked with 2 of Mrs. Piece's classes this week on Cold War stations.

Mrs. Pierce's class

We worked with 2 of Mrs. Gibson's classes on building a mix-book scrapbook where they give a character profile of a character they portrayed in the play.  Here is an example of the mix-book they will produce. This lesson was moved to the first week of March.

Using Mix-book for character profiles

We had 20 teaching days in February

1 day was used for make-up exams
2 days we were out for SNOW

We taught 32 classes in February

We collaborated with 11 different teachers in February

We collected $43.75 for color printing for the end of February
We collected $21.35 for fines in Jan. & Feb. 

We checked out 145  books in February
We used 371 books during classes in the library. 

January - Deep Run Library

Jan. 6-10

We worked with Mrs. Rogers classes on using http://www.mixbook.com to build a story about student's childhoods scanning pictures with the library scanner to build their stories

We worked with Mr. O'Dell's classes to complete their mineral lessons using http://www.smore.com website to display their information. This class was a collaboration with Mr. Metcalf (ITRT), Mr. O'Dell (teacher), Ms. Caldas (collab. teacher) and Mrs. Smart (Librarian)

We worked with Mrs. Perego/Mr. Zimmerman's (long term substitute) class on a lesson about the History of Computing using a timeline and students had to do independent  research using our library databases and then add that information to the timeline and prepare for a speech presentation to their classmates.

We meet with Mr. Gouldthroupe to collaborate on a lesson for his Spanish II classes in March. We have decided we will use a Google tool called story builder to develop this lesson.

We also meet with Mr. Dickey and collaborated with him about a lesson for his leadership class. They will do a project where they have to promote the LIBRARY.

Mrs. Smart working with a student

Mr. Metcalf checking student's work

Ms. Caldas helping a student

Mrs. Smart giving timeline directions

Databases students used for Research

Students adding to the timeline

Jan. 13-17

We worked on the agenda and a presentation, through emails and phone calls for an upcoming meeting this week with our specialist and other secondary librarians in the county.  See video above.
We had a hide and lock drill this week for safety.
We read professional articles and emailed them to the committee chair person to include in our staff development librarians website.
Mrs. Smart recreated the computer timeline and laminated the new version for future classes.
Mrs. Lopez worked on student portfolios as part of her professional growth plan.
We hosted along with the PTA, who sponsored an author visit. Anne Westrick, author of "Brotherhood" presented to students in the auditorium.

Students reading in the library during their lunch periods.

Mrs. Westrick speaking about primary sources and her book. She had lunch with us in the library prior to her presentation. Mrs. Westrick presented to Mr. Dickey's class, Mrs. Coleman's class, and Mrs. Carpenter's class. 

Mrs. Westrick & Mrs. Coleman having lunch

Presenting to students

answering questions

Talking about her book

Jan. 20-24 - Snow, Snow, and more Snow
Students were out of school all this week due to snow and icy roads. Exams were cancelled. 

Jan. 27-31- Snow Again!
Monday Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart attended the unconference at Glen Allen High School. It was a conference about using technology.
Students were out of school for snow Wednesday and Thursday.
Students who wanted to take exams were given the chance to take exams on Friday and Monday in the library all day.
We read book reviews in School Library Journal magazine, and decided which books to add to our Titlewave book order.
We were scheduled to see on Thursday and Friday Mrs. Matthews classes to do the computer timeline lesson, These lessons will be rescheduled since we are proctoring make up exams in the library. 

We had  scheduled to have our book club, "Page Turners" meeting on Tuesday after school. We discussed the book "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore. We had a round table discussions with questions about the book. We will reschedule this meeting, since all afternoon events were cancelled for weather.

There were 18 teaching days in January

4 days were  used for mid-term exam reviews
There were 2 teacher work days this month

6 days students were out for SNOW
2 days were used for makeup exams in the library

We were scheduled to teach 13 classes this month

We collaborated with 6 teachers this month

We collected $4.25 in fines this month

We collected $27.70 for student color printing this month

We set up and hosted an Author visit this month

We scheduled an after school book club meeting this month
We attended a day long technology conference this month

December- Deep Run Library

December 1-6

We worked with 2 of Mr. Clarkson's classes on a Poetry hypertext lesson using Google Sites. To see the lesson click here: Poetry hypertext lesson
An example of what the student's end project should look like:

We worked with 2 of Mrs. Gibson's classes on Fahrenheit 451 and censorship using a scavenger hunt lesson. To see the lesson click here :Scavenger hunt lesson

We worked with 3 of Mrs. Stockdale's classes on research for the civil war and making group stations for their classmates. To see the lesson click here: Civil War learning stations lesson

December 9-13

We continued to work with 2 of Mr. Clarkson's classes on their Poetry projects.
Mrs. Dickey brought in 3 of her classes for book checkout.
We continued to work with 3 of Mrs. Stockdale's classes on their Civil War project.
We had a collaborative meeting planned and rescheduled for early January with Mr. Gouldthrope about a January lesson with his Spanish classes.
We had a collaborative planning meeting with Mr. O'Dell about a lesson we would help teach on Minerals using a technology website such as www.smore.com to build a digital information flyer. Click on the example here:

Minerals the Smore the better.                 

Mrs. Smart's sample site to show students-




We attended mandatory training on the new "Power School" that will take the place of WinSchool later this year.
Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez both attended Library Committee meetings off campus after school, Virtual School Task Force and Mentoring committee meetings.

December 16-20

Mrs. Stockdale's 3 classes completed their Civil War learning stations lesson and rotated through all the stations in their groups. Here are a few examples of some of the stations:

Midwest Station

Border States Station

Virginia Station

Student's working at Station

We enjoyed the after school holiday celebration with all staff. All the library staff won door prizes.
We had a "Page Turners" holiday party after school, see what fun we had.

Cookie decorating

Playing games

gift exchange

Relay games

We set goals for student checkouts and classes taught for our Specialist and worked on a data spreadsheet for our Specialist about the lessons we teach and programs we do in our library, which included Time Frame, Collaboration, Subjects, AASL Standards, Indicators, Benchmarks, and SOL's for all the lessons we teach and special programs we have in the library. We each had a spreadsheet of 8-10 pages. Here is an example:

We are negotiating with an author to come and  visit Deep Run.  Anne Westrick, author of Brotherhood  will speak to Mr. Dickey and Mrs. Stockdale's  classes in January. She will tell them about how she used primary resources while doing research  for her book and the Civil War and post-Civil War Reconstruction in the Richmond area. We emailed a link to a contest to win a copy of the book to our "Page Turners" book club.  To learn more about her book chick here:
Mrs. Westrick's website

A student from Deep Run High School named Sydney Mabry entered an online contest to win a free copy of the book "Brotherhood" and she won. Congratulations Sydney and enjoy!

Happy Holidays from:

Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

There were 15 schools days in December

We worked with 46 classes the month of December.

We had 132 books checked out in December.

Students used 471 library books with classes in December.

We collected $12.10 in library fines for December.

We collected $28.20 for color printing in December.
We loaned 11 books to other schools the month of December.