May-June 2015

May-June 2015

We worked with 22 classes in the month of May.
There was one week of AP testing and two weeks of SOL testing for the month of May.
We met with all 11th grade English classes to introduce the Senior Project in May.

Mr. O'Dell introducing a Project

Mrs. Smart teaching how to make citations using EasyBib

Resources provided by librarians for Mr. Hudson project

Mr. Hudson helping students as they research in the library

Page Turners Book Club End of the Year Party

Page Turners Suggested Summer Reading Book Marks

Soccer Athletic Signing in the Library

Look who likes to work in the library at DRHS- Dr. Kinlaw

In May and June we provided coverage for 4 teachers for 5 classes.

Meetings and other events:

May 5th- National Board Certified Teacher Field Test- Mrs. Smart 1:00

May 11th- One Lunch Meeting- Mrs. Lopez 8:00

May 14th- Leadership Meeting- Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Smart 8:00- cancelled

May 15th- Mrs. Smart judged Capstone Projects for CIT 8:30-12:00

May 21st- Mentoring Meeting at Arthur Ashe Elem. 3:30 -5:00 - Mrs. Lopez

May 26 st- Page Turners End of Year Party- extended study- Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Smart

May 29th- Senior Project Interest Meeting during extended study- Mrs. Smart

June 1st- Graduation Practice for Faculty- 4:00 - Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Smart

June 2nd - Senior Project Meeting 8:15- Mrs. Smart

June 9th- Meeting with Mr. Pritchard - Mrs. Smart & Mrs. Lopez

June 10th- Graduation at Siegel Center 3:00- Mrs. Smart & Mrs. Lopez

June 11th- National Board Certified Teacher Exam - Mrs. Smart 9:30

June 12th - Faculty Meeting all staff 

June 16th- County Library Reception Honoring Retirees 12:00-3:00

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April 2015

April

We had 16 school days and 1 1/2 day in the month of April.
We taught 42 classes this month in the library.

Mrs. Norris students came in to do research for their capstone projects.

Ms. Tolley's classes came in to do an Egg Hunt Scavenger's hunt on Engineering topics.

Students reading and answering clues

Students looking for eggs with clues

Mrs. Russ students came in to work on their Do the Crime, Do the Time Mythology projects.

student presenting his case

Mrs. Smart judging a case

Guest Judge Mrs. Corbett

Student presenting her case

Mrs. Dickey's classes came in to work on their Roman Tour Guides projects.

Mrs. Dickey and Mrs. Smart introducing the project

Students giving their tour guide

National School Library Month (April )and Week (April 13-17)

Flowers and candy on April 13 from our Deep Run High School PTA

For each library staff member.

Lunch from Panera Bread provided for the library staff by our very supportive PTA and ending with a delicious cookie on April 16.






The librarians celebrated with the faculty by providing easy listening music and ice cream bowls with assorted toppings during lunches. We appreciate our faculty and all of those that promote the library and collaborate with us throughout the school year.

Mr. Hudson with his ice cream bowl

Mr. O'Dell enjoying his ice cream bowl in the library




   

Group of teachers enjoying their ice cream 

Deep Run Challenge Students helping us finish off the ice cream

Preparing for lessons:

Books on  reserve for Mrs. Dickey and Mrs. Russ's classes

New book displays:

Check out these Books:

Getting students interested in books and reading

New Books have arrived:

New Fiction Books on Display

Displayed in a series, book 1, book 2, book 3

New Non-Fiction books on display

Book club Meeting: Having snacks and discussing the book "Code Orange"

Senior Project: Elsa preparing to present her Senior Project:

Presenting her year long senior project

School Library Month Celebration at Henrico High School: All libraries in the county will present to the school board members in their district. Here is what we presented: Deep Run High School Library

Meeting and Special Events:

April 2- Deep Run Challenge Club Meeting- Mrs. Smart

April 13 - One Lunch Meeting - 8:00 - Mrs. Smart

April 16- Library assistant came to observe- Mrs. Leonard

April 16- Ice Cream for Faculty - during all lunches

April 20- One Lunch Meeting- Mrs. Smart- cancelled

April 20- VALIC meeting after school - 4:30-6:00

April 21- Faculty Meeting 8:00- Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

April 23- Secondary Library Meeting at Belmont Rec. Center 9:30-11:30- Mrs. Smart, Mrs. Lopez

April 27-One Lunch Meeting 8:00- Mrs. Smart

April 27- Page Turners Book Club Meeting 4:00-5:15- Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

April 28- Page Turners Make up Meeting during extended study- Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

April 28- Senior Project Presentation and grading -4:00-5:00 Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

April 29- Spanish National Honor Society Inductions- 4:00-5:00

April 29- School Library Month Celebration at Henrico HS 4:00- 5:30-Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez

Feb.-Mar. 2015

Wow, we had lots of snow in February. So we combined our blog post with March this month. 

February

There were 13 teaching days in February. We taught 18 classes in the month of February.
Media 1 and Media 2 were used by 6 different teachers 15 times in the month of February. (Mr. Eddins, Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Russ, Mr. Hill, Ms. Niemeier)

The librarians did our classroom observations this month. Mrs. Smart observed Mr. Campbell and Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Lopez observed Mrs. Clark.


Mrs. Fuller's English classes came in to do Poetry Stations.

Mrs. Khimani's classes came in to do a research paper with assistance.

Mrs. Norris's classes came in to do research for their capstone projects.





Page Turners read Perks of Being a Wallflower this month.


Meetings in February:

Feb, 3 - 8:15- PLC Meeting
Feb. 12- 8:00 Leadership Meeting
Feb. 12-3:30-5:00 Mentoring Meeting at Godwin High School-Mrs. Lopez
Feb. 19- Library Meeting with secondary librarians - Belmont Recreation Association-cancelled for snow
Feb. 24- 8:15 PLC Meeting
Feb. 24- 4:00-5:15 Page Turners Meeting
Feb. 25- Page Turners makeup Meeting during extended study

There was an Athletic Signing in the library this month. 3 students signed to go on and play college level sports.

March

We taught 16 classes with 4 different teachers the month of March. Media 1 and Media 2 were used 25 times by 7 different teachers in March.

Mrs. Lopez observed Mrs. Skinner's English class this month on the 18th.

We started a March Madness with books this month, with voting brackets each Monday.

Jesse - winner of March Madness book bracket

We taught Mrs. Whitfield's classes how to find information and research on Genetic Disorders.

We had a Poetry Easter Egg Hunt with Mrs. Alcazar's English classes this month.

We taught Mrs. Gage's classes about copyright, fair use, and Google images this month. Click on the link below to see what was taught in the lesson. 

fair-use-and-images

Meetings:

March 3- 8:15 PLC Meeting

March 9- 8:00- One Lunch Meeting - Mrs. Smart

March 12- 3:30-5:00 Mentoring Meeting Longdale Elementary- Mrs. Lopez

March 16- 8:00 - One Lunch Meeting- Mrs. Smart

March 17 - Meeting during lunch with the Library Specialist

March 18- One Lunch Meeting at James River High School-Mrs. Smart

March 23-8:00- One Lunch Meeting- Mrs. Smart

March26-8:00- Leadership Meeting

January 2015

Jan. 2015

There were 17 teaching days in the month of January. We had off for MLK day and off for students the Monday after exams and then off one day for snow.

We had exams Jan. 20-23 with early dismissal each day. So, there were actually only 13 teaching days for January.

We worked with 4 different teachers the month of January.

We taught new printing procedures to all of Mr. O'Dells classes. Students now have to enter a number code to retrieve their printing. Directions have been put in school space and the librarians have all student's codes if they should forget their code.

We taught Mrs. Rogers classes how to use Mixbook for a class project.

Mrs. Prego invited us to participate with 2 of her classes. She invited us to come and play video games the students made and then evaluate them on a Google doc.

Mrs. Norris classes came in to start doing research for their capstone projects.

We are ready for the snow!

Our snowman made of books

New book displays in the library:

Rainbow of books

New Year's Resolution books

Book display with notes and suggestions

New books that just arrived

Page Turners Meeting: Jan. 12th after school and makeup during extended study. We read and discussed the book, "I Robot" this month. We had discussion questions, snacks and then students made their own robots.

Meetings and committees:

Jan. 6 - PLC meeting 8:15. Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart

Jan. 8- Mentoring committee meeting at 3:30 at Holladay Elementary, Mrs. Lopez

Jan. 12- Page Turners Book Club 4:00-5:15, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 13- Page Turner Book Club during extended study.Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 15- Deep Run Challenge club meeting during extend study, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 20-Faculty Meeting 8:00, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 22- Leadership Meeting 8:00. Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 23- Pot Luck lunch 12:30, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Jan. 26- Quarterly Library Meeting at Wilder MS, 2:00-3:30, Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Smart

Coming soon for February................................

Double DEAR in advisory,  drop everything and read Feb 2nd and 23rd. Come check out a book and be ready.