February 2016

Feb. 2016- Deep Run High School Library

Ms. Edward's and the substitute assisting students with a Research Lesson

Mrs. Berry and Mrs. Edward's class

There were 20 teaching days in February.
We worked with 45 classes this month.
We worked with the following 11 teachers:

Mrs. Khimani (English), Mrs. Russ (English), Mrs. Berry (English), Mrs. Corbett (English), Mrs. Fuller (English), Ms. Daniels (English), Mrs. Dickey (English), Mrs. Stockdale (Soc. Studies), Mr. Dickey (Soc. Studies) Mrs. Matthews (Business and Marketing), Mrs. Herrmann ( Fashion and Design)

Feb. 3- Mrs. Jameson worked in attendance all day
Feb. 11-8:00 Mrs. Smart attended the leadership meeting
Feb. 19- Mrs. Smart submitted our book order to library services
Feb, 23-8:00 Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez attended the faculty meeting
Feb. 23-12:15- Page Turners book club meeting during onelunch
Feb. 23- Mrs. Jameson worked in attendance all day
Feb. 25-3:30-5:00 -Mrs. Lopez attended the mentoring meeting at Arthur Ashe Elementary School
Feb. 26- 6:00-8:00 -Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart sold tickets for the Mr. Deep Run Pageant
Feb. 29- Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez submitted our monthly snapshot to our specialist

Mrs. Smart helping a student

Mrs. Khimani's English classes working in the library

Mrs. Matthew's class working in the library

Page Turner's discussing "The Catcher in the Rye"

Mrs. Lopez with cart of books in Mrs, Herrmann's class

Students working in Mrs, Herrmann's class

Links to lessons we've worked on with classes this month.

9th grade English classes - Plagiarism Lesson

Mrs. Herrmann's Fashion classes - Fashion Designer Portfolios 

Mrs. Matthews's classes- Entrepreneurs Research and Speeches

Mrs. Khimani's classes- Writing a Social Issues Research Paper

Mr. Dickey's classes- Researching Real World Problems using the Big 6 model

Mrs. Fuller's classes- Poetry Stations on Dickinson and Whitman

Mrs. Stockdale's classes- OneSearch Databases to use for Research

Mr. Dickey's class working in the library

  

Jan. 2016

January 2016

There were 15 working days in January. We were out 4 days for snow and exams were cancelled.

Teaching and Collaboration

We taught 16 classes the month of January and worked with the following 6 teachers.

Mrs. Roger-Family and Consumer Science
Mr. Campbell- Social Studies
Mrs. Norris- Center for Information and Technology
Ms. Daniels- English
Mrs. Physioc- World Languages-Spanish
Mrs. Stockdale- Social Studies, Economics and Finance

Meetings and other Learning experiences

Professional Learning Communities (PLC's) meetings

Jan. 5- Lead Information and Fluency Meeting 8:15-8:45
Jan. 8 - Participated in Schoology Meeting 8:15-8:45
Jan. 15- Participated in Schoology Meeting 8:15-8:45
Jan. 29- Participated in Schoology Meeting 8:15-8:45

Faculty Meetings

Jan. 12- 8:00 in the auditorium
Jan. 28- 8:35 in the auditorium

Guest Speaker

Jan. 7- Mr. Diaz from Spain and Mrs. Hand's Spanish students - questions and answers session

Collaboration

Jan. 7- filmed Mrs. Daniels class for her National Board submission and did an observation for our yearly evaluation.

Jan. 13- Met with Marcie Walsh a VCU professor about a Research Matrix spreadsheet and how it is helpful to students when organizing their papers. We will use this with upcoming classes.

Jan. 14- Met with Randy McLawhorn our Follett book representative to discuss our current collection and how he can better serve our needs.

Jan. 21- Attended the monthly Mentoring Meeting held at Carver Elementary School 3:30-5:00

Fun Activities for Students & Staff

Jan. 19- Had a Page Turner's Meeting during One Lunch with snacks and discussion questions about the book The Night Circus.

Jan. 26- Had planned a Library Open House for staff to come by and have a sweet treat after exams to see some of our lessons and collaborate with us. This was cancelled since we were out for snow and exams were also cancelled.

December 2015

 December 2015

New books have arrived just in time for the holiday. Come check them out. The are on display on top of our fiction section. 

DRHS student in the spirit for the holiday!

Deep Run High School hosted a Principal's Meeting on Dec. 1

The Season of Giving Window Display

Winter Wonderland Window Display

There were 14 teaching days in December.
We worked with 17 classes this month.
We worked and collaborated  with 6 teachers and the following departments Soc. Studies,
English, Family and Consumer Science, and Computer Information Technology.

Don't forget to register your Kroger card to DRHS

How to register your Kroger card

The 12 days of YA books display

Read to improve your SAT scores display

Books with great first lines display

Mrs. Roger's students presenting in class

Mrs. Smart updating and working on Station Lessons

Ms. Albright's class working in the library.   

Ms. Dalton's classes working on stations in the library

     

Page Turner's making sugar cone holiday trees 

We created Ethical Stations to do with a Leadership class. Ethical Stations

We created Mythological Stations to do with a Soc.Studies class Greek & Roman Mythology Stations

We created a pinterest board on Civil War sites for a Soc.Studies class.   Civil War sites

We pulled books and showed database resources to a CIT class.

We showed database sources to a F & CS class.

Meetings and Learning Opportunities

Mrs, Lopez filmed Mrs. Smart and Ms. Daniels teaching lessons for their National Board submissions.

Deep Run HS Library hosted a Principal's Meeting on Dec. 1 from 8:00-12:00

Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Smart went to the closing of Dumbarton Library and collected about 100 books to add to our collection.
Page Turner's Book Club Meeting and Holiday Party 4:00-5:30 Dec. 14th

We attended the Faculty Meeting on Dec. 15th at 8:00am

Mrs. Lopez hosted the Librarians Mentoring Meeting on Dec. 17th from 3:30-5:00

We attended the Pep Rally on Friday Dec. 18th. 

Have a Wonderful Winter Break!

November 2015

Nov. 2015

Mrs.Lopez won a Turkey for Thanksgiving!

Teaching and Collaborating

There were 16.5 teaching days in November.

We worked with 34 classes and 7 teachers this month. Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Alcazar, Mrs. Stockdale, Mrs. Rogers, Ms. Kessinger and Mrs. Norris

Link to Mrs. Anderson's classes lessons: Social Issues Research
Link to Mrs. Roger's classes lesson:Entrepreneur Project
Link to Mrs. Stockdale's classes lesson: Age of Revolutions Essay Instructions
Link to Mrs. Norris class lesson: Writing an APA Research Paper  check out Mrs. Smart's tutorial

Ms. Kessinger invited Mrs. Lopez to consult with her students about their work

Mrs. Smart teaching about Plagiarism     

Mrs. Smart teaching Mrs. Alcazar's class

We collaborated and planned with 3 teachers for lessons in December. Mr. Dickey, Ms. Dalton, and Mrs. Physioc.
We worked or collaborated and planned with the following departments: English, Soc. Studies, Career and Technical Education, World Languages, Math and Center for Information Technology.

Meetings and Learning Opportunities

We lead 2 PLC's- Professional Learning Communities on Tues. Nov. 3 about "The Big 6 Research process"

Our PLC in Google Classroom

We provided a Math Departmental Lunch on Wed. Nov. 4 and suggested ways we could collaborate on lessons.
We participated and talked with visitors during the Nov. 10 Safety Audit.
We had a Page Turner's book Club Meeting during one lunch on Nov. 10th and discussed George Orwell's, 1984.

We attended the VAASL  Virginia Association of School Libraries State Conference in Williamsburg on Nov. 20, where we presented a session on "Creative and Engaging Group Lessons for High School.   See presentation here: Librarians presentations at VAASL conference

We attend the faculty meeting on Nov. 17th at 8:00 where Dr. Kinlaw presented to the staff.
We attended the Veterans Assembly held in the gym.
Mrs. Lopez filmed Mrs. Smart teaching Mrs. Alcazar's classes for her National Board Submission.

Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Lopez with the Library Pig at VAASL

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!

Oct. 2015

Oct. 2015

Great places to read at Deep Run High School Library






                   

New library display : Books that are being made or have already been made in to movies. 

Don't judge a book by its cover display

Mrs. Smart and Mrs. Dickey working with students

Mrs. Fuller assisting students in their library research

Doing Citations the old fashioned way

Another great place to read in the Library

Mrs. Jameson and Mrs. Lopez supporting cancer with pink out shirts

                                             Page Turner's Meeting during one lunch                                                           

Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Oliver working with students     

Halloween Friday at Deep Run HS Library

Plagiarism Quiz we used with Mrs. Stockdale's, Mr. Ruman's, and Ms. Albright's classes. See link below:
Plagiarism Quiz

English 11 Social Issues Research Project, using Databases and Easybib. See link below:
Social Issues Research Project

Mr. Campbell's Silent Movie Project. See link below:
Silent movie project instructions and example
                                               
We had 21 teaching days in October.
We worked with 56 Classes this month.
We worked with the following 10 teachers this month:

English                            Social Studies                CTE                        Science
A. Dickey                         P. Bucska                    P. Rogers                 G. O'Dell
C. Fuller                           P. Stockdale
S. Oliver                           R. Rumans
                                         N. Albright
                                         A. Campbell

We presented at the first PLC meeting on Oct. 6 at 8:15am about using the Big6 Research Model. See link below:
Using the Big 6 Research Model 
                 
We presented at the county wide staff development for librarians on Oct. 12th at Rolfe MS. See link below:
Engaging Group Lessons for High School Librarians

We had a Page Turner's Meeting during one lunch on Oct. 13th. to discuss the book Invisible. 
We attended CPR training at Hermitage HS on Oct. 14th at Hermitage Tech Center at 5:00pm.
Mrs. Lopez attended the monthly mentoring meeting at Longdale ES on Oct. 15th at 3:30pm
Mrs. Lopez's mentee from Freeman HS spent the day with us observing on Oct. 16th.
We attended the faculty meeting on Tues. Oct. 20th at 8:00am.
We attended the Senior Project Committee Meeting on Oct. 21st at 4:00pm
Mrs. Smart attended the Leadership Meeting on Oct. 23rd at 8:00am
Mrs. Lopez spent the morning observing her Mentee at Freeman HS on Oct. 26th.

We attended common planning with the CTE department on Oct. 29  during One Lunch and presented collaboration ideas. See link below:
CTE Collaboration Ideas

We each submitted a lesson to the Library Learning Tool Box this month.
We each submitted the monthly library snapshot to our library specialist this month.

Aug.-Sept. 2015

Aug.-Sept. 2015

Spirit Week: Waldo was found between 2 things

Mrs. Jameson, Mrs. Smart, and Mrs. Lopez

                                                       

Library Orientation Classes for all ninth graders. Using the catalog, databases, websites, and easybib.

 

We are back to school and enjoying our classes.
There were 16 teaching days in September.
We taught 25 classes the month of September.
We had 1 day and 2 hours of staff development this month.
We had a bring a bagged lunch and book discussion during one lunch this month.
Mrs. Lopez attended a Mentoring Meeting at Wilder Middle School this month.
We attended one Faculty Meeting and one Leadership Meeting this month.
We sent in a proposal to VAASL to present at our state conference this November.
We had 1 departmental common planning lunch with the Soc.Studies department during one lunch.
We saw Mrs. Alcazar, Mrs. Corbett, Mrs. Russ, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Skinner, and Mrs. Farmer's 9th grade English classes for library orientation.
We worked with Mrs. Norris classes, Ms. Tolley's classes and Ms. Farmer's class came in for book check out.

Collaborating and Planning together

Students Recruiting for Page Turner's Book Club

Mrs. Norris class in the library

Good food and common planning


Common Planning with the Librarians Presentation

How can we assist you with your curriculum?

Teachers listen as we present about past lessons. See presentation below.
                  

                                                   

Mrs. Lopez instructing Ms. Tolley's Class

Welcome Back!

Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Jameson, and Mrs. Smart