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Summer Reading@The Sequoyah Regional Public Library!

We are pleased to share with you information about the Vacation Reading Club 2008 at your Sequoyah Regional Public Library System!  This year’s theme is Metamorphosis@Your Library!  Here is the scoop!

Check out Teen Summer Reading at your library… where imagination takes flight!  Here’s the buzz…registration for Vacation Reading Club begins Friday, May 23.  Teens going into at least 7^th grade are invited to pick up a free membership packet and earn cool, free stuff for reading all summer.   Last day to redeem prizes is Thursday, July 31, while supplies last.  Vacation Reading Club is sponsored by Waffle Houses in Cherokee County; Papa’s Pizza of East Ellijay; Taco Bell of Jasper, GA.; Georgia Public Library Service and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

Hawks / Thrashers Check-it-Out Reading Challenge

Back by popular demand, Sequoyah Regional Libraries have partnered with the Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Thrashers to bring you the Check-it-Out Reading Challenge.  Youth who read 5 books between June 2 and August 15 will earn free tickets to see the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers.  Official guidelines are available at any library during the summer or you may visit www.checkitoutreading.com after June 2.

 

Cherokee READS (June/July)

Young Adult: Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill

An epic fantasy about a 13 year old warrior princess that inherits a country and the battles and conquests she encounters amidst her journey.

 

Prizes for Teens @ Pickens County Library

Each teen in at least 7^th grade, who achieves a level in the Vacation Reading Club, may enter into a weekly drawing for prizes.

 

Monday, June 9        

RT Jones Memorial Library       4:00 pm

Magic Comedy Kick-off Party

Hey, teens.  Bring your friends you don’t want to miss this!  Contemplate the impossible, laugh at the absurd, chuckle at the dangerous… teens, ages 13-18 are invited for an astonishing sleight of hand magic show.  Kick-off Vacation Reading Club at your library with Arthur Atsma. 

 

Tuesday, June 10

Gilmer County Library              2:00 pm

Scrapbooking for Teens

Bring your favorite photos, everything else will be provided to make a fun memory book.  This program is reserved for ages 12 and older; registration required.

 

Sunday, June 15

Pickens County Library             2:30 pm

Big Bug Afternoon at the Movies

Teens, ages 13 and older, will be watching sci-fi movies about big, ugly, monstrous bugs.  Buggy snacks served!

 

Monday, June 23

RT Jones Memorial Library     6:30 pm

Craft Night

Teens, ages 13 and older, will be  creating duct tape wallets and beaded jewelry.  Prizes and refreshments will be provided.  Please make arrangements for a ride home before 8pm. 

 

Tuesday, July 8

Gilmer County Library 2:00 pm

Bug-ly Crafts for Teens

Join us as we bead dragonflies and other fun bugs.  This program is reserved for ages 12 and older; registration required.

 

Monday, July 14

Pickens County Library 6:30 pm

Mehndi (Henna tattoos)

Teens, ages 13 and older, will design and apply tattoos in temporary henna paste (lasts up to 2 weeks).  To attend, please acquire permission slips at the library’s main desk. 

 

April 2008 Monthly Report Now Available!

The Creekview High School Media Center announces that our April 2008 monthly report is now available at http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekview-hs/MediaCenter/monthly_reports.htm .  You may view this report and all others by visiting this link. 

Library Hours for May 12–May 30

Due to EOCT testing scheduled in the media center and district mandated inventory of our collection, the media center will be closed to classes and lunch students from 1^st —7^th period for the remainder of the year effective May 12. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we share our space for testing and focus our attention on completing our inventory and year-end reports. 

Students still may visit in the morning from 7:30—8:15 or in the afternoon from 3:15 until 4:00.

Stephenie Meyer Named One of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2008!

We are delighted to share that Stephenie Meyer, one of our most popular authors here at Creekview, has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2008 by Time magazine!  You can go to this link to read the article online.

Stephenie Meyer - The 2008 TIME 100 - TIME

You may also want to browse this other article from the April 24 issue of Time entitled, “Stephenie Meyer:  A New J.K. Rowling?”  What do you think?  Would you say Meyer and her work have influenced readers and reading habits in a way comparable to Rowling?

 

Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling? - TIME

 

Stephen King and Family Webcast@The Library of Congress

Are you a fan of Stephen King?  Then be sure to check out this great webcast of Stephen King and his family at The Library of Congress Webcast!  Here is how the Library of Congress describes this episode:

The PEN/Faulkner Writers in Schools program, in collaboration with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, hosted world-renowned author Stephen King, his wife, novelist Tabitha King, and son, writer Owen King, in a reading and discussion for students at the Library. The King family read and discussed their work with students from Cardozo High School, IDEA Public Charter School and McKinley Technology High School.

You may also want to visit the official Stephen King website at http://www.stephenking.com/ or check out one of his books from our media center. 

Stephen King and Family Speak at the Library Webcast (Library of Congress) via kwout

The Civil Rights Digital Library

From the Digital Library of Georgia…this is an AMAZING resource.  Be sure to check it out at http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/home/!

The Civil Rights Digital Library (CRDL) initiative is the most ambitious and comprehensive effort to date to deliver educational content on the Civil Rights Movement via the Web. The CRDL promotes an enhanced
understanding of the Movement trough its three principal components:

1) a digital video archive delivering 30 hours of historical news film
allowing learners to be nearly eyewitnesses to key events of the Civil
Rights Movement
2) a civil rights portal providing a seamless virtual library on the
Movement by aggregating metadata from 75 libraries and allied
organizations from across the nation
3) instructional materials to facilitate the use of the video content in
the learning process.

The centerpiece of the site is a collection of more than 30 hours of historical news film held by the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries. These
moving images—about 450 clips–cover a broad range of key civil rights events, including the following:

- desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957)
- the Atlanta Temple bombing (195
- Atlanta sit-ins (1960)
- Freedom Rides (1961)
- desegregation of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech (1961)
- the Albany Movement (1961-1962)
- desegregation of Ole Miss (1962) and University of Alabama (1963)
- the Americus Movement (1963, 1965)
- Birmingham demonstrations (1963)
- many other topics

The video archive covers both national figures and local leaders. There is more than two hours of film related to Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King’s role in the Albany Movement is documented extensively, including clips of speeches at mass meetings, his arrest by local police, press conferences, and his visit to a pool hall to urge local African Americans to adopt non-violence in achieving change in Albany. Among the clips is coverage of King’s reaction to President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his funeral in 1968.

In addition to the news film, the digital library includes related collections from 75 libraries, archives, and museums across the nation. Most are original documentation of the period, such as oral histories, letters, diaries, FBI files, and photographs.

A partnership with the online New Georgia Encyclopedia is a key component, providing concise, authoritative articles on events and individuals associated with the Civil Rights Movement in Georgia,
supplemented by images and multi-media files.

The CRDL initiative includes a special site for teachers, called “Freedom on Film” (currently in development) that relates civil rights stories from nine Georgia towns and cities, along with related news film, discussion questions, lesson plans, and related readings. Freedom on Film is being developed by University of Georgia faculty and students, along with scholars from other institutions.

The Civil Rights Digital Library receives financial support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the federal Institute for Museum and Library Services.

The Civil Rights Digital Library :: Home Page via kwout

Kelly Bingham Visits The Unquiet Library!

We here at The Unquiet Library had the pleasure of enjoying two whole days of poetry writing workshops with Kelly Bingham, acclaimed author of Shark Girl.  Ms. Bingham worked with 9th and 10th graders both days and helped our students explore simple but effective strategies for writing poetry.  Students were able to participate in hands-on and interactive writing activities to hone their poetry writing techniques.  The workshops focused on the use of imagery, word choice, and description for creating effective and memorable poems.   The workshops were sponsored by The Unquiet Library as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month.

We would like to thank Ms. Bingham for her time and sharing of her writing wisdom with all of us here at CRHS!

 

 

 

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How Do I Love Poetry? Let Me Count 30 Ways!

Check out this cool new page from the Academy of American Poets:  30 Ways to Celebrate Poetry!  Here you can browse 30 suggestions for celebrating poetry and making it a part of your daily life.  When you click on the title of a method of celebration, you will open up a separate page with more detailed information and hyperlinks to resources that will enrich your life as a reader! 

Here is a sampling of what you will find:

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Poet and businessman Wallace Stevens said that poetry is “a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.” This April, let the National Poetry Almanac help you to make poetry one of your own daily necessities.The best point of entry to the world of poetry is, of course, the poem. Dive right into a book of poems–anthologies can be great starting points for browsing and sampling diverse styles and time periods. Other people may find a slim single volume written by just one author more welcoming. Do you remember a poem you liked in school or when you were a child? Seek out poems by the same author. See a poem on your daily commute that got you thinking? First, thank Poetry in Motion, a program of the Poetry Society of America, then track down its source and give the whole book a try. Don’t feel obligated to read the entire book straight through, or to read particularly fast: a line or image from a poem will come back to you when you least expect it. Don’t know where to begin? Start browsing through our Find a Poet and Find a Poem sections and see what strikes you. Check out our Poems for Every Occasion section for mini-anthologies of poems grouped thematically. Listen to recordings of poets people reading their own work in the Poetry Audio Archive. Start looking and we’re sure you’ll find a poem that speaks to you