March 2011 newsletter hcms
- 1. H I L L C O U N T R Y M S Library A Monthly Newsletter is our middle name New Book Issue No. 21 - March 2011 Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel ts y Even by James Patterson l Month Fang travels the country collecting his own gang of evolved humans, but the two separate flocks must unite to defeat a frightening doomsday cult whose motto 03/06/11 - 03/12/11 is Save the Planet: Kill the Humans. And this time, the TEEN TECH WEEK true heroine, for once, See article for more details. might just be little Angel. This is a QR code (3D The Library has five Nook Colors barcode). Use a QR reader available for student checkout to 03/02/11 - 03/09/11 read eBooks. Students must return app on your smart phone (like NeoReader) to read the Save Texas Schools with Books! a signed Permission Slip prior to code and it will take you to a video about this book. From MARCH 2-MARCH 9, 2011, you checkout. can present the flyer found here to Book Peopleʼs registers when you purchase, The Book People Bookmark Contest and they will donate a portion of the deadline is Friday, March 11. Sixth graders proceeds to Save Texas Schools! are encouraged to submit their entries to the store or to the HCMS Library. Download the entry form here. An HCMS student won last year, so get busy creating! Friday, 03/11/11 Bookmark Contest Deadline See article for more details Teen Tech Week Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, librarians, educators, parents, and other concerned adults that highlights nonprint resources at the library. The 2011 theme — Saturday, 03/12/11 Mix and Mash @ your library — focuses on encouraging teens to use library resources to express their creativity by developing their own unique online content and safely sharing it Save Texas Schools Rally! by using online collaborative tools. The HCMS Library is celebrating Teen Tech Week by offering Tech Tips, Contests, and fun tech events. www.savetxschools.org VIDEO CONEST QR CODE HUNT BED INTRUDER February Library Stats The state is cutting Come to the library So, most of us have heard/ Classes Served: 125 funding for technology in Wednesday morning (8am seen the hilarious “Bed schools. Create a 1-3 - 8:20am) for the “What Intruder” mash-up video. Individual Students: 2,524 minute video on “Why the heckʼs a QR Code” Well, come to the library technology is important to training. Then follow the Thursday morning Checkouts: 2,895 our school.” Click here for QR code scavenger hunt (8am-8:20am)to find out Holds Placed: 163 more details. around the school to win how to make your own Library Snapshot Day cool prizes! mash-up and create some fun music. For free! Library Phone: 512.732.9224 or 31050 website: http://hcmslibrary.blogspot.com