Re: [LM_NET] LM_NET Digest - 16 Apr 2010 - Special issue (#2010-633)

[Bibiana Cannao <bcannao@WNYSCHOOLS.NET>]

This is for all my fellow colleagues in NJ we are in danger of losing valuable 
Media Specialist!  Please call Governor Christie to request him to reinstate 
education funds: 609-292-6000. A person from his office will answer, be patient. 
They are taking a tally on how many phone calls they get. Please call and make your 
voice heard. (They did not ask for my name, address... or phone number). Please 
share this information with everyone you know.

Bibiana Prada-Cannao
Library Media Specialist
Harry L. Bain Elementary School
(201) 553-4000 X-6088
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There are 6 messages totalling 585 lines in this issue.

Topics in this special issue:

  1. Tar: Change and helping aide adjust
  2. Nurses Day
  3. TAR: Looking for sites like explore learning/Gizmo
  4. HIT: National School Nurse Day
  5. Hit:  HS:  Books for Book Clubs (Long)
  6. TARGET: Library coffee/hot chocolate sales

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:13:31 -0700
From:    Lisa Campbell <ljcampbell@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Tar: Change and helping aide adjust

Hi!
I appreciate any help that anyone can send.

I moved over to our High School library from the Middle School last year.  The 
previous librarian had a very different outlook than I do.  Neither of us are right 
or wrong, just different.  For the past 25 years, the library has been a very quiet 
place.  No more than 18 students were allowed in at a time (usually just a handful 
came in).  Students were only allowed to do assigned school work on the computers, 
and absolute quiet was demanded.

I say the more the merrier and have a packed house often.  I let students work 
together, if they get up to ask a friend a question, I let it go, and I've 
encouraged them to explore technology to not only finish school work, but to find 
information on their interests and express creativity (yes, they have to be school 
appropriate).

It's a big shift.  It works for me and it works for our students.  Unfortunately, 
it does not work for our aide.  She is extremely uncomfortable with the changes and 
thinks I am one day away from burning the place down.  This is her third year in 
the HS library.

Have any of you dealt with an aide or administrator that had a certain perception 
of what a library should be that was different from your vision?
Do you know of any great (but short) articles that I could give her?

Any advice?
Thanks so much!

Lisa Campbell
Teays Valley HS
Ashville, Ohio

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:20:31 -0400
From:    Paula du Feu <PduFeu@STEPSMIA.ORG>
Subject: Nurses Day

Dear all-
Does anyone know if there is a National Nurses Day or National School Nurse=
 Day?  And, if so, when is it celebrated?

Thanks for your help!

Paula

Paula Shipley du Feu
Director of the Library
St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School
Coral Gables, FL
pdufeu@stepsmia.org


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Date:    Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:37:51 -0700
From:    Monica Dennler <mdenn4edu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: TAR: Looking for sites like explore learning/Gizmo

=A0
My 7th grade science teacher loves the Gozmo site from Explore Learning. Ca=
n anyone recommend something similiar?
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=3DcResource.dspView&Resourc=
eID=3D404


=A0
Monica M. Dennler
Library Media Specialist
Eastampton Township School District
(609) 267-9172 x409
mdennler@eastampton.k12.nj.us






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s a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. One kind word h=
as a wonderful way of turning into many."=20

_Fred Rogers




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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:16:10 -0400
From:    Paula du Feu <PduFeu@STEPSMIA.ORG>
Subject: HIT: National School Nurse Day

Thank you to all who replied!  May 12, 2010

National School Nurse Day

________________________________

School Nurse Day, May 12, 2010

[cid:image001.jpg@01CADD3D.122923B0]What DO school nurses do? If you ask th=
at question to 50 school nurses, you will get 50 different answers, and wit=
h good reason! The role of the school nurse is as varied as the spectrum of=
 the rainbow. School nurses work in pre-schools, elementary, middle, and hi=
gh schools; they work in public, private, parochial, and charter schools; t=
hey work in urban, suburban and rural districts; they work in wealthy, midd=
le class, or poverty-stricken areas; they work at the grass roots level; th=
ey are coordinators or supervisors, consultants, and educators; they are ne=
w to school nursing or they are veterans; they are young and they are not-s=
o-young.

What is the typical school nursing job? Clearly, there is none. Yet, despit=
e the enormous diversity within the role, school nurses share many commonal=
ities. To begin, most are passionate about student health and wellness. As =
I travel to different states, I have had the opportunity to meet many schoo=
l nurses and to hear their stories. I find it most inspiring to see that pa=
ssion in so many school nurses! Their desire to promote health and provide =
the best care possible to students and their families is remarkable. They a=
re innovative, even in the most dire of staffing scenarios, and always have=
 the best interest of the child/youth first.

As we celebrate National School Nurses Day 2010, I hope you will each look =
at the difference that you make and take the time to celebrate you! To hono=
r what you do to improve the health and success of your students, I hope yo=
u will use this opportunity to tell one person about the role of the school=
 nurse. Tell a student, a parent, a teacher, an administrator, a school com=
mittee member, or a legislator....just tell someone how you make a differen=
ce!

I would also ask that you take this time to rally support for NASNs ratio b=
ills that are currently in the US Congress. These bills (H.R. 2730 and S. 2=
750) will pave the way for demonstration projects that will provide the dat=
a we need to show what we already know.....that school nurses truly do impr=
ove health and education outcomes for students. For more information on the=
 bills and how you can help, visit the NASN Legislative Action Center<http:=
//www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=3D525>.

I wish you all a fulfilling National School Nurses Day and thank you for ca=
ring for America's children, youth, and families!!!
Best,

[cid:image002.jpg@01CADD3D.122923B0]


Sandi Delack
NASN President




Paula Shipley du Feu
Director of the Library
St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School
Coral Gables, FL
pdufeu@stepsmia.org


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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:02:19 -0600
From:    marian royal <mroyal@SOCORRO.K12.NM.US>
Subject: Hit:  HS:  Books for Book Clubs (Long)

Thanks so much to all of you who responded to my question about how to get =
books for a high school book club when your funding is limited.  I got so m=
any great responses and was really encouraged to see just how many of you h=
ave successful clubs.  It gives me hope that mine might be a success, too. =
 After looking at all the comments, I'm thinking of trying the genre-based =
club where each student picks whatever book they like from a particular gen=
re.  Asking the public library for loans and ILL's was suggested several ti=
mes and I think I will try that as well.  All the hits are listed below.  A=
gain, thanks to all of you for your suggestions and support.

Marian



We've had a book club for at least 10 years. It is open to students and sta=
ff. We meet once a month during the lunch period. We have pizza delivered a=
nd serve soda and cookies. Pizza is $ .75 per slice. We discuss the book an=
d then offer 3 or 4 choices for the next month and the students and staff v=
ote on the selection. We do interlibrary loans through our library system o=
f over 350 libraries. It works very well for us. Currently, we have about 4=
0 members.


Our September book club we discuss what we read over the summer and pick th=
e books out for October and November.  We pick a new book every meeting, so=
 we always know what we are reading 2 months out ahead.  I have about 15 ki=
ds in my book club.  The students who are fast readers take the book first =
and then pass it along.  A couple will get the book from the public library=
.  That has really covered all the books that we have read so far.

We had a fund raiser this fall that helped us purchase more copies of books=
 for bookclub.  We asked for donations of gently used books and held a used=
 book sale during Teen Read Week.
    To encourage students to donate books, for every five books they donate=
d that we could use in the sale, they got to choose one for free.  This str=
ategy worked well and I will use it again.  I held  "pre-sale" for those wh=
o donated.  The donors got to choose their free books as well as have first=
 pick of the others they wanted to buy.
    In conjunction with the used book sale, we sold hot chocolate and cappu=
cino in the library.  This was a HUGE hit in the fall so we repeated the be=
verage sale a couple of other times.


I'm in m first year with my book club.  I have bought books out of my pocke=
t.  Don't start that!  It's just too expensive.  I then started checking ou=
t multiple copies from the local public library.  I've had to pay a few sma=
ll fines, but it has worked out.  I also arranged with other schools in my =
district to share books.  That's worked well also, but sometimes no one has=
 the books we need.  What I would love to do is have each of the seven high=
 schools in my district to buy one set of books for next year and rotate th=
em.  It is just not easy doing a YA book club.  Half of my kids are spec ed=
 but are sweet kids who do love to read but don't always want to read the b=
ooks we've picked.  See if your public library can hep you out!  It's worth=
 the struggle.  Kids that join book clubs rarely have any other outlets and=
 this means a lot to them.



      We have had students buy their own books if they wanted to be in a bo=
ok club. Part of that is because it is not a requirement to be in it. If it=
 were part of the curriculum, then I am sure that we would have to come up =
with some way to buy the books.

       I would check out used bookstores in your area. I don't know if you =
have many of them, but in this country they are actually everywhere (which =
is great for me!) so once I choose a book I start scouting around for copie=
s and then tell the kids that they can buy them off of me.



I partner with my public library.  They do an Inter Library Loan (ILL) for =
20 books of the same title.  The books are technically checked out to me bu=
t I keep track of which student gets which book.  If they loose the book (n=
o one ever has) then the library will transfer the checkout from my account=
 to the students.

I purchase a small snack for all our meetings.

I have a small book club (6 members).  I check out multiple copies of the s=
ame book from the various public library branches in my city (Dayton, Ohio)=
.  The way Dayton Metro Library works makes it easy because I can request c=
opies online and pick them up at one central location - they even have a dr=
ive-thru window!  My student population is such that the students don't mis=
place the books.  I have worked at places where this is not the case - so y=
ou have to be careful/know your students.  Sometimes the public library wil=
l work with you on this.



Our public library gathered the books and we checked them out with our libr=
ary card.


For 19 years I have had student book discussion groups.  Most years I've ha=
d 7th & 8th grade groups.  this year I have combined  7 & 8 group and a sep=
arate 6th grade group.  I never wanted the price of the book to prevent a s=
tudent from participating.  I bought books with book fair points, and using=
 book club order forms from a classroom.  One year I had a wish list and ha=
d a parent sponsor a group.



My book club is a genre book club.  We all read anything we want then we ge=
t together and book talk what we've read.  Then they vote on which book tal=
k made them want to read that book next the most.  The winner gets to "talk=
" their book on the morning show, make a poster (with our poster maker mach=
ine ... photo of them with the book and a short blurb about book), or do a =
book trailer ... whichever they want to do.

That was the only way WE could afford to have a book club.




I charge dues at the beginning of the year.  I use those dues to pay half f=
or the books that we read in our club.


This year I have continued a book club the previous librarian started. We w=
ere able to purchase multiple copies of some books  but I am not sure if we=
 will be able to next year. Let me know responses or post a hit. Also what =
titles you will be using. The Hunger Games was a big hit this year. Thanks.




We were able to use fine money's to purchase the first set of 12 books - "D=
ear John" We shared the books with 15 people. Now we are reading "Last Song=
" - students are buying books themselves and sharing ( books were paperback=
 and $4.00 at Sam's. All girls so far in the club and we meet Wednesdays af=
ter school. Oneof the English teachers got the girls together. We could als=
o interlibrary loan to get enough copies of a title.



I started my high school book club this year and kind of ran into the same =
issue with funding.  We actually lost our library funding in November, so I=
 have been struggling since....Anyway, I have a pretty successful book club=
, but not many students want to buy their own copies of the books.  I purch=
ase 10 (paperbacks only!) to rotate around the students.  I am able to do t=
his through hot chocolate sales and through book profit earned from Scholas=
tic book fairs.  However, 10 is not always enough!  If I choose a fairly la=
rge book, it takes the kids longer to read it and others wait.  I don't lik=
e to put a time limit on how long they get the book, because I do have some=
 slower readers that participate.  We only meet once a month to discuss a p=
articular selection.  This is not a perfect system, but it is working for u=
s right now.  Hope this helps!



We purchase the multiple copies from our library activity account (translat=
ion: fine monies and money received from the sales from our library store (=
(poster board, pencils, etc.)) and copier monies). If we required the stude=
nts to buy the books, we wouldn't have a book club. We also have specific m=
oney set aside in our budget for "class sets." These are also used as book =
club "reads."
 Hope this helps! This club has been in existence for about 10 years now.


We've gotten books in a couple of ways.  We are a very small alternative ca=
mpus of about 150 students.  Of those, we typically had about 15 kids per b=
ook club meeting.  We used campus activity funds to furnish books.

There is also a grant available from ALA-- http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/=
offices/ppo/programming/greatstories/clu

b.cfm

which gives you free copies of three titles for your kids to read.

However, you have to fill out an application, be approved, then file a repo=
rt at the conclusion of the year about it.  Also, they choose the titles, n=
ot you.  You might want to check in to other places that you could get a gr=
ant or even solicit donations from some local business or association.




I JUST started a book club at my high school and we overcame the financial =
hurdle by making it a genre book club. It's AMAZING! Each month we read a d=
ifferent genre, so we don't necessarily have the exact same members every m=
onth, we have sign-ups every month in English classes and then we meet, tal=
k, and enjoy. It works out for introducing students to different authors an=
d even genres they don't normally read.


You might try going to the local bookstore or Wal-mart and seeing if they w=
ill donate so many in paperback for you school. I know that our local Wal-M=
art is great about donating to schools. You might also if you know the titl=
es you want to use hit garage sales or used bookstores, often their books a=
re a dollar or less and I've found that people when they find out I want it=
 for a school library will even just give books to me or cut the price in h=
alf. The other thing that I did when I had my book club, I used an audioboo=
k since the reader was faster and smoother and we listened to a chapter the=
n discussed it. The kids enjoyed doing it that way. I actually still do tha=
t in many of my classes.




I had a GREAT business partner that bought the copies of the novels.  His w=
ife was into the book club idea and participated in meetings to discuss the=
m.



In my district, we borrow copies of books through ILL from our BOCES member=
 schools.
I would like to know what you find out. This was my first year with a book =
club. I did buy 9 copies of 2 different books but next year I dont' think I=
 will have the money for that.





You can purchase used copies of most books on amazon.com for nearly nothing=
. Students could purchase thme there or give you the money for you to purch=
ase them.





Marian Royal-Vigil

Librarian

Socorro High School

Socorro, NM  87801

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Date:    Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:11:39 -0700
From:    Lori Manning <lorimanning1904@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: TARGET: Library coffee/hot chocolate sales

Dear Friends,
I have been able to sell coffee and hot chocolate this winter in order to r=
aise funds for my book club.=A0 The sales went really well, but it is start=
ing to get warm outside!=A0 Does anyone have any ideas for iced drinks (cof=
fee, cappuccino, frapuccino) that would work for this?=A0 I have tried to e=
xperiment on my own and the drinks basically tasted like cold hot chocolate=
!=A0 I'll post a hit!
=A0
Thanks for your help,

Lori Manning=20
MacArthur High School
Lawton, OK
lorimanning1904@sbcglobal.net

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