Clorox Power A Bright Future Program - Update its 48-year-old library facility VOTING PHASE

Clorox Power A Bright Future Program - Update its 48-year-old library facility VOTING PHASE

Looking for a Good Book?

Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Foltz have displayed several books they recommend. The shelves on the west side of the center section are filled with fiction titles for you to consider. Looking for some interesting nonfiction? Check the shelves on the east side of the center section.

WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

We're gearing up for a great new year with some library renovations! Over the summer, Mr. Reagan and some very helpful students knocked down a couple walls for us, opening up more floor space for you to work and move. We think you're going to like it. Come on in and take a look.

You'll find all of our fiction books in the front part of the library and all of the nonfiction titles are now in the stacks behind the circulation counter.

We're also pleased that we are getting a new computer lab in the library! We hope it will be up and ready for your use when school starts. The new lab will be located at the west end, just oposite the existing lab and near the librarians' desks.

There's so much more to say about the great new Gateway nominees and other wonderful books we read over the summer! Be sure to look at our Read All About It! blog for some suggestions of books you might enjoy and also log in to share your own recommendations with us.

We're happy to have you at Glendale this year and we look forward to seeing you in the library often! Go Falcons!

your librarians,
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Foltz
Information is Power! The Power is Here!

Whole Lotta Readin' Going On

I don't know about you, but I'm planning to read this summer. A lot. I've got a stack of the 2011-2012 Gateway Nominees waiting on me (I've made a small dent in them) as well as some just for fun mysteries, a couple new titles by favorite authors, and a few other recommended young adult titles. I'm up to my chin in books and I'm loving it!

This school year I read in bursts. I'd get on a real book kick and gorge myself on stories. Then, I'd hit a busy season and forget when was the last time I picked up something to read. I imagine it was the same for you? Still, if you're hoping to read over the summer (and I'm hoping you are), here are some books I read this year that you might want to try (in no special order):

Three-Quarters Dead by Richard Peck
Ghosts, roller skates, night clubs, and Prom

The Gardener by S. A. Bodeen (author of The Compound)
Growing humans?

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
French Revolution meets angst-ridden Andi in the Paris Underground

Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castelluci
1980's one night on the town with the Russian neighbor

The Queen's Daughter by Susan Coventry
Love, duty and rebellion during the Crusades

If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
One of the Gateway nominees - grab your tissues

Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Anoher Gateway nominee

Although I haven't yet finished it, currently I'm reading Scrawl by Mark Shulman and am really enjoying it.

What books are waiting for you to finish your finals?

Thanks for the Memories

In a few days, the Glendale seniors will be graduating and moving on to a new phase of their lives. We will miss you and wanted you to know how much we have enjoyed having you use the library during your years at Glendale. We especially want to thank all of our senior library workers. You made it possible for our library to run smoothly and the badges to get made! Thanks--Josh, Tommy, Alec, Brandon, Joelee, Kelsie, Jimmy, Colin, Nimrat, Tom, Trey, Skyler, Bethany, Courtney, Halle, Grant, Allie, Charles, Keith, Cantelle, Erica, and DeAnthony. We will miss all of you!

Good Times!

The Gateway Voting Party was a success. Nearly 300 students came to the cafeteria during 4th block on Wednesday, votes in hand, and put away 70 large pizzas and nine giant chocolate cakes purchased with funds provided by Glendale's PTSA and our business partners at Chase Bank. Thanks to Mr. Gardner and Mr. Spark for collecting ballots at the door, Ms. Bockelman, Ms. Helfrecht and Ms. Baxley for serving up the cake, our two Chase volunteers for keeping the pizza coming, and to Ms. Eggelston for sorting ballots to make the counting so much easier! Thanks, too, to Mudducks Pizza and Pasta Express for giving us good deals on the really yummy food.

More thanks to you, Glendale's Gateway readers, for participating in the program and to our wonderful Communication Arts teachers for promoting it in their classes.

And the winner (at Glendale) was: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

Be sure you visit our Website at www.ghslib.org and look for the Gateway Party pictures. While you're at it, why not stop by the library and get a copy of one of next year's nominees?

It's Gateway Party Time!

The Gateway Party is coming! Everyone who has read three of the Gateway titles will receive an invitation to the voting party to be held on March 9th at 2:15 in the Glendale cafeteria. The invitations will go out Monday, March 7th. Your invitation will be your pass from class and your ballot...so don't lose it. A list of students eligible to attend the party has been posted outside the library door. Be sure to check for your name. If you think you are eligible to attend the party, and your name isn't on the list, check with Mrs. Harris or Mrs. Foltz before March 9th. Almost 300 students are going to get an invite to join us for pizza and cake. We're excited to see you there!

LPA? Better Pay. . .

If you received an overdue notice recently, remember you need to pay your library fines before you can buy dance tickets!

Seeing is Believing

The Feburary 2011 National Geographic has some gorgeous photos of the catacombs under Paris. So cool to see the places Andi and Dante visited in Jennifer Donnelly's book Revolution (one of our new books - check the cart by the circulation counter). The article is very good and the photos show the graffiti and a dance party, but also the stacks of bones (skulls, tibias, femurs) that have been arranged to look almost like a mosaic. Greusome artistry! There's a map of of the underground that would have come in handy for Andi. There's also a photo of the "beach" where one of the most important moments of the story takes place. I was so excited to see this photo essay. This copy of National Geographic is on display now in the Glendale library. Take a look and read the book.

More New Books

We have a cart of new nonfiction titles available by the circulation counter. Poetry in graphic novel format, how to write html, Vera Wang biography and much much more!

Library Resources

What do you think of the resources that are available in the Glendale library? What resources do you like? What would you like to see added?

Second Semester Student Mentees

Welcome to all of our second semester library workers. We're thrilled to have your help and look forward to the having you work with us in the library!

Student Library Workers

Mrs. Foltz and I want to thank all of our first semester student library workers for all their help. Not only were they badge makers extraordinaire, they also kept the daily library operations running smoothly, and were a lot of fun to have around every day.

2011-2012 Gateways Announced

The list of Gateway book nominees for next school year has just been announced. Why not stop by the library and check one of them out? You can get a head start on next year's assignments early!

We love getting ideas about books you would like to see purchased for the GHS library. Unfortunately, we have used our budget for this school year. However, we'll keep all your suggestions and try to include them in our purchases next school year.