Do you have an overdue library book? Do you owe fines on a book you returned late? Clear your account AND help your community by participating in the library’s Food for Fines event being held Nov. 30 through Dec. 11. Bring in one item for the food bank for each dollar of fines (or portion of a dollar) that you owe. See Ms. DeGroat when you bring your food donation to the library so she can waive your fines accordingly!
Thanks to timely alerts from Biology students, our school’s access to Access Science has been restored. Remember that this science & technology encyclopedia provides over 9000 informative, media-rich articles for preparing science lab reports and conducting other preliminary research, as well as images, graphics, videos, and AP study guides for Physics C, Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental.
It’s not too late to enter the MW Library’s Express it in Eight contest. Can you capture the essence of being you – or at least an aspect of being you – in exactly eight words? Here’s an example from Ted: Good sleep, good grades, social life: pick two. The new deadline is Thursday, Nov. 19.
Selected entries will be published in a book (via Blurb.com) and added to the library’s collection. Add your voice to the 70+ potential quotes already received! You can enter the contest via Quia survey or by placing your entry in the box on the library’s circulation desk. Each entry should include your name, grade level, and your current English teacher’s name.
This video features a sampling of the new books added to the MW Library’s collection during the 1st nine weeks. Check the online catalog [on campus] [off campus] to see if the one(s) which piques your interest is available. You may have to be at home to view this video if the school computers are filtering YouTube.
As Thanksgiving approaches, the MW Library would like to thank three individuals who have donated contemporary, curriculum-relevant books to the MW Library in the past few months:
- Mr. Steven Ward, a senior CIA intelligence analyst who specializes in the Middle East and Iran (and uncle of a MW student), donated his new book Immortal: A Military History of Iran and Its Armed Forces.
- Mr. Steve Ross, who teaches Latin, Italian cooking, and Global Studies at MLWGS, donated books about the slow food movement.
- Dr. Amy Compton, who teaches Biopsychology at MWLGS, donated books about neuroscience.
Thank you to these donors for these gifts of books with such relevance to the MLWGS curriculum.
