Story Time @ Phinney

During their initial planning session for the 2010-2011 school year, the members of the Teen Advisory Group (TAG Team) decided the promotion and encouragement of reading needed to be add to their goals for the year. One of the ways they wanted to achieve this goal was by going to one of the elementary schools and reading to the students.

On October 28th, a total of 11 Teen Advisory Group (TAG Team) members traveled to Phinney Elementary School to read Fall and Halloween stories to the students during their library time. As the elementary students entered the library, they were

surprised to find “big kids” scattered around the room waiting to share a story with them. The elementary students were placed in small groups of 3 to 4 and rotated between the TAG Team members. Students heard 2 to 3 stories during their library time. Along with reading the stories, the TAG Team members also asked

questions at the beginning, middle and end of the story to help students with their comprehension and prediction skills. Some of the stories enjoyed by students throughout the day were Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper, A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee and Let It Fall by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. (cont. on pg.2)

Mission

The Larned High School Library will be an inviting, user-friendly hub providing opportunities for active, engaging and challenging learning for students and staff through various media resources, programming and collaboration. The LHS Library will provide a quality program that will enable students to be lifelong learners and enhance the curriculum and technology standards of Larned High School.

LARNED HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARYOCTOBER MONTHLY REPORT

GWEN LEHMAN, LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST PAM FITZGERREL, LIBRARY ASSISTANT

“It was better than I thought.” --Veronica

“It was interesting because the kids had a lot to say.” --Alex

Program HighlightsLHS LIBRARY INTERNET IDENTITY

Card Catalog: Allows students and staff to search the collection at school or home, access eBooks, renew & place holds on books--http://98.172.116.51/simple/?sessionid=1NYR545AQ36404832

LHS Library Blog: Information relating to books, technology, events, news and more--http://lhslib2007.edublogs.org/

LHS Library Facebook Page: Updates on events, programs, books and more--http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Larned-KS/Larned-High-School-LMC/221632271653

LHS Library Website: General information on library policies & procedures, programs and Teen Advisory Group--http://www.usd495.net/150620171264587/site/default.asp

LHS Library Delicious: Collection of bookmarks selected specifically for the needs of staff & students at LHS--http://www.delicious.com/lhslib2010

LHS Library Flickr: Shared photos--http://www.flickr.com/photos/socdownload/

• New laptop carts and computers arrived at the high school. The new computers were available for checkout the last week of October. Watch the LHS Library Blog for student comments on the new computers.

• Mrs. Wilcox’s Spanish students obtained books related to the culture or written by Latino authors for their book project.

• Ms. Lehman attended the Kansas Association of School Librarians Conference in Junction City and came back excited about using more technology with the students at LHS. She is also looking forward to collaborating more with the classroom teachers.

• Work on the genre reclassification came to a stand still, but plans are being made to resume in November. Book Bundles were also delayed, and will be ready for check out in November.

• Coming in November--Scholastic Book Fair, November 17-24 @ the LHS Library - Community Day on Nov. 22nd 1-5pm

Story Time continued...Although the TAG Team members were split into a morning group and an afternoon group, all members expressed their surprise at how exhausted they were after completing their session with the elementary students. However, they also all expressed an eagerness to "do it again" in the future.

Data SnapshotsLHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, OCTOBER2010LHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, OCTOBER2010LHS LIBRARY STATISTICS, OCTOBER2010

Total Circulation 438438

9th Grade Circulation 113113

10th Grade Circulation 7070

11th Grade Circulation 6464

12th Grade Circulation 5353

Other 138138

Card Catalog Total Page Hits 25722572

LHS Library Blog Unable to obtain due to program errorUnable to obtain due to program error

LHS Library Facebook Page Active Users unable to obtain--not accessible from workunable to obtain--not accessible from work

Kan-ed Application Usage Totals 117117

Interlibrary Loan--Loaned Total 8 requested but only 7 were filled8 requested but only 7 were filled

Interlibrary Loan--Borrowed Total 12 attempted but only 6 were filled12 attempted but only 6 were filled

Filled Denied

Total Resource Requests Unable to obtain due to program errorUnable to obtain due to program error

“It was nice to lighten

up somebodies day.” --

Ashlie

It was a time of

enrichment for both

the high school and

elementary

students.” --Ethan

For more pictures see the video on the LHS Library Blog