Date: December 4th - 8th Location: Durgee Junior High Events: Coding in class, computer science career speakers, and a robotics challenge During the week of December 4th Durgee will be celebrating the Hour of Code, an international event designed to raise awareness of computer science. The following events are planned:
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"You can’t please everyone. Every book will have its fans and its foes. But restricting reading for another person or group of people? That goes too far." -- Melissa Taylor, Teacher & Author
During the last week of September, libraries all over the country celebrate Banned Books Week. Each year hundreds of books are banned or challenged. People often challenge books because they dislike or disagree with the content of the book. When a book is banned, a library is forced to remove it from the shelf, which means NO ONE is allowed to read the book. Libraries believe that ONE group or person should NOT decide what EVERYONE else is allowed to read. During Banned Books Week, libraries recognize your right to CHOOSE the best books for YOU. Unlock examples of banned and challenged books, and celebrate your right to ______. (THINK YOU KNOW THE CODE?!? Sometimes people get things backwards...). The recent US presidential election has demonstrated Americans' inability to tell the difference between real and fake news stories. Often shared via social media, fake news leads to misinformed citizens, and even violence. The best way to combat fake news? Identify the most reliable news outlets, and then stick with these sources.
If you're looking for suggestions, check out the Real News page on the Durgee Library site. To access it, hover over "Research" and then click the link to "Real News." People ask me ALL. THE. TIME. for book recommendations. I read a lot, but not enough to know every book in the library. So, in order to make sure we find the best book for each person, I have to use my resources to get suggestions. Here are 3 places I go (and YOU can, too!) go to get book recommendations: 1) Novelist <-- click here2) What Should I Read Next? <-- click here3) NYPL Teen Lit Blog <-- click hereOnce you've got the name of a book you'd love to read, the next step is to see if we have it in OUR library. To do this, visit the Durgee Library Catalog. Checked our catalog and don't see the book you want? Dont' worry! We can borrow it from another school! See a library staff member for help.
Prevent the dreaded summer slide by reading over the next couple of months! You'll find great suggestions and all kinds of multimedia on Durgee's Interactive Summer Reading List. Remember, you can access FREE eBooks and audiobooks from our building's OverDrive collection. Access OverDrive by clicking here. Remember -- you OverDrive username is your school computer ID and your password is books. Summer Reading Suggestions Slideshow |
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