Media Center Minute
Minuteman HS Library Media Center
November 2024
Read on to learn about what's happening in the Minuteman Library Media Center:
- Library Classes
- Resource Spotlight: New Accessibility & Assistive Technology Resource Guide
- Senior Project Update
- Books & Crafts Book Club
- What Are You Reading Posters
- Monthly Activities: Contests & Crafts
- Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
- Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Winners
- Reminders: Visit the Library & Find Us on ClassLink
See you in the library!
Ms. Kara Gleason & Ms. Jessie Jachowicz
Library Media Specialist & Library Assistant
Library Classes
Could you use some tools to assist you with reading & writing online?
Check out our newly published Accessibility & Assistive Technology resource guide on the library website. Featured resources include:
- Sora & Bookshare e-books & audiobooks
- Microsoft (Word) Read Aloud & Immersive Reader
- Read Aloud for Edge & Firefox (with translate)
- Microsoft Word Dictate
- PowerPoint captions & subtitles
Click on the image below to view the full resource guide.
Senior Projects Have Started!
And we're off! Students recently submitted their Senior Project proposals and chose their Senior Project topics. Seniors, we can't wait to see what you will do!
Learn more about Senior Project at the Aspen Senior Page and the library Senior Project resource guide.
Books & Crafts Book Club
What's better than discussing books? Discussing books while doing a book-related craft!
The next meeting of the Books & Crafts Book Club is Monday, November 25th, and we’ll be diving into Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. Grab your copy from the library and stay connected by sending a Teams message or email to Ms. O’Brien and Ms. Gleason.
Join us for good books, company, discussion, crafts, and snacks! See you on Monday, November 25th!
What Are You Reading?
What Are You Reading posters are going up around the school!
Students, look around for these posters to get some new book ideas.
Teachers, find a copy of these posters in the mailroom or stop by the library to join in on the fun.
Monthly Activities: Contests & Crafts
Our Lucky Number-of-Pumpkins-Guess Winner!
Thank you to everyone who submitted votes for How Many Pumpkins! We had over 90 votes ranging from 40 to 492. There were 208 candy corn pumpkins in the jar.
Stay tuned to the announcements, screens, and library for our next contest coming soon!
Make Fall Art
Our November craft is painted wooden leaves. Come by to create any time the library is open. When you're done, you can hang your leaf, keep it, or share.
Check out the Halloween Scratch Art on display. Minuteman students are talented!
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month
Come check out our display in the library and our book list for National Native American Heritage Month and beyond. Click on the photo below to access the book list.
Massachusetts' Teen Book Award Winners
The Massachusetts' Teen Choice Book Award is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to select their top new books of the year. The votes have been counted! Check out these winners in the library or on Sora.
🥇WINNER 🥇
Blue Lock, Vol. 1
by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura
After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute ace striker. The Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for goals and thirsts for victory, so Blue Lock -- a rigorous training ground for 300 of Japan's best and brightest youth players -- is created. To survive this battle royale, the last striker standing will have to out-muscle and out-ego everyone who stands in his way!
🏅RUNNER UP 🏅
Rez Ball
by Byron Graves
When the varsity basketball team members take him under their wing, Tre Brun, representing his Ojibwe reservation, steps into his late brother's shoes as star player but soon learns he can't mess up--not on the court, not in school and not in love.
🏅2nd RUNNER UP 🏅
Just Do This One Thing For Me
by Laura Zimmerman
When her scamming mother disappears and her schemes start unraveling, 17-year-old Drew is left with responsibility for her younger siblings and must decide whether to walk away from her mother's mess or keep the cons going for the sake of holding her family together.
Reminders: Come to the Library & Find Us on ClassLink!
Library & ClassLink
Not only is the library website just a click away, but ClassLink also provides easy access to NoodleTools citation creator and Sora, our e-book and audiobook platform. Look for these icons on Minuteman’s ClassLink Launchpad.
Thanks for reading!
Ms. Kara Gleason, Library Media Specialist & Ms. Jessie Jachowicz, Library Assistant and Reading Paraprofessional
Email: kgleason@minuteman.org
Email: jjachowicz@minuteman.org
Website: https://minutemanhs.libguides.com/mediacenter
Location: 758 Marrett Road Lexington, MA 02421
Phone: 781-372-2879