The Media Center Guide
Fall 2024
Contribute to the Sequoia Storytelling Space & earn your digital badge!
Hear your peers share how they plan to earn their badge:
Make a literary graphic with your favorite quote
Once you read a book, make a literary graphic highlighting a passage or an excerpt that you found particularly moving. Share it to bit.ly/submitsummerlit
The sample was made by Omar L.
Write a Media Review
Use this template to review your favorite book/podcast/wakelet collection. See student samples in the Media Center!
Record a BookTalk
Use the template to add your video book talk to our collection of media reviews. Remember the acronym HEAT when composing your review: Hook, Energy, Audience, and Time
Submit your collection notes at bit.ly/submitsummerlit
** Have a literary goal that isn't represented here? Pitch your project to Ms. Snow!
Beyond the shelf...
Our teens took over the Public Library!
For one afternoon in June, our amazing teens celebrated queer authors as part of the Redwood City Public Library's Teen Takeover. Way to represent Sequoia!
Celebrating Storytelling Beyond the Shelf
The Media Center Ambassadors celebrated beyond the shelves at the 4th of July parade. Again, we won a 1st-place-prize of $100 of novelty entry! We were joined by the Woodside librarian, and two Tide representatives. It is fun to be an Ambassador-- Click for a video!
Media Center Ambassador Applications are Open!
Do you love the Media Center? Apply to be a Media Center Ambassador to help promote our space along with opportunities we provide. We need tour guides, lunch greeters, digital docents, shelvers, and more. We will train you! bit.ly/SHSMC_MCA Apply by Oct. 1.
Activate your New York Times Academic Pass
Students, activate your academic pass for the duration of your high school career: https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/digitalpass. Teachers, renew yours each year.
Books are due when you are done with them. Use the Book Drop if the Media Center is closed!
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The Media Center at Sequoia High School
Website: is.gd/shsmc
Location: 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA, USA
Phone: 650-367-9780 .64201
Facebook: facebook.com/seqhsmc
Twitter: @seqhsmc