Burbank Library News

The Burbank Bulldog Brews Coffee Bar is back and open for business. Students may purchase beverages before school only. Teachers can purchase before school and during the day (while the supply lasts).

All 4th-12th graders are invited to participate in Letters About Literature Texas! Read a book or poem and write a letter. This year’s contest will open on November 4, 2019. Submissions for 2019-2020 LAL Texas are due to the online submission platform by December 17, 2019. Be sure to read the submission steps (coming soon) and official rules set by the Texas Center for the Book at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. A permission form is required for all student participants who will be younger than 13 years of age on November 4, 2019.

Banned Book Week is coming up. There will be a display of banned/challenged books in the library during the week of September 22.

All teachers will be required to set up their teacher webpage through EZ Task Titanium by the end of the 7th week of school (Sept. 27). An instruction page is available if you want to get started and training will be provided this month. Teachers must use this district page at least as a landing page that has the following information: Your schedule (including tutoring times), class syllabi, instructional calendar for the 9 weeks, and contact information. See Mrs. De Waelsche if you have any questions.

Tuesday, Sept. 10 EZTask Teacher Website Training

1st pd - ELA

3rd pd - History

5th pd - Science

7th pd - Math

Wednesday, September 11 @ 7:30 a.m. - EZTask Teacher Website Training

Wednesday, September 18 @4:30 p.m. - EZTask Teacher Website Training

Wednesday, September 25 @7:30 a.m. - Google Calendar

Wednesday, October 2 @4:30 p.m. - Google Calendar

All teachers and other professional staff members are required to complete the online digital citizenship course through Google Classroom. The class code is jk8y4zk. Teachers & staff must complete this no later than November 8. Teachers will need to turn in proof of completion in the form of a copy of your transcript from Performance Matters to Mrs. De Waelsche by this date.

Per federal requirements, all districts that receive federal funding, including eRate funding, must certify that their students have received training in Cyber Safety and Digital Citizenship. The following classes will be required to present a lesson to their students no later than October 25.

English Classes will present Lesson 1 in all classes.

Science Classes will present Lesson 2 in all classes.

Social Studies including AVID & Money Matters (but NOT World Geography or Human Geography) will present Lesson 3.

For more information, check the online instructions provided or the district's ebook.

Congratulations to Coach Rogers and Mr. Martinez who are the winners of the Teacher Survey drawing. I'll keep the survey open for another week and will have another drawing for free coffee on Friday, September 14.

Item Checkouts: 291

Class Visits: 5

Individual Student Visits: 2287

Cart Checkouts: 16

Staff Tech Training: 2

Jennifer De Waelsche has been a librarian with SAISD for eight years. This is her fourth year at Burbank High School. Before coming to SAISD, she taught speech, debate, yearbook, and English for Hereford ISD in the Texas Panhandle. She is passionate about technology and is happy to work with teachers and students that want to integrate more technology. She is also a competitive Scrabble player and loves to ride roller coasters (196 so far).

She is the recipient of the SAISD Foundation Inspire Award in 2015 and member of the Texas Library Association TALL Texans Class for 2016. She is an active member of the Texas Library Association and actively presents at local and state library conferences.

Email: jdewaelsche1@saisd.net
Website: bit.ly/Burbanklib
Location: 1002 Edwards, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 2102281210
Twitter: @salibrarylady