Beecher Feature

Our professional collection is growing! New titles have been added to the DCHS Library Media Center that support professional growth. Additionally, titles that address teen anxiety, depression, and panic attacks have been included in this list but are to be housed in our general non-fiction collection as the target audience is teens. Students who are in the Education Pathway will also benefit from these new professional offerings. Your library team hopes you find these materials helpful! Find the full list here!

We get bogged down in the swamp of responsibilities we must muck through each semester, so it is a challenge to explore resources (new and old) when pondering how to change things up a bit. The (incomplete) list below is a little reminder of what your #SchoolLibrary has curated for you and your students to develop engaging activities and/or assessments. Reach out to learn more!

• Interactive eBooks (linked from the DCHS MC website)

• Leveled Texts (Must be in your DecaturProud account to view)
• BreakoutEDU Activities (only 16 of 30 licenses are being used....see me!)
• Soundzabound royalty free music and audio clips (Email me for the login credentials!)
• World Book Encyclopedia Online (Access this from the DCHS MC website, "Research Needs" column)
• Online Databases for research
• Gale products via Canvas (no library card needed)
• Gale+ featured Ebsco (no library card needed)
• IndyPL Online Databases (huge list - library card needed)
• Big6 Research Model
• Your IndyPL library card

Our club is still going strong! We began a new book at the beginning of November called I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak. If you'd like to read along with us, you will find the eBook in SORA! If you are familiar with Zusak's famous work The Book Thief (2005), then you'll know you're in for a treat. Set in Australia, I am the Messenger was published in 2002 and is packed with meaningful (and chuckle-worthy) moments. We will carefully discuss these moments with our Book & Bake group, providing guidance as we navigate the complexities of what it means to be a good human.

Here is a fun little nugget for you....students who read really enjoy learning about what YOU are reading. They get especially engaged when they discover you read the same or similar titles they read. Their eyes light up and to see that is an educator's delight. Consider picking up a copy of I am the Messenger and give it a try - I think you'll be glad you did. Added bonus - our recipe will be a classic from Australia, Anzac biscuits (cookies).

The replacement system is here and it works. The library can now make posters again. If you need something to support your curriculum, email me the information along with details about size. Posters that assist you in meeting curricular needs are free, to DCHS teachers.