Igniting Imagination
The SHMS Library Chronicles
🤖 Exciting news! Thanks to support from the Rural Technology Fund, our 4th and 5th grade students will be immersing themselves in the world of Cubelets Modular Robotics this week! 💡 It's a fantastic opportunity for them to enhance their computational thinking, STEAM skills, and creativity. Learn more about Cubelets at modrobotics.com and follow @modrobotics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. To discover more about the Rural Technology Fund, visit ruraltechfund.org and follow @RuralTechFund on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Let's dive into innovation together! 🚀 #STEAM #Robotics #RuralTechFund
🚀🔧 Exciting News for Our 6th Grade Students! 🤖📚
Special Learning Event Announcement: Thanks to a generous grant from the AASL STEM Special Event Grant by Danaher Foundation, 6th-grade students will embark on an innovative engineering journey during E Block starting February 19th. They'll explore hands-on activities which include Sphero Mini Robot Challenges and Blueprint Building Block Challenges, fostering teamwork and engineering innovation. Join us for a special Parent Night on March 14th and anticipate a future field trip tailored for our student STEM enthusiasts. Gratitude to AASL and the Danaher Foundation for their support in fostering a love for learning and innovation. Stay tuned for more updates! 🚀🔧🤖
✨BOOK HIGHLIGHT✨ Grumpy Monkey Valentine Gross by Suzanne Lang (Author), Max Lang (Illustrator)
This holiday hardcover book is brimming with the same silly humor that characterizes all the beloved titles in the bestselling Grumpy Monkey series.
When Jim Panzee hears Oxpecker cooing over her doting boyfriend on Valentine’s Day, he has just one thought: Gross. But Jim finds out that not everything about Valentine’s Day is hearts and kisses. Jim learns there are different types of valentines and many kinds of love, such as love for a parent or for friends.
Talk to a school counselor today to check out this book, and more like it! 💖📚
What is the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award?
The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award is a student choice award for the state of Maryland that has been awarded each year since 1992. The award seeks to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature.
Reading committees of school and public librarians, and other interested members of the Maryland Association of School Librarians (MASL) meet to determine which books will be nominated and placed on student reading lists.
✨In the spring, students can participate in a March Madness style book tournament if students have read at least 3 novels/graphic novels and 10 picture books. Encourage your child to start early on the booklist as they will select our schools' most popular reads this year!
Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee
READ THIS TITLE ON SORA TODAY!
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets, family, and the power of forgiveness.
Twelve-year-old Wren loves makeup—special effect makeup, to be exact. When she is experimenting with new looks, Wren can create a different version of herself. A girl who isn’t in a sort-of-best friendship with someone who seems like she hates her. A girl whose parents aren’t divorced and doesn’t have to learn to like her new stepmom.
So, when Wren and her mom move to a new town for a fresh start, she is cautiously optimistic. And things seem to fall into place when Wren meets potential friends and gets selected as the makeup artist for her school’s upcoming production of Wicked.
Only, Wren’s mom isn’t doing so well. She’s taking a lot of naps, starts snapping at Wren for no reason, and always seems to be sick. And what’s worse, Wren keeps getting hints that things aren’t going well at her new job at the hospital, where her mom is a nurse. And after an opening night disaster leads to a heartbreaking discovery, Wren realizes that her mother has a serious problem—a problem that can’t be wiped away or covered up.
After all the progress she’s made, can Wren start over again with her devastating new normal? And will she ever be able to heal the broken trust with her mom?
Black-and-white illustrations throughout
* Kids’ Indie Next Pick * New England Book Award Finalists 2022 *
“Leslie Connor brilliantly depicts a genuine and meaningful friendship between a dynamic girl and her nonvocal friend. By showing the ways Aurora and Frenchie communicate, Connor gives us a blueprint for seeing autistic children in a new light. I loved, loved, loved this book!” —Cammie McGovern, author of Frankie and Amelia and Chester and Gus
Our second Book Fair of the year will be the week of Monday, March 4th through Friday, March 8th located in the Media Center. We will also have special hours on Wednesday, March 6th until 5pm for shoppers. In addition, this coincides with Read Across America Week as well! Set-Up your E-Wallet today! We look forward to having another fun and exciting Book Fair!
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