It's hard to believe it is almost November already!
The VH Media Center has been a busy place this fall! We've already had over 500 student visits during lunch time, over 2,000 library materials checked out, and hundreds of student visitors have been to the Media Center in the mornings before school. It is great to see that so many students have been making great use of the Media Center!
I've enjoyed getting the opportunity to meet our new 6th grade students and having great conversations about what it means to be a digital citizen during our two day lesson on digital citizenship. If you are interested in learning more about digital citizenship, Common Sense Media has great information! I've also had fun teaching different grades/classes about topics like research, plagiarism, how to find a good book, Google Apps, coding, how to create online presentations, and how to build a website. I look forward to spending time with even more classes in the upcoming months!
We also had our first book fair in October. It was a huge success! We were so lucky to have so many wonderful parent volunteers who came in and helped with set up, moving the fair, selling books, and tear down. The fair would not have been possible without these volunteers- so thank you, thank you, thank you! Our next fair will take place in March to wrap up our fun March is Reading Month events!
We have also have had great success running our live news broadcast show, VH Today, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. If you would like to check out our broadcasts at home, you can find them on the Van Hoosen website. Our 1st semester crew of 16 7th and 8th grade students are doing a great job writing and producing the news show! They put a lot of work into making sure that Van Hoosen stays up to date with the news!
There are also some exciting new developments that will be happening in the Media Center. I will be sharing more about that in the future!
I hope everyone has had a great start to the school year! Be sure to keep visiting the Media Center to check out books, research, work on homework, and explore!
Mrs. Mele
