February 2011 newsletter hcms
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H I L L C O U N T R Y M S Library Phone: 512.732.9224 or 31050 website: http://hcmslibrary.blogspot.com A Monthly Newsletter Issue No. 20 - February 2011 Library is our middle name Library Snapshot Day Monthly Events Wednesday 02/02/11 Chess Tournament - All Lunches Students are welcome to sign up for a lunch-time chess tournament in the Library! Bring your lunch to the library for a battle of strategy. Thursday 02/03/11 Movie in the Library: Avalon High 4 pm - 6 pm Students are invited to this FREE event! Come to the library after school to watch the movie adaptation of Meg Cabotʼs popular book, Avalon High. Snacks and drinks provided. Parents, please pick up students at the courtyard by the tennis courts promptly at 6:00 pm. Feb 5 - 20 Play: Brothers, Boyfriends, and Other Criminal Minds @ Zach Scott Theater April Lurie is one of our favorite local authors of young adult novels. We are so excited to announce that one of her amazing books has been adapted into a family play at the Zach Scott Theater here in Austin! Make plans to see this show! You donʼt want to miss it! For more information, visit: http://fur.ly/4len Now - March 11 Book People Bookmark Contest For all sixth graders: Return entries to Library by March 11. Visit this link for more details: http://fur.ly/4lfw New Book Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Despite her protests, Annaʼs father has sent her to boarding school in Paris. But soon Anna realizes that this may have been the best thing thatʼs ever happened to her! Good Times in the Library Nookinʼ for a Good Book? The Library has three Nook Colors available for student checkout to read eBooks. Students must return a signed Permission Slip prior to checkout. Visit http://fur.ly/4lew to download the document. Many families have upgraded their eReaders and have older versions laying around the house. Please consider donating any new or used eReader devices (any brand) to the library so that we can adapt them for student checkout. Visit http://fur.ly/4lex for more information. January Library Stats Classes Served: 146 Individual Students: 2,339 Checkouts: 2,299 Holds Placed: 185 Lone Star readers enjoy a breakfast party and amazing prizes like an iPod shuffle! Chess tournament players enjoy a friendly game of chess while eating their lunch Sixth graders completed their Poetry unit with their own Poetry Slam in the Library. Students enjoyed hot chocolate and snacks as they listened to their peers perform. Visit this link to see Mrs. Butlerʼs photos and video from the day: http://fur.ly/4lgd This is a QR code (3D barcode). Use a QR reader app on your smart phone (like NeoReader) to read the code and it will take you to a web site about this book! Sixth graders were entertained by local spoken word poets from the Texas Youth Word Collective poetry slam team. Visit this link to watch excerpts from the performance: http://fur.ly/4lga Canceled due to inclement weather
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February 2011 Library Newsletter
Transcript of February 2011 newsletter hcms
H I L L C O U N T R Y M S
Library Phone: 512.732.9224 or 31050 website: http://hcmslibrary.blogspot.com
A Monthly Newsletter Issue No. 20 - February 2011
Library is our middle name
Library Snapshot Day
Monthly Events
Wednesday 02/02/11Chess Tournament - All Lunches
Students are welcome to sign up for a lunch-time chess tournament in the Library! Bring your lunch to the library for a battle of strategy.
Thursday 02/03/11Movie in the Library: Avalon High
4 pm - 6 pmStudents are invited to this FREE event! Come to the library after school to watch the movie adaptation of Meg Cabotʼs popular book, Avalon High. Snacks and drinks provided. Parents, please pick up students at the courtyard by the tennis courts promptly at 6:00 pm.
Feb 5 - 20Play: Brothers, Boyfriends, and Other Criminal Minds @ Zach Scott TheaterApril Lurie is one of our favorite local authors of young adult novels. We are so excited to announce that one of her amazing books has been adapted into a family play at the Zach Scott Theater here in Austin! Make plans to see this show! You donʼt want to miss it! For more information, visit: http://fur.ly/4len
Now - March 11Book People Bookmark Contest
For all sixth graders: Return entries to Library by March 11. Visit this link for more details: http://fur.ly/4lfw
New BookAnna and the French Kiss
by Stephanie PerkinsDespite her protests, Annaʼs fa the r has sen t he r to boarding school in Paris. But soon Anna realizes that this may have been the best thing thatʼs ever happened to her!
Good Times in the Library
Nookinʼ for a Good Book?The Library has three Nook Colors available for student checkout to read eBooks. Students must return a signed Permission Slip prior to checkout. Visit http://fur.ly/4lew to download the document. Many families have upgraded their eReaders and have older versions laying around the house. Please consider donating any new or used eReader devices (any brand) to the library so that we can adapt them for student checkout. Visit http://fur.ly/4lex for more information.
January Library StatsClasses Served: 146Individual Students: 2,339Checkouts: 2,299Holds Placed: 185
Lone Star readers enjoy a breakfast party and amazing prizes like an iPod shuffle!
Chess tournament players enjoy a friendly game of chess while eating their lunch
Sixth graders completed their Poetry unit with their own Poetry Slam in the Library. Students enjoyed hot chocolate and snacks as they listened to their peers perform. Visit this link to see Mrs. Butlerʼs photos and video from the day: http://fur.ly/4lgd
This is a QR code (3D barcode). Use a QR reader app on your smart phone (like NeoReader) to read the code and it will take you to a web site about this book!
Sixth graders were entertained by local spoken word poets from the Texas Youth W o r d C o l l e c t i v e poetry slam team. Visit this link to watch excerpts f rom the performance: http://fur.ly/4lga
Canceled
due to inclement weath
er
