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Sally’s 7th graders are doing research and applying the following recommended resources from the library about substance abuse.

EL’s in Kathy’s class are applying fantastic resources we’ve gathered about job and career development.

Help Maggie buy the books you’ll need next year, including biographies in grade 8, NHD in grade 9, and the primary sources paper in grade 10 or any other area of passionate interest.  Use this link.

Check out the HBW News from Reina’s journalists! It’s fantastic!  Available with APS login.

Here’s how to check your library account for books you owe. Clear your accounts as soon as you can before summer check-outs can begin.

The library will be closed many dates starting the second week of May, due to testing. Contact margaret . carpenter @apsva.us if I can help you plan and get the books that you need. We’ll bring them to you!

Summer gives new opportunities to start Book Clubs! students who are planning to start their own book club or any other club at school next Fall can ask for the library’s notes and tips!  Rosie, our Activities Director will help you succeed!  Maggie can support you to use the Spread the Word link at the bottom of H-B’s home page to get your announcement on the PA system, on the scrolling announcements in the hallway and on the school’s social media. Visit her for help!

TAB enjoyed its ALL TAB field trip to see Pedro Martin! We finished the year with an ice cream sundae party and selected our Top Ten Picks for the year.  See which books won!

College Ready with Research Skills? Join our pilot project. Interested 9th graders can work with Liz and Maggie to “badge” students whose work demonstrates their advancing skill. Spreadsheet (make a copy and share it with L and M.) See Maggie to get involved.

Brownies n Books: Our final session of the year will be May 22. Sign up to lead or contribute to sessions for next fall on this schedule!

Future Problem Solving Club: Congratulations to Nicola and Finn who came in first and second in the state-wide creative writing competition that centers upon evolving technology and global challenges. It is called Future Problem Solving. Details are at VAFPS. Join the club next fall, especially if you would enjoy a little research and possibly the dystopia genre! Maggie is the club’s sponsor. Creative writers can ask her for more information!

E-content (some of it) is changing locations this year!  See how H-B’s newest e-books and audio-books will appear in the SORA app which is on the list of APS Library Databases.

Track a new goal this year with an individualized reading contract. Meet with Maggie for support. It’s a application of one of our Four Pillars: Self-Directed Learning.

Our schedule for Brownies -n- Books and information about joining a reading group provide great community building and service opportunities.  What will you lead?  Need ideas?  The schedule models diverse ways to share your voice, passions and library resources during I-Blocks.

Skills Focus:

Our Research Guides linked here support specific research projects assigned at HBW. Use them to develop skills targeted for Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers. Explore the menu there to find the databases recommended for art, fashion, history, science and more!

Report to Maggie your research topic/question to get additional support and recommended resources. Meet with Maggie afterward for support. Using your APS Google login… High Schoolers use this form for Science Fair and Science Expo projects, NHD, PSP, Capstone, Sociology and projects of all kinds.

Community Building:

9th Graders help the library build a “collection” in the library’s catalog of the favorite books. Suggest a title to Maggie to be added since it will help other readers discover great YA fiction.

Suggest a book that you want us to purchase for our collection: link.

Personal Reading Goal for 2024-25: If you would like support from the library to reach a personal goal for your reading, you can record it at tinyurl.com/PersonalRG (or login to APS Google and access the Personalized Reading Goal Google Form.)  Consult individualized reading contract for some great ideas to stretch yourself through self-directed learning!

It won’t take long for you to see where books are shelved in our library.  Does this map help?

Heights Library Sublocations. Look for color coding at the tops of the shelves as you browse.

Can you guess where each call number is shelved?  Hint:  look at the top and the bottom of each spine label that appears in the picture below!

Learn more about call numbers and their related locations in the library

Library Hours: 8:40 – 4:00.        Maggie Carpenter, Librarian    Carol Burger, Library Assistant

Two Programs:  Our library at The Heights Building provides materials to students from two programs:  H-B Woodlawn (grades 6-12 as well as adult English Language Learners) where Maggie and Carol serve, and APS’s Shriver Program (serving older students with special needs.) From our facility, you can check out books ranging across reading levels from pre-reading to advanced college level research.

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