Recently, a student asked if we could recommend a quiet place for him to get his work done. Good grief. It was lunch in the library!

In an effort to ensure that all students have access to a quiet place to work, read or study at lunch, we now require that each person visiting during that time have a pass. These may be picked up in the morning (such as during break) in the library and during lunch in the multipurpose room. 

Please let me know if any student who needs one is having trouble getting a pass. You may email me at jlinhar@srvusd.net

Here are the guidelines:

The Battle of the Books is a competition between SRVUSD middle school students who love to read . Participating schools  meet in May for Jeopardy-style competition to see who can answer the most questions about the following 8 books:

Cosmic  by Cottrell Boyce

East   by Edith Pattou

Freak the Mighty  by Rodman Philbrick

The Giver  by Lois Lowry

The Green Glass Sea  by Ellen Klages

The Grimm Legacy  by Polly Shulman

The Red Kayak  by Priscilla Cummings

Things Not Seen  by Andrew Clements

Open to Any READER Who Loves Competition!!!

If you are interested in learning how you can join the IHMS “Battle of the Books” team, we will be meeting in the library during the following lunch periods:

Tuesday, Feb. 28th • 6^th gr. lunch

Wednesday, Feb. 29th • 8^th gr. lunch

Thursday, March 1st • 7^th gr. lunch

Using digital images in your presentation will create interest and capture your audience's attention. You must cite all of your sources, even these. Use the "All 58 Options" tab on EasyBib to find the correct format for digital images. When possible, use pictures and videos you create. Finding copyright-free images is the next best bet. Below you will find a list of potential sites for those. If you use an image that is protected by copyright, you may not publish it on the web without permission, but may use it as fair use for education for reports that you turn into class.

The following links have links to MANY copyright friendly sites:

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

http://www.public-domain-image.com

http://www.pdphoto.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress

Start Reading with SRVEF on Feb. 14th and get a chance to win a digital bookmark by entering Week One’s contest!

There is no better day than Valentine’s Day to show how much you love to read!  The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation presents its 3rd Annual read-a-thon Read with SRVEF and we are kicking it off on Valentine’s Day with a contest!

Every student who emails celia@srvef.org the book they are reading for the read-a-thon will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 20 Mark My Time™ Digital Bookmarks.  That means 20 students will win a prize this week.  Email celia@srvef.org with your name, school, grade and the title of the book by 2/17, 11pm.  Parents can email for their student(s).  Winners will be announced 2/19.
For more details about the weekly contests, please visit www.srvef.org/read, or check out this flyer

*New This Year! – You can track your reading minutes online and send online requests to your friends and family to sponsor you!  It’s easy and great way to ask sponsors who live far away!  Check it out at www.srvef.org/read.  *Note:  online tracking site will be up beginning Feb. 14th.
 
For questions, please contact Mrs. Linhares or email celia@srvef.org.   
 
 

 Every student who emails celia@srvef.org the title of the book they are reading for the read-a-thon will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 20 Mark My Time™ Digital Bookmarks.  That means 20 students will win a prize this week!  Email celia@srvef.org with your name, school, grade and the title of the book by February 17th, 11pm.  Parents can email for their student(s).  Winners will be announced February 19th.  For more details about the weekly contests, please visit www.srvef.org/read, or check out this flyer .

For questions, please contact Mrs. Linhares or email celia@srvef.org.