Library Announcements for August 2011: parent hours and Teens' Top Ten vote
Student Services incorporate Counseling, Special Education and the Library Media Center. Our mission is to support your students so that they can reach their academic goals. You can help us help your students and get parent hours in the process! There are two ways to earn parent hours: volunteering and donating items.
Volunteering at the Library Media Center (shelving, cleaning, processing) is one straightforward way to help your students work in a clean, organized space. Please see Mrs. Prettol to arrange a day and time (either punctual or recurrent volunteering).
Donations encompass a wide range of items: office supplies (toner especially – please contact Mrs. Prettol for which ones we need), library supplies (please contact Mrs. Prettol for details) and books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, and games for our library collection. You can purchase items from our Amazon Wish List (www.amazon.com, type "Natomas Charter" in the Wish List search box). You can also donate used items, as long as they are in good condition; non-fiction books cannot be older than 10 years; and items need to be appropriate for students ages 5 to 18.
Don't forget! We will accept books on almost any topic, in any format (books on DVD accepted!). DVDs can be documentaries and movies. CDs from all music genres will be accepted as well!
For more information, contact Mrs. Prettol (Library Media Center eouvrard-prettol@natomas.k12.ca.us), Mrs. Ruedas or Mrs. Curtis (Counseling, lruedas@natomas.k12.ca.us or mcurtis@natomas.k12.ca.us), or Mrs. Walker (Special Education, lwalker@natomas.k12.ca.us).
YALSA's Teens' Top Ten allows YOU to vote for your favorite titles!
Vote for your favorite titles at the Young Adult Library Services Association - this is the time for YOU to make your voice and your choices heard!! Only teens vote on their favorite books of the past year.
Vote HERE.
The nominees this year are:
Bachorz, Pam. Drought.
Beam, Cris. I Am J.
Beaudoin, Sean. You Killed Wesley Payne.
Black, Holly and Justine Larbalestier. Zombies vs. Unicorns.
Card, Orson Scott. The Lost Gate.
Clare, Cassandra.The Clockwork Angel.
Collins, Yvonne. Love, Inc.
Cremer, Andrea. Nightshade.
Fitzpatrick, Becca. Crescendo.
Grant, Michael. Lies.
Hawkins, Rachel. Demonglass.
Hakwins, Rachel. Hex Hall.
Kagawa, Julie. The Iron King.
Lore, Pittacus. I Am Number Four.
Moore, Peter. Red Moon Rising.
Nelson, Jandy. The Sky is Everywhere.
Oliver, Lauren. Before I Fall.
O’Neal, Ellis. The False Princess.
Patterson, James. Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel.
Pearce, Jackson. Sisters Red.
Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Blessed.
White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy
You can also participate in the 2011 Teen Read Week Photo Contest, to receive gift bags from Penguin Books for Young Readers! See all rules in the link above.