Teacher Picks of the Month!

Mr. Yeager has picked "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy and he created this book trailer:

Mr. Molloy has picked "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Bartoletti and he created this book trailer:

Click here to watch both!

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Book Trailers for the Abe Lincoln List

Spanking Shakespeare, Trailr by Ms. Cory


Right Behind You by Gail Giles, Trailer by Ms. Clarke

Artichoke's Heart, by Suzanne Supplee. Book Trailer by Mr. Galovich.

Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen. Trailer by Ms. Wihelms.

Perfect Chemistry, Simone Elkeles. Trailer by Mrs. Galovich

The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, Trailer by Ms. DiBella.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Hosseini, Khaled. Book Trailer by Ms. Dudal

Boot Camp by Todd Stasser,Trailer from Youtube English Project


Paper Towns by John Greene Trailer by Mrs. Schultz

Deadline by Chris Crutcher, Trailer by Mrs. Wiesen

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Trailer by Mrs. Hempel

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser, Trailer by Ms. Giannakopoulos

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, Trailer by Mrs. Morizzo



Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Trailer by Ms. Koniecki


House Rules by Rachel Sontag, Trailer by Mrs. Walsh



Evermore by Alyson Noel, Trailer by Mrs. Anderson

Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee Trailer by Ms. Nardiello

Unwind by Neal Shusterman, Trailer by Lake Zurich High School

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles, Trailer by Mrs. Anderson

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, Trailer by Mrs. Peterson

Rucker Park Set Up by Paul Volpini, Trailer by Ms. Barriero


Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Trailer by Mrs. Redpath

Evermore by Alyson Noel, Trailer by Mrs.Sherlock

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Trailer by Julie Stearney

Right Behind You by Gail Giles, Trailer by Mr. Molloy

Hold Tight by Harlan Coben, Trailer by Ms.Pennock

Caudill Book Trailers

Found by Margaret Haddix

Diamond Willow, Trailer by Mrs. Cory

Savvy by Ingred Law. Book Trailer by Ms. Clarke

Notes from the Midnight Driver, Trailer by Ms. Barreiro

A Friendship for Today, by Pat McKissack, Trailer by Mrs. Sherlock

The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer, Trailer by Mrs. Wiesen

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott Trailer by Mrs. Morizzo


Diamond Willow by Helen Frost, Trailer by Ms. Briggs

Haddix Found by Magaret Peteson Haddix Trailer by Ms. Nardiello

Winner of the Flip Contest!

Book Trailer Submitted by Mitch G.

AKIRA

Take a look at the winning Animoto by clicking on the link.

Great job Mitch, thanks for your hard work!

Thank you for all of your entries, they were wonderful!!

A Top 3 Entry for Book Trailer Contest by Mitch

Click here to watch Akira

Poetry Cafe!

The Poetry Cafe is FRIDAY!!!

Come one, come all! Enjoy the popular Poetry Cafe in the BHS Library Periods 3-8. We'll have coffee available from CARIBOU COFFEE and we'll have amazing performances from teachers and students who will either play an acoustical instrument or will read poetry. Songs and poetry can be original or can be a favorite and famous work!

Sit back and enjoy our day of celebrating Poetry or sign up to participate!

A Top 3 Entry Book Trailer by Migul G.

Writer's Workshop Writing Contest Winners!!

Writer's Workshop is happy to announce the winners of their Writing Contest.

Thank you to all of the participants, it was fun to read all of your entries. Thanks so much for allowing us to read your writing samples!!

The winners of the Barnes and Noble gift cards are....

Tom West and his short story Drenched

Terra Calamari and her short story Waiting

Jerelyn Lee for her Poem Haiti

Sandra Meesala for her Poem The Never Ending Struggle.

Congratulations!! Please pick up your gift cards at the circulation desk in the Library.

Top 3 Entries! by Karla D

Win a Flip Camera!

You can win your very own FLIP Camera! Just make a book trailer (click here for details) and the student who makes the best book trailer will win a FLIP Camera!

Here's some examples of book trailers

2009 in Review!

2009 was a PACKED year for the BHS Library! Last Spring we had over 700 students attend our Poetry Cafe to listen to our amazingly talented students and faculty. We showcased our new books for the faculty during our Snacks in the Stacks, and over the summer, our doors were bursting with our activity. Our library supported both summer sessions of summer school as well as sponsored classes for teachers. Over 90 teachers throughout the district dove into reading with our Lincoln High School Award Nominated books. This fall we worked with the Freshman Advisories and had the opportunity of meeting this class of 700 plus students over 4 times as we introduced them to our library and the district's information literacy assessment. We had scary stories in the library on Halloween and our talented high school writers once again astonished us with their talent. Once again over 700 students filled our library to listen to these original stories and some favorite classics. Our "Read it Forward" program with Chris Crutcher books allowed students to take a book, read it, and then give it to a friend to read, and then to give to a friend. Several English classes read Chris Crutcher books, our talented BHS TV studio created a promotional video for this program that can be found on YouTube and SchoolTube and we filled our auditorium for Chris's visit to Barrington High School! What a way to end 2009! Thank you to all the teachers, students, and to the Barrington Public Library for all of your support! 2010 promises to be even better!

Author Chris Crutcher is Coming!

Barrington High School Library and Barrington Public Library are excited to welcome award winning teen author Chris Crutcher on Thursday, December 3rd! Chris will be speaking to select high school classes during the day on Thursday and to the community at the Public Library at 7:00 PM. Intererested in Chris Crutcher? How can I find out more?

You can buy a book at the BHS Library at LIBRARY COST! Chris will sign books and the library will return them to your English class later (ask us how this works! Come to the circuation desk).

You can "Read it Forward"....did you receive a book in the mail? The library received a grant from the Helping Hands allowing us to mail books to random students, and these students then read the book, sign their name, and pass the book to another person, who reads it, signs it, etc... Click here to see the BHS TV Studio promotion for "Read it Forward"

Finally, you can check out a book at the library. We currently have multiple copies of Crutcher books available for checkout!

Find your favorite book and talk about them here! Just click on "comment"!

Winners of the New Moon Contest revealed!!

Click on each of the picture comment links to find out the winners. Stop in the library to choose your Twilight or New Moon Poster! Thanks for playing.

NEW MOON CONTEST!!

Look at the picture below. Then come up with a clever caption. We will choose four winners based on which is the most clever and funny. The winners will receive a Twilight or New Moon poster… your choice. Contest ends 11/19/2009.

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Teen Read Week at BHS

What a week!

Monday found students who checked out books were randomly selected by the system to receive prizes!

Tuesday students who matched first lines of books with the correct book were entered to win a Gift Card for Barnes and Noble.

Wednesday was get to know your library staff day and students who matched the library staff's baby picture with a current picture received prizes.

Thursday was scary movies in the library day. Students could sit in the comfortable seating area to watch Alfred Hithcock movies.

Friday was Scary Stories in the library day. Over lunch periods, students who won a scary writing contest and teachers read by our fireplace while hundreds of students came to listen. Over 500 students came to the library to participate in our Scary Stories! What a wonderful and crazy week!