Sprayberry Media Center

Welcome!

Hours:
Mondays through Thursdays: 7:45 until 4:00
Fridays: 7:45 until 3:45

Barnes & Noble Book Fair

Please come support the library at the Barnes & Noble (50 Barrett Parkway, Marietta) book fair from Wednesday, December 9, until Friday, December 11! Tell the cashier you support SHS, and a percent of all items sold will benefit the library.

Special events:

Wednesday, 12/9: 5:30-7:00–A representative from www.GaCollege411.org will speak on ways to pay for college, such as scholarships, loans, and grants. Free!

Wednesday, 12/9: 7:00-8:30–A representative from the Princeton Review will speak about SAT test-taking tips and other strategies for acing the SAT. Free!

Friday, 12/11: 4:30-10:00–See various SHS students perform live! Acts include the step team, the Latino dance team, comedians, singers, poets, and others!

Friday, 12/11: 4:30-10:00–Receive free gift wrap on all items purchased in-store!

We need your talent!

Each year the media center has a book fair at the Barnes & Noble at 50 Barrett Parkway, Marietta. A percent of all the books sold during the book fair benefits the media center.

On Friday, December 11, from 4:30 until 9:45 pm, we would like to have student performers. If you dance, sing, recite poetry, play an instrument, or some other fabulous talent, please stop by the media center to sign up to perform. Then encourage your friends and family to come watch you and buy materials from Barnes & Noble that night!

Reading Bowl & Poetry Club meetings

Next Reading Bowl meeting: Tuesday, 11/17, 3:30-4:15, media center....

Next Poetry Club meeting: Thursday, 11/19, 3:30-4:15, media center....

Exemplary Media Presentation at GaETC

To see the Sprayberry High School Exemplary Media Application (PDF format), click here:

Download NarrativeSprayberryExemplaryMediaApp

To see Ms. Paynter's Survey Monkey handout, click here:

Download Using Survey Monkey to Give Online Quizzes

Below you will find the PhotoStory presented at the GaETC conference:

 

Next Poetry Club & Reading Bowl meetings

Poetry Club: Next meeting is Thursday, October 29, from 3:30-4:30 in the Media Center. We will elect officers (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Event Organizer). If you're interested in running for office, stop by the media center by the 28th to put your name on the ballot.

Reading Bowl: Next meeting is Thursday, November 5, from 3:30-4:30 in the Media Center. We will elect officers. If you're interested in running for office (Captain or Co-Captain), stop by the media center by the 4th to put your name on the ballot.

Ms. Hayen's Assignment

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The Poetry Lounge is here!

Do you have original works of poetry or a favorite poet?

Do you like to just listen to poetry?

The Poetry Lounge will take place Wednesday, October 7 outside on the front lawn during all lunch periods.  See Mrs. Paynter, Mrs. Zarzeka or Mrs. Siegel to sign up for the Poetry Lounge or to find out more information.

Need help finding a poem? Check out the websites below:

- Favorite Poem Project: http://www.favoritepoem.org/

- The Academy of American Poets, Poems Teens like: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20785

- Famous Poets and Poems: http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/

NetTrekker - Home Access

NetTrekker is a great resource to search for web sites that have been reviewed by teachers for credibility, depth, and readability. It includes special search tools for images and famous persons, as well as a "read aloud" feature.

You can get to NetTrekker by going to the Cobb Virtual Library (CVL). To use NetTrekker from home, students and teachers must create an account while at school. To create an account, go to NetTrekker and click "Register" at the top of the NetTrekker home page. You can get the registration key by picking up a password sheet from the Media Center.

First Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl practice coming up...

We will have our first Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl practice on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. We will meet in the video room next to the media center office. It will be from 3:30-4:30.

 

If you cannot attend the meeting, make sure to stop by during your lunch period or before school that day.

 

Expectations for the meeting:

 

1. You need to have read at least one of your four assigned books.

2. You need to have posted questions to Flash Card Machine (at least 15 of them) about at least one book. See a media specialist if you have forgotten the login and/or password.

 

We will vote to pick the future practice day. We would like to practice on either Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, because the tutoring buses run those days, so those of you who have a problem with after-school transportation can take the tutoring bus home.

Bragging....

We have to brag a little! The SHS library just won the 2009 state "Exemplary Library Media Program" at the high school level!

We will be honored at the August 13 state board of education meeting in downtown Atlanta.