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August 18, 2016
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August 17, 2016
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No Excuses!
“Military hero and beloved Dancing with the Stars alum Noah Galloway shares his life story, and how losing his arm and leg in combat forced him to relearn how to live–and live to the fullest.” ~via Amazon
This author will be at the Nashville Public Library on August 25. In my dream world our entire student population would get to see him/hear him speak. When asked to run two laps, some of our students invent every excuse in the world not to exert an ounce of energy. They need a little reality, a little appreciation, a little motivation.
For more information about how to hear Noah Galloway and have him sign a book for you, visit this website: http://nashvillepubliclibrary.org/salonat615/
July 18, 2016
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Let’s Make 2016-2017 Great!
Looking forward to seeing everyone and believing we will all make great progress toward becoming the people we are meant to be!
Random: Always looking for a little help to make the library, service projects, and our classes go smoothly. Want to help? Click here: Current Wish List
June 14, 2016
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Turn to poetry. Turn to art. Turn to love.
#Orlando
March 22, 2016
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#SWAreads
Students are sharing their favorite books, favorite book quotes, and the names of books they are currently reading. Beautifully decorated posters are being shared via the library Twitter account and authors are being tagged so they’ll see that kids LOVE their books. Thanks, Coert Voorhees, for recognizing and appreciating the students who love your work!
Add your voice: What’s your favorite book?
What quote from a book do you love?
What are you reading right now?
(pictures by Titan, Jonathan, and Emily)
February 23, 2016
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Welcome, Courtney Stevens!
Students will have the opportunity to meet Courtney Stevens when she visits Smyrna West on March 10th. Select students will then get to attend the SE-YA Book Festival at MTSU the next day. The festival is open to the public on Saturday, March 12. Check HERE from more information. And, students, be sure to read Faking Normal or The Lies About Truth as soon as you can!
February 7, 2016
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Job Shadow – in the Paper!
Click here to read the Daily News Journal article about our Job Shadow Day.
January 31, 2016
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SE-YA Book Festival
The SE-YA Book Festival will be here soon. Which books have you read? See the list HERE. Sadly, we don’t have many of them in our school library, but you can borrow them from the Linebaugh Public Library System (see me if you don’t have a library card). Oakland High School has started an excellent online book discussion. I send you there just to see their collection of book reviews and book trailers for many of the authors who will be attending the festival: CLICK HERE. We’ll be learning soon how Smyrna West students will be selected to attend the festival. Hint: READ!