Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Congrats Photos!
Slide show of some of the photos from April Poetry Slam Readers - click to open the show.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
A wonderful celebration poem read by our Leadership Program coordinator here at Silver Creek!
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library. Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it! It's all about the poems!
When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple by Jenny Joseph
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library. Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it! It's all about the poems!
Friday, April 21, 2017
African Slave Poem - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Listen to this poem about slavery written and read by one of our Silver Creek Students.
African Slave Poem
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library. Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it! It's all about the poems!
African Slave Poem
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library. Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it! It's all about the poems!
The Voice You Read - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another poem about snowfall from one of our English
The Voice Your Read When You Read Silently - Thomas Lux
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
The Voice Your Read When You Read Silently - Thomas Lux
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
America - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
A wonderful poem from one of one of our great students here at Silver Creek!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
America by Claude McKay
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Stopping by Woods - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
One of our English teachers here at Silver Creek high School chose to read
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Related Poem Content DetailsBY ROBERT FROST
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Sunday, April 16, 2017
I heard a Fly Buzz - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Lucky us! The second poem from one of esteemed English teachers here at Silver Creek!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died by Emily Dickinson
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Annabel Lee - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Here is a favorite poem by one of our Silver Creek Students
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Those Winter Sundays - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another great poem read by one of our English teachers here at Silver Creek!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Friday, April 14, 2017
Ozymandias - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Our first poem from an English teacher here at Silver Creek!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Smile - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
This poem was read by one of our Silver Creek math teachers!
Smile
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Smile
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Because I could not stop for Death - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
This poem was read by one of our Silver Creek substitute teachers.
Because I could not stop for Death - Emily Dickinson
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Because I could not stop for Death - Emily Dickinson
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
My Fine Tea - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
This poem was read by one of our Silver Creek Students.
My Fine Tea
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
My Fine Tea
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
My Freaking Alarm - - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
This poem was read by one of our Silver Creek Students.
My Freaking Alarm by Demecia Dean
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
My Freaking Alarm by Demecia Dean
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
This Is Just To Say - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
A cute, short poem was read by one of our Silver Creek Teachers!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
This Is Just To Say by Carlos Williams.
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Stupid Pencil Maker - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
This poem was read by one of our Silver Creek Students.
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Stupid Pencil Maker by Shel Silverstein
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another great poem read by one of our Silver Creek Students.
Wynken, Blynken,and Nod - Eugene Field
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Wynken, Blynken,and Nod - Eugene Field
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Chicken Tenders - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Try this fun poem read by one of our Silver Creek students about CHICKEN TENDERS!
Chicken Tenders
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Chicken Tenders
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Monday, April 10, 2017
A Poison Tree - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
A very nice poem read by one of our Silver Creek Students:
A Poison Tree by William Blake
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
A Poison Tree by William Blake
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Still I Rise- part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another great poem read by one of our Silver Creek Principal:
Still I Rise - Mya Angela
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Still I Rise - Mya Angela
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students and staff are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
It's all about the poems!
Darkness - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Student-composed haiku poem read by one of our students!
DARKNESS
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
DARKNESS
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Messy Room - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another great poem read by one of our Silver Creek Students:
Messy Room by Shel Silverstein
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Messy Room by Shel Silverstein
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
The Road Not Taken - part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Another great poem read by one of our Silver Creek Students:
The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Thursday, April 6, 2017
OCD- part of the Poems Out Loud Series #VoicesOfSCHS
Great poem about obsessive-compulsive disorder. The poem is called OCD.
Seriously, you MUST listen to this one!
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Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Seriously, you MUST listen to this one!
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Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your option to make your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Unrequited Love - Poems Out Loud #VoicesOfSCHS
Wonderful poem -Unrequited Love. Great Listen!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
The Glory of the Day - Poems Out Loud by #VoicesOfSCHS
Great submission for the SCHS #VoicesOfSCHS #PoetryMonth
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Notes: All of April, Silver Creek High School Students are encouraged to read their favorite poems in the library.
Choose a poem, and read it! Win your very own Poetry Bracelet for doing it!
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
2017 CHAMPION: BOOK THIEF!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE BOOK THIEF!
Winner of the 2017 March #LiteraryMM Madness for Silver Creek High School.
What a great contest
There were cheers, there were tears, and some amazing upsets.
Thank you all for participating in this year's contest.
Probably none were affected as deeply as own Mr Lathrop who replied with this:
I vote for The Book Thief, for no other reason than to see Gatsby shot in his swimming pool, so to speak.
To quote Ray Zalinsky from the classic movie comedy Tommy Boy, "What the American public doesn't know, is what makes them the American public."
THE BOOK THIEF!Winner of the 2017 March #LiteraryMM Madness for Silver Creek High School.
What a great contest
There were cheers, there were tears, and some amazing upsets.
Thank you all for participating in this year's contest.
Probably none were affected as deeply as own Mr Lathrop who replied with this:
I vote for The Book Thief, for no other reason than to see Gatsby shot in his swimming pool, so to speak.
The loss by Mockingbird is a bitter pill that I will not swallow. Once again, the voting public has profaned its sacred right by voting for a grossly inferior candidate.
To quote Ray Zalinsky from the classic movie comedy Tommy Boy, "What the American public doesn't know, is what makes them the American public."
Wake up, America! Wake up. Forget the ghost of Tom Joad; the ghost of Atticus Finch cries out for justice!
~Jason Lathrop
~Jason Lathrop
Final Bracket
CHAMPIONSHIP DAY! March #LiteraryMM Madness
TODAY IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The BOOK THIEF
Final Four Round #2 winner #LiteraryMM Madness
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The BOOK THIEF
Final Four Round #2 winner #LiteraryMM Madness
The THURSDAY CHAMPIONSHIP (March 23rd) contest Pits
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
CHAMPIONSHIP
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
CHAMPIONSHIP
VOTE TODAY BY REPLYING TO schs_library on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or Facebook!
As of today (Thursday, March 23) the bracket looks like this:
As of today (Thursday, March 23) the bracket looks like this:
For more information, visit the Raptor Library Blog at:
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Final Four, Rnd 2 March #LiteraryMM Madness
* Please know voting for the final/championship will stop a 1pm Thursday and winner will be announced the last block.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The Great Gatsby
Final Four Round #1 winner #LiteraryMM Madness
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The Great Gatsby
Final Four Round #1 winner #LiteraryMM Madness
The Wednesday (March 22nd) contest Pits
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS The Outsiders by SE Hinton!
Final Four - Round #2
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS The Outsiders by SE Hinton!
Final Four - Round #2
VOTE TODAY BY REPLYING TO schs_library on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter or Facebook!
As of today (Wednesday, March 22) the bracket looks like this:
As of today (Wednesday, March 22) the bracket looks like this:
For more information, visit the Raptor Library Blog at:
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Final Four- March #LiteraryMM Madness
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Winner of Round #3 Elite Eight March #LiteraryMM Madness
The Monday (March 20th) contest Pits
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald VS To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Final Four - Round #1
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Winner of Round #3 Elite Eight March #LiteraryMM Madness
The Monday (March 20th) contest Pits
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald VS To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Final Four - Round #1
VOTE TODAY BY REPLYING TO THIS EMAIL!
As of today (Tuesday March 21) the bracket looks like this:
As of today (Tuesday March 21) the bracket looks like this:
For more information, visit the Raptor Library Blog at:
Monday, March 20, 2017
March #LiteraryMM Madness Elite 8- Round 4
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Winner of Round #3 Elite Eight March #LiteraryMM Madness!
The Monday (March 20th) contest Pits
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Elite Eight - Round #4
As of today (Monday 3/20) the bracket looks like this:
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
Winner of Round #3 Elite Eight March #LiteraryMM Madness!
The Monday (March 20th) contest Pits
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak VS Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
Elite Eight - Round #4
As of today (Monday 3/20) the bracket looks like this:
Friday, March 17, 2017
Friday Elite Eight Contenders!
TODAY's Elite Eight Matchup (Friday March 17th)
Pits The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald VS Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Congrats to winner To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday's results bracket
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Wednesday's Bracket! #LiterayMM
Bracket first thing Wednesday morning.
Here are Yesterday's winners!
Here are Yesterday's winners!Tuesday, March 14, 2017
#LiteraryMM rules and news
In case you were wondering:
In the end- one stellar champion will be crowned 2017 as “literary royalty”!
SCHS Literary March Madness!
#literarymm
When? Monday March 13 - Thursday March 23
What? The matchups will be posted daily on @schs_library Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, and @schs.raptorlibrary on Facebook.
How? When you see a new pairing posted, vote for your favorite in the comments, reply on twitter or drop the name in the ballot box in the library! Each unique entry will be counted as a vote and the character with the most votes will be deemed the winner.
Schedule:
March 13&14,Mon/Tues = Sweet 16 (4 match-ups/day)
March 15-20, Wed-Tues = Elite Eight (1 match-up/day)
March 21-22,Tues-Weds = Final Four (1 match-up/day)
March 23rd, Thursday = CHAMPIONSHIP!
In the end- one stellar champion will be crowned 2017 as “literary royalty”!
Monday, 3!13 starts the Sweet 16 of March Literary Madness!
The full bracket is upstairs on the bulletin board near the nest.
You can also follow and VOTE @schs_library to vote on Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram or @schs.library on Facebook.)
OR- Reply to this email with ONE book for each of the following matchups!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONTENDERS!
Matchup #1 Perks of Being a Wallflower VS The Help.
Matchup #2 Great Gatsby VS The Girl on the Train.
Matchup #3 If I Stay VS Looking For Alaska.
Matchup #4 Attack on Titan VS The Book Thief.
question? Mr G
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Feb 7 Tech Tuesday
Need a reading extension for your students? Chromebooks?
Try:
- Stack up app that categorizes time spent in research, online etc. (can be used as a feedback piece for you and your students)
- Tracks time spent, reading level
- Can push out challenges for your students can give students a code by using stakcup.net
- You can specify the website or websites for them to read
- Students LOVE the competition, and relish the reading time
- What about setting differentiated challenges? Not sure.
- More data for kids in a way that makes sense
Jan 3, 2017- Tech Tuesday notes!
Here are some of the things we talked about!
Organization Help
Videos shared with air share in MacBook Air
- Store videos in folder, access in finder
- Use GDocs to write evaluation notes
Create a folder on your destktop, or My documents
- Continue to create a new folder system inside the folders
Article Clutter organizers
Mercury reader (trims ads and pictures of cluttered website)
- Great for printing or saving as PDF
- PDF can be shared with iPads and opened in iBooks
Tab Organizers
Get Toby
One Tab
CHROME
- Sign into chrome browser (upper right side with siloutlette icon)
Prizes:
- cord organizers for all!
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