OAK PARK AND RIVER FOREST HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARYJanuary 2011 Monthly Report

HIGHLIGHTS

You are a great research librarian and school resource! –Joseph J. Kostal

Playaways made available to students

Teacher quote:

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Fantasy display Award winners display

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Folk art display

Created resource lists for physics, biology, and chemistry

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Ann Carlson served as a judge for the MLK essay writing contest.

Participated in a bullying webinar on 1/25/11.

EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION

Online pathfinder made for all the following: Novotny – 20th c. decades art Burns and Limburg – “The south won” debate Bayer – Cancer project (books also gathered) Strimple – Monologue selection (scripts organized by genre) Hanson – Education debates (books also gathered) Rubinow – Help finding extra credit science articles Hennings – Web 2.0 instruction for AP Bio review Spilotro – Glogster project Spilotro – Xtranormal project Stovall – Persuasive papers Lombardo – Xtranormal project Walter – Things Fall Apart – Cultural project McNary – Jr. theme

COLLABORATION

Organized plays by genre for Ms. Strimple’s acting class and helped them find scenes for their final project

Collaborated with the TLC team at an academic technology meeting to find the best ways to support student learning with technology

Gave two book talks geared toward junior theme to Ms. Stovall’s classes

Gave two book talks to Mr. Coughlin’s classes Continued Old World Encounters Research Project

with Mr. Goldberg, Ms. O’Keefe, and Mr. Maloney Ms. Dobias’s history class researched the Civil

War – pulled a selection of books for students

JANUARY STATISTICS(LIBRARY STUDY HALL CLOSED 1ST TWO DAYS OF SECOND SEMESTER.)

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