April is POETRY MONTH!

April is here and that means it's "Poetry Month" at CHS!

Please take a moment out of your busy day sometime this month and savor a poem.  Find a poem here:

• Poetry 180, a poem a day for American High Schools http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/p180-list.html 

  
• Academy of American Poets    http://www.poets.org/

 

• Schmoop poetry  http://www.shmoop.com/poetry/



Did you know Shmoop is currently offering free SAT & ACT prep? 

Just click this link and you'll find comprehensive SAT and ACT prep classes (normally a $23 value) for free! In addition, through a partnership with Zinch.com, a free scholarship and college search website.  Click here to claim the free class by March 31st, 2013.
There are only a certain number of free guides - so act quickly!



It's VOTING TIME!

Yes, it's time again to vote for your favorite Evergreen Young Adult Book Award!

If you have read at least two of these great books, you can vote.  

Voting is open until March 15th, so don't delay - do it today.

You can get a ballot from Mrs. Hightower or vote online: click here to vote. 

Winner announced - The Lost Hero

 by Rick Riordan!

Mackin - Eservices - MACKIN-VIA

click here to go to Mackin VIA

I want to promote Mackin eBooks again, please take a look today.

Our User ID is: mackinncesdhs

Our Password is: ncesd171

You don't have to put a school name in - leave it blank!

We also have another account of 33 free books! I anticipate this will be our account in the future as we buy specific eBooks for our CHS collection. To access these books use:

User ID: Cashmere

Password: Bulldogs

Download VIA apps - click here

Please give ebooks a try, you might really like to be able to read on your computer or other device.

Let me know if you need help, Mrs. H.

Need more information?? go to Mackin - Eservices - MACKIN-VIA

Book Review Contest!

The North Central Regional Library is promoting a book review contest starting Jan. 14th -Feb. 28th. 

The contest, open to all ages, will highlight reviews about books patrons are reading. The winners will be chosen by the number of "likes" they receive on the NCRL Facebook page. 

Go to http://www.ncrl.org/review-contest for more information.

Do you know about the Common Core???

  
Three-Minute Video Explaining the Common Core State Standards from CGCS Video Maker on Vimeo.

The Hobbit comes to the big screen

When Mr. J.R.R. Tolkien first published The Hobbit in 1937, I'm sure he didn't foresee a movie version being made in 2012. The movie premiers this Friday, December 14th, and I'm sure many Lord of the Rings followers are very excited about seeing the first of a trilogy of films adapting Tolkien's famous book. To learn more about the film visit http://www.thehobbit.com/.  See you at the movies!