Traveling & Black Friday #5

Amazon review of Feed by M.T. Anderson

Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains.For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days.

Winner of Thanksgiving Feed Your Brain

Congratulations to Cedric Spriggs! Go to the PTO snack bar to pick up your free Chick fil A.

Traveling & Black Friday #4

From Crank by Ellen Hopkins

“you come home, and everyone talks at once and everyone asks questions, but no one waits for the answers.Instead they talk about themselves, what they've been up to, what they're going to do next, as if you're a photo on the wall.And then they talk to one another, forgetting you've jsut flown in, forgetting you're in the backseat, forgetting they've already said it all.”

Traveling & Black Friday #3

Excerpt from Wikipedia about Squirrel Seeks Chimpmonk: "Sedaris said in an October 2010 interview with The Washington Post, "If I wrote, 'Phillip and Amanda had been dating for two weeks when they ran out of things to talk about', I would have to give you a whole description. But, everyone knows what a squirrel and a chipmunk look like. So, I wrote it as, 'The squirrel and the chipmunk had been dating for two weeks when the

y ran out of things to talk about.'""

The Occupy Wall Street Library Regrows in Manhattan | American Libraries Magazine

The Occupy Wall Street Library Regrows in Manhattan | American Libraries Magazine

Traveling & Black Friday #2

Skippy Dies

by Paul Murray

Why does Skippy, a fourteen-year-old boy at Dublin’s venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop?

Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, an overweight genius who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory?

Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy’s rival in love?

Or could “the Automator”—the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school—have something to hide?

Traveling & Black Friday #1

Over the next few days, I shall post books that you may want to take along to read while traveling to family for Thanksgiving or camping out at Black Friday. Come to the library and check them out.

The first one is The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein. Here is a review.

No Questions Asked!

Participate in the JY Student Book Swap! Bring a (gently used book) and trade it for another book. The Book Swap cart is right near the circulation desk. Follow the library @YatesLibrary for current titles to trade.

Winners of Feed your Brain!

There are 13 winners! Names are posted in the library and cafeteria. The winners' list was emailed to teachers, too. Check out the lists and pick up your free Chick fil A lunch. Congratulations!

Happy Halloween!

Here is one that I am sure will put you in the mood. Stop by the library to check it out!/

The book is being made into a movie, coming out June 2012. Here is the trailer

Are You Scared to Read?

There are seven good "scary" reads. Stop by the library to check them out.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Mighty Lions!

• Whereas, the ability to read and process information is a basic survival skill; and

• Whereas, too few teens think reading is a valuable tool for enjoyment as well as for schoolwork; and

• Whereas, regular daily reading for the fun of it creates the reading habit for life and improvement in reading skills;

• Therefore, be it resolved that on this 24th day of October, 2011,
I, Principal McNeal-Sheppard proclaim October 17 to November 18, Teen Read Month at Jack Yates High School and encourage teens to read for the fun of it.

Be Inspired!

Picture It @ your library®! October 17-November 18 Picture It at the Hazel Hainsworth Young Library at Jack Yates High School during Teen Read Month! Pick up graphic novels, video DVDs, the Bluford Series, SAT and AP study guides, fantasy titles, teen fiction and more. Stop by today and find something that inspires you, just for the fun of it!

Guest Blogger: Henry

My name is Henry. I’d like to tell other teens who don’t use the library that they should definitely check it out. There is more to do here than they may think. They have cool programs like Lunch Loteria,Teen Book Swap, and monthly contests and they’re free. They have all kinds of stuff to read like magazines, graphic novels, manga, and more. My favorite book from the library is Killing Mr. Griffin.

Even if you don’t like to read, the library has great stuff like movies and music. I bet if you look or ask a librarian for help, you’ll find something good! And at a time when my parents and everyone else is trying to spend less money, the library is the perfect place to go. My library also has computers I can use for homework, to keep in touch with my friends and family. Also, parents should go to the library, too! They can see all of the resources the library has for the whole family.

October 17 to November 18 is Teen Read Month and my librarian, Ms. Hunter says that the theme for Teen Read Month is "Picture It! @ your library" which is great because it includes so much! I can read about movies, photography, cartooning or even a graphic novel. If I can read it, I can picture it!

So, don’t forget to read a book and check out the library!

Feed Your Brain! Come in for a Bite!

Enter the American Library Association/Young Adult Library Services Association (ALA/YALSA) Flicker library photo contest or the Dining on Books Trivia Contest. Winners will receive an e-reader and gift bag.

Visit the school library or follow the library Twitter for more details about Teen Read Month's contests.

Keep reading with pride!

Picture It! Teen Reads Photo Contest

The theme for National Teen Read Week is Picture It. Enter the American Library Association's photo contest. Create a visual version of your favorite book's title. Details here.

Teen Read Month!

October 17- November 18 is Teen Read Month! We have a lot of exciting activities for you. Ask your English/Reading teacher or the librarian for details. Here are some of the activities:

• Meta Four Houston Poetry Workshop at HPL Smith Neighborhood Library
• Live chat with Lisa McMann, author of Wake
• Poe Party Dinning on Books Come in for a Bite! Feed Your Brain!
• Picture It @YourLibrary Flicker Photo Contest
• Books to Movies Contest
• No Questions Asked- JY Book Swap

Meet the librarian in the cafeteria during lunch or after school or follow us on Twitter @YatesLibrary for details.

Reading with Pride

Today, students attended a celebration of JY Reading with Pride! The following students and staff completed Dr. Grier's summer reading challenge of reading at least five books this summer. Congratulations to:

Musuluma, Jorshae, Armontre, Charles, Alaye, Dat, Ariel, Brittney, Ms. Clary, Ms.Cooke, and Mr. Johnson

The students received the following Reader VIP gifts:

-millionaire beads
-free YA books
-Jack in the Box coupons for free shakes, free meals, and a free drink with purchase
-Free tickets to a Houston Rockets game
-a book cover
-pen
-a coupon for a free Chick Fil La sandwich
-an invitation to the PTO ice cream social
The staff members received beads and a teacher supply tote bag filled with goodies.

Thanks to Ms. Broussard for helping with the decorations and issuing the incentives! Thank you to Ms. Payne for helping to coordinate the program and celebration!

Pictures should appear here soon. (Some forgetful librarian forgot to bring her camera interface to school with her. ) Look for photos by 10:00 P.M.

Read a banned book!

Austin Teen Book Festival

It is this weekend.I am planning to dress in Steampunk costume. I am so excited!

Banned Book- Crank by Ellen Hopkins

...suffering the pain of trying to figure out who she is and who she wants to be. She is introduced to drugs by a boy she meets on a summer visit to her estranged father’s and finds herself becoming addicted, losing control of her life, herself and her decisions...
from the Yalsa Hub
Crank is also a 2011-2012 Name That Book Selection

This week is Banned Books Week

All Jack Yates Students and staff, celebrate your intellectual freedom!


Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Our school library supports the freedom to access information and express ideas. Our library program also stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or even unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them. This week, visit the library to view the banned books display and practice your intellectual freedom.

Image from: http://mvclibrary.wordpress.com/category/banned-book-week/

Lunch Loteria, Extra Credit, & Wing Stop!

Mario has won three games of Lunch Loteria. If he wins two more games, he gets to enter for a free box from Wing Stop!

Come practice Spanish and earn extra credit with

Lunch Loteria! I shall meet you in the cafeteria during lunch.

Extra Credit for Senior English

The survey is still up and running. Hurry, hurry before grade go in. See Ms. Williams or Ms. Nauls-Jones for deadline and the amount of extra credit points.

Go to August 24

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

September 16-October 15
Lotto at lunch, Come to our library to find out more or ask Mr. Jenness, Ms. Murphy, Ms. Aguliar, or Mr. C. Johnson about our upcoming Hispanic Heritage Festival!

Congratulations to our Millionaire Summer Reading Club Winners!

(photos will appear here, soon)

Last Changce to Submit Reading Lists

Friday, September 9 is your last chance to turn in your Millionaire Club Summer Reading List to Ms. Hunter or your english teachers.

Preparing for Dia de la Muertos

Art students, please let your instructor know when you have viewed this video.

Book Recommendations from Guest Blogger Cletus Johnson

Ms. Hunter,

Here is my list of books that I read over the summer. Dr. Grier asked for five (5). I finished eleven (11) and am still going strong.

The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver
Known to Evil, by Walter Mosley
When the Thrill is Gone , by Walter Mosley
My Name is Asher Lev, by Chiam Potok
Chasin’ the Train: The Music and Mystique of John Coltrane, by J. C. Thomas
Thinking Through Aesthetics, by Marilyn Stewart
Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Susan Vreeland
A Caribbean Mystery, by Agatha Christie
Heidegger, Habermas and the Mobile Phone, by George Myerson
Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus. Paul Roche, translator
Classroom Management that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Every Teacher, by Robert Marzano with Jana S. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering

Update on assigned summer reading

Most books for English/Language Arts and Art summer reading assignments for traditional and AP classes are still available in the library. 'sorry, all copies of Catcher in the Rye have been checked out. Please check with us after September 9th.

Kudos to the Jack Yates High School Maritime Academy

I enjoyed having you in the library today and yesterday! The best classes were 1st,2nd,4th,6th,and 8th periods. The "Excellent Citizenship Scholars" for Ms. Clary's classes is 6th period. Just ask any of there about a word on the library's word wall and you can be assured that the students can elaborate on any term. The 6th period class photo will appear here soon. Congratulations to the Maritime Academy for being the first classes to schedule and complete library orientation! Students, keep up the good work under the direction of Ms. Clary.

Copies of summer reading are still available

Books for English/Language Arts and Art summer reading assignments for traditional and AP classes are still available in the library. Come check them out.

How did you like "The Help"?

Tell us your thoughts on "The Help" and earn extra credit points in your English/Reading class.

Click here to take survey

Welcome Back

I am excited about meeting new students and seeing everyone else! We are going to have a spectacular year!

Please visit the library often. Teacher orientation is scheduled for the first three weeks of school. Department chairs must schedule times to review procedures and learn about new resources and services our library provides.

When students visit the library before school, during lunch, and after school, the librarian or volunteer will pick them up from the cafeteria. During class time a teacher must sign the students agenda book AFTER the student has completed their "Assignment Information Sheet".

Do not forget that you must submit your HISD Millionaire Reading Log to your English/Reading teachers or librarian by September 7th.

You are going tohave a great year!

The Help: Read It Before You See It

Trailer

The movie opens August 10. Several copies of the book are available in our library. Come check them out!

Book Recommendation: Ghetto Cowboy

Ghetto Cowboy, by G. Neri from Rick's Picks Blog

30 July 2011 GHETTO COWBOY by G. Neri, Candlewick, August 2011, 218p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-4922-7
"The stables is nothing more than a few garages and some vacant lots with old buildings that look like they made outta scrap. I peek inside one. It's dark and smells all dank like horse. There's banged-up plywood and hay on the floor, and the ceiling is covered in cobwebs so thick, it looks like nobody ever cleaned up there before. The stalls is small, with no windows, and the wood is old and warped, like it's been there forever. There's maybe ten horses inside, all poking their heads outta their cubbyholes, looking at me like I'm the one who shouldn't be in the city. Why they need horses out here, anyhow? I don't get it."

GHETTO COWBOY, which combines elements of the movie Boyz n the Hood and Elaine Konigsberg's story The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (both old favorites of mine), is about the keeping of some [other] horses in Philadelphia, some that you've probably not seen even if you call Philadelphia home.

... a young teenager named Coltrane will, in the middle of a down-on-its-heels northern Philadelphia neighborhood, find the beauty in an old racehorse. The horse is among those who has been saved from the dog food manufacturers by a pack of black cowboys. Cole doesn't remember this area -- he was a baby when he and his mother left Cole's cowboy father behind and headed to his mother's hometown of Motown. But when Coltrane blows off seventh grade and is heading for real trouble, his frustrated mom packs him in the car and dumps him off with that cowboy father (Harper) who he's never known.

GHETTO COWBOY is the coming of age story of Coltrane and the fiery old racehorse he names Boo. It is a great story of community building and of the therapeutic affect of animals and of the history of black cowboys.


Richie Partington, MLIS
Richie's Picks http://richiespicks.com

Book Recommendations from Guest Blogger Linda Clary!

Good Morning Ms. Hunter,


I've had a nice summer and have made time for reading. Below are the books that have entertained me over the summer.


-- "One Second After" by William R. Forstchen

-- "The Shack" by William P. Young

-- "The Vigilantes" by W.E.B. Griffin

-- "Tough Customer" by Sandra Brown

-- "The Confession" by John Grisham

You are dressed too well to be innocent

Book Recommendation, Innocent Spouse: A Memoir

From NPR's Marketplace

The day after Carol Ross Joynt's husband died, she learned that he was being investigated for criminal federal tax fraud. She discusses the tax clause that protected her from the liabilities of her husband's actions.

This one may be more popular to adults, rather than YAs. Read an except and listen to an interview with the author here

Free Movie Ticket

The first student or JYHS employee to contact me via email at jylibrary@gmail.com will will a free movie ticket for "The Help". Remember, "The Help" was one of our Name That Book selections for 2010-2011. See some of our previous blog entries about "The Help".

June 9 entry Click Here

September 29, 2010 student entry Click Here


Follow us on Twitter as "YatesLibrary".

Get Your Butterbeer

The Last Harry Potter

An Evening with Ann Brashares

An Evening with Ann Brashares, author of the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”; July 7, 6PM at the Central Library.

Book Recommendation:Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama

"The twenty-first-century successful black woman is brilliant and tenacious and not afraid to flex her intellectual, spiritual, or financial muscles. "- Excerpt from Sophia Nelson's Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths And Discovering Fulfillment In The Age Of Michelle Obama

Book Recommendation: Silver Sparrow

Read Chapter 1 from a

tale of secret sistersby Tayari Jones

Come out and support youth poets!

Brazos Bookstore Event

Poetry Events at HPL

Poetry Events at HPL
Several poets are featured. Outspoken Bean of MetaFour Houston will perform too!

Book Recommendations: Humanities Texas

Summer reading recommendations from Humanities Texas

Thank you Barbara Rivas, Librarian at Ortiz MS for sending this to us.

Meta-Four Houston's Youth Slam

Meta-Four Houston's Youth Slam Team performs Friday at Coffee Groundz, 7:30p.m.

Do not forget MetaFour's fundraiser, next week. MetaFour needs your help in sending the team to the Brave New Voices 2011 International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in San Francisco, the largest ongoing spoken word event in the world!

Location

Books Better Than Movies

HISD Connect - Spotlight on Summer Reading: Key MS Librarian Jerome Hurt

HISD Connect - Spotlight on Summer Reading: Key MS Librarian Jerome Hurt

Billy Reagan Talks About Desegregation in Schools

Houston Public Library's Digital Archive: Billy Reagan's Oral History on Desegregation

Extra! Extra! Read All...

Book Recommendation: Twelve Angry Men

This classic by Reginald Rose forces one to consider one's own integrity, prejudices, and sense of self. After reading this short play, you will see what makes Twelve Angry Men "timeless".

This is also a Name That Book book and has also been adapted into movie versions. We have copies of the play in our library and the movies are on DVD. Check out the movie trailer on Youtube.

Book and Movie Recommendation

Here is another one! Water for Elephants, both, the book and the movie is available. We have several copies of the book in our library and the movie has been released on DVD. Water for Elephants is also a past Name That Book book.

Teen Reads book review
Movie Trailer

Book Recommendation: The Help

The Help by Kathry Stockett


The Help was one of last year's Name That Book reads and is incontrovertibly this summer's must read!

Here are a few quote from Stockett's synopsis:

"Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, ... she would normally find solace in her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared"

"Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way."

"Minny, Aibileen's best friend... finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own."

Our library has several copies. Pick one up and read it before the movie premieres in August.

Book Recommendations: Contemporary Titles

Contemporary Titles from Stacked Books.
Six of these eight are available in our library. Check out our catalog to find them.

Welcome Summer Program Students

The Hazel Hainsworth Young Library welcomes incoming freshmen participants of our Transitional Summer Program! Pop by the library to learn how you can use the catalog at school and at home; learn about our information centers; get book recommendations; update your Tweets; join the Millionaire Club; or just come meet the librarian.

Summer Reading Lists

English Department and AP Art Reading Lists

Book Recommendation: Blackthorn Winter

Blackthorn Winter by Kathryn Reiss
Hopefully, this one with "winter" in the title will cool you off.An idyllic seaside artists' colony in England is the scene of murder, and fifteen-year-old American-born Juliana Martin-Drake attempts to solve the crime while unraveling the mystery of her own past.

Several copies of this past Name That Book selection are available in our library.

Book Recommendation: Incantation

Incantation, by Alice Hoffman brings to life the Spanish Inquisition. Here is a quote from the book: "A monster is hard to see and even harder to kill. It takes time to grow so huge, time to crawl up into the open air."

Teen Reads review

Check it out this summer. We have several copies, including MP3 audio book.

Become a Millionaire!

All HISD students and employees of HISD are being challenged to read at least five books during the summer. Find time to go to the library or bookstore. Express interest in reading; have books around your house. Follow our library blog or follow us on Twitter for book recommendations.

Our school library will be open during the summer for students and staff to check out books. Check out the library schedule to see which days the library will be open. When school starts in August, find a special treat if you have completed the 5 book challenge.

Our Twitter account is YatesLibrary

What is the Millionaire Club?

How does it work?

Return Library Books

All students and staff must turn in books now. There are no fines right now. After May 19, paperback books are $10 and hardback books are $20. Graphic novels are considered hardback.

Some days, the library will be closed for testing. Please come during any of the three lunch periods or after school to return books if the library is closed for testing. Check the library's schedule to see other times to come to return books. After May 19, the librarian will be involved with inventory in another part of the building. Please read the signs posted on the bulletin board outside the library, in the library windows, and on the library doors.

Students who do not return books, pay fines, or perform community service in the library will not be eligible to sit for exams. If you are not sure if you still have items, check with your English teacher or the librarian. English teachers have been receiving overdue slips for students every other month since October. Please take care of your responsibilities.

Support Angelica, Jerrick, and HISD Tomorrow

Tomorrow Barnes & Noble will host it's HISD Book Fair. A percentage of whatever you spend, even Starbucks, will be donated to HISD's Name That Book program. Educators receive an even bigger discount that the everyday deal! Remember, the new Name That Book lists will be revealed. The high school list will be revealed at noon.

Our Name That Book Captain Jerrick and Angelica will be announcers for this event! Come out at noon to Barnes & Noble, 3003 West Holcombe, near Randall's.

Need Help finding a Book?

Here is a website that can assist you in finding a book just for your reading level. If you do not know what information to place on the online form, see your librarian. She has your lexile number.

Click here.

Teen Read's Beach Bag Contest

Contest rules and information

Library Books are Due!

All students and staff must turn in books now. There are no fines right now. After May 19, paperback books are $10 and hardback books are $20. Graphic novels are considered hardback.

Some days, the library will be closed for testing. Please come during any of the three lunch periods or after school to return books if the library is closed for testing. Check the library's schedule to see other times to come to return books. After May 19, the librarian will be involved with inventory in another part of the building. Please read the signs posted on the bulletin board outside the library, in the library windows, and on the library doors.

Students who do not return books, pay fines, or perform community service in the library will not be eligible to sit for exams. If you are not sure if you still have items, check with your English teacher or the librarian. English teachers have been receiving overdue slips for students every other month since October. Please take care of your responsibilities.

HISD Millionaire Reading Club Kicks Off!

HISD Kicks Off Millionaire Summer Reading Club

Support HISD at Barnes and Noble

Support HISD next Saturday, May 14. Barnes & Noble, Vanderbilt Square location ( W. Holcombe, between Kirby and Buffalo Speedway) will host it's HISD Book Fair. A percentage of whatever you spend, even Starbucks, will be donated to HISD's Name That Book program. Educators receive an even bigger discount that the everyday deal! Remember, the new Name That Book lists will be revealed. The high school list will be revealed at noon.

Library Closes May 19. Turn in Books Now!

All students and staff must turn in books now. There are no fines right now. After May 19, paperback books are $10 and hardback books are $20. Graphic novels are considered hardback.

Some days, the library will be closed for testing. Please come during any of the three lunch periods or after school to return books if the library is closed for testing. Check the library's schedule to see other times to come to return books. After May 19, the librarian will be involved with inventory in another part of the building. Please read the signs posted on the bulletin board outside the library, in the library windows, and on the library doors.

Students who do not return books, pay fines, or perform community service in the library will not be eligible to sit for exams. If you are not sure if you still have items, check with your English teacher or the librarian. English teachers have been receiving overdue slips for students every other month since October. Please take care of your responsibilities.

Poetry Contest Winners

Congratulations!

1st Place-Julius
2nd Place-Raishell

A special thank you to our judges: R. Prince, C. Durham, G. Maybin, A. Nauls, Nurse Williams, N. Payne, L. Ward, and S. Guillory

Water for Elephants

The movie is released today! We have several copies of the book. It was one of our Name That Book titles.

Trailer

Get Your Wrist Band for "The Help"

Author Kathryn Stockett will be in Houston May 2. She will be at Barnes and Noble. Information about author visit

A Poem in Four Letters

Happy Poetry Month!

Our New Twitter Account

Follow us on our new account YatesLibrary. Just as our old Twitter account veldahunterlibr, this new account will keep you updated about the Hazel Hainsworth Young Library. The old account will still be updated, but for other librarians.

In short, use YatesLibrary for our school library. Continue to use veldahunterlibr if you are a librarian or professional interested in information literacy, libraries, etc...

Come challenge Raishell

So far, Raishell is undefeated in our poetry competition. Come join us Thursday at 7:15 AM. Do not forget to bring breakfast and a friend.

Book Into Movie: Beastly

Beastly by Alex Flinn, the modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast opens it's film adaptation tomorrow. Here is the Teen Reads review. Check out one of our several copies of the book. This book is one of our past Name That Book books.

April is Poetry Month!

Join us at the Poetry Club, 7:15 AM Thursday

Come forf details about our school wide poetry contest. Bring original music, art, poetry, breakfast, and friends!

Congratulate Us!

Angelica, Raishele, Lauren, and Captain Jerrick represented Jack Yates in Name That Book!

We thank Ms. Prince, Ms. Durham, and Ms. Rainey for their support.

Team Name That Book

Tomorrow, we participate in Name That Book!

African-American History: Book Recommendation

NPR's New Discoveries in Black History host Michel Martin speaks with Rick Bowers, author of Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy of the Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement. Listen

African-American History: Book Recommendation

The Help, by Kathryn Stockett

We have several copies in our library. Check it out and bring it back as soon as you finish. It is a Name That Book selection.

How to Talk to Girls

This book wins the award for the most handled book in our Love, Love, Love Valentine's Day display. Excerps from the book: "Comb your hair and don't wear sweats. Control your hyperness (cut down on the sugar if you have to).
Don't act desperate."

African-American History: Book Recommendation

Lucent Library of Black History We have these books in our collection. Come check them out!

African-American History: Book Recommendation

Arc of Justice by Kevin Boyle