Let's Stick Together

"Let's StickTogether is the fun, collaborative, community-building activity where participants 'StickTogether' by applying colored stickers to a large coded grid. Once all the stickers are attached, a vibrant mosaic is revealed."

Sticker wall

Progress

Stickers

Make your way to Mepham's MakerSpace and place some stickers on our wall. Our StickTogether poster grid includes 3,996 colored stickers. These sticker mosaic puzzle posters are a fun and easy way to get everyone working together. Can you guess what the final image will be? We can keep a secret! 

Students placing stickers 

Let's Stick Together is in the library

#tbt

Here's another #tbt for Mepham's 80th Anniversary! This one is from the 1948 Treasure Chest (Mepham's yearbook).

Library Club from the Treasure Chest, 1948

True Service

Every period in the week a cheerful and efficient girl may be found behind the desk in the library. This girl is a member of the Library Club and gives up this time to be of service to her school. Her duty is to take care of the books, hand out cards and in general keep the library orderly. This organization, dedicated solely to service, consists of about twenty-five carefully selected Junior and Senor girls, supervised by Mrs. Rauch. For their service, these girls not only gain satisfaction and valuable information but also receive a silver key, after one year and one month of faithful service. 

Good times are also had by this organization at their monthly teas, and twice yearly when they take a trip to New York City for dinner and a show. It's officers are president, Carol Foster; vice-president, Marie Baumann and secretary, Mary Lou Schulte.

Mindfulness @ Mepham

New flyers in Mepham's Library with QR Codes that take you to mindfulness videos.

mind·ful·ness

/ˈmīn(d)f(ə)lnəs/

noun

1. 1.

   the quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.

   "their mindfulness of the wider cinematic tradition"
2. 2.

   a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.

Many teachers in our building have introduced meditation into the classroom as a means of improving students’ attention and reducing stress. Today, we displayed these reminders in the library. Just scan the QR codes to take you to a quick video of mindfulness meditation. We supply earbuds upon request. 

Thanks to Margaux DelGuidice‏ (@metadatachick) and Jennifer Bleicher (@BleicherJen) for the idea! 

#tbt

Here's another #tbt for Mepham's 80th Anniversary! This one is from the 1946 Treasure Chest (Mepham's yearbook).

Library Club from the Treasure Chest, 1946

Library Service

Please renew this book! Where's yesterday's New York Times? Is this book fiction? How much fine do I owe? Whatever your demands in the library, its efficient staff of girls will answer it. Giving up a study hall each day and one hour after school, they are responsible for the smooth functioning of the library and for the numerous tasks connected with it. 

This year the group and Mrs. Rauch, their adviser, had dinner at the Castleholm and then went to see the stage play "Dear Ruth." Although the club has some very pleasant social activities, their first interest is efficient and cheerful service.

Two students look out the library windows.
Treasure Chest, 1946 

MakerSpace Additions

Rubik's Cubes and Jenga are the latest additions to Mepham's MakerSpace. Take a look at the video below that I found on Ted-Ed. This 15-year-old solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 seconds and he says that "the biggest misconception about cubing is that it is difficult, which it really isn't." What do you think?

How a 15-year-old solved a Rubik's Cube in 5.25 seconds

#tbt

Here's another #tbt for Mepham's 80th Anniversary! This one is from the 1962 Treasure Chest (Mepham's yearbook).

Library Club from the Treasure Chest, 1962

Library Club

This year's Library Club has lived up to its tradition as Mepham's most outstanding girls' service organization. The members of the Library Club are always ready and willing to aid any student in our library. They also help the librarians in all the necessary tasks of library administration. In addition to mending and checking out books, dusting, and shelving, this year the girls of the Library Club have completely taken over the magazine room. Yet, perhaps the most widely appreciated change has been the extension of the closing hours to 4:30.

The Library Club is far more than a service organization. The club holds monthly teas for its members. At one tea, they were honored in having the district librarian judge their magazines; in another, they planned a tea honoring Mr. George Rapport's book, The Statesman and the Boss. To terminate a very successful year, the Library Club chose  new members who will carry on its very fine tradition.

Fragments: Ethereal

Fragments (Mepham's literary magazine) has a new contest!

e·the·re·al
adjective
1. extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
    "her ethereal beauty"

Image Source 

Submit your original poetry, short stories, essays, artwork, or photography on the topic "ethereal" to win a prize and the chance to be published!

Deadline: Friday, November 3, 2017.

Place all entries in Mrs. Maresca's mailbox in the main office or email them to Fragments at FragmentsEmail@gmail.com.

Within Reach

'PTA Reflections is a nationally acclaimed student recognition program to encourage artistic creativity in the classroom and at home. National PTA Reflections welcomes all grades and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Annually, thousands of students will reflect on a common theme and create original works of art."

Students may choose one or all of the available arts categories:

• Dance Choreography
• Film Production
• Literature
• Music Composition
• Photography
• Visual Arts

The theme for the 2017-2018 school year is, Within Reach. Deadline for submission is Friday, November 3, 2017. You can also contact Mrs. Carpentieri at jbc427@verizon.net or Mrs. Cannon at laurie0318@msn.com for more information.

EDpuzzle

EDpuzzle is easily Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District's latest technology obsession. Most of our teachers are using EDpuzzle's to enhance their flipped video content (either content that they created on their own or content taken from the Web). They can add questions right into the video, creating a much more interactive experience for their students. 

From the EDpuzzle website: "The easiest way to engage your students with videos. Pick a video, add your magical touch and track your students' understanding.

• Save time: Take already existing videos from Youtube, Khan Academy, Crash Course, etc. or upload your own.
• Engage students easily: Enable self-paced learning with interactive lessons, add your voice and questions along the video.
• Reinforce accountability: Know if your students are watching your videos, how many times and see the answers they give."

This website is free and there is an iOS app, Android app, Chrome app and a YouTube extension. 

We're Eighty, Matey!

Wellington C. Mepham High School turns 80 this year! In honor of our anniversary, we are going to be throwing it back on Thursdays (#tbt) to show you photos from Mepham Library's past. From the 1951, Treasure Chest (Mepham's yearbook), the photo below shows the Library Club.

Library Club from the Treasure Chest, 1951

Library Club 

The girls in the Library Club, under the expert leadership of Miss Shaver, put in many hours of hard work keeping the library running smoothly. Besides giving up one study hall a day, they also put in one hour a week after school. But all was not work, either. They gave teas once every month, and went into the city to see the play "Peter Pan." 

Scare Your Pants Off... Literally!

Mepham Library Bulletin Board

Have you seen the movie IT? Did it scare you? Try reading the book. We have it here in the Mepham Library available for check out!