Social Butterfly

Ms. Stack as a "Social Butterfly" on Halloween

On Halloween, Ms. Stack came dressed as a "Social (Media) Butterfly." She discussed Internet safety with our students. More tips to come.

Literary Book Club

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Literary Book Club: Join us on Wednesday, October 17th in room 232, as we discuss Angie Thomas’ book, The Hate You Give. Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. All are welcome to attend. This is an ELITE Event. You can sign up here to attend. 

Place of Study?

Buccaneer Vol. XLII 

While doing some research for our Buccaneer (Mepham's newspaper) staff, Mrs. Gellerman came across this interesting article regarding the school library. It even has a rebuttal by Wilma M. Cope, Librarian (great name by the way)! Personally, I would love to get my hands on Alison Goldstein's petition (wonder what was on that)!

The Mepham Library of yesteryear may still be seen in the construction of the space, but it hardly resembles the atmosphere today. When Ms. Cope stated that, "the librarians have tried to be more tolerant of moderate student talking of short duration;" I literally laughed out loud. Our library is anything but quiet. Learning is not always quiet. In fact, sometimes learning is loud. And we like it that way!

"Adopt Me" Bandanas

ELITE Event in the school library

On Monday, October 15th in the school library's MakerSpace at 2:15 pm, we will be creating "Adopt Me" Bandanas for cats and dogs up for adoption at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter. All materials will be provided. This is an ELITE event. Sign up here.

UPDATE: We were able to donate over 80 "Adopt Me" Bandanas to the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter. #mephamgivesback

Google Classroom Update

There were so many great updates to Google Classroom over the summer and this September. Check out what's new on the Google Classroom Help page. What's great about this page is that it provides a description of each new feature and a link to more information on using it in Classroom. You can also get the latest updates on Classroom, by following Google for Education on Facebook or Twitter. Your Mepham Technology Integration Mentors (Ms. Desmond, Ms. Stack, and Ms. Tschan) recently hosted a Lunch N' Learn in the school library to prepare teachers for all the recent changes. As always, you can stop by anytime to ask questions if you are having trouble. We are here to help!

The "New" Google Classroom

The Teens' Top Ten

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in fifteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. Readers ages twelve to eighteen can vote online between August 15 and Teen Read Week™ (October 7-13, 2018) here on the Teens' Top Ten site. The winners will be announced the week after Teen Read Week.

Teens can vote for their 3 favorite titles from their list of nominees! Check out the nominees video and go vote!