Suncatchers

On Monday, May 9, 2022, the Mepham High School Library's MakerSpace will be hosting an ELITE Event after school. Students and faculty will have the opportunity to create suncatchers from plastic cups. By using permanent makers on #6 plastics, also known as polystyrene, we can bake them in the oven on broil and they melt down flat, creating our beautiful suncatchers. All materials will be provided and all students are welcome to attend. Let's start spring off right! Sign up by scanning the QR code or clicking this link here. 

Consider the Source New York

On April 13, 2022, I had the opportunity to attend the Long Island Diversity and Collaborative Knowledge Institute at Huntington Town Hall. This full-day workshop was designed to facilitate and foster collaboration between K-12 educators and those working in local museums, archives, libraries, and other cultural organizations that collect, preserve, and make accessible historical records. We had the opportunity to come together for a day of professional learning and knowledge sharing with the goal of working on ways to facilitate better channels of communication between teachers and custodians of local primary sources. We also explored and learned about the different ways historical records can be used in the classroom. The keynote speaker, Josephine Smith, Cultural Educator, Shinnecock Indian Education Program, spoke about the importance of viewing documents with a critical eye. We are continuing to brainstorm ways to bring historical societies and primary documents into our schools. Stay tuned for some fun creative ideas coming to Bellmore.

Library Card Poems

On April 11, 2022, after school in the library, we will be hosting an ELITE Event for National Poetry Month. All materials will be supplied and all students are welcome to attend. Sign up by scanning the QR code on the bottom of the flyer or by clicking here. 

See Beyond the Spectrum

April is National Autism Awareness Month. Let's remember to embrace neurodiversity in school, at home, and in the community. Check out our display of books that feature diverse characters.

There's A Poem in This Place

It's National Poetry Month and we are celebrating in the Mepham High School Library! On Monday, April 11th join us after school in the library to make your own Library Card Poem. Don't know what that means? Neither do we. It can be anything you want it to be. We will supply old-fashioned library cards and writing implements (pen, pencil, marker, crayon, colored pencil, etc.) and you write down your poem. When you are finished, you can take it with you or we can display it in the library. Perhaps you will write a sonnet or a haiku. It's entirely up to you! 

About National Poetry Month:

Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry's important place in our lives.

Book Club #5

Mepham's Book Club will meet in the library after school on Wednesday, April 27th to discuss Every Day by David Levithan. All students are welcome to attend this book club. Snacks will be provided.

About Every Day:
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until the teen wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon.