Poem in Your Pocket

Celebrate the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day!

We celebrated last year with our Poet-Tree and had a blast.

The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with fellow students, family, and friends on April 17th (Happy Birthday Mom!).

Poems from pockets will be unfolded throughout the day. If you stop by at the school library and show us your Poem in Your Pocket you will be handsomely rewarded!

Join the Circle of Knowledge @ Your Library

Do you want to research your next vacation? Get help with homework? Write a resume? Connect to the Internet? Maybe you just want to curl up with your favorite book and enjoy some peace and quiet. You can do all of that and more at your library. Celebrate National Library Week, April 13 to the 19th, and see what’s new @ your library.

A message brought to you by the American Library Association’s Campaign for America's Libraries and the William S. Christy Memorial Library (aka the Mepham High School Library).

Created Equal

The W.C. Mepham High School Library is one of 3,000 libraries across the country selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA) to receive free hardcover editions of 17 classic books from the first We the People Bookshelf. The theme of this year’s bookshelf is “Created Equal.” The award is part of the NEH’s We the People initiative, which supports projects that strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. We have all the books on special display in our library. We, the library staff invite you to check them out...literally.

Cut Loose!

I been working so hard
Keep punching my card
Eight hours, for what?
Oh, tell me what I got
I get this feeling
That time's just holding me down
I'll hit the ceiling
Or else I'll tear up this town
Tonight I gotta cut
Loose, footloose

Come see a fantastic cast including, you guessed it - your librarian, Ms. Stack, John Pawlikowsky, and two wonderful social studies teachers, Ms. Dennis, and Ms. Miller cut loose in Mepham High School's spring musical Footloose! Opening Night is Thursday, April 10th @ 7:30 p.m. If you miss that performance, don't worry, you can catch the one on Friday, April 11th @ 7:30 p.m. or Saturday, April 12th @ 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5. We want to see you there to kick off your Sunday shoes!

Before, During, & After

Ms. Stack BEFORE

Ms. Stack DURING - I just donated 10+ inches of my hair to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths campaign. My hair will create free, real-hair wigs for women who've lost their hair due to cancer.

Ms. Stack AFTER - BALD for St. Baldricks Foundation!

Ms. Hirsch BEFORE

Ms. Hirsch DURING - she donated two pony tails of hair to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths campaign.

Ms. Hirsch AFTER - BALD and Beautiful!

Ms. Hirsch and I would like to thank all those students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends who supported us in our St. Baldrick's Foundation effort to raise funds for childhood cancer research. The students at Mepham High School and throughout the Bellmore-Merrick CHSD have shown their generosity, braveness, and compassion. With your support, encouragement, and donations, our district raised over $100,000. Additionally, 65 people shaved their heads at Tuesday night's event and 40 ladies chopped their locks for Pantene's Beautiful Lengths campaign. This has been an amazing community effort and we are so proud to have been a part of it. Stop by the library to get a glimpse of your very BALD library staff!

Chop Your Locks for Charity

Do you want to see Ms. Stack bald? For more information, check out the video podcast below.

On March 18th at 6 o'clock in the evening in the South Gym, students and faculty at Mepham High School will "Chop Their Locks For Charity." What's this all about? Students and faculty will be able to donate 8+ inches of their hair for Patene's Beautiful Lengths campaign or shave their heads for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Want to join in the fun? Sign up today with Ms. Netto is room 234. If the students at Mepham raise a total of $25,000, your librarian is going au naturale! Check out Ms. Stack's donation page.

Tune In @ Your Library®

Get Connected @ Your Library® March 2 – 8! Think the library is all about books? Think again. The library is also about blogs, podcasts, gaming, music, and more. Stop by or the library or visit our Website during Teen Tech Week to tune into these technologies.

There are many new cool tools on the market that are perfect for teens. With the new RockStar from Belkin, you can share and mix music with friends. RockStar is a unique hub that connects a combination of MP3 players and headphones. Attach your headphones and hear your friend’s play list. Or, add another iPod to mix songs and listen together. This device will be available in the US in March and costs around $20. For more info on the latest tech toys come into the library!