Seniors: All books and materials are due May 15.
Underclassmen: Everything is due May 22. |
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 Come check out our April book display showcasing books that have been made into movies. Titles include The Host by Stephenie Meyer and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. |
 Click the link below to sign up for a free poem a day delievered to your email inbox!
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 We are celebrating National Library Week at Sam Rayburn Library! Come by and check out one of our new arrivals. |
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If you have any suggestions or requests for titles you'd like to have available in the library, come see me. I'm submitting our spring book order in March. |
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Click the link below to read about a library book returned 55 years late with a check for $100 in fines. Don't let this happen to you! Turn your library books in on time and take care of fines promptly!
Click this link: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/fine-library-book-returned-55-years-article-1.1256332 |
 Join the SRHS "First Read" club. It’s easy! Simply be the first to read one of the new books that recently arrived in the library and we’ll place your name on a “First Read” plate at the front of the book.
Nevermore cover photo taken from amazon.com |
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Read this article about Biblio Tech, a book-less library opening soon in San Antonio:
article link: http://living.msn.com/life-inspired/the-daily-dose-blog-post?post=7921a7ba-839c-4f54-93b1-2e9154cb5de4 What do you think? Will libraries of the future have books? Would you miss them if they were gone? picture taken from above article, "New library to be book-less" |
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Come to the library and check out our SRHS book club! We meet Thursdays after school. We're currently reading books to prepare for the 2013 Name that Book competition that will be hosted here at Sam Rayburn.
Remember... The first rule of book club... Don't talk about book club! |
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Don't forget to check out some reading material for the Holiday Break. All books and materials will be due when we return to school on January 8, 2013.
clipart from http://www.noblenet.org/merrimack/newsletter/images/booksnowman.gif |
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 We are happy to announce our new Kindle Cafe, available mornings and afternoons in the library. Check out a Kindle to use in the library before or after school with your student ID. We are not yet ready to check out kindles for home use. Stay tuned for more updates! |
 It's great to be back in the library! Grace is now 3 months old and it's so great to see everyone again. Make sure to stop by and say hello. |
Grace Amber Leith was born on August 9 and Mrs. Leith is enjoying staying home to care for her for a few weeks! She will return to her desk at Sam Rayburn sometime during the week before Thanksgiving. In the meantime, Mrs. Keith is substituting for her. Stop by and introduce yourself and see a picture of Grace! |
Attached is "Navigating Antarctica with Social Media and Collaboration," a presentation I gave at TLA 2012 along with Adriene Raible from PMHS. |
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Attached is a presentation by Amanda Gonzalez in Mr. Owen's Environmental Science class titled "My Community and Antarctica." |
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Read this article to learn more about how Americans are drinking more bottled water and recycling less: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5279230/ns/us_news-environment/t/plastic-bottles-pile-mountains-waste/ |
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Facts about plastic water bottles and their effects of the environment:
All About Water: http://www.allaboutwater.org/environment.html Treehugger: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/a-world-of-reasons-to-ditch-bottled-water.html |
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A team of Russian scientists has dug for 20 years to reach a pristine lake miles beneath the continent of Antarctica. They expect to learn a lot about how species beneath the ice have evolved since they have been sealed beneath a layer of ice for 20 million years.
Click here for the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46309166/ns/technology_and_science-science/ocid=ansmsnbc11 |
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Here are some interesting facts and statistics about plastic bottles:
5.1 billion: Amount, in pounds, of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and jars available in the U.S. for recycling in 2009. 2,456 million: Amount, in pounds, of plastic bottles – including PET and HDPE – recycled in 2009, making it a record high. 46: Number of plastics collection programs that were added to U.S. communities in 2009. 28: Percentage of PET plastic bottles that got recycled in 2009. 44: Percentage increase in 2009 of RPET (Recycled PET) used in food and beverage bottles. 2/3: The amount of energy that is saved when producing new plastic products from recycled materials instead of raw (virgin) materials. It also reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Six: The number of hours that the energy conserved from recycling a single plastic bottle can light a 60-watt light bulb. 19: The number of 20 oz. PET bottles it takes to yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt or one square foot of carpet. http://earth911.com/recycling/plastic/plastic-bottles/facts-about-plastic-bottles/ |
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On my journey to Antarctica, I got to see lots of wildlife and developed an even greater appreciation for earth’s last great untouched wilderness. I also began to understand how interconnected our global environment is. I want to help our students understand that our actions here in Houston affect the Antarctic ecosystem, as well as other ecosystems around the world. One of the main ways we can help protect our global environment is to use materials and resources wisely and sparingly. One way we can help further this cause is by starting a school wide campaign against the use of plastic water bottles. This is a way for students to save money and improve their health (tap water is usually a much cheaper and healthier alternative than bottled water) while helping the environment. |
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1) Bottled water isn't a good value
Take, for instance, Pepsi's Aquafina or Coca-Cola's Dasani bottled water. Assuming you can find a $1 machine for a 20 ounce bottle, that works out to 5 cents an ounce. These two brands are essentially filtered tap water, bottled close to their distribution point. Most municipal water costs less than 1 cent per gallon. 2) No healthier than tap water In theory, bottled water in the United States falls under the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration. In practice, about 70 percent of bottled water never crosses state lines for sale, making it exempt from FDA oversight. On the other hand, water systems in the developed world are well-regulated. In the U.S., for instance, municipal water falls under the purview of the Environmental Protection Agency, and is regularly inspected for bacteria and toxic chemicals. 3) Bottled water means garbage Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. According to Food and Water Watch, that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to produce. And while the plastic used to bottle beverages is of high quality and in demand by recyclers, over 80 percent of plastic bottles are simply thrown away. That assumes empty bottles actually make it to a garbage can. Plastic waste is now at such a volume that vast eddies of current-bound plastic trash now spin endlessly in the world's major oceans. This represents a great risk to marine life, killing birds and fish which mistake our garbage for food. Thanks to its slow decay rate, the vast majority of all plastics ever produced still exist — somewhere. 4) Bottled water means less attention to public systems Many people drink bottled water because they don't like the taste of their local tap water, or because they question its safety. Once distanced from public systems, these consumers have little incentive to support bond issues and other methods of upgrading municipal water treatment. 5) The corporatization of water Water is being called the "Blue Gold" of the 21st century. Thanks to increasing urbanization and population, shifting climates and industrial pollution, fresh water is becoming humanity's most precious resource. Multinational corporations are stepping in to purchase groundwater and distribution rights wherever they can, and the bottled water industry is an important component in their drive to commoditize what many feel is a basic human right: the access to safe and affordable water. What can you do? There's a simple alternative to bottled water: buy a stainless steel thermos, and use it. Don't like the way your local tap water tastes? Inexpensive carbon filters will turn most tap water sparkling fresh at a fraction of bottled water's cost. Information taken from http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/stories/5-reasons-not-to-drink-bottled-water For more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/committees/cac/water/bottled_water/bottled_water.pdf and http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/2004/water/water_bottle.html |
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These pieces of ice smaller than an iceberg are commonly called "bergy bits."
Check out this website about bergy bits and growlers: http://www.athropolis.com/arctic-facts/fact-bergy-bits.htm |
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A Weddell seal is sunning himself on the rocks of Half Moon island.
Learn more: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/weddell-seal/ |
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