Ms. White's Visit LMC to Learn About Citing Web Pages

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, Ms. White’s 8th grade Social Studies students visited their library media center to learn about citing web pages in MLA format. Using MLA note cards, students practiced writing web page citations with Mr. Dutcher and Ms. White. Mr. Dutcher also overviewed MLA citations for books, articles in reference books, magazine articles, and other forms of information.

HS Seniors Art Show in LMC this Week

All this week, high school seniors from our art department have their creations on display in the library media center. Stop by to check out their works.

MS Students Practice MLA Citations

On Monday and Tuesday, Mrs. Leonello's ELA classes visited their library to learn MLA citations for books and internet web sites. Mr. Dutcher led the class and answered questions as everyone practiced on preselected books and web sites.

HS Calculus Students Start Research Papers

Today, Mrs. Doubet's students came down to their library media center to begin their research on mathematics in the real world. Suggested research topics include Fractals, Tessalations, Wavelets, Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Ration, mathematics and the cosmos, mathematics and internet security, mathematics of crime solving, and mathematics of financial decision making. In addition, students also had to read a fiction book with a mathematics theme.

MS Students Invade LMC to Conduct Research

All this week, middle school students from Mrs. Caputo's ELA classes and Mrs. Welsh's Social Studies classes swarmed into the library to research a variety of topics from General Putnam of the Revolutionary War, different aspects of the Civil War, and nuclear disasters around the world.

HS Graphic Arts Students Learn About Web Page Design

Today, Mrs. Rechtin's HS Graphic Arts students visited the library to hear Mr. Dutcher talk about and demonstrate different aspects of web page design related to the creation of electronic portfolios. In addition to providing a brief history of the internet, he showed how different web browsers display the same pages differently, talked about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and it's implications for web design, and illustrated well-designed web site navigational strategies.