SERIOUS THANKS to our *53* for all they did for the big house library this year!!

We couldn't haven't done all we did without you help.

You made hard work way fun!!

amber
ashley
ashley
austin
billy
brandon
bryan
chrishawna
colleen
conner
conor
daniel
derek
dessery
elmer
estela
fatima
gage 
humberto
jake
jason
jehad
jessica
joey
jonathan
jose
kameron
karl
kelsey
matt
maurace
megan
melissa
melissa
monica
nick
nick
rachel
rahul
raveena
rogelio
rosaaay
sarah
sebastien
stephanie
steven
steven
tien
troy
tyler
yaneli
yesica
zack

 

 
Yesterday, I presented to Casa's ELAC (or English Learner Advisory Council).

Administrators, teachers, parents, and students came together in the library to review the school's resources available for families online.

Parents logged on to the new computers in the computer lab and toured CasaGrandeHighSchool.org and BigHouseLibrary.com.

The best part, though, was when I taught parents how to use Google Translate! :)

Casa has made it a goal to do more, better outreach to the families of our English learners. And the library is proud to now be a part of that effort.

Thank you to my 5th period TAs who made this awesome YouTube welcome video for our Spanish-speaking families.

Thank you to our beloved ELD (English Language Development) program coordinator Ms. Judi DeChesere, our outstanding ELD/SDAIE teachers, our dedicated bilingual assistants, and our school administrators for inviting me to be a part of ELAC.

Thank you to Jose Luis for translating for me. My Spanish leaves much to be desired!

Thank you to the handful of Casa students who hung out to help me troubleshoot computer problems.

And thank you to the many wonderful parents who spent their evening with me in the library. I am so happy to know you and I look forward to working together more. :)
 

 
It's Banned Books Week, and we're spreading the word about why banning books is bad. Visit our Banned Books Week page for more information.

This year for Banned Books Week, the Big House Library has enlisted the help of its mighty TA army to promote our freedom to read. They're busy making buttons and movies about why banning books is bad. Check back later this week to see pix and flix of their hard work. :)

Click here to watch our this movie online since the blog post only plays a minute of it.
 

to my dearly beloved library tas,

guess what?! you guys get to make a wiki! well, you're going to, because i grade you, and i'm an evil, horrible, terrible, no-good, very-bad teacher-librarian, huh? :)

go to http://bhltas.pbworks.com/ to create your accounts and start editing the wiki.

really, it won't be that bad, i promise! and actually, it might even be fun! :)

smiles,
ms. koval :) 

p.s. this totally awesome idea was not mine at all! it is the brain child of my friend and fellow librarian, the fabulous marie slim @ the troy high school library in fullerton, california. and it says so on the about this wiki page on our wiki. :) btw, their wiki really rocks! maybe our tas can become pen pals! :)