Halloween Trivia Night: HUGE Success

Goodness!  Over the past month I have been kept B.U.S.Y. with lots of great library activities.  We just wrapped up our annual Book Fair (more info on that to come in another post) and Thanksgiving will be here before we know it.

Our first annual Halloween Trivia Night was a wonderful success!  We held it at the WHS cafeteria and my husband (who volunteered to be our question-asker) said he counted 81 people.  Wow!  I was hoping we would have at least 5 or 6 teams show up to compete and we had FIFTEEN!

Our winners were:

1st place Team 7/11 (pictured)

2nd place Which Witch is Which

3rd place Dazed and Confused

Thank you to all the teams (aren’t these some GREAT team names?)…Team E. Reed, 7/11, The Sanderson Sisters, Skeleton Crew, The Phrogs, Dazed and Confused, Krazy Kids and Their Moms, Team Kevin, Thurman/Jewell, Team Stitch, The Witchy Heaths, Scary Skeletons, Which Witch is Which, Ghost Face, and Scaredy Cats.

Thank you to those who donated door prizes…Paula Troutt and The Farmers Bank, Judy Woodard and Macon Bank and Trust, David and Candace Woodard, Above and Beyond Cakes, SRO Connie Cassidy, Westmoreland Church of Christ, and Ren Creasy.

Thank you to Westmoreland High School for the use of the cafeteria, Ms. Amy Stone for her assistance in helping set up the sound system, Avery Troutt for taking up tickets and drawing for prizes, and Mr. John Creasy for being our questioner.

A final thanks to Ms. Jenna Graves and WMS FCCLA students for making and bringing concessions to make the night even better.

We're definetely hoping to make this an annual event and are already looking forward to next year!

Celebrating Banned Book Week 2022!

"Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. For 40 years, the annual event has brought together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship".

"The theme for Banned Books Week 2022 is "Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us." Sharing stories important to us means sharing a part of ourselves. Books reach across boundaries and build connections between readers. Censorship, on the other hand, creates barriers. Banned Books Week is both a reminder of the unifying power of stories and the divisiveness of censorship, and a call to action for readers across the country to push back against censorship attempts in their communities".   -American Library Association

You may be interested to see some of the titles which have been challenged (and banned in some places) throughout the years.  Over the past decade, the following books have made it onto the Top Ten Most Challenged Book List compiled by the American Library Association, and some titles made were on the list multiple years):

 Skippyjon Jones

Harry Potter

The Hunger Games

Captain Underpants

Drama

To Kill a Mockingbird

The Bible

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Banned Book Week 2022 is being celebrated from September 18 - September 24, 2022.  Stop by the library for more information and to see a display of some books that have been frequently challenged and the reason for the challenge.

Veterans' Day 2021

"For all we can ever do for our heroes is remember them and remember what they did."

                                                                         -    Ronald Reagan 11/11/1985

Happy Veterans' Day to all our who have served in our armed forces.  We thank you for your service.

Click on the link below to see pictures and information about individual veterans (submitted by our teachers and students) in a Padlet created by Ms. Kathy Jones' 8th grade Coding and Robotics Exploratory class.

Veterans Near and Dear to Us

Several of our students conducted interviews with a veteran.  These interviews will be on display in the library for the next couple weeks for students to see.

Many of our books on soldiers and the wars they have fought are on display and available for checkout.