Nashville Sounds Reading Club

WHAT IS IT?

A reading incentive program for students sponsored by our library and the Nashville Sounds Baseball Organization.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Students must read two books over the course of the next few weeks and complete a one page, hand-written summary of each. The books must be at least 100 pages in length. Students are rewarded with prizes for this effort.

WHAT ARE THE DATES FOR THE PROGRAM?

Book summaries must be returned to Mrs. Creasy in the library no later than Thursday, April 2.

WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?

A free ticket to the Friday, May 1 Sounds game.

A free meal at Fazoli's

A free meal at the Rainforest Cafe

A free meal at Wendy's

A free book from Barnes and Noble

(Those student on a Battle of the Books team must also complete two summaries to earn the prizes.)

Mythology Bee To Be Held February 27

Mythology Bee Participants

6th Grade
Lauren Calvert
Abbey Hinton
Chris Jones

Alex Kemper

7th Grade
Allison Brown
Michael Byrd
Morgan Byrd
Loren Carter
Ethan Jones
Sara Keen
Tyler Law
Kelsey Satterfield
Fallon Wetzel

Ryan Whiticker

8th grade
Brandon Bandy
Cole Borders
Justin Kittrell
Julian Lamkin
PJ Loftis
McKensey Ogletree
Jake Ramsey
Garrett Reipold
Alex Thompson
Issac Wix
Justin Woods

ALTERNATES:
Rachael Herschberger
Taylor Montgomery

Mythology Bee To Be Held

A first for WMS, our students will be able to participate in a mythology bee. The Percy Jackson Mythology Bee is being coordinated by the library and sponsored by Hyperion Books, publisher of the Percy Jackson book series. The contest will be held in February.

Interested students in grades 6 - 9 have taken a short written quiz over basic mythology. The nine highest scoring entries from each grade will become actual participants in the bee. If a particular grade(s) doesn't produce at least nine entries the other grade(s) will be allowed more participants.

2009 "Battle of the Books" Book Lists

5th Grade
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler -E.L. Konigsburg

Among the Hidden - Margaret Peterson Haddix
Sounder – William H. Armstrong
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo
Elijah of Buxton – Christopher Paul Curtis
Number the Stars – Lois Lowry
Frindle – Andrew Clement
The Whipping Boy - Fleischman, Sid

6th Grade
The Tale of Despereaux – Kate DiCamillo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Jeff Kinney
Hatchet – Gary Paulsen
Summer of the Swans – Betsy Byars
Island of the Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell
A Single Shard – Linda Sue Park
Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
Rules – Cynthia Lord
The Dollhouse Murders – Betty Ren Wright
Love, Ruby Lavender – Deborah Wiles



7th Grade
Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbitt
The Teacher’s Funeral – Richard Peck
Each Little Bird That Sings – Deborah Wiles
Hoot – Carl Hiaasen
Al Capone Does My Shirts – Gennifer Choldenko
Holes – Louis Sachar
Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine
The Giver – Lois Lowry
Tangerine – Bloor
The Wednesday Wars – Gary Schmidt

8th Grade
The Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
Airborn – Kenneth Oppel
Heat – Mike Lupica
Here Lies the Librarian – Richard Peck
Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: Pox Party – M.T. Anderson

The City of Ember - Jeanne Duprau
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne

BOOK FAIR BEGINS TOMORROW, DEC. 4

Our book fair has been delayed one day because we were all out of school yesterday due to an unexpected snow day. I can't say that it wasn't a nice surprise. Of course, it would have been even nicer with some actual snow on the ground.

Our new fair start date is now Thursday, December 4. All other dates will remain the same.

New to this year's fair is a program called One for Books. For each donation of $1.00 Scholastic will donate a book to a charitable children's organization. Plus, our school receives free books for participating in the program.

Living Literature Team Gets Started

November is here and at WMS it can be a hectic time for many students, what with all the basketball games and club activities that are ongoing. One group keeping busy is our school's living literature team. This group of Junior Beta students is at work on their new scene for the upcoming Tennessee Junior Beta Club Convention. The convention, as usual, will be held at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Last year's group placed third at state and later won the national contest for their depiction of The Tale of Despereaux. And while I can't tell you just yet the book they will be recreating this time I can say that it looks to be another promising year for our group (knock on wood).

Our team this year, which includes old and new faces is

Austyn Carter

Ren Creasy

T.J. Johnson

Logan Troutt

Katie Adcock (new)

Blake Holmes (new)

Clint Watson (new)

Book Fair Planned for WMS

The library will be sponsoring a Scholastic Book Fair December 3 – December 12. With Christmas just around the corner this provides a good time to pick up a gift or two for the reader(s) in your family and help out our library at the same time. Our library will receive 30% profit if our fair sales total more than $3,000 and 25% profit if sales are more than $1,800.
To better accommodate our parents there will be two Family Nights during this year’s fair. These will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, December 9 and 10 from 3:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. As usual, there will be drawings for door prizes following these nights. Any student visiting the book fair during a Family Night event may register.

New to this year’s fair is a program called One for the Books. For each dollar donated by a student, parent, or staff member Scholastic will donate one book to a charitable organization. Each donor’s name will be exhibited in the school.

Please visit our book fair website listed below for more information about the fair.
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/westmorelandmiddle

We're back in Business!!!

Hello, everyone. After some initial problems with our internet service at the start of the year we are once again able to make posts to this site. Be sure to check back from time to time for the latest information regarding the Westmoreland Middle School Library.

Living Lit Team Wins National Competition

Congratulations to our school's Living Literature Team for their first place finish at this year's Junior Beta Club National Convention held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina June 13-17. The team had placed third on the state level in November for their depiction of The Tale of Despereaux and were then invited to participate at the national level. After some improvements were made to the scene by Ms. Susan Raby, Mr. David Custer, Mr. Tim Copeland, and others the team was able to secure the top prize. Members of the team included Austyn Carter, Logan Troutt, T.J. Johnson, Kayla Wright, Ren Creasy, and Ashley Lesogor.

Summer Is Here!!!

Summer is finally here. If you're looking for activities to keep your child educationally stimulated during June and July check out what's happening at the Hendersonville Public Library. Thursday nights at the HPL are just for teens. Starting at 6:00, come in for games, fun, prizes, and, of course, food.

May 29th Legends and Mysteries: Learn about the great legends and mysteries of our time, go on an Indiana Jones-themed treasure hunt, and make your own crop circles.

June 5th Globe Noshing: Cooking demonstrations and taste tests of international cuisine. There will also be a "no-cook cook off" for best and worst recipes made from the ingredients we have on hand.

June 19th Vampires and the Women Who Love Them: Come for a discussion of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, gush about the upcoming movie, have some of Bella's lasagna, and play the "Find Edward" game.

June 26th Anime Mania: Bring some anime to vote on and watch and hang out with other popcorn eating, soda sipping anime fans.

July 3rd Scribblers: Creative writers, bring your poems, stories, and songs for a night of sharing and critiquing.

Jule 10th Chocolate Olympics: Celebrate the wonder that is chocolate by competing in four events: Chocolate Talk, Candy Bar ID, M&M Gymnastics, and Chocolate Chip Archery. Oh, and prepare to get messy.

July 17th Anime Mania 2: More of the same from June 26th.