December Book Club

We held our final Book Club of 2018 on Wednesday featuring our usual brownies and hot apple cider. Students and faculty talked about what books they’ve read and what books they hope to read over break.

Ms. Melinson started us off with too many new books to list. Check out the picture below for all of the titles. Ms. Batarseh talked about reading Country Day Alum Victoria Loustalot’s new book Future Perfect. She also read The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet and The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place, which she described as a mix of David Sedaris and Agatha Christie.

Heloise explored a giant bookstore in Colorado and came away with some interesting my reads. She read a book called Fox 8 with a fox narrator who spoke phonetic English. Heloise also picked up a collection of Italo Calvino stories and is looking forward to reading My Sister the Serial Killer over break.

Anna read The Song of Achilles and described it as interesting and well written. Sarina just started reading The Perfect Mother and liked that it started from the ending. Alyssa is looking forward to reading Never Wake over break, the sequel to Dreamfall, which she loved.

Ms. Melinson asked what book would make a good gift and Ms. Batarseh suggested the Emily Wilson translation of the The Odyssey while Mr. Wells suggested Walking to Listen, which he called uplifting. Ms. Melinson said she gives books of poetry or Einstein’s Dreams, which she calls fun and geeky.

For all the books mentioned here and at previous Book Clubs, check out our Goodreads page. Happy reading!

Week in Review: Winter Festivities

The library was jam packed with festive activities this week as we headed towards Winter Break.

On Tuesday we treated to lunch time music by the Middle School choir, the High School Orchestra, and the premier of the A Capella Club. On Wednesday we held our monthly Book Club, which you can read about here. Winter Craft made a return on Thursday for Mrs. Bornmann’s advisory where students made pencils out of Rolos and Hershey’s Kisses. Thursday also saw Brandy recreate a performance piece by an artist she’s researching (Marina Abramović) by sitting across from participants and gazing at them for 1-2 minutes.

On Friday the library was busy with back-to-back activities. First up was the Middle School  community service projects. Students made greeting cards for Operation Gratitude and bookmarks for second graders to encourage them to read. When that was over, last year’s graduates mixed and mingled with the seniors in the library before heading off to the alumni panel. Later in the day, the library was a little more calm as students put together a puzzle and read. We loved seeing them relaxing already as they approached Winter Break.

Bonus:

Dogs! Grace’s puppy, Luigi, and Becca’s Saint Bernard, Quaffle, visited the library this week!

Week in Review

It’s beginning to look a lot like mid-December around the library: snowflakes are in the windows, seniors are beginning to hear about early action/decision for college, and Winter Craft has returned. On Tuesday the Glass Knife held their annual bake and gift sale, which featured a variety of cookies and brownies, homemade bread, cards, and jewelry.

Thursday saw the first Winter Craft session of the season. Mr. Crabb’s advisory was in to make festive pencils out of packs of Rolos and Hershey’s kisses. Mr. Crabb’s History classes returned on Friday for their weekly Sophomore Project work day where they learned about possible volunteer opportunities relating to their topic.

Bonus: we have some major puzzle fans! Students finished another puzzle on Thursday.

We had another visit with Grace’s adorable puppy, Luigi.

 

Luca got accepted into NYU! Congratulations!

Week in Review: Latke Throwdown

This week started off with Ms. Nellis’ 9th graders in the library on Monday working on their World Heritage Site projects. At lunchtime, the Glass Knife held their holiday party, better known as the Latke Throwdown. Although there were no latkes this year, there was plenty of other yummies like potstickers, Dutch apple pie, tofu & rice, Christmas cookies, and gulab jamun to eat while Ms. Melinson read the classic Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins.

On Friday Mr. Crabb’s History classes were in for their weekly Sophomore Project work day and then the Glass Knife had a submissions reading party at lunch.

Week in Review: History Takeover

 

 

 

We had a bit of History takeover this week after returning from an extended Thanksgiving break. Mr. Kuipers’ 8th graders were on Tuesday and Wednesday to find books for their NHD (National History Day) projects. Then on Friday Mr. Crabb’s 10th graders were in to learn how to interview people for their Sophomore Projects. Meanwhile, Ms. Melinson put out another puzzle, much to the excitement of the students!

Bonus:

As some of you may know, we’ve been having some internet connectivity issues. During one the down times, we caught students reading books! On paper! What a marvel 🙂