If you have read three or more of the Gateway Readers Award nominated books, there is still time to cast your vote for your favorite.  Voting in the state of Missouri has been extended due to snow days.  See Mrs. Bangert for details.

Have you read at least 3 of the books nominated for the Gateway Readers Award?  Register to vote this week in the library.  Voting will take place on Tuesday, March 8.  See the full list of books by clicking on the Gateway Readers Award tab.

Already read the Gateway books?  Try some of these…

Welcome back to school!  Love this weather!  Check out these LOVE stories for some good Valentine’s Day reading: 

How about this weather!  There’s nothing like winter in Missouri… and there’s nothing like a good book while you’re hibernating indoors.  The CHS Library has lots interesting reading about the weather that sometimes plagues us.  Check out one of these:

TO DO LIST FOR 2011:

Don’t forget to buy your yearbook for the 2010-11 school year.  The theme is “phasebook” with lots of faces on the cover!  Click here to see a preliminary draft of the cover –> Cover 2010-11 

The cost is $35.00.  Make your check or money order out to Clearwater High School and deliver to Mrs. Seal or Mrs. Bangert.  To use a credit card, you may order online at http://www.jostensyearbooks.com

The holidays are a great time to do some recreational reading.  The CHS Library has compiled a list of favorite books suggested by some of the Clearwater R-1 employees.  Alphabetical by the title of the book, they are as follows: 

CHS LIBRARY:  http://207.160.15.43:8080/#_

CLEARWATER HIGH SCHOOL WEBSITE:  http://www.clearwater.k12.mo.us/highschool/

GALE DATABASES: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cent1013 If you are not using a school computer, you will need to enter the password:  tigers

NEWSBANK: http://infoweb.newsbank.com Username:  clearwater1    Password:  tigers

MLA FORMATTING AND STYLE GUIDE (Purdue Online Writing Lab – OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

HIPPOCAMPUS:  http://www.hippocampus.org (Click on “Login” at the top right of the page, then scroll down to the bottom and enter MOVIP for the LOGIN ID and click on “Lookup”.)

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY access to ACT Tests, etc. http://learningexpresslibrary.com

eTHEMES – Topic Related Teacher Resource http://ethemes.missouri.edu/

MOREnet bookmarks to Teacher Resources  http://www.delicious.com/morenet

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY LINKS – See Mrs. Bangert to arrange an interlibrary loan of materials from the following libraries.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI:  http://laurel.lso.missouri.edu

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY: http://galahad.missouri.edu/search~53

With Christmas just around the corner, the 2nd annual CHS Barnes and Noble Book Fair provides the opportunity to buy books at a great price while supporting the Clearwater High School Library.  Purchases can be made online through Wednesday, December 8 at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/   Be sure to provide our book fair code:   10372209

The Book Fair is here now at the CHS Library October 27-November 5! 

For the next two weeks there will be a CLASSROOM COIN COMPETITION to raise money for library books.  Scholastic Book Fairs will also match donations, with up to one million books to three nonprofit organizations:  Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. and the Kids In Need Foundation.  Bring your change!  The homeroom with the most money collected will receive Mr. D’Amico’s famous meatball subs!

If you’d like to shop online, go to http://scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs and select your school.  Online shopping will continue through November 18.

Books and other items will be available for purchase with proceeds going toward new books for the high school library.