Graphic Novel Contest

The Media Center is having a Graphic Novel Contest. Click here for more info.

Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals. The campaign was founded in 1982 by First Amendment and library activist Judith Krug. Just a few of the books in the list of banned books includes The Bible, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham.  There have been many challenged books, but a few well-known ones from the past few years are The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Twilight, and Of Mice and Men. 

In the Media Center there is a display of some Banned Books if you want to stop by and check some out.

Short Story Contest

The Media Center is holding a short story contest.

You may enter a short story that you are writing (No more than 5 pages typed), or you may enter five pages from a chapter of a novel that you are writing. All entries will be read by experienced authors.

All entries are due by November 8th.

PRIZES:

1ST PRIZE: Gift certificate to Garden Deli.

2ND PRIZE: Win a free book.

For more information see Mrs. Tipton.

Media Orientation

The Media Center has been doing several orientations with groups of students. Some of the subjects being covered are general policies and chromebook tutorials. Then we have an online catalog tutorial where students log into their Destiny account to access the several features offered through the catalog including checking personal account, creating personal list of resources, creating citation list for resources, and searching for both print and nonprint sources.  We also breifly go over the new  Destiny application for smartphones and tablets and help any students that have a device to load it. To finish up, we have a scavenger hunt where students must use the catalog to find specific books to get their next clue.  Each item requires an answer, and students use Google Drive to type their answers and they learn to share with me at the end of the session.  Orientation can be adjusted and revised to meet any additional needs and/or requests. If you would like to bring in a class for orientation, please see Mrs. Tipton to schedule a time.

Literary Festival

135 students from MHHS attended the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville, North Carolina.  The students were able to see a variety of young adult writers, including novelists Beth Revis, Stephanie Perkins, and Monika Shroder; graphic novelist Chris Schweizer; poet Joseph Bathanti; and storyteller Sherry Lovett.  The students found the festival more interesting than they had anticipated.  We hope to visit the festival again next year for it's 8th annual celebration. 

Lit Fest Books

The Mountain Heritage High School library recieved a donation of books, written by the young authors of the Literary Festival , from AMY Regional Library. The books are:

Across the Universe and A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Anna and the French Kiss and Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins 

My Brothers Shadow and The Dog in the Wood by Monika Schroder

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

  

We are very excited to have recieved these books. All of these authors will be at the Literary Festival which will be held on September 7th at the Burnsville Town Center.

There's an app for that!

Now you can access the online catalog from your  iOs or Android mobile devices!  Check your account, renew a book, create personal bookshelves, search for titles, place a hold, and more!

 

Download the app.

When setting up app, use this URL:

http://destiny.yanceync.net