Blue Valley North Library Media Center
Terri Snethen and Abby Cornelius, Library Media Specialists
Monthly Report November 2012
Highlights:
 Students in Mrs. Steinwart’s FOCUS class read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and then watched the movie. They created
flipping ebooks using flipsnack.com. To view a few of their projects, click here.
 Students in Mr. Chonko and Mrs. Reynolds’ Honors Algebra 2 classes completed the Parabola Project. These projects turned
out really great! To view Mr. Chonko’s projects, click here. To view Mrs. Reynolds’ projects, click here.
 Mrs. Stilwell’s Anatomy students researched cardiac diseases and created a Zen Powerpoint presentation. The students worked
in groups and the PowerPoint slides could not contain any text. They were not allowed to use any notecards during the
presentation, but were required to be experts of the material.
 Mrs. Worthington’s AP CA IV students endured MLA bootcamp and wrote a literary criticism essay. This will prepare them for a
longer research paper in the spring.
 America Decides students in Mr. Smajda’s classes created campaign videos for fictional candidates. Students were tasked with
working in groups to identify a demographic, write a short paper, create a map, and create the commercial geared toward their
target demographic. Students watched the videos in class and evaluated each other. Click here to see the videos.
 We worked with over 170 classes in the library this month, even with the holiday break!
 The library received 2 amazing grants from the Blue Valley Education Foundation. One grant will fund a Navigators initiative and
will provide us with a 9-foot tall inflatable mustang mascot. Students in Interpersonal Relationship classes will use the mascot to
interact with their fellow classmates and participate at assemblies. There is well researched documentation that students with
Autism Spectrum Disorders excel in the costume due to white noise provided by the inflation fan, the space buffer provided by
the suit and the air inside of it, and the non-verbal communication required to perform in the suit.
 The second grant was for a classroom set of digital cameras including cards, card readers, and cases. These cameras will be
available for checkout and we already have several lessons planned.
Blue Valley North Library Media Center
Terri Snethen and Abby Cornelius, Library Media Specialists
Monthly Report November 2012
Circulation statistics
Items checked out 12/13
Items checked out 11/12
Aug.
1076
1231
Sept.
855
1114
Oct.
1027
1312
Nov.
1005
1091
Dec.
Jan.
753
Feb.
1606
964
Mar.
Apr.
1084
May
1046
813
Students
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Students with class 12/13
7028
6412
4928
Students with class 11/12
5500
3900
4400
Walk-in Students 12/13
2268
2933
2970
3116
Walk-in Students 11/12
1682
2926
3430
4310
Before/After School 12/13
6810
5193
4591
Before/After School 11/12
5421
3415
3019
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
1375
2800
3950
3740
4000
3150
3003
3356
3601
2108
4244
3547
1777
2241
3790
3003
4488
4082
Blue Valley North Library Media Center
Terri Snethen and Abby Cornelius, Library Media Specialists
Monthly Report November 2012
Classes
Teacher
Department
Project
Steinwart
SPED
Sleepy Hollow Flipsnack
Stilwell
SC
Cardiac Disease Zen Powerpoint (16)
Johnson-Berry
Chonko/Reynolds
CA
MA
Checkout (3)
Worthington
CA
AP CA IV MLA Bootcamp (6)
1.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3,
5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
1.3, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3,
5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2
MLA handbooks, CPS,
Mistake activity, Works
Cited packet
Worthington
CA
AP CA IV Literary Criticism Research
Paper (6)
SS
America Decides Campaign Videos (15)
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1,
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2,
4.3, 6.1, 6.2
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1,
2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,
4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1,
6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Library website,
databases
Smajda
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1,
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2,
4.3, 6.1, 6.2
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1,
2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,
4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1,
6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Gilman
CA
Peoples
Stites
Ollig
WL
SS
SC
Project based learning: education,
presentation evaluation
Computers only (2)
Computers only (2)
Computers only
Whitfield
Winetroub
CA
SS
Computers only
Computers only
Jones
Buehler
SS
SS
Computers only (2)
Computers only (4)
Parabola Project (6)
Library Standards
Taught
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,
4.3, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Library Standards
Assessed
Resources Used
Word, flipsnack.com
1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1,
3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.3,
5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
Morguefile.com,
databases,
webliography,
powerpoint
4.1, 5.2, 6.1
1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2.
3.3. 3.4. 4.3, 6.1,
6.2, 7.1, 7.2
1.4, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2. Digital Cameras, card
3.3. 3.4. 4.3, 6.1, readers, Fireworks, TI
6.2, 7.1, 7.2 Connect, GraphLink
cables, graphing
calculators,
PowerPoint,
brainshark.com
2.1, 2.2, 4.3, 7.1, 7.2
Webliography,
livingroomcandidate.co
m, morguefile,
databases,
moviemaker/imovie,
powerpoint
Rubric, powerpoint
Blue Valley North Library Media Center
Terri Snethen and Abby Cornelius, Library Media Specialists
Monthly Report November 2012
Breedlove
Johnson
SS
WL
Computers only (3)
Computers only (2)