2013 Library Report

MHS Library 2012-2013

Maize High School

Grades 9-12

1359students

202 faculty & staff

Library Statistics:

16,128 copies in the collection

474 new copies purchased

August

September

Moved all the books back onto

the shelves after the carpet

was installed over the summer.

Library Advisory Council planned and initat-

ed a bake sale during parent teacher confer-

ence. They earned $357.00. They repeated

their efforts the following semester and

earned $230.00.

Teams were formed for Battle of the Books. A

kick-off video was shown in each encor class.

This year’s theme — Be a Super hero!

November December

Earth Science freshmen come into the

library for their MLA workshops and

projects taught by Mrs. Eaton

Teaching continues in English classes.

Classes are taught techniques for

searching using the new databases.

October

ILL grant awarded for number of books borrowed and loaned for a total of $419.15.

February

April

March

January

May

Author Todd Strasser visited Maize High School

via Skype. Mr. Birdsell’s and Mr. Watkins classes

along with the library club asked question about

his writing and books.

Speed dating with books. Mrs. Kerbs

classes spent time getting to know

books. Just five minutes at each table

then, they had to choose one they

wanted to date (read).

Battle of the Books winners are from

Mrs. Pfeiffer’s encore class. They are

Petra Jacobson, Alec Landreth, Justin

Noble and Nick Mathias.

Gale Cengage gave the library free ac-

cess to 15 different e-books from their

collection. They include American

Decades and Novels for Students.

At the request of the Eng-

lish Department we bar-

coded several novel sets

from their book room.

Mrs. Eaton re-

tires after 35

years of working

at MHS Library.

Advisory Club made Easter Cards for Vis Christie pedi-atric ward.

Some of the new books

added this year

Added 10 new

Playaway Audiobooks

Art 21 — 6 Books and 5 DVDs

Donated by Ulrich Museum of Art

Wichita State University

7 Books Donated in memory

by Social Committee

Fun in the Library

Looking forward to teach-ing students and staff how to access and use library materials on their many de-vices as internet access becomes available.

Putting in the last puzzle piece!

Students enjoy getting together

to work on one of the many

puzzles available in the library.

Mrs. Maurer and Mrs. Harris enjoy

visiting with students as they

stop by in the mornings.