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October 2015

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Make Magazine Newsletter - Oct. 20

We are continuing our experiments with online magazines.  Flipster costs less and seems even easier to use than the vendor we tried last year.  They also have a better match with the magazines we subscribed to in print.  It seems  just wonderful to be able to offer great titles that everyone can read from anywhere at any time.  Want to give it a try? click the Flipster link above, Scan the QR code or click the Flipster graphic on the library website (www.ssfs.org/academics/libraries) and get full access to:
Art News, Backpacker, Cicada, Cobblestone, Cricket, Dig, Faces, Horse and Rider, Muse, Newsweek, Popular Science, Rolling Stone, Vegetarian Times, The Week, and Yoga Journal 
to read on all your devices.  To read offline, download the EBSCO Flipster app.  On campus you go directly to the magazines.  Off campus, you will be asked for a username and password;  use our generic one -  ssfs and friends  Give it a try and let you librarians know what you think.

The 15th Library of Congress National Book Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, and feature more than 170 authors, poets, illustrators and special presenters. To mark this anniversary, as well as the the 200th anniversary of the Library's acquisition of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, the festival has as its theme Jefferson's quote, "I Cannot Live Without Books."  For more information on this free event, including a detailed schedule and a listing of authors, click here  or visit the festival's Facebook page.

To download the National Book Festival App, visit the Library of Congress Apps page at loc.gov/apps/.

Summer 2015 Community Read

This summer

SSFS parents and friends are invited to join

LS, MS, and US students, faculty and staff in reading

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

We hope it will inspire great conversations at home and throughout the coming school year

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William Kamkwamba’s story is one of persistence: one young person’s determination to educate himself, to better understand the world around him, and to improve that world for himself, his family, and his community.

Living through the drought and famine as a fourteen-year-old in 2005 Malawi, and forced to drop out of school for lack of funds, William decided to continue his education on his own.  Inspired by a textbook picture found in a small NGO library, he taught himself to harness magetsi a mphepo – “electric wind.”  He utilized discarded materials from a local scrap yard and built a windmill to power lights and another to pump water.

Published in three editions – picture book, middle reader, and the original adult memoir – the story of this creative and determined self-learner is accessible to every member of our community, and can open up conversations across age, experience, and cultural diversity.

Want to know more?  Check out these links:

Why a Community Read?

How I built a windmill: William Kamkwamba's 2007 Ted Talk

How I Harnessed the Wind: William Kamkwamba's  2009 Ted Talk

William Kamkwamba’s Blog

Moving Windmills Foundation

 

A few community members have brought forward members of their personal networks as potential speakers or leaders for book-centered activities next year.  We’d welcome your ideas too – feel free to email johanna.cowie@ssfs.org throughout the summer.

The votes are in!  The Black-Eyed Susan Award winners are:

Picture Book

The Day the Crayons Quit
by Drew Daywalt








Grades 4 - 6

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein







Grades 4 - 6 Graphic Novel

Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity
by Dave Roman








Grades 6 - 9

On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave
by Candace Fleming










High School

Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell

It's AP Exam time in Yarnall Library

The Yarnall Library will be closed on the following dates for Upper School AP Exams:

Monday, May 4  8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Chemistry)

Tuesday, May 5  8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Calculus AB and BC)

Wednesday, May 6  8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (English Lit.)

Thursday, May 7  8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Spanish Lang.)

Friday, May 8  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (U.S. History)

NEW  Friday, May 8  12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (European History)

Wednesday, May 13  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (English Lang.)

Wednesday, May 13  12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Statistics)

Thursday, May 14  8:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Comparative Govt. & World History)


The Tanglewood Library Center in the LS will be open for business as usual.

Our Black-eyed Susan votes are cast and we know our local winner -

Lion vs. Rabbit

Closely followed by 

 The Day the Crayons quit

 

In a few weeks we will find out the state winner.  Something cool about Sandy Spring  Friends School is, we have independent thinkers who know what they like, and most years including this year, every one of the fifteen nominees gets a vote from someone.  To read more about this annual award contest go the the Maryland Association of School Libraries sit.