Yes - I Mean You

It was a CIS day today and I had a group of juniors. Last time they were in on the computers, they were supposed to put in all their classes and grades, but they had none of that done. I guess the computers were so slow, they never even got on, so I got them all started and they got a lot of work done on that today. The rest of the day I mostly worked on repairs for the Prentice Hall Gold books. I also made a note for the emergency doors over by me. Even though they are not alarmed, we don't want students using it because there are no detectors there. Kids can just pick up a book and walk out the door with it. So I made a small sign to put up about face high for them to use only in an emergency - yes, this means you! Please use the main library doors!

PH Gold

Spent most of today working on repairs. I did spend a lot of time 2nd period monitoring the computer lab and the random students in the library. Mrs. H was doing a lot with AVID today so I was pretty much in charge after Mrs. M left for the day. Found one Prentice Hall Gold book that was from another school and I'll finish the repairs on it before I send it back. Also called a publisher for one of our teachers. They have a good math series that meets Oregon standards for Middle Schoolers, which will work great with some of our special education students. We have one of their books and they are sending copies of the other eight in the series for a meeting next Wednesday.

Covers

Mrs. H and I pulled out all our book making gear for next Tuesday. We needed more of the spine covers and the inside endpapers, so I cut up the rest of the spine covers we had and did a slew of endpapers for the two classes. Then I did more repairs, packed up the old teacher materials that were on the work table. Checked in and out a few books today and did some assists. Sent out an e-mail to the teachers to bring in their classes to check in books.

RiF

Reduction in Force. That was a reality in the room as we had our meeting today. We were told that there may be people that won't be here next fall. We are still working on ways to cut expenses, but there really is no room left in the budget. It will come down to people this next school year. The English Department cleaned out their office and brought it all in today, so I unloaded both cart fulls of teacher materials and sorted it all out. Kept some of it for us, the rest I made a list and sent it out to the other schools to see if anyone else needed some of these materials. I helped a student work on a table for her class project today and that felt really good to get it all set for her. She came to me several times and asked for help. The other computer lab got all set today, so we took all the rest of the chairs that were blocking some of the reference and got them in the lab and we are finally all cleared from all the work we've done and it looks nice. Processed in two magazines for the library, two for teachers.

37 Sprague Library Books This Year

Put up a new outside bulletin board today and decided to put my 2010 reading list from the Sprague library. I read a lot more, but if it couldn't be found in our library, it didn't get on the board! I had a lot of my reading reviews from the year, so put those up and just reviews with titles and authors for others. That was one of my goals this year was to read more of what we have right in our library! So I'm happy! Checked out a class set of Freedom's Child and checked in and out several individual books. Monitored the computer lab. Straightened up the telescoping shelves - some books were sliding out to the edge of the shelves and nearly ready to fall off. Did a lot of repair work on Prentice Hall Gold books.

New Digs!

My new space is awesome! It'll take a bit to get used to, but I love it!

Shelf Props

I had the shop kids build me a couple of boxes to put under my shelf and they did a good job, so I painted them today (they were just rough wood). Did some repairs on some Stage and School books. Checked out a class set of The Catcher in the Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Checked out(10)/in(14); student assists(5); log-ins(2); print accounts(5). Want to really get to know our Vision program so asked Mr. C if we could get a training on it. I messed about with it a little and got looks from students when I froze all the computers at once! Got an audio anthology for one of our teachers who's been asking for it from our book rep (thank you very much Mr. M!).

Out with the Old

Got my area all organized today - yippee! So I feel moved in. Finished up the calendar as well. Went into the back and pulled all the old 2008 magazines and withdrew them all. Sent out an email to staff that they were on the back worktable for anyone that wanted to use them. What gets leftover I will put into our 'cut up for projects' boxes. Talked with one of our science IL's about getting in more things they can use. More magazines and perhaps some books. He is very concerned that a lot of kids don't seem to have computers at home and have little outside of school access to computer information. So I talked about our magazine process and that we are always looking for book suggestions. He took all of the Discover magazines for his kids to use. Got ready The Adoration of Jenna Fox, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Catcher in the Rye to check out to classes tomorrow. Looked for a book resource for another school. Cleaned up some check in's from last year I had piled away. Mr. B came and worked on my computer for a bit and got my Vision up and running. A kid from shop class came up and took a look at what I wanted to hold up my book shelf under the bulletin board. Gave my copy of The Cellist of Sarajevo to the library to have. An excellent book we need to have in there.

Creating my own Utopia

Something one of our administrators used to say. So, I got my bookshelves moved today thanks to our wonderful wood shop students and was able to paint the wall it was on and moved my desk under the bulletin board. It'll be different, and backwards, but I will adapt! My book display shelf I'll put up a bit higher on to the bottom of the bulletin board and asked the wood shop to build me two 10x10x10 boxes to hold it up and it'll give me some space kind of like the old secretary desk slots and things to put stuff. Processed in ten teacher magazines, 22 for the library from what came in during winter break. Checked in a class set of the Algebra Connections V1 and out the V2. Checked in and out other students today, put money in print accounts and it looks as though the blue computer lab will be up and running tomorrow, so life'll be nearly back to normal. They are still working on the green lab, but hopefully it'll be working soon as well. Checked in some books we sent off to another school.

Back in the Saddle Again

Great to be back at work! The computer labs are still being worked on, so things are a mess. I asked the shop kids if they'd come and move my book shelves so I can move my desk. So they came and looked and then I never saw them again after they said they needed tools and would be right back! So, my area is a mess as well, with all the stuff I moved out of their way and got ready for when I would get my desk moved around. Took down the old calendar and got most of the new one up. Just need a bit of extra stuff done, but all the rest is done. Checked in a class set of Algebra Connections V1 and out a class set of of the V2.