3 Things from the NVHS LMC #20

Silent Study During Finals

The LMC’s in both buildings will be open for silent study next week. Please encourage your students to use our space to get ready for your finals. Just a reminder that we have plenty of comfortable seats and students can borrow Chromebook chargers to plug in while they are here studying.

Interesting Links: Math Edition

TedED has a playlist of animated video lessons called Math in Real Life that has some interesting application of mathematical principles. The EdTechTeam blog has some creative uses for hyperdocs in the math classroom.

Senior Book Program

Every year, the Main LMC offers the parents of senior students to having us purchase one or more books in their child’s honor. Donations by parents go to new nonfiction books for the main LMC. We put a bookplate with the senior’s name in the front of the book. We then send a follow up letter to the families to let them know the title(s) purchased in their son or daughter’s name. As a part of the program, each year we work with the student council to select a quote for brand the campaign. This year’s quote was “A book is a dream you hold in your hands” by Neil Gaiman. This year’s set of books is on display in the Main LMC through next Thursday if you want to come take a look.

3 Things from the NVHS LMC #19

LMC Database Update: History Edition

Next year, we are swapping out some of our LMC databases. We are picking up World History in Context and U.S. History in Context. Both are easy to use and have a ton of useful resources for assignments. You can try them out now through a trial from the Gale company. In turn, we will be dropping our  social studies databases from ABC-CLIO. More changes to come next year.

Interesting Articles

Being busy is good for the brain? Yes, but the results aren't as clear-cut as you might think. You probably already use some of these, but check out 9 strategies encouraging your students to talk more in class. Duolingo and other language learning apps won't make you fluent in another language. For that, you need a NV World Languages teacher, am-I-right?

Recommended Student Summer Reads

If you are searching for some reading recommendations for your students or   other teenagers in your life (or for you), please consider titles from the Lincoln Award nominees or our own We are 204 list. We will have annotated lists and other resources next year, but in the meantime, here are the newest title lists.