Escobedo Library Blog

For the next few weeks the library will have another Museum Without Walls display called Sea Life. A Giant Clam and Green Sea Turtle Shell are just a few of the cool items you can see. Come by to learn more about the creatures of the sea and then check out a book to learn more.
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I have been fortunate to have been asked to provide a training about blogs during Staff Development Day to the CCSD Middle and High School Librarians. This post is for those librarians that attended the training.
The goal for the training is to allow Librarians the time to understand the basics of blogging, explore blogs created by [...]

The Esco library is proud to announce the addition of 65 eBooks to their collection. eBook stands for electronic book. Here is how they work: Log into Destiny, do a keyword search: eBook (this can only be done at school). When you find a title that you like, you need to click on it and [...]

Cyberbullying is on the rise and needs to be taken serious. Below you will find a 2 minute video on cyberbullying and what steps you can take so that you don’t become a victim.
Did you know that the Escobedo website has a bullying prevention area under the Counseling and Guidance tab (scroll way down)?  You [...]

As of today, January 15, 2009, Escobedo has circulated 10,461 books from August to present. That is more then double from the total Esco circulations for the 2007-08 school year. Wow! Way to go students- keep reading those books and visiting the library! Mrs. Vaughan’s period 1 and period 5 classes hold our top homeroom circulations. Daniel [...]

How many Reading for Laptops titles does Escobedo currently own (intermediate and young adult list combined)? The first person to respond to this thread with the correct answer will receive a FREE book.

So Teen Tech Week is officially March 9th-13th but that is the same week as CRT testing. So we have decided to move our celebration to March 16th-20th. Teen Tech Week is a week where we celebrate technology in all its forms. The Young Adult Library Services Association sponsers this week each year. The theme for [...]

Nevada Reading week is coming March 2nd-6th. The theme for 2009 is “Discover the Mysteries of the World: Read!” Daily activities include: Mystery Readers and Trivia Questions read over the morning announcements. We will Drop Everything and Read the first 10 minutes of each period on March 2nd to kick off the week. For those [...]

Name
Mikayla E.

Date
November 7, 2008

Title

Nancy Drew Girl Detective – Bad Times, Big Crimes

Author

Carolyn Keene

Genre

Mystery

Brief Summary (P.S. don’t give away the juicy detals)

Nancy is going to a lecture about the great depression and during the lecture she falls asleep for a few minutes. When Nancy wakes up she [...]

 
Just a reminder that the Girls Book Club meets every Tuesday at 2:20 in the library or Ms. Sapp’s room. We are getting ready to start reading the book Sweetheats by Sara Zarr. It’s a love story about a girl that comes in contact with a very special person from her past. If you  have [...]

Clean out your book shelves, we’re swapping books. Here is what you need to do- go through your bookshelves at home and find books you don’t want anymore. Make sure they are in good condition and appropriate for middle school. Ask your parents if you can trade them (for keeps). Bring them to the library before March [...]

Just found out about this awesome website. You type in a song or artist that you like, then that song or artist is played along with music similar to that type of music. You can skip songs you don’t want to hear and the best part- no commercials. Try it out… I’m hooked.
http://www.theradio.com/