November 2020
Library Newsletter Lower Moreland Township School District Mission and Beliefs District Mission: To foster individual excellence in a nurturing environment by integrating a dedicated staff, an innovative curriculum, and community resources, while promoting respect for self and others. All students will acquire the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes necessary to become lifelong learners and citizens who will think critically, act responsibly, communicate clearly and collaborate effectively in a global community. In our school libraries, we support students in achieving these goals and teachers in constructing meaningful lessons to meet their curricular needs. Ultimately, we hope to create lifelong learners of all ages via our LMTSD School Library Media Centers.
Reminders! You can check your library account online at any time! Go to: http://library.lmtsd.org, click on your school and enter your network username (lunch #) and network password (lm5d…). Once entered into Follett Destiny, you can search the catalog and resources, like Follett Shelf eBooks and Audiobooks, or see which items you have checked out.
Some of our Blue Hybrid learners used their yoga mats to stretch out with a good book. Our TIme Machine Book Fair is starting November 19th Please support our book fair by shopping online! The book fair will run from November 19th-December 2nd.
Kindergarten and First grade students are looking forward to hearing from author, Juana Martinez Neal, after reading many of the books she illustrated as part of this year’s Global Read Aloud. Our youngest readers are learning to differentiate between the jobs of an author and an illustrator. Second graders created an eBook called “If You Give a Kid a Book” using Flip Grid to help our youngest students know how to take care of books. Fourth and Fifth graders have also been using Flip Grid to share peer book recommendations. As we are currently in a fully virtual learning environment, make sure to check out the many eBooks and audiobooks available on our Pine Road Mackin Via account. Students are able to access Mackin Via with Google Single Sign On and checkout materials to a backpack. Electronic resources are checked out for one week and will automatically return to the shelf after one week. The direct link and further instructional videos are also available in each grade level’s Library or Encore Google Classroom.
Check out the book fair!
Top Picks from our Upcoming Book Fair
Email Contact
@PineRoadLibrary @murraymakers @lmhs_library
PR ~ Mrs. Zschunke: ezschunke@lmtsd.org MA ~ Ms. Grosso: rgrosso@lmtsd.org HS ~ Mr. Engleman: pengleman@lmtsd.org
Highlights from October
Murray Avenue To better communicate with students and families, the MA Library has joined Instagram @MurrayAvenueLibrary! Follow us for updates on library events, new books and tools, and MurrayMaker activities!
Reminder: How to Checkout Digital Library Books
Visit our all new eBook and audiobook collection at lmtsd.mackinvia.com to browse and check out one of our 1,000 books! You will login using your school Google SSO. If you need assistance, visit the library’s website for the how-to video! Also, our website is still full of entertainment, from books to virtual escape rooms!
Short & spooky tales told by (LED) candlelight were virtual (but still spooky!) during lunchtime the week before Halloween
Virtually Visit the HV Library The Huntingdon Valley librarians are still hard at work! You can browse or put books on hold to pick up curbside. If you don’t have a card, there’s never been a better time! Find out more or fill out this form to get started.
Teen Trivia at HVL – Supernatural Creatures in Fiction & Film Follow this link and use pin 08484099 to play a Kahoot made by the HV Library!
We doubled the size of our eBook & audiobook collection to 1,000 titles! lmtsd.mackinvia.com
Upcoming at Murray Avenue Library EVENT: WIN Nov 19th Join us for a Google Meet with Brian Allen, the creator of the Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot, Gritty! We’ll be asking the artist your questions in support of our theme for the school year, Creativity Takes Courage, so be sure to sign up ahead of time! Fill out the form at bit.ly/MASGRITTY (all caps!)
We joined the Global Read Aloud virtually as Ms Grosso read Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park during WIN
New eBooks coming this Month!
Scholastic Book Fair November 16th-29th The return of the Scholastic Book Fair at Murray Avenue! This conveniently scheduled pre-holiday book fair will occur during parent-teacher conferences, virtually! Get something new and exciting to read while supporting your school library! You can visit our fair at this link: scholastic.com/bf/murrayave
Curious about Reading Olympics Club? It’s not too late to join! Meetings and the competition in March are virtual. Most of the books are too! Join using the Google Classroom code: ypgok56 to enjoy reading as a high energy team sport!
Library Websites
Pine Road: goo.gl/rJ3Bi7 Murray Avenue: goo.gl/rrLHV2 High School: goo.gl/ZwkCRX Pine Road
Murray Avenue
High School
Lower Moreland High School The High School library con nues to welcome students and faculty to use the library in person. We are also s ll checking out books and resources for our fully virtual students. Check out this video to learn about the process. This month we had a groundbreaking mee ng in our space, and we also had a big change in our library. Read along for more about these two events and other ac vi es in the library. Womens’ Business Conference The Pennsylvania Ins tute of Cer fied Public Accountants offered a Women's Leadership Conference Webcast this year. Mrs. Siciliano, LMHS business teacher, invited the young women of LMHS to par cipate. A socially distant group of mo vated young ladies took a virtual field trip to learn from women leaders around the commonwealth. We were proud to support this event and we would love to have more events like this in the library. Maker Space Change Due to a transi on away from desktop computers, our maker space was able to move into a space that was previously a computer lab. This will allow our makers more freedom to work in an environment that allows them to make the noise and messes it takes to make. Thanks to our school administra on for seeing the need for a space such as this. We are always looking for used tools such as screwdrivers, planers, sanders, drills, saws, etc for our maker space. We are also willing to accept some old electronics for our projects. We would love to add a few flat screen tvs for some projects. If you have any, please get in touch with Mr. Engleman November Birthday Books With some amazing authors such as Allcot, Elliot, Twain, and others with birthdays in November, we are celebra ng them by featuring them on their own birthday shelf. When we are back in school, come check out the Nov birthday crew.
A group of young leaders attended a virtual conference in the library.
Our new meeting/classroom space.
Some of our students were thrilled to show their anticipation for the election. They channeled that energy into our maker space to make some buttons.