Comic Book/Graphic Novel Club Movie Afternoon

The HHS Comic Book/Graphic Novel Club will be having their movie afternoon Friday, 2/28 after school.  Join us as we watch Watchmen together! We recently read the graphic novel as a group and are exited to see how the movie compares.  All are welcome!

*If you are under 17, you must see Mrs. Fournier for a permission slip, to be signed by your parent/guardian.

Winter Reading Challenge Update

The HHS Library's Winter Reading Challenge is in full swing!  Take a look at some of the titles students and staff have been reading. There's still time to take the challenge!  See Mrs. Fournier for more details.

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Blythewood by Carol Goodman
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read by Brooks Landon
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Cinematic Storytelling by Jennifer Can Sijll
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Dr. Sleep by Stephen King
Engaging Readers and Writers with Inquiry by Jeffrey Wilhelm
The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The House Girl by Tara Conklin
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Joyland by Stephen King
The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allen Poe
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
Paper Towns by John Green
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Perfect by Rachel Joyce
Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
The Shining by Stephen King
A Short History of Film by Wheeler Winston Dixon and Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters by Robert Pinsky

Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager by Buzz Bissinger

Tragic by Robert Tanenbaum

The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan

The Violet Hour by Katherine Hill

Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
Wild Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks and Ibraim Roberson

February is Black History Month

Black History Month is an annual celebration which recognizes the achievements of African Americans throughout history. This year's theme is "Civil Rights in America." A great resource for learning more about Black History Month, the Library of Congress has many online exhibits which pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

Free Art Books

Looking for an art or art history book? Try the Getty Publications Virtual Library hosted by the Getty Museum. The Getty Museum has put more than 250 art books online free for reading or downloading. The collection is searchable by author, keyword, or title. This is a great resource - check it out!

Another FREE Movie Night!

The HHS Library and Student Book Club are hosting another movie night to raise money for their spring field trip to visit the Boston Public Library and Boston Athenaeum. On Friday, February 7th we will be showing The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in the HHS Auditorium. The movie is free and will begin at 6:30pm. We will be selling concessions starting at 6:00pm. Bring the family and enjoy the movie! Open to the community - all are welcome!