Great job on those Senior Projects!

The HHS Library had the privilege of hosting senior projects this morning! Great job to all of those students who showcased their incredible efforts. Thank you for sharing your work with us!

Using Video in the Classroom

A new Using Video in the Classroom resource guide now posted! Take a look here.

Sweet Search

                 
Check out the new Sweet Search widget on our sidebar!

A search engine designed for students, Sweet Search only searches the 35,000 websites that their staff of research experts, librarians, and teachers have evaluated and approved. Organizations such as the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, PBS, and university websites are all included in the Sweet Search results bank.

Save yourself some time by searching directly from the widget on the HHS Library website, and be confident you are getting clean search results for your academic assignments.

Live A.P. Prep Session from C-SPAN!

This Saturday at 9:00am, C-SPAN Classroom is hosting a live prep session for students taking the A.P. Government and Politics exam next week. Teachers Dan Larsen and Andrew Conneen from Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, IL will discuss the exam, preview sample questions, and offer study suggestions. Students will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the live session by Tweeting @cspanwj or by emailing journal@c-span.org. Student can also call in with their questions using phone number (202) 585-3880.

Author Event - May 20th!

The Hopkinton Public Library presents, as part of the Hopkinton Public Schools "Desire to Inspire" initiative, award-winning author Michael Tougias, Tuesday May 20th at 7:00pm in the Hopkinton High School auditorium. Michael will be discussing his book The Finest Hours (soon to be a Disney motion picture!) which recounts the U.S. Coast Guard's most daring sea rescue, in gripping detail. Enjoy "...a visual journey of this rescue and the leadership and resiliency lessons learned from this event."

This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome!

A Comic Book/Graphic Novel Club Original!

Thank you to one of our junior students, Vasilios Dentiste, for sharing one of his original works with us and granting us permission to share it on the library blog. Vasilios created all of the illustrations and text for each of these panels himself, and has quite a portfolio that he recently shared with the rest of our comic book/graphic novel club members. We're all excited to see more of his artwork in the future!

Celebrate National Poetry Month with the HHS Library!

As part of our celebration of National Poetry Month, the HHS Library will be holding a screening of the documentary Brave New Voices, after school on Tuesday, April 15th in Room A308. Watch the Russell Simmons produced Grand Slam Finals competition between 4 teen poetry teams - Denver, Albuquerque, the California Bay Area, and New York City, all performing in front of an audience at L.A.'s Saban Theatre.