Check it out!
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Welcome to the Sudbrook Library! Click here to search the Destiny libary catalog where you can view, review and browse for books! Please take advantage of the Digital_Content_&_Online_Databases. These educational resources are provided exclusively for Baltimore County students, teachers and parents. Please stop by the library if you need an additional handout with the user names and passwords to access the databases from HOME. Good News! Sudbrook Library will now sponsor our school's very own Eagle Mascot! He made a special appearance at the Evening Book Fair and World Language Night! Please email Mrs. Schilpp if you would like the Eagle to attend your upcoming SMMS event!
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Media Club
Home of the 'brook bloggers!
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Our next meeting will be Wednesday, November 11, 2009 from 3:00-4:00p.m. We will continue our assignments for Recommended Reads, Teacher Features, The Bird with the Word and promotions! Can't wait to meet! We will hopefully have 2 Teacher Features and one BWTW episode to view by our next meeting! Please see Mrs. Schilpp if you are unable to attend or missed the second meeting. There is a folder outside the library door with Club Info. and extra permission slips. All members MUST have a signed permission slip to attend. Please have it signed by your parent/guardian and return to Mrs. Schilpp by Tuesday 11/10/09. *We will be working on our wiki too! http://thebrookclub.pbworks.com/
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Freedom to Read
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Support Intellectual Freedom! Celebrate the freedom to READ and checkout a challenged book; see what all the fuss is about! Some of our shelves most beloved tales appear on the very long list of forbidden books. The only thing dangerous about books, is not reading them. We need to protect our Intellectual Freedom and always remember that Free People Read Freely! |
Favorite Series
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If you are looking for a fabulous series checkout Bloody_Jack by L. A. Meyer. I am pleased to announce that the Bloody Jack Series is the second most popular book checked out at SMMS! Go Jacky! *The seventh book, Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy was just released! It was not my favorite but still a good read! |
The Bird with the Word!
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Spread the Word! Learn new words to improve your vocabulary. Schmeagle the Eagle, the school library mascot, brings you the word of the week. This weeks word is PROCRASTINATE- To put off to a later date; delay. *If you wish to view episodes of The Bird with the Word please visit Schmeagle's video album on Teacher Tube! |
Welcome Murasaki!
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Please welcome our new Raven Mascot, Murasaki Shikibu, to our library family! She joins Schmeagle the Eagle and Shawan the Wise Owl! Murasaki is the Japanese word for Purple. She is named after Lady Murasaki, the Japanese novelist, poet, and maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between 1000 and 1008, and known as the world's first novel. She loves READING... matter of fact, she can't stop "RAVEN" about it! |
| Award Winning Book
"Be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
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Students Receive Award from Scholastic’s Kids Are Authors Book Contest! To celebrate and educate others about diversity, a group of student authors from Sudbrook Magnet Middle created a collection of vignettes to complete a book entitled Don’t Judge This Book. The book’s title was inspired by the American Proverb “don’t judge a book by its cover”. This tender, insightful book sends a powerful message that will enlighten others about people and their cultural background. It illustrates that each and every student has a unique story and should not be judged but embraced for their differences. The following students wrote an autobiographical vignette: Haider Ali, Joseline Funes, John Lippens, Jennifer Paffenbarger, Amr Rawi, Zakkiyya Rice-Coleman, Ras Rose, Linda Wu and Luis Zeledon. The book’s bright expressive colors were created by student illustrator, Linda Wu. The lesson originally stemmed from a project that the students completed in their Facing History and Ourselves Seminar; creating children’s books on how stereotypes prevent others from seeing people as individuals. The students work was so inspiring that Ms. Vicki Coronel and I combined our students to create one book and entered it in the Scholastic’s National Kids Are Authors contest. Several of the students that participated are members of Sudbrook’s ESOL program and the others represent the school’s World Languages and Performing Arts Magnet Program. The collaboration proved to be an amazing experience for all involved and the book was an Honorable Mention Winner and received a $500 gift certificate from Scholastic. Only 25 books receive this honor out of thousands of entries. The book will be published and shared with the families and school community and will also be the inspiration for next years diversity education at the school. All the participating students celebrated a book signing and reception in the school library! Many thanks to Ms. Coronel for her hard work and dedication to all her students and to all the fabulous student authors... Thank you for being YOU! |
Picturing America Grant
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Sudbrook Library is the proud recipient of the the Picturing America Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Forty duplicate prints of American Masterpieces are now part of our library collection. The award was granted for the 2009-10 school year. For more information please visit the Picturing America website.
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Sudbrook Podcast
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We are pleased to introduce the Sudbrook Podcast. Our first podcast segment is called "Teacher Feature" and includes interviews with educators here at SMMS. We hope you will listen in and learn more about our literary community. Currently, students have interviewed Mr. Weddle (PE/Basketball Coach), Mrs. Giesler Science Magnet), Mrs. Perfido (Math) and Mr. Olive (French). To recommend a Teacher for a Teacher Feature podcast please email Mrs. Schilpp aschilpp@bcps.org.
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