Towel Day Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Towel Day activities last week! I hope you had fun doing the quiz.  We got some interesting answers, so I thought I would post the correct ones here:

Towel Day Quiz

1.  How many books are there in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy?

     Answer: 5

2. What is a Babel Fish and how do you use it?

    Answer:  A little yellow fish you put in your ear that enables you to understand all languages.

3. Name four uses for a towel according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

    Any four of the following:

    1. "You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta"

     2. "you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V"

    3. "you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon"

    4. "use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth"

    5. "wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat"

    6. " wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter           Beast of Traal".

    7. "and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough"

4. Volgon's _______________ is the third worst in the world.

    Answer:  Poetry

5. The answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is ______________.

     Answer:  42

6. When did the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy first appear and in what format?

    Answer:  1978 on the radio

7. "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way _______________ don't."

     Answer:  Bricks

8.   "Don't _______________."

       Answer:  Panic

And the winners are.....

Teachers' Quiz:   Ms. Rachel Sleight

Student Quiz:      Liam Gabert

Having a towel:   Joyce Voluntad

Thanks again to everyone who participated!

The Calm Before the Storm

Hey everyone,

Exams and the crazy flurry of finishing off the year is just around the corner.  We thought that just before the storm begins, we'd have a few fun days at the library, so this is what we have lined up for you:

May 25 - Towel Day
May 26 - Play Day
May 27 - Chill-Out Day

Read on to find out more about each day.

Monday May 25 - Towel Day

Help celebrate the life and work of  Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG), by bringing a towel to school.  As the HHGTTG states:

“A towel, ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”  

So we remember Douglas Adams and his genius by carrying a towel around all day on May 25th.  If you'd like to find out more about how this started, check out the Towel Day website.

Prizes!

If you do bring a towel with you on Monday, be sure to check in at the high school library to be entered into a draw for a cool Towel Day prize.

You can also complete this Towel Day Quiz to enter a second draw for a 50 AED gift certificate to Candylicious.  Deadline is Monday May 25 at midnight.  Winners will be announced on Tuesday during Play-Day.

EDITED:  Sorry, Candylicious does not do gift certificates, so the prize will be a Starbucks certificate.

Douglas Adams 1952-2001

Tuesday May 26 - Play Day

Forget all your worries and come and play in the high school library at lunch time!  There will be play-dough, K'nex, boardgames, and popcorn!

 

May 27 - Chill-Out Day

The high school library will be transformed into a peaceful (and quiet) retreat at lunch-time, complete with low lighting, peaceful music, and a very short demonstration of relaxing yoga poses and breathing.  You can either participate, or close your eyes for a few minutes to rejuvenate your mind and spirit.


Hope to see you all each day next week!

Ms. Susan

Lego Creations

I can't believe how fast this past month has flown by!  We had our Book Week activities, followed by our two-week spring break, and then full swing back into things with the science fair this week! 

I hope you have had a chance to read some of the new titles highlighted in the last post.  The new books continue to be displayed on our shelves. 

Here are some of the great Lego creations made by you during book week. Can you guess what book scenes they are?

 

 

 

Cheers,

Ms. Susan

 

 

 



 

NEW BOOKS!!!!

Just in time for Book Week and D.E.A.R., we now have over 160 new books for you to borrow!

Graphic Novels
We've substantially increased out graphic novel section with over 40 titles that range from the superhero genre, to graphic adaptations of classic novels, to stand-alone, award-winning titles:  These are just a few:

 

 

 

 

 

 Fiction
We ordered books across the genres, including many new mystery and science-fiction titles, such as:

              

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Fiction

A few non-fiction titles have also been added to our collection, including these popular books on style and guitar playing:

 

 

 

 

Reference and Study
And last but not least We've also beefed up the reference collection with titles related to research, writing, literature, and public speaking:

We hope you all have a chance to come in and browse through the new collection, there is something here for everyone. 



Cheers,
Ms. Susan and Ms. Maggie








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Destiny now available at school, at home, and on the go!

We are so excited to share the good news with you - Destiny is now available outside of school to every student and staff member!

What this means is that not only do you have access to your library account anytime, you also have access to some powerful research tools to help you with projects and homework.

To access Destiny from a home computer, go to https://cisad.follettdestiny.com. You should get to a page that looks like this:

From here, click on the "CIS Library". Do not sign in on this page where it says "District Users". It will not work.

After clicking on "CIS Library", you will arrive at the general search page.  From here, you can search the catalogue of books available in either library, but you won't be able to do anything else unless you log in.

You can log in by clicking on the button at the top right corner of this page.  This is what you will see:

Every student and staff member has been assigned a username and password.  The username is your first initial and your last name (eg. skaiser).  If that doesn't work for you, it's probably because there is another student in the school with the same first initial and last name.  For these situations, we've made the username the full first name and the full last name (e.g. susankaiser).  Give that a try, and if you still can't get on, come and see us in the library.

Everyone's password starts with a 'P' and ends with your 5 digit student number or 4 digit staff number. (e.g. P00000).  Students, this is the same number you would use for powerschool. If you don't know it, come and ask us.

Once you've signed in, you should see this screen:

You'll find some handy links to both paid and free databases, as well as a link back here.  At the top, you will find the Catalog and My Info tabs as well.

The My Info tab gives you a snapshot of your account.  You can see what books are checked out to you, what books you've put holds onto, and what books others have recommended to you.

From My Info, you can also recommend book titles to others and view the complete history of all the books you've every checked out from either CIS library.

And finally, we come to the catalogue tab. 

This is where you can search, not only through the books that are actually in the library, but also through vetted websites and  paid and free databases. 

Have a look at this short video to explore how to search in Destiny.   The information about www.goFollett.com does not apply to us, and there may be a few small differences in the services we as a school have purchased, but overall, the information is great.

 



 

But wait!  There's more!  You can take Destiny with you wherever you go with the DestinyQuest mobile app.  You can download it for free from iTunes or the Playstore.  Add our URL to access our site (cisad.folletdestiny.com), then sign in with the same username and password.  Most of the same great features are available on the mobile app.  Here's a short video to get you started:

 

 

 

 

 

You'll be hearing a lot more about Destiny and how to use it in the coming weeks. Feel free to come and ask questions! 

 

We hope you enjoy exploring!

 

Ms. Maggie and Ms. Susan