Brooks High School Library

After reading The Great Gatsby, Mrs. Cabler’s 11th grade student curated their very own Roaring 20s Museum in the Library.

Each student selected a key figure, event, or topic from the Roaring 20s era to research and represent.

They utilized the STEM cart, 3d printers, legos, crafts, poster printers, and more from our Makerspace to create their artifacts.

They put on their museum today and had 8th grade ELA classes come to visit and listen to them present their artifact.

Mrs. Graham’s listened to the book, The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld, and learned about how to love our friends by just being there for them when they need us. We also discussed the importance of loving ourselves and made self-love jars. ❤️🩷❤️

Valentines is in full swing in the library. 💘

On Monday and Tuesday Mrs. Witt’s students had to use their collaboration and close reading skills to solve puzzles and riddles to find the old man’s heart in "The Tell Tale Heart" escape room. 🕵️‍♀️🔍

Mrs. Duncan’s 10th graders came to the library to read The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. After learning about color symbolism, the students got creative and built a 3D room after they chose a color and its meaning. 🎭

Shop our Book Fair starting November 10th and support our school!
* Create your child’s Book Fair eWallet so they can shop cash-free, worry-free, and independently! It’s easy to set up and easy for others to contribute funds! Start here: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brookshighschool.

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brookshighschool

Mrs. Graham’s class loves library day each week. We’ve had the best time this year so far reading and learning about different things each week. This week we learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin and made a booklet along with it to share with family and friends. 🧡🎃

We’ve been having a lot of fun in the BHS library.
We’ve been “dating” some cell parts with Mrs. Tubbs’ 7th grade science classes during Organelle Speed Dating , discovering our reading personalities through Genre Quizzes with 7th and 10th graders , and sharpening our research skills by finding credible sources with 11th graders.

Yesterday, we took a virtual field trip with Mr. Boatwright’s Earth & Space Science class to explore the glowing world of bioluminescent ocean creatures and it was super neat!

To raise money for library books, we are making and selling buttons. Use the google form below or see Mrs. Wallace in the library to purchase one.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyoPLm8gYyR6eZgOLpActETv8oh2CdG8e76qgaWEX9JJRIRg/viewform?usp=header

We are looking to add more books to our shelves for our students in grades 7–12. If you have gently used or new books you’d like to donate, we would be so grateful!

We are especially in need of:
🔹 Mystery / Thriller / Horror
🔹 Graphic Novels
🔹 Any kind of non-fiction
🔹 Contemporary Fiction
🔹 And really, ANY engaging books that middle and high school students would enjoy!

Your donations would go directly into the hands of our students who are always eager for new books to read. 💛

Edited to add: we also have a faculty only bookshelf that many of our faculty and staff enjoy that can be donated to as well.

The BHS library and makerspace are ready for some awesome kiddos tomorrow. We cannot wait to see you all! ❤️📚