The Churchill Library report summarizes library activities for February 2014. It notes that the librarian attended several professional development conferences and meetings to learn strategies for integrating technology. The library promoted the Big Library Read book and had over 2,000 students visit during lunch. Various academic and book clubs met regularly in the library. Several teachers brought classes to the library for research projects using databases and other resources. A total of 477 books were circulated among students and staff in February.

1. Students served
Number of school days: 20
Number of classes served: 71
Number of individuals served: 570
Number of students visiting before and after
school-Daily Avg.: 63
Number of students visiting during lunch:
2111
Circulation statistics:
Books circulated by grade level:
9th
141
10th
43
11th
97
12th
85
Staff 111
Total 477
CHURCHILL LIBRARY REPORT
February 2014
 The librarian attended the Texas Computer Educators
Association annual conference in Austin in order to bring
back various strategies for integrating technology into
lessons in the library and classrooms.
 The librarian attended the district Big Library Read
committee meeting to brainstorm ways to promote
OverDrive and the book, Keys to the Kitchen.
 The library promoted the Big Library Read book, Keys to the
Kitchen, and offered students and staff a chance to submit a
review for a recipe from the cookbook. Each participant was
then entered in a drawing for kitchen gear and a hard copy
of the book.
 The librarian participated in the first meeting of the district
secondary iPad Cohort meeting. The focus is on learning
about a variety of apps to share with teachers and students
for creating and sharing information.
 The UIL Academic teams have been practicing Tuesday
mornings and afternoons in the library and the library
classroom.
 The librarian attended the district high school librarians’
Professional Development meeting at the MacArthur library
where books were shared and various networking topics
were discussed, as well as our Library Transformation plans
and several technology-related topics.

2.  Churchill’s UIL Academic Teams continue to meet and practice
every Tuesday morning and afternoon, both before and after
school.
 The WC Student Book Club met and discussed Ready Player
One and I am Number Four, and voted on the next title, Gregor
the Overlander, and date for March’s meeting—March 18th
.
 The WC Faculty Book Club—Read Between the Lions, met
and discussed their book, The Geography of Bliss, led by
Susan Mann and voted on the next title and location/date for
March’s meeting.
 Photos for the Summa Program were taken both before and
after school.
• Ms. Neel’s English IV students used the databases to access articles related to the
Renaissance and Shakespeare in preparation for reading Hamlet. They used the Advance
search feature after formulating their essential questions and key search terms. The final
product was an Annotated Bibliography using MLA formatted citations and summaries of
the articles from the databases.
• Ms. Robbins’ Best Global Citizens continued their research on their essential questions
related to Multiple Sclerosis. They were instructed on how to use the database to access
related articles, how to do an advanced search, and how to filter their results. In addition,
one week there were special guests from the MS Foundation who visited and brought “MS
Kits” which simulate the symptoms of MS when students tried on gloves, glasses, weights,
etc.
• The students in Mr. Sears’ Latin classes researched various topics related to Ancient
Rome and created presentations in Google Drive. They cited their electronic and print
resources in MLA format and created the Works Cited slide as the final presentation slide.
• The students from Ms. Wales’ Food Science classes visited the library to become more
familiar with OverDrive and to check out the Big Library Read book, Keys to the Kitchen.
Back in their classroom, they cooked recipes and created digital projects as a response to
their experiences with the technology app of their choice.
Ms. Jett’s Journalism students created newspapers on the topic of their choice and printed
them in the library.
Ms. Carrier’s European History students used the ABC-Clio databases to access articles
related to their topics about the French Revolution. They took notes in Google Drive to
practice summarizing and paraphrasing.

3. LibGuides Published
Big Library Read (adapted from district LibGuide)
http://neisd.libguides.com/big_library_read
Total views of Churchill LibGuides: 2957
Charlotte Gustafson, Librarian
Clara Chertakovsky, Library Assistant