Books are Due!
April 22nd, 2010
All Library books are due on Friday, May 7th! Please get your books returned to the library as soon as possible to help us with end of the year inventory and avoid being fined. Any students who does not return books by the end of the year will be assigned a fine and will not receive a report card. Next year, students with fines will not be permitted to check out library books until fines are satisfied. And yes, 8th grade fines will carry on to high school.
When I Was a Soldier – 4/10 B.o.t.M.
April 22nd, 2010
When I Was a Soldier
When I Was a Soldier by Valérie Zenatti
- 3 stars
Did you know that ALL boys and girls in Israel must serve at least two years in the army after their 18th birthdays? When I Was a Soldier is the true story of 18-year-old Valérie Zenatti’s experiences as a female soldier in the Israeli Defense Force.
While most teenagers around the world are worrying about going to college, hanging out with friends and dating, Valerie must deal with early morning training sessions, terrible mess hall food, and spying on pilots from the Jordanian air force.
After struggling through her initial training, Valerie gets assigned to the elite Israeli Secret Service, conducting top secret surveillance and spying missions. She misses her family and friends, and she’s trying to patch things up with her ex-boyfriend, but she must overcome and fulfill the important duty to her country.
Book Fair
March 1st, 2010
The Book Fair is coming! Skyview’s second book fair of the year will be Monday, March 15th – Friday, March 19th in the library. Check out the fantastic selection of books, posters, school supplies, and computer software. Find yourself something fabulous to read over Spring Break!
Science Expo Winners
March 1st, 2010
Check out the results from last Thursday’s 7th Grade Science Expo that was held in the Skyview Library. Congratulations to the winners and great job everyone who participated!
Science Expo
February 9th, 2010
Be sure to come check out Skyview’s Annual Science Expo on Thursday, February 25th. You’ll be blown away by a library full of experiments, scientific demonstrations, inventions, artwork, and much more. Interested in helping out by being a judge? Contact Mr. Bonser to sign up!
Thirteen Reasons Why – 1/10 B.o.t.M.
January 11th, 2010
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
- 5 stars
Thirteen Reasons Why is one of the best young adult books I have read in a long time. It tells two stories – one about Hannah Baker, a 17-year-old girl who, by the end of the first chapter we already know, has committed suicide; the other about Clay Jensen, a friend of Hannah who receives a mysterious package of audio tapes in the mail and starts to listen.
The two stories begin to intertwine as Clay finds out the tapes were left by Hannah – each tape is a dedicated to a specific person and each tape tells a “reason why” she killed herself. Hannah’s reasons start out fairly minor, mostly involving rumors and pranks, but they rapidly become much more serious until Clay finally gets the complete picture of what led Hannah to make the ultimate decision.
Thirteen Reasons Why is an extraordinarily well-written and well thought out novel. It is a page turning thriller and an emotional roller coaster. It treats a very sensitive subject with thoughtfulness and tenderness. But most importantly offers a terrifyingly realistic example of how rumors and bullying may seem innocent, but can start a chain of events with unpredictable and tragic consequences.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – 11/09 B.o.t.M.
November 20th, 2009
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- 5 stars
Junior is a teenager growing up on the Wellpinit Indian Reservation in Washington State – a terribly poor, hopeless world of alcoholic adults, fistfights and tragedy. But Junior is a little different than his classmates…he’s successful in school, a talented artist and a pretty good basketball player. But most of all, he actually dreams of a future off the reservation.
Things really start to change when he decides to transfer to a school in Reardon – the “rich, white school” in the town near the reservation. He finds himself caught in the middle of two worlds – truly a part-time Indian. His white classmates shun him because he’s Indian; his Indian friends shun him because he abandoned the reservation.
Part-Time Indian is told with humor and sarcasm and is full of Junior’s funny cartoon drawings
that are his way of dealing with the difficult life of the reservation. Read along as Junior struggles to overcome his tough upbringing and make something of his life.
Steve Layne is Coming to Skyview!
November 11th, 2009
Dr. Steven Layne
This is Dr. Layne’s 3rd visit to Skyview and he will be speaking to 7th grade students about his life as an author and the writing process.
He will also be doing a book signing and autographing books that students purchase. If you’d like to purchase a book and get it signed, please download and submit the following order form to your child’s language arts teacher by Tuesday, November 17th.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s Language Arts teacher.
Book Fair
November 1st, 2009
The Book Fair is coming! Skyview’s first book fair of the year will be Monday, December 7th – Friday, December 11th in the library. Check out the fantastic selection of books, posters, school supplies, and computer software. Books make great Christmas gifts!!
Space Night
October 7th, 2009
Make sure you come check out Space Night on Thursday, October 8th from 5:00-7:00 at Skyview. We will have student rocket launches, raffles and games, student work displayed, an inflatable planetarium, food for sale, a band concert, and much much more!
Bring the whole family for a night of space fun and education!
