We are one community that is made up of three schools: Elementary, Middle and High School. Hyde-Bronx School's purpose is to teach students that each one of them is gifted with a unique potential that defines their DESTINY.
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| | The moment we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold into a library, we've changed their lives forever, and for the better. – President Barack Obama |
| Mission Statement and Theme The mission of the Hyde Library Media Center is to teach students to be effective users of information and to encourage and prepare students to be curious life-long learners. The 2009- 2010 school wide theme is “Choose Challenge”. The library is a great place to challenge yourself and explore your unique potential.
Librarian: Ms. Hunsinger
• Email: vhunsinger@hydebronxny.org
• Phone: 718-991-5500 ext. 4450
Hours of Operation
Students will be able to checkout books during specific class checkout times. The library will also be open from 4pm to 5pm Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Students can use the library for circulation and Accelerated Reader tests whenever accompanied by a teacher or with a pass from their teacher. However, the librarian does reserve the right to send a student back to class if the library is too busy. Any additional library times or closings will be posted on the door.
Come see how many books Hyde-Bronx has read!
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| Rules 1) Ask the librarian for help
2) Handle books with care 3) Be quiet (less than level 1) and considerate
4) No food, drink, or gum is allowed in the library
5) Return library books on time
6) Re-shelve any lost books
7) Please leave chairs and tables as you found them. Remember to leave it cleaner than you found it.
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News/ Current Events
On September 11th, City Year, an organization that unites young people from all backgrounds for a full-time year of service, provided 10 corp members to help promote literacy at Hyde. Their service, which included automating over 200 library books, organizing book closets, and preparing guided reading sets, is invaluable to our students. Thank you City Year!
 
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| Elementary School This year the elementary theme is getting fired up with reading. Students will be participate in a school wide reading program earning dragon scales for each book that they read. The top class with the most reading scales will be in a school and community wide parade on March 2nd which is Read Across America Day. Book of the Month: Fired up with Reading by Toni Buzeo  In a school-wide challenge, Liberty Elementary School students compete to see which class can read the most minutes and place 5,000 scales on their paper dragons. Patty Lee desperately wants to be the top reader in the fourth grade and earn the right to wear the dragon costume in the parade – but will Carmen Rosa Pena read her out of the running? Patty Lee turns to Mrs. Skorupski for a new plan that might put her at the top. The race is on as Patty Lee devours books, read-alouds, and audio books. Carmen is watching, and formulating her own plan! Who will win? Resources: Bookflix We currently have access to 85 online books. Students can log on from home to read books online .With each book you can watch a corresponding video, read it online, do activities (word match, fact or fiction, or sequencing), meet the author, find corresponding websites, and much more. To log on go to: http://auth.grolier.com/login/bookflix/login.php Username: Bkflix Password: Read |
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| Middle School The Middle School theme is “Choosing Challenge”. The library is a great way to challenge yourself and explore your unique potential. Students are challenging themselves with a program called Accelerated Reader. Students are choosing books that have Accelerated Reader points. After they finish reading the book they take a reading comprehension test to earn individual and classroom points. Please ask your student what they are reading and what their goals are in terms of Accelerated Reader Points.
Resources: Accelerate Reader Books To find Accelerated Reader books log on to http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx Book of the Month: Hunger Games by Suzane Collins  In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old Katnis’ young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining district’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. Who will survive? -Jane Henriksen Baird, Anchorage Public Library, AK
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| High School The High School theme is “Choosing Challenge” but is also coupled with the curriculum theme of “Social Justice”. On October 15, 2009, High School students will choose challenge by partaking in the 10,000 Accelerated Reader point challenge. Students and staff will check out and take Accelerated Reader tests to earn points towards their 10,000 point goal. In addition to this challenge students will be encourage to reflect upon the social issues presented in what they read. Book of the Month: Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
In his first book for young adults, bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school. This heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written tale, coupled with poignant drawings that reflect the character’s art, is based on the author’s own experiences and chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he seems destined to live.
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Accelerate Reader Books To find Accelerated Reader books log on to http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx |
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