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How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before its June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
--Dr. Seuss
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Regina Retro
Yearbook: 1961
Original Caption: Jacqueline Hahn files and Judy Miller cuts a stencil electronically, while (front to back) Mary Kay Brennan, Sharon Risser, Susan Wink, Mary Kay Houndt, and Lynne Stuermer transcribe shorthand notes.
Visit the RDHS Yearbook Archive by clicking
here.
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YouTube Pick of the Week
It's a known fact that cats are Christmas-ruiners
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Magazines
This week's magazines are available on the coffee table in the LRC.
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Books
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) by Brian Selznick
Call Number:
GRA Selznick
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.
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Goodreads
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) by Roald Dahl
Call Number:
FIC Dahl
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
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Goodreads
Day of Tears
(2005) by
Julius Lester
Call Number:
FIC Lester
On March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, Georgia. More than 400 slaves were sold. On the first day of the auction, the skies darkened and torrential rain began falling. The rain continued throughout the two days, stopping only when the auction had ended. The simultaneity of the rain storm with the auction led to these two days being called "the weeping time." Master storyteller Julius Lester has taken this footnote of history and created the crowning achievement of his literary career.
Julius Lester tells the story of several characters including Emma, a slave owned by Pierce Butler and caretaker of his two daughters, and Pierce, a man with a mounting gambling debt and household to protect. Emma wants to teach his daughters-one who opposes slavery and one who supports it-to have kind hearts. Meanwhile, in a desperate bid to survive, Pierce decides to cash in his "assets" and host the largest slave auction in American history. And on that day, the skies open up and weep endlessly on the proceedings below.
Using the multiple voices of enslaved Africans and
their owners, Julius Lester has taken a little-known, all-true event in American history and transformed it into a heartbreaking and powerfully dramatic epic on slavery, and the struggle to affirm humanity in the midst of it.
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Goodreads
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Tech Corner
The Archdiocese of Chicago subscribes to a research publication called The Marshall Memo of which there is a new issue each week. Each issue features a curated round-up of important ideas and new research in the field of education for K-12 schools. This most recent issue features recently published articles in major print media as well as academic journals on social emotion learning, teaching empathy in the classroom, teaching classic novels in a new way, and much more.
Here is a link to the most recent issue.
If you would like to receive future issues, please reply to this email, and I will put you on the email list.
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