Library News

Beaver Readers received boxes of new books this week and students are EXCITED! These books were bought with PTSA funds and are the books students have asked to be purchased for the library.

Books are flying off the shelves.
Thank you so much for the support!

Mr. Wynkoop and Ms. Chambers meet one or two times a month, at lunch, in the Ballard High School library, to meet and talk about books students want to read. Students pick the books and tasty snacks are provided.

January Book Club is January 21. Book Club is Children of Blood and Bone, Beauty Queens (1st lunch) and Sadie (2nd lunch)

Please contact Ms. Chambers about how to activate your Digital Library Link SPL card so you can access these books at any time.

Ballard students and parents use this powerpoint link to view the Dec 16 - 20, 2020 library topics and information for the week!

Did you know that all Ballard High School students have automatic access to digital materials—e-books, downloadable audiobooks, comics, and more—through the Seattle Public Library’s LibraryLink partnership?

This is in addition to their personal library card—students are already automatically signed up.

Visit the Seattle Public Library's Library Link to find out more! Your BeaverReader's barcode is 990000+[student ID number] (ie, 9900009876543) and their PIN is their birth month and day (ie, 1220).

Did you know that BHS offers FREE tutoring? All of our tutors are student and adult volunteers. With four student tutors and two adult tutors, there will always be someone to help your student.

This takes place every Monday through Thursday in the library after school until 4:45 pm.

Our BHS community has gifted the library a loom and we are looking for any weavers to come to the BHS library and offer workshops to teach students how to use this amazing piece of equipment.

In the meantime, we are also asking for any donations to help students learn this skill with smaller looms at Donors Choose and help our students have more opportunities to create and make. 

BHS Library has been a hive of activity and game playing this week. 

Ballard students use the library for so many reasons including stress relief and fun.

A huge thank you to the Ballard High School PTSA for supporting the gamification of the library.

The BHS Library was filled with attentive students with open hearts as author Jasmin Kaur visited our library to talk about her new book, When You Ask Me Where I'm Going and share the writing process with students.

Two copies of her book are available at the library but we could always use more copies and support with our Amazon Wishlist.

Thank you for encouraging literacy in our school.

Congratulations to Teacher Librarian TuesD Chambers!

2019 Washington State Teacher Librarian of the Year! Read more on the district news announcement. 

Visit the Washington Library Association website for more information and a complete list of 2019 WLA Award Winners!

Makerspace Update

A huge thank you to the Ballard High School PTSA who have generously supported the creation of our Makerspace.

Many classes have used the materials to show evidence of learning in fun and engaging ways.

All of our Ballard High School students are makers and creators.

Thanks to a generous donation our students can now easily find their favorite genres on our school library shelves!

New sofa, tables, and chairs finally arrived! You are invited to stop by and see our library transformation!