Snowy Meeting

Finally the first snow arrived in St. George City!
The Elmwood Middle School /Rogers / Arkansas / USA students bring it to us.
(It was very hard to them to arrive to the on-line meeting, because of the bad weather.)

We had a common project based on History.
The students from Rogers learned about Romania.
Our children were very happy to discuss with them.
Thank you very much to Goga Enikő, our English teacher, for her cooperation. 
The State of Arkansas has got an important meaning for us: Jason Brasswell, the first  Peace Corps volunteer came from there.  
About Elmwood Middle School : http://www.elmwood.k12.oh.us/District/Middle/mindex.htm

Do you speak English?

Our 1st and 3rd graders met on-line with the readers of the Hebron Valley Elementary/Texas/USA school library. Our common aim was to meet each other and to learn more about the other's culture. Our students used very efficiently the English word what they learned untill now. The librarian helped them whem if they didn't know the word in English. The meeting it was a real succes! The children enjoyed a lot!
Many thanks to Mrs. Balogh Andrea, Mrs. Forró Viola schoolmasters and to Mrs. Gocz Katalin, Mrs. Gödri Zsuzsanna English teachers for the collaboration!

International School Library Month in the Mikes Kelemen School Library

The International School Library Month was celebrated this year too! 
Here is the program: 
1. Reading Marathon
Upper graders read fairy tales for the elementary graders.
There were about 500 participants. 
 Collaboration partner: Török Katalin, Hungarian Literature Teacher.

2. International bookmark exchange with the students of Tettenhall College/Wolverhampton/UK
Collaboration partner:  Haszmann Júlia Réka, Art Teacher. 

3.Virtual meeting on different topics with: 
a)Heritage High School /Rogers/Arkansas/USA
Collaboration partner: Bodor Katalin, English Teacher

b)Goenka World School/Delhi/India
Collaboration partner: Szmolka Zsuzsa, English Teacher. 

c)Rasbihari International School/Nashik/India
Collaboration partner: Koós Kinga, English Teacher. 

4. The International School Library Month was celebrated by the school librarians from Covasna County too in the Bod Péter High School.
During the program, the librarian from the Mikes Kelemen High School presented "The Mikes Kelemen High School Library and it's American Connections" 

5.During the  International School Library Month each visitor received a sticker -I Love the Mikes Library- from the librarian.

Many thanks to  Multi Nr SRL for the sponsorship. 

Many thanks to the English, Art and  School Master department for the collaboration. Many thanks to the IX. C graders for the read.

Article about our activity:
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/43519?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+3szekHirek+%283szek.ro+H%C3%ADrek%29

http://erdely.ma/kultura.php?id=102699

Mission in Őrkő

In Summer break (21.07.2011) we were invited by the “Ovidiu Rom” Association to present an interactive lesson about books and library to the Roma  children. 
Our host were children, who will enter in Autumn,  as first graders in the “Néri Szent Fülöp” School.

They were very happy. 

We shall come back anytime!  

Workshop in the Library

Together with
Koós Kinga-English teacher
Jake Walters - Peace Corp volunteer
and the V-a B graders
we dramatized   Carl Hiaasen's novel.
The book is called  ''Hoot''.
It is a gift offered by  Judy Self, media coordinator and the Gamewell Elementary School from Lenoir / North Carolina / USA.
Thank you for donation!

World No Tobacco Day

On 31th of May our science teachers and the library organized a campaign against smoking.
1. We invited Mrs. Balogh Klára, the spokesman of the ''Together Against Cancer Association'' to discus with our upper grade students about the daily life of those who suffer of cancer, about their social and psychical problems. About these things the ordinary man knows and talk a little, usually avoid them.

2. Our students from the V-XII. grades, created during a contest, a lot of big posters against smoking. The posters are exposed during an exhibition in our school library hall.

3. The students from the I-IV. grades were drawing on the basketball field, which is next to our school library. Theme of the contest was: "Say yes for the beauty, say no to smoking!"

4. The experienced bikers were riding together with the librarian in the Mt. Baraolt. We accepted only those students who participated at least one cycling contest. We wanted to support Lance Armstrong, the great biker, who defeated the cancer and supports many people who suffer of this disease. We wanted to present also a new, healthy style of life to the other students.

We thank to the schoolmasters and to the art teacher for their cooperation!
Special thanks to the school principals for their support!
Article about this event:
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/39681/egeszsegnap_az_iskolaban

The Writers' Map - Harta scriitorilor

''The Writers' Map - Harta scriitorilor''  (19.05.2011) was organized together with Rusznák Gabriella, Popescu Carmen, Romanian language and literature teachers, and the Mikes High School Library.

Our aim was to help our children, to practice the Romanian language in a more or less unusuall way.

  The students form groups of 4-5 persons.

Each group had to read a novel in romanian from the universal literature. During the contest they had to present the writer, the country and it's customs.

 They had to present the novel, and to create a bookmark and bookjacket for that novel.

They argued, why they liked that novel.

It was a real success! We shall organize it in the future too! 

About the contest in the newspapers:
Háromszék
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/39353/kozelebb_a_roman_nyelvhez
Székely Hírmondó
http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/cseperedo/24709-trkpe-romnul.html

MIKES DAY

Our library celebrated the Mikes Day (12.05.2011) together with the English teachers.  
We started our program with American songs.

Our student`s English language knowledge was verified during a contest.

 The winner was Bolgyán Bora Zsuzsanna. 

After the awards, during a ceremony we opened officially the Benjamin Franklin Club.

At the end we thanked the precious gift to Mrs. Anne Boyd with a photo. 

She is ill, therefore she didn`t attend our celebration. 

She offered two valuable pictures for the Benjamin Franklin Club.

 Mulţumim Anne! Thank you Anne! Köszönjük Anne!  

Flat Kati

Flat Kati, the little girl made by the I. C. grade,  came back from Omaha.
She visited the readers from the Sunset Hills Elementary School Library.
They were good hosts for Kati.
They took her everywhere in Omaha.

Kati visited USA during an exchange project.
Thank you Sunset Hills Elementary School / Omaha / NE / USA. for your cooperation!

Before the Spring Break

On 14th of April, our children were playing an interesting game with Courtney Brown in the Benjamin Franklin Club. It`s like "Country-City", our well known game.

Our students enjoyed it!
At the same time they had the opportunity to learn many words, because they used a lot the New Webster's Dictionary.

Simply the Best!

Our best readers were awarded on the 12th of April. 
They are: Furcsa Csengele I-IV. from grades, Erdőközi Virág from V-VIII. grades,  Fábián Katalin and Szász Kovács Réka from IX-XII. grades.
Mrs. Kerekes Dóra, our school principal was greeting our winners. Each of them received a big pizza, and the librarian was their waiter! They eat the breakfast in in the library!  
Thank you for the Bastion Restaurant for their delicious sponsorship!

Poetry Day

On 11th of April we celebrate the Hungarian Poetry Day.
József Attila is one of our most important poet.
On his birthday our library organized a reading-playing program for the first graders during which they learn the rules of the library, become members and lend their first book.
We thank to Lukács Gyöngyike, Oláh Sz. Ágnes and Fehér Katalin, our school masters, for cooperation! 

Spring Jeopardy

The spring arrived in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library too! 
In the Benjamin Franklin Club our  V-VIII grade students played a Spring Jeopardy with Courtney Brown. They enjoyed a lot the competition.
It is the first time when lower grades are playing jeopardy in English.

New name-New guest

The department which occupies with the American culture has got a new name from now on.
Benjamin Franklin is an important person in the history of humanity. 
It's a great honour for us. 

Our Benjamin Franklin Club's first guest was Jake Walters, Peace Corp volunteer.
He exchanged ideas about some aspects of morality with our students.

Flat Will and Flat Kati

A special guest arrived in our school library.
He is Flat Will and come from  Sunset Hills Elementary School / Omaha / NE / USA. 
Flat Will was painted by the readers of the American school library.
He will stay with us 2 weeks, during which we shall show to him our school library, our school and our town.
We have an exchange project with the Americans.
Our first grade students draw also little men, and the winner sent Flat Kati to Omaha.
We thank to Szőcs Torma Katalin, our English teacher, for cooperation!

Dr. Seuss in Mikes

On Dr. Seuss birthday (March the 2nd) we met with the readers of  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School Complex / Atlantic City / New Jersey.
Dr. Seuss for the Americans is like Benedek Elek and  Ion Creangă for us.
He wrote 44 books for children.
For his memory the National Education Association created the  Read Across America, which  is an annual reading motivation and awareness program in USA, that calls every child in every community to celebrate reading on March 2.
Our program was very interesting.
  First the students from  Atlantic City presented ''The Cat in the Hat" , the most important book of  Dr. Seuss. 

Then we were discussing about our schools, customs and  famous Afro-Americans.

The great surprise it was offered to us by  Mr. Lorenzo T. Langford, the mayor of Atlantic City, who not only greeted us, but he kindly answered to all our questions.
In this condition the time flew by. The Mikes students didn't read. No problem, we shall do next time!
Special thanks to Goga Enikő, our English teacher, for cooperation.

Exhibition

Our library received generous donation of books. We organized an exhibition in the library hall.

German Language Reading Marathon

On 24th of February, the our library organized with the German Language Teacher Department a reading marathon.

85 students read passages from their favorite books.

At the end each reader received a poster as a gift from the library.

We have to thank very much to the German Language Teacher Department for their collaboration.