Hour of Code

The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. 15 million students worldwide learned an Hour of Code.

The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. 

But without good reading skilIs our students can not do a really good job in computer programming. 
That's why the Mikes Kelemen High school Library entered in the project. 

-We want more! - the children enjoyed a lot the activity. 

Thank you to Barabás Andrea and Kákay Csilla, our schoolmasters for cooperation! 

About Hour of Code: http://hourofcode.com 

International School Library Month

Adaptability is special  characteristic of schoool librarians because International School Library Month allows those in charge of school libraries around the world to choose a day, week, or the entire month in October to celebrate the importance of school libraries.

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library  organized a book exhibition on the works of Benedek Elek, our great folk story teller.

It become a tradition that our library organize the Reading Marathon during the International School Library Month.
Our 0-4 grader students and children from the Csipike Kindergarten listened the tales written by Benedek Elek, a very important Transylvanian writer.   Students from the 11th grade offered to read voluntarily to their younger friends.

We exchanged our bookmarks with Tin Shui Wai Methodist College/Hong Kong and  Escola Básica de Eugénio de Castro / Portugal. 

Thank you to our teachers, Török Katalin and Haszman Réka Júlia for the cooperation.

About the event: http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/cseperedo/71842-Mesemaraton-Mikesben.html
About Escola Básica de Eugénio de Castro: http://www.escolaeugeniodecastro.pt/index.html
About Tin Shui Wai Methodist College: http://www.tswmc.org

Fairy Tale Day

On 30th of September the Hungarian Folk Tale Day was organized by the Mikes Kelemen High School Library too. This is the day when we celebrate the birth of Benedek Elek , our greatest folk tale teller. 

We prepared with a surprise, this time the librarian was the folk tale teller! 

Thank you Mrs. Dali Judit for cooperation! 

Home at Last!

I arrived home!

The campaign was great!

You can read more about it:

In Romanian:
1. Agerpres
2.  Gazeta de Sud
3. Atitudine in Arges
4. Actualitatea Calarasi
5. Observator de Calarasi
6. Curierul Zilei
7. Covasnamedia
8. Buna ziua Brasov
9. Mesagerul de Sibiu
10. Covasnamedia
11. Biblioteca Nationala a Romaniei
12. Tribuna
13. Romanian Angel Appeal
14. Marius Tuca
15. Realitatea
16. Radio Romania Targu Mures
17. Turnul Sfatului
18. Comisarul
19. Jurnal Spiritual
20. Asociatia Bibliotecarilor din Romania
21. Radio TV Oltenita
22. Turism
23. Ziua de Constanta
24. Jurnalul de Calarasi
25. Radio Romania Antena Satelor
26. Calarasi Cycling Team
27. Editia
29. Radio Romania Cultural
30. Radio Vacanta
31. Covasnamedia.ro

In Hungarian:
1. Háromszék
2. Háromszék
3. Győri Szalon
4. Maszol
5. Maszol
6. Könyvtárostanárok Egyesülete
7. Székely Hírmondó
8. Győr +

Other languages:
1. Bibliothèques de Waimes et de Malmedy
2.Romania Journal

TV:
1. Csongrád TV
2. Győr TV+
3. Radio TV Oltenita
4. Televiziunea Calarasi 1

School Libraries from the Black Sea to the North Sea

Today bikes still mean freedom for millions of people, young and old – as do libraries.
I love biking and I believe that by cycling more than 3000 km I can raise the interest of the press, the public and the politicians for the important role school libraries and public libraries play in society.
With my campaign I would like to influence the Romanian Government’s way of thinking on libraries and raise the Romanian representatives’ interest on the reestablishment of I.C. Petrescu National Library of Education (closed last year), which had a key role on education and forming of the teachers, schoolmasters and school librarians.

During my route, in each country I shall visit school libraries/public libraries and met with local colleagues. I hope that we can advocate together for the reading, which offers the real freedom for mankind, and to show that this knowledge offers us alternatives for peace.

It will be a long trip with many dangers, but I want to change the general idea about us, about librarians. We are not ordinary people, because school libraries represent the possibility to learn and think in many ways!

I shall promote, in the countries that I cycle through, the 44nd Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship, held in Maastricht.

a) Aims:
- to show that reading is the most important thing for the youth
- to advocate for the importance of school libraries / public libraries
- to advocate for the reestablishment of I.C. Petrescu National Library of Education
- to visit local libraries and meet with local colleagues
- to attend IASL Conference in Maastricht
- to show that librarians are not ordinary people
- to show that the books give us the real freedom
- to show that the knowledge offers us alternatives for peace

b) Advocacy activities:
-meet with local library community and talk together in the presence of the media about the importance of reading
-in each important town put flowers with my colleagues on the statue or tombstone of a famous local writer
-sign a petition together with the IASL board members about the reestablishment of I.C. Petrescu National Library of Education
-local librarians will sign and stamp in my Librarian Passport which will be attached to the petition
-do a diary on the Facebook
-organize a book chain: at each library where I stop exchange a book and take it to the other stop. By this we create a strong tie between readers, librarians, libraries
-on some parts of the trip bikers will accompany me as a solidarity for the cause
-during the trip wear a T-shirt with the IASL logo

c)  Route and dates:
I will cross 7 countries and do more than 3000 km in just 22 days!
Romania-Bulgaria-Hungary-Slovakia-Austria-Germany-Netherlands will be the hosts of my trip.


ROUTE                                           KM DAY DATE
TRAIN TO CONSTANTA 1 Sunday, June 07, 2015
Constanţa-Silistra-Călărasi 130 2 Monday, June 08, 2015
Călăraşi-Olteniţa-Bucuresti 134 3 Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Bucuresti-Tărtăşeşti-Piteşti 114 4 Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Piteşti-Braşov-Sfântu Ghe. 173 5 Thursday, June 11, 2015
Sfântu Gheorghe-Sibiu                   166 6 Friday, June 12, 2015
Sibiu-Deva                                      116 7 Saturday, June 13, 2015
Deva-Timisoara                              156 8 Sunday, June 14, 2015
Timisoara-Csongrád                       152 9 Monday, June 15, 2015
Csongrád-Budapest                        142 10 Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Budapest-Győr                               133 11 Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Győr-Bratislava-Vienna                 125 12 Thursday, June 18, 2015
Vienna-Linz                                   195 13 Friday, June 19, 2015
Linz-Passau                                    80 14 Saturday, June 20, 2015
Passau-Regensburg                        120 15 Sunday, June 21, 2015
Regensburg-Nuremberg                 111 16 Monday, June 22, 2015
Nuremberg-Würzburg                    102 17 Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Würzburg-Wetzlar                          186 18 Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Wetzlar-Bonn                                  169 19 Thursday, June 25, 2015
Bonn-Maastricht                            136 20 Friday, June 26, 2015
Maastricht-The Hague                    217 21 Saturday, June 27, 2015
The Hague-Maastr.&CONFERENCE  0 km 22 Sunday, June 28, 2015
CONFERENCE                                               23 Monday, June 29, 2015
CONFERENCE                                               24 Tuesday, June 30, 2015
CONFERENCE                                               25 Wednesday, July 01, 2015
CONFERENCE                                               26 Thursday, July 02, 2015
TRAIN-HOME                                                27 Friday, July 03, 2015
TRAIN -HOME                                               28 Saturday, July 04, 2015

Love

The theme of love presented by the students of Mrs. Vass Zsuzsanna, our Romanian Language teacher.

They presented poems, novels, mythological tales, movies, art objects, which celebrate the love. They even dramatized some parts of their favorite novels.  

Thank you to Mrs Vass Zsuzsanna for cooperation.
Thank you ,,Mereu Aproape" Foundation for the beatiful books that our library offered to the participants.

School in Other Way

Between the main events of the "School in Other Way Week" was the one organized in our school library. It was called "Literature and the Other Arts".

Our students presented different adaptations of tales, novels from the universal literature. They did not do just a simple presentation, they made posters, video clips and dramatize some parts of the plots.

Our common goal was to practice the Romanian language in other way.  

At the end of the event every student received a book as a gift offered by the genereosity of the Mereu Aproape Foundation.
A warm thank you Mrs Rusznák Gabriella, our Romanian Language teacher,  for the cooperation!

Online meeting with Los Angeles

Our 5th graders continued their project with the students of New Academy / Canoga Park / Los Angeles. This time they met virtually via internet.

Thank you to Mrs. Sylvester Anna, our English language teacher for cooperation!
About the New Academy's school library activity: http://www.campreadsmore.com

If You Learned Here

If You Learned Here is a global collaboration and authoring project for students in Pre-K through 8th grade. 

Inspired by the book If You Lived Here: Houses of the World, this project will engage students in a global dialogue about their learning communities. 

Each school will generate pages for an eBook that we will write and publish together. We hope this global book will provide information and inspiration for readers around the world! 

This project has three phases:
1) Explore & Share - Using FlipGrid and Padlet, each school participates in 4 weeks of video and image sharing around 4 focus questions.
2) Write & Publish - Each school uses Book Creator to make 2 pages for our global eBook.
3) Reflect & Celebrate! - Together, we share our learning and celebrate our experience as authors, learners, and friends.  

This project has 76 participating schools from 20 countries! 

Our school is in the Orange Cohort, together with the Shekou International School (China), Pathways School Noida (India), Green Bay High School (New Zealand), Paparoa Range (New Zealand), Te Kura Kaupapa Māori O Te Whānau Tahi (New Zealand), Brightwater (New Zealand), Tawa School (New Zealand), ISZL (Switzerland), Burley School (USA), Friends School of Baltimore (USA), The Fletcher School (USA), Mexico Elementary School (USA), Emerick Elementary (USA), Alkausar Boarding School (Indonesia).  

Thank you to Mr. Sebesi Zoltan, our Geography teacher for the cooperation.  

About the project: http://ifyoulearnedhere.weebly.com/

International Children's Book Day

At last, on 2nd of April, our 1st grader students conquered the Mikes Kelemen High School Library!
They knew the most of the letters, that's why it wasn't any problem for them to become our readers when we celebrate the International Children's Book Day.

During an interactive program our students met our library, the rules of the library, and they have the opportunity to show their reading skills. At the end of the program they lent books and received gifts from the librarian.

Our children were very happy that they become members of the Mikes Kelemen High School Library's reading community. We thank you to our schoolmasters for the cooperation!

Flat Collin in Mikes

We have a special guest in this month.
Her name is Flat  Collin and he was sent from Sunset Hills Elementary School/Omaha/Nebraska/USA.
He is visiting our school and our town.
We sent Flat Kimberly, created by the Mikes' 2nd graders to our American partners.
After the exchange the two libraries will send the photos and the diaries back.
We have a traditional collaboration between the two schools.
Thank you tu Sylvester Anna, our English teacher for the collaboration!

Pen Palls from Los Angeles

Our 5th graders write to the students of New Academy / Canoga Park / Los Angeles.
The Mikes students will exchange bookmarks with their partners and meet virtually via internet.

Our goal is to know better each other, to meet our partner's culture and to practice the English language. Thank you to Mrs. Sylvester Anna, our English language teacher for cooperation!

About the New Academy's school library activity: http://www.campreadsmore.com

Author Meeting

Our school library was visited by Mrs. Sikó-Barabás Eszter, the author of the fairy tale book  "Kabátvigasz, gombszomor".

Thank you for Mrs. Galaczi Olga, who chose our library to be the host of this event.

International Book Giving Day

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library organizes for the second time the International Book Giving Day. Our goal was very easy and very hard at the same time.

We had to find a good host for each and every book.

At de end we won again! We offered more then 600 books to the right reader!

Letters exchange with the students of North Smithfield Middle School

Our VII th B graders exchange letters with the students of North Smithfield Middle School / Rhode Island / USA.
Our goal is to develop our writing skills and to learn more about each other's culture.  We thank you to Ms. Szmolka Zsuzsa, our English Language teacher for the cooperation.