Commemorating Bod Péter

• On 29th of November the school librarians from the Romanian Hungarian Librarian Association commemorated in Târgu Secuiesc the great writer and scientist Bod Péter. 
• Bod Péter was born in 1712.
• Our host was Școala Normală ,,Bod Péter” school library.  

Mrs. Vikol Márta, school librarian, welcomed us with pleasure.

Mrs. Csíkos Júlia, to us the books written by Bod Péter, which are in the  Liceul Teoretic ,,Székely Mikó”school library's custody.

The students of the  Școala Normala ,,Bod Péter” presented in their work the perception of  Bod Péter among the students. 

We continued the meeting with teambuilding în in Cătrușa.

  On the name of the RHLA I thank you for all who helped us in organizing the commemoration.

"Developing of Reading Competencies in the School Library"-Regional Meeting in Brașov

On 08.11.2012, the school librarians from Covasna County visited Brașov (Brașov County) for a regional conference. 

The meeting is one of a series of conferences where school librarians exchange methods and projects by which they help their students to develop their literacy skills. 

The goals of the meetings:

-presenting methods by which librarians atract their students to read

-to ease colaboration between school librarians of the neighbour counties in our region

-exchange of experience

Paricipants:
-school librarians from Harghita-, Brașov-, Bacău-, Covasna counties

The program of the presentations:

1. Show Them More and Let Them Chose!

Muntean Adriana, Şcoala generală nr. 30. Braşov

2. Reading, the Music that You Listen with Your Eyes
 Camelia Mantaroşie, Liceul Teoretic Mircea Eliade, Întorsura Buzăului,  Covasna 

3. On the Track of Our Heritage in Europe
 Maria Creţu, Colegiul Naţional Vasile Alecsandri, Bacău

4. The Teenagers Only Believe that They Don't Like to Read
Kovács Edit, Grupul Şcolar Economic Joannes Kajoni, Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita

5. The Scool Library- The Center of the School 
 Bordea Petronela, Şcoala Generală nr. 2 Râşnov, Braşov 

6. Reading - An Important Thing on Formation of the Teenagers, Now and in the Future
 Patka Veta, Liceul Teoretic Sfântu Nicolae, Gheorgheni, Harghita 

7. International School Library Month in the Mikes Kelemen  High School Library
Kiss László, Liceul Teoretic Mikes Kelemen, Sfântu Gheorghe, Covasna 

The meeting it was a real success! Thank you for the hosts!
Our last conference will be organized in Harghita County on 2013.

''Varró Dániel" Reading Marathon

Varró Dániel is the favorite poet of the V. B class.
On 19th and 26th of October we read  his poem:,,Túl a Maszat-hegyen".

Everybody was reading, including their form master and the librarian!
The reading was  "condimented” with an audition of the songs from the music hall with the same name sung by the actors from Cluj.   
Many thanks Pethő Ibolya, V. B. form master, for inspiration and common work!

Cubehead Bookworms

On 25.10.2012 it was organized an interesting contest by the Math teachers and our library.

The participants were students from the middle school, one from each classes- A, B, C și D.

Their tasks were very interesting: 

1.Each group had to search on the internet after Hungarian mathematicians born in September, October, November and December.

2.  1.Each group had to search on the bookshelves after Hungarian mathematicians born in September, October, November and December. 

3. 1.Each group had to search on the internet and then on the bookshelves books about Bolyai János and Bolyai Farkas, great Hungarian mathematicians.

4.  The groups had to translate and solve an exercise from the book: VICTOR I. ILIESCU, NICOLAE F. MARINESCU: CULEGERE DE EXERCIȚII ȘI PROBLEME DE ARITMETICĂ PENTRU ȘCOALA GENERALĂ  page 184., exercise 95. They could use dictionaires. 

5 The groups had to solve a crosswordpuzzle.

At the end a jury of high school studenst verified the results and offered the prize to each group.
Thank you very much to the professors for collaboration! 

International School Library Month in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library

We celebrated the International School Library Month this year too. 
 Our special guest was  Lee Ann Wells, English teacher,  from Texas.

She stays with us about 2 weeks (6-17th of October).  

Mrs. Wells was discussing with our students about the American culture and traditions. 
Thank you Lee Ann, for you generous help and for the big donation of novels!
Thank you to our English teachers for the collaboration!    

"Developing of Reading Competencies in the School Library"-Regional Meeting in Onești

On 22.06.2012, the school librarians from Covasna County visited Onești (Bacău County) for a regional conference. 
The meeting is one of a series of conferences where school librarians exchange methods and projects by which they help their students to develop their literacy skills. 

The goals of the meetings:
-presenting methods by which librarians atract their students to read
-to ease colaboration between school librarians of the neighbour counties in our region
-exchange of experience

Paricipants:
-school librarians from Harghita-, Brașov-, Bacău-, Covasna counties

The program of the presentations:

1. The Audiobook, an Apliable Experience 
Mariana Crăciun, Grupul Școlar ,,Liviu Rebreanu”, Bălan, jud. Harghita

2. Retold Reading
Camelia Mantaroșie, Liceul Teoretic ,,Mircea Eliade”, Întorsura Buzăului, jud. Covasna 

3. The Psihopedagogy of the Act of Reading 
Alina Gărbacea, Școala Generală ,,Diaconu Coresi”, Brașov

4. The Crisis of Reading?!
Ligia Grosu, Școala cu clasele I-VIII ,,Miron Costin”, Bacău

5. The International Anti-Tobacco Day 
Kiss László, Liceul Teoretic ,,Mikes Kelemen”, Sfântu Gheorghe, jud. Covasna 

6. Reading Classes in the Library
Ileana Ciubuca, Școala Generală Nr. 8, Brașov 

7. Good Practices for Developing Reading Skills
Rodica Roman, Grupul Școlar ,,Liviu Rebreanu”, Bălan, jud. Harghita

8. Read, that's Why You Win!
Oana Jianu, Casa Corpului Didactic,,Grigore Tăbăcaru", Bacău

This is our second meeting, the first was organized in 2nd of March in Sfantu Gheorghe, Covasna County. 

Simply the Best!

Before the summer break, our school library awarded it's best readers.

From the I-IV. graders Incze Melinda (IV. A) is the best, from V-VIII. graders Bölöni Gabriella and Székely Erika (VI. C), and from IX-XII. graders Gecse Eszter (X. B) read most.. 

It became a custom that the awards are not books, but pizzas.
The pizzas were handed to the students by our school principal and the librarian served them in the most beautiful room of the school library. 

the awards were sooooo biiig that the children invited their friends to help them to eat.

Many of the guests promised that next time will be they, who will win the prize!

Thank you to  Bastion Restaurant for the delicious pizzas!

Mikes MTB Marathon

On the end of May the Mikes Kelemen High School Library organized the Mikes Kelemen MTB Marathon. We invited students with experience to a ''little'' ride on Mt. Bodoc. Distance 50 km!

School in Other Way

 At the end of April there is a week when schools in Romania organize the national School in Other Way Week.
Our library took part on our schools activity.
1.Together with the German Language teachers, we organized the German Reading Marathon.

2. With Rusznák Gabriella és Popescu Carmen, our Romanian language an literature teachers, we organized the the ''Map of Writers" contest.

The aim was to practice the Romanian language with new methods.

Our students read novels in Romanian from the universal literature.
During the contest they had to present the novelist, his work. The students made bookmarks and book covers based on the novel. They also had to explain, why they liked the novel. 
3. The first graders met for the first time their school library. There was lot of fun and play.
4.Students from upper graders were watching movies.

5. The 8th graders from Gödri Ferenc Scool were visited our library. They wanted to know more about us, because some of them will be our students if they will pass the exams after the end of this school year.
Thank you for the German-, Romanian Language teachers and school masters for the collaboration! 

FLAT KATE

We had a special guest in this month. 
Her name is Flat  Kate and she was sent from Sunset Hills Elementary School/Omaha/Nebraska/USA.
She visited our school and our town.
We have a traditional collaboration between the two schools.
Last time it was our turn to send  Flat Kati (made by the second graders) to Omaha.      

15TH OF MARCH

The Hungarian Revolution was celebrated with a book exhibition.
Read more about our National Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848 

ROMANIA IN THE TWO WORLD WARS

We had common history classes with our American friends.
They are from Elmwood Middle School/Rogers/ Arkansas and Heritage High School/Rogers/Arkansas. 

We were discussing about the two World Wars, and how was involwed Romania in these wars.
It was also very important  for us to know each other, and to know the other's culture better.

Thank you to  Goga Enikő and Koós Kinga, our Mikes teachers, for cooperation.

REGIONAL CONFERENCE

 
On 02.03.2012 it was organized a regional conference in our town, by our local branch of association.
The theme was DEVELOPING READING SKILLS IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY. 
There were librarians from Brasov-, Harghita-, Bacau- and Covasna County. We were looking for new ways to attract our students to read.
The reading became an important problem in Romania.
The latest PISA search shows that we are on the very last places in Europe.

Punguţa cu poveşti

 Started at  Liceul Teoretic Székely Mikó Kollégium, continued at Şcoala Generala Henter Károly, the  ''Punguţa cu poveşti" (The Tale Scrip) finally arrived in our school.
The aim of  "The Tale Scrip'' is to help the Hungarian children to learn the Romanian language playfully. 

Our students presented the childhood of Mihai Eminescu, the great Romanian poet.
The Şcoala Generală Antos János from Reci wil continue the project.

Thank you to Sala Magdolna, Romanian language teacher, for  cooperation.


About the project in the news: http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/46897/kreativ_romantanulas

HUNGARIAN CULTURE DAY

 On 22th of January we celebrate the Hungarian Culture Day.
Our library organized a book exposition.