Christmas in the Mikes Library

Our christmas tree is made of used schoolbooks.
We call it Tannenbaum, because  the base of the tree is made of old German coursebooks.
We wish a Merry Christmas to everybody! 

Bookmark Exchange with Australia

During the time of the International School Library Month our children had a bookmark exchange with the students of  Marcellin College / Australia. 
We were very happy when we received our partners' beautiful works. 
We experienced a world which is different than ours.
Thank you to  Haszman Réka Júlia, our art teacher for the cooperation!
About the Marcellin College: http://marcellin.vic.edu.au/

School Library Night

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library enjoys the Hungarian Teacher Librarian Association's initiative to celebrate the International School Library Month on the night of 24th of October. .  
Our ''ingredient'' to this celebration was the dominoes made of books.
We established national records by using 712 books in the dominoe.
It was very hard, but the joy and the enthusiasm helps us to win.
We created a short videoclip which reflects the atmosphere of the event:

Thank you to the VI. B + X. B graders and their teacher, Pethő Ibolya for the cooperation!  

Reading Marathon

It become a tradition that our library organize the Reading Marathon during the International School Library Month.
Our 0-4 grader students listened the tales written by Kányádi Sándor, our most important Szekler poet.  Students from the 11th grade offered to read voluntarily to their younger friends.

There were more than 400 students at this event.

Each of them received a sticker with ,,I Love the Mikes Library”. 

Thank you to Mrs. Török Katalin, our Literature  teacher, for the cooperation!
Many thanks to our students,  Incze Kata, Görgényi Réka, Nagy Hanna, Csákány Edina, Csortán Franciska, Pál Noémi, Korodi Henrietta, Ferentz Anna-Kata for the reading! 
Thank you to SC ProductieMultinr SRL for the sponsorship! 

Lee Ann Wells in BFC

Lee Ann Wells came from Texas for us.
She i s a very special guest for us, who came back in the Benjamin Franklin Club after a longer period of time..

She discuss with our students about the new words which appeared in the language of the American teenagers. She prepared for us a short documentary about this made by her and her American students.  

  We spent 3 interesting and useful days together.

Thank you Lee Ann!
Thank you for our English teachers for cooperation!

Hungarian Folk-Tale Day

Each year, on 30th of September we celebrate the birth of Benedek Elek, our great folk-tale teller. 
He was born in Băţanii Mici, in a village which is very close to our town.

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library in collaboration with the schoolmasters Mrs. Kelemen Aurelia, Mrs.Dali Judit Zsuzsa and Mrs.Galaci Olga organized the celebration in our school.
More than 60 1st grade students were listening the folk-tale read by Mr. Kiss László, our school librarian.
Thank you for the schoolmasters for the collaboration! 

Commemorating Krúdy Gyula

The great Hungarian writer died on 12 of May 1933 in Budapest.
Our library commemorated him with a book exhibition. 
About the writer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Kr%C3%BAdy

The Library is Ours!

At last, on 9th of Mai, 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 Europe 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 Kákay Csilla, Zaláni Mária, Kató Zsuzsannna and Balogh László for the cooperation!

International Children's Book Day

Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books.

This time our guests were the children from the Csipike Kindergarten.

We presented our library. 

 The children entered playing in the world of the library. Here they met not only poetry or novels, but big and small, heavy and light, old and new books too; the worn out books may contain usually the best stories and the new sometimes can offer disappointment.

The children were listening the librarian's tales in Romanian and Hungarian. 

At the end every visitor received a sticker as a gift (I Love the Mikes Library)

The librarian promised that next time he will take his visitors to America on his magic tale carpet, if they will be studious in the school and will behave as good as now.

 

USA Day in the Mikes Library

The programe: 
1. Developing reading competencies in the US school libraries

 Presentation by Mrs. Carolyn Walters,  librarian at Cove Creek Elementary School/North Carolina/USA 
Guests:  school librarians from Harghita, Brașov, Bacău, Covasna counties. 

2. On line meeting. Our 6th graders met the students from the Cove Creek Elementary School/North Carolina/USA.
The goal of the meeting:
-to practice the English language with a native speaker of the same age
-learn about the local customs and culture

A week before we already had a virtual meeting Cove Creek students, but this time Mrs Carolyn Walters helps them from the Mikes Kelemen High School Library! 

Thank you to Mrs.Bodor Katalin, our English language teacher for the cooperation.  
Thank you to the studentsof  of Cove Creek Elementary School for their generous donation: the books and the flag. 
About the activity you can read more: 
-in Romanian 
 http://biblhr.blogspot.ro/2013/04/prezentarea-bibliotecii-scolare-din.html 
- in Hungarian 
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/58623/megszerettetni_a_konyvet

Guest from Texas

In March our library's guest was Lauren Selensky from Wharton, Texas.
Lauren, being a teenager, found very easy the "common language" with our students.

The topics were also "teenagerish": about school, spare time, home customs, differences between the two countries.

Lauren is a very friendly person and our students loved to listen and discuss with her.
Thank you Lauren for all!
Thank you to Bodor Katalin, Sylvester Anna, Szőcs-Torma Katalin, Szmolka Zsuzsa, Gocz Katalin, Tana Éva, our English language teachers for cooperation! 

German Reading Marathon

The German Reading Marathon was organized on 28th of February. It is a custom for us. We want by this to rise the attention of our students on the beauty of the German language and on the reading itself.

 There were reading more than 60 students. 

At the end of the reading marathon each student received a gift. 

Thank you to the German language teachers for their cooperation! 

Thank you to the Multinr Co. to their sponsorship!

Flat Daniela in Mikes

We have a special guest in this month. 
Her name is Flat  Daniela and she was sent from Sunset Hills Elementary School/Omaha/Nebraska/USA.
She is visiting our school and our town.
We sent Flat Cintia, created by the Mikes' 3rd 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 Szőcs-Torma Katalin, our English teacher for the collaboration! 

Black History Month

We celebrated it with an exhibition about famous Afro-American painters, movie stars, singers, politicians and sportsmen.
Thank you to the Embassy of the United States-Bucharest for the calendar! 
Thank you to our students for the collages! 

''Gárdonyi Géza'' Marathon Reading

On 25th of January we organized a reading marathon. 

8 high scoolers were reading for about 5 hours to more than 400 children from the elementary school and kindergarten. 

This time they read the tales of Gárdonyi Géza. 

We celebrate this year, 150 years from the birth of the great Hungarian writer. 

Thank you to Török Katalin, our literature teacher and to her students from the IX. D for their cooperation.

About Gárdonyi Géza: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9za_G%C3%A1rdonyi

About the activity: http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/56691/gardonyi-mesek_a_mikesben