Mikes High School Library

HUNGARIAN CULTURE DAY

2012-01-22T06:59:00.000-08:00

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

Snowy Meeting

2011-12-08T03:00:00.000-08:00

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?

2011-11-14T02:47:00.001-08:00

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

2011-11-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-22T04:47:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-25T13:03:00.000-07:00

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

2011-06-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

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

2011-05-22T04:16:00.000-07:00

''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

2011-05-21T11:51:00.000-07:00

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

2011-05-08T03:37:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-21T13:29:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-04-21T04:00:00.000-07:00

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

2011-04-21T03:20:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-10T02:26:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-01T04:26:00.000-08:00

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

German Language Reading Marathon

2011-02-26T05:42:00.000-08:00

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.

Our French Club in Braşov

2011-02-26T04:54:00.000-08:00

On 23th of February, our club was invited by the French Association in Braşov. They were real great hosts: all the staff were waiting us with French cakes. We visited their library. We visited also a real interesting photo exhibition, called HIDRO-GENE. The photos introduced us in the miracle of the underwater world.

We had the privilege that Mrs. Christel Stratinovici, the artist of those photos was with us too! She is from France. We had a real interesting discussion with her.
At the end of the program we visited a little the ''George Bariţiu'' County Library

and the "Áprily Lajos" High School. They are in good collaboration with the Alianţa Franceză.

We have thank very much to the French Association for the program, for their hospitality and support.

JÓKAI MESEMARATON

2011-02-19T03:00:00.000-08:00

On 15-th of February we celebrated Jókai Mór, the great writer and politician.

We organized a lecture marathon: 6 students were reading, 6 hours, for 375 children(16 classes from I-IV grades!)

The lecturers were reading in two separate rooms. At the end each participant received a bookmark as a gift.

About the celebration in the newspapers:
Háromszék: http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/36704/jokai_a_mikes-konyvtarban
Székely Hírmondó: http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/cseperedo/20700-Jkai-meslt-gyerekeknek.html
More about Jókai Mór: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B3r_J%C3%B3kai

Black History Week 2

2011-02-07T11:52:00.000-08:00

Black History Week

2011-02-01T02:16:00.000-08:00

On January our American Corner celebrates 5 years of existence!
In all these years one of our aim was to improve language learning and development of our English skills in an informal environment, through the Mikes Kelemen High School Library.
With our American friends we encouraged our students to learn more about American culture.
We found solutions for ''bridging the digital divide'' by contacting and working together with students from American school libraries.
Each of us is working as a volunteer in the Mikes' American Corner.
The celebration was dedicated to the American Black History and to Martin Luther King's Day.
Here is the program:
Tuesday (25.01.20011) Courtney Brown was discussing with our students about Martin Luther King and the civil rights.
Wednesday (26.01.2011) the Mikes Kelemen High School's Chorus was singing gospels.
Thursday (27.01.2011) Kiss Botond Imre & Friends were singing blues and the other students presented the famous Afro-American writers, civil right activists, movie stars and singers.
In the afternoon we were meeting with the Gamewell Elementary School / Lenoir / North Carolina , our partners in the World View Project, after that Mrs. Anne Boyd saluted us from Texas.
Friday (28.01.2011) the virtual meeting with Monroe City R-1 Schools (Missouri) students, our pen pal partners, was postponed because of technical problems. We had luck with the other meeting, with the library of Dr. Matin Luther King Jr. School Complex / Atlantic City / New Jersey. This time everything was working.
What can we say at the end? The photos are not enough good to show to you how beautiful was the celebration. Soon we shall do a movie and upload on the internet.
We want ot thank you to our students, to the English Teacher Department, to the famous Mikes Kelemen High School Chorus, to Szőcs Dániel (our chorus-master), Bálint Alfréd (our cameraman), to Kiss Botond & Friends, to Courtney Brown (Peace Corp volunteer) and our American partners from USA for their work and support.
Articles about the celebration:
Ötéves lett az Amerikai Sarok
Amerika Háromszéken

French Cuisine

2011-01-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

This time Claude Aubé was talking about the history of the Galette des Rois, which cooking is associated with the festival of Epiphany.

About the Galette des Rois: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galette_des_Rois in French, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake in English

Eminescu

2011-01-14T13:39:00.000-08:00

We celebrated his birthday with an book exhibition.
You can read more about the great poet on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihai_Eminescu

Official Opening of the Club Francaise

2010-12-20T14:04:00.000-08:00

On 16th of December the Mikes Kelemen High School Library opened officially the Club Francaise.
Our special guests were Mrs. Elena Anghelescu executive-, and Mr. Claude Aubé vicepresident of the Alliance Francaise from Braşov.
They were discussing with our students about the importance of the French language.

During the meeting we were discussing about future collaboration with the Alliance Francaise.
We are very happy to announce, that they accepted to come monthly to our club, and help us to create a real home for the French language!
Thank you very much Alliance Francaise!

We have to take the opportunity to thank you to Mrs Madár Júlia, our French teacher, for the collaboration.
Article about the Club Francaise: http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/ajanlo/18278-Francia-sarok-knyvtrban.html
About the Alliance Francaise: http://www.afbv.ro/

Christmas Jeopardy

2010-12-15T12:30:00.000-08:00

The American Corner organized a Christmas Jeopardy. Courtney Brown was the quiz master. The winners received a prize from the Mikes Library.

Meseszer

2010-12-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

Finally, our school library entered in the "Meseszer" fairy tale project, started by the Bródy Sándor Public Library / Eger /Hungary.

Our 4th grader students were telling tales to the Csipike Kindergarten children. We invited them because we already have a traditional fairy tale telling program called "Mesemaraton", during which our 11-12th graders are read tales to the 1-4th graders.

An other difference between the two projects is that the rules of "Meseszer" said, that we have to invite two representatives from other scool or public libraries, who will continue this campaign.

The children from the kindergarten enjoyed very much the tales and for us it was a good opportunity to present them our library, because many of these children will be our future students.

Our activity in the newspapers:
http://www.3szek.ro/load/cikk/34930/meseszer_az_iskolakonyvtarban
http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/ajanlo/17692-Mesestafta.html
http://www.hirmondo.ro/web/index.php/cseperedo/17831-Meseszer-Mikesben.html

Cliche

2010-11-19T05:04:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, November the 16th, our readers were discussing with Courtney Brown about the stereotypes attached to gender gap.
Is the man smarter than the woman? What about the cooking?
All was ''served'' in the American Corner!

Bookmarks from Ireland

2010-11-19T03:31:00.000-08:00

The bookmarks arrived safely from the students of St. Joseph's Secondary School,Charlestown,Ireland.
We are very happy!
On Monday we shall organize an exposition with Haszman Réka, our Art teacher.

Pen Pals with Mark Twain's Neighbours

2010-11-19T01:09:00.000-08:00

Our 7th grade readers are pen pals with the Monroe City R-1 Schools' students. Monroe City (Missouri / USA) it is just 17 miles west of Hannibal, the boyhood home of the famous American writer, Mark Twain.
Read more about the school and the town on: http://www.monroe.k12.mo.us/ , http://monroecitymo.org/
We thank you very much to Goga Enikő, English teacher, for her cooperation.

Romanian Class in the Library? Yes, Certainly!

2010-11-15T12:45:00.000-08:00

Today our students were learning about the dictionaries.

French Club in the Mikes High Library

2010-10-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

On 27-th of October we started the French Club in our library. Our first guests were Mrs. Lucy and Mr. Serge Vincent. They were discussing about the beauties of Romania with our students. Thank you Serge and Lucy for your visit! Special thank you for Mrs. Madár Júlia, our French teacher, for her collaboration!

Thanksgiving Day

2010-10-28T11:55:00.000-07:00

A new guest visited us in the American Corner. Her name is Mrs. Anne Boyd. She was discussing with our students about the special gastronomical customs of the Thanksgiving Day. Thank you Anne for your help!

American Corner: ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS

2010-10-14T12:15:00.000-07:00

A new guest arrived in the Mikes Library.

Her name is Courtney Brown and we shall be together for a year in American Corner.

Today we were discussing about the human rights and the enviromental protection with the help of the current political, social and cultural events.

International School Library Month

2010-10-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

This month we celebrate with a bookmark exchange. Our partners are St. Joseph's Secondary School,Charlestown,Ireland. We create about 70 bookmarks.
You can read more about Charlestown on:
http://www.mayo-ireland.ie/Mayo/Towns/Charl/Charl.htm
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/6798082

Librarian Conference in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library

2010-10-10T08:39:00.000-07:00

On first day of October we organized a conference together with the Librarians of Covasna County. We celebrated with this conference the International School Library Month.
Mrs. Alis Pop, our School Library Inspector, presented in her debate the necesity of creating a common school library strategy in the Covasna County.
Mrs. Mantarosie Camelia, School Library Specialist, presented some application of the school library legislation.
Mr. László Kiss, School Library Specialist, presented project management with the title: The Key of the Success.
The cellebration ended with a free discussion and with coffee and cakes.

WE CAN READ!

2010-05-05T14:08:00.000-07:00

Our first grade students visited us, the Mikes Kelemen High School Library, for the first time as readers!

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BEST READERS AWARDS

2010-04-19T12:55:00.000-07:00

Our best readers were awarded on the Saint George Days. They are: Kelemen Avar and Kelemen Kupán I-IV. from grades, Szántó Ioana from V-VIII. grades, and Csiki Tekla IX-XII. from 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!

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AMERICAN CORNER'S FAIRY TALES

2010-03-29T12:53:00.000-07:00

Little bad riding hood and the vegetarian wolf? Cinderella and the fond stepmother?-why not!
Our students wrote new stories about heroes, who don't want to be bad anymore.

15TH OF MARCH

2010-03-17T05:30:00.000-07:00

We celebrate it with a book exhibition.

About the revolution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848

WOMEN'S DAY IN THE MIKES LIBRARY

2010-03-11T23:58:00.000-08:00

Our students were discussing with Erin about the women's situation in our days.

Conclusion: we are still the prisoners of our customs, if we choose a colour or we do a certain kind of work.

AMERICAN CORNER: US PRESIDENTS AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH

2010-02-21T08:32:00.000-08:00

This time it was organized a jeopardy. Our students enjoyed a lot. Erin was surprised, how much did they know about the topic. The American Corner was organized in 18th of February.

FLAT JANE

2010-02-21T08:22:00.000-08:00

A special guest arrived at our school library. She is Flat Jane and come from Oakdale, Sunset Hills and Swanson Elementary Schools / Omaha / NE / USA. Flat Jane was painted by the readers of the American school library. She will stay with us 2 weeks, during which we shall show to her our school library, our school and our town.

REMEMBERING ORBÁN BALÁZS

2010-02-21T06:31:00.000-08:00

On 16-th of February we commemorated Orbán Balázs, the great writer, historian and politician. He died 120 years ago.

We organized a lecture marathon: 6 students were reading, 6 hours, for 427 children(16 classes from I-IV grades an 2 from kindergarten!

The lecturers were reading in three separate rooms. At the end each participant received a bookmark as a gift.

More about Orbán Balázs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OrbÃ¡n_BalÃ¡zs

AMERICAN CORNER: CIVIL RIGHTS

2010-02-02T03:58:00.000-08:00

The Martin Luther King Day gives us the opportunity is time to discus about the human rights, about discrimination and racism. Erin Aldrich was very surprised, how much our students know about Martin Luther King. But the biggest surprise come at the end, when Erin received the gifts from our students, as an appreciation of her excellent work.

GERMAN MARATHON READING

2010-01-29T02:33:00.000-08:00

It becomes a tradition that the German language teachers together with our library, organize the Marathon.
We started since 2006, and become a custom, but this time we organized in January the 26th and not in Christmas as usual we did. And the students had to pass a preselection before they could come to present their favorite books in our library.
We think that it was a real success. At the end each reader received a gift from our school library.

Our school library thanks to the teachers for the collaboration!

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT: A POEM A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY!

2010-01-28T01:17:00.000-08:00

Since it began in 1995 Eurochild has published the work of thousands of young poets and artists from all over Europe in the Eurochild Anthology of Poerty and Art. Participating countries include France, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Italy, England, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, the Ukraine, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Finland, Slovenia, Georgia, Romania, Spain and of course Ireland!
The book is a cultural shapshot of a moment in time through the eyes of a child and has become an important document of issues that directly effect children in today's world .
Poetry submissions can be made from children up to 12 years of age from all over the world. Children are encouraged to write in their own native language about any issue that may be of interest to them. Poems must be written in the childs native language.The anthology is launched in Cork in June each year and the deadline for entries is Febuary of the same year.
If you are under 12 and would like to have your poem in Eurochild click here to download an application and send your entries to Eurochild, Tigh Fili, Popes Quay, Ireland, Cork.

HUNGARIAN CULTURE DAY

2010-01-25T12:01:00.000-08:00

Our library celebrated the 22th of January with a book and videotape exhibition.

DONATION

2009-12-23T01:23:00.000-08:00

We received for Christmas a generous donation of books, brochures and DVDs from the Embassy of the United States.

Thank you very much!

CHRISTMAS COMERCIALISM

2009-12-22T02:30:00.000-08:00

Our readers discuss with Erin Aldrich about te comercial side of the Christmas celebration.

NATIVE AMERICAN DAY

2009-11-30T09:04:00.000-08:00

This day we celebrated with a book exposition. It gives us a good opportunity to rediscover great writers like Karl May or J.F. Cooper, who once were the favorites of the young readers.

ABOUT FEMINISM

2009-11-18T03:57:00.000-08:00

Today Mike Luke was our guest.

He was discussing with our 10-11th grade students about Feminism.

They tried to answer to the following questions:

1. How it looks like the woman of our days?

2. What is her role in the family?

3. What is her role in the society?

Happy Nevada Day!

2009-11-01T05:44:00.000-08:00

On 29th of October we celebrated Nevada Day. Erin Aldrich presented us Nevada State, her homeland.

International School Library Month

2009-10-31T14:01:00.001-07:00

This time we celebrate it with fairy tale reading marathon. Our high school students read for the 1-4 grade in the Mikes Kelemen School Library. We had more than 400 visitors!
We thank you to the XI. B grade students and to their teacher, Török Katalin for the cooperation and support!

Donation

2009-10-30T13:06:00.000-07:00

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library received 250 video tapes from our local Rotary Club. The tapes contain American movies, which are subtitled in Romanian. Thank you for all!

A Pleasant Surprise

2009-10-23T13:55:00.000-07:00

Jason Braswell from Oklahoma/USA visited us yesterday. He is a fomer Peace C. volunteer. Long time no see him, since he went back to USA. We were very happy to see him again!

International School Library Month

2009-10-23T13:52:00.000-07:00

Surprise! we didn't forget the International School Month! We shall keep it next week!

American Corner: Halloween Jeopardy

2009-10-23T12:08:00.000-07:00

Next week will be Halloween. So, we organized a Halloween Jeopardy.

Erin Aldrich was the quiz-master.

Our children enjoyed it very much.

MIKES KELEMEN DAYS

2009-06-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

The Mikes Kelemen Days we celebrated with lot of events. Two of them were very important for our library.

On 29th of may our Hungarian literature teachers organized a reading marathon for our students in the library. It was a real success. A lot of cildren come to read in our library. They read parts from their favorite books.

On 31th of May students, teachers and the librarian from our school visited Zagon, the village of Mikes Kelemen (1690-1761), the writer after whom was named our school.
In Zagon we visited the local museum,

we ate a delicious goulash made by our students (Höncz Lilla and Maksai Helga),
and visited the trees of Mikes.

We did all the route (60km totally!) running, on roller skates and bikes.

The best sportsman was Márk Előd, our former student, who run about 25 km.

The librarian run 3 km, and rode 57 on bike.

The marathon was organized by our coach, Mr. Szőcs Levente.

THE BENEDEK ELEK STORYTELLING MARATHON

2009-05-27T02:21:00.000-07:00

The Csipike Kindergarten together with our library organized this event.
At the beginning the librarian presented interesting aspects of Benedek Elek's life, who was one of our most famous tale writer in our region.

The Romanian and Hungarian children presented excellent, on their own language, the tales of Benedek Elek.
They were very well prepared by their educators.
At the end the little storytellers received gifts from our library.

We organized an exposition too with Benedek Elek's books.

ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION MONTH IN THE MIKES LIBRARY

2009-05-19T04:04:00.000-07:00

Erin Aldrich and Mike Luke were discussing with our readers about the enviromental protection.

The discussion in the American corner was very interesting for the librarian too. I find out that a plasting bottle desintegrates after 450 year in the nature!

The Peace Corps volontiers visited us 14 and 19th of May.

DINNER IN THE LIBRARY

2009-04-08T13:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we offered The Best Readers' Awards.
Fazakas Réka became the first at the I-IV grades. Since 2008-09-15, she visited us 51 times and read 51 books.
Orbán Kinga (V-VIII) 28 visits and 52 books.
Böjte Éva (IX-XII) 28 visits and 45 books.
Mrs. Szőcs Torma Katalin, our vice principal, was our special guest. She give the Mikes Library prizes. Each best reader received a huge pizza, and the librarian was the waiter!
The children were very excited. The event it was a real succes!

TIME IS FLYING

2009-04-05T13:19:00.000-07:00

We had 3 very hard weeks.

1. We organized with Erin Aldrich and Mike Luke two American Corners.

a) Erin was discussing about the different type of media with our readers.

b) Mike put us to think about the urban sprawl.

2. We had at least 1 movie projection/day in our library. But once we had 3!

3. We sent back Flat Bridgette to the readers of the Rose Hill Elementary School / Omaha / Nebraska / USA).

4. We were hosts of events which were not organized by our library.

a) The 4th graders were reading, drawing and discussing THE LITTLE PRINCE by Exupéry, supervised by Mrs. Forró Viola, their school master.

b) Some teams were preparing for The 8 Hour Competition, organized by our school.

5. Our Librarian participated at the conference organized by the Romanian Hungarian Library Association. Title of the conference: Librarians and the New Challenges.

15TH OF MARCH

2009-03-15T01:53:00.000-07:00

The revolutionaries of 1848 are commemorated by our school library too. We did a little book exposition.
Read more about 1848 on http://www.colbud.hu/main_old/PubArchive/PL/PL22-Kosary.pdf

GUESTS FROM CSIPIKE

2009-03-09T04:32:00.000-07:00

On March the 05Th we had very spacial guests. We invited in our library the children from the Csipike Kindergarten.

They were very excited. The selves represented for them a perfect hide out, where they find a lot of ''treasures'', which they wanted to search, and turn over their pages.

For them it was a real surprise that a library is not only a shelf with books.

They promised that they will visit us again, when they will become students of the Mikes Kelemen High School.

JFK IN THE MIKES LIBRARY

2009-03-04T01:26:00.000-08:00

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Mike Luke), the former president of USA visited our school library. Our well prepared ''journalists'' were waiting for him. He received many questions about his family, his death and about his external and internal policy.

FLAT BRIDGETTE

2009-03-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

We received a beloved guest from the USA.

She is Flat Bridgette from Omaha.

She is painted by the readers of the Rose Hill Elementary School Library.

The Rose Hill students are very interested about, how the people live in the Land of Vampires. We present them our library, school and town. It's real profit for us, because we can show them our homeland as it is.

More info about the Rose Hill Elementary: http://www.ops.org/elementary/rosehill/LIBRARY/tabid/63/Default.aspx

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

2009-02-27T00:53:00.000-08:00

At the American Corner we commemorated those Afro-Americans, who has got a major contribution in the history of the United States. Erin Aldrich presented to us many people who are not so well-known to us, like Lorraine Hansberry, Odetta, Wynton Marsalis or Judith Jamison.

Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/kkisslaci/BLACKHISTORYMONTH#

VALENTINE DAY

2009-02-18T12:29:00.000-08:00

It was Mike Luke's turn again. He was discusing about the Valentine Day with our readers. There was a workshop too, during which the children present their colleagues positive qualities.

AMERICAN CORNER: WINTER SPORTS

2009-01-20T03:21:00.001-08:00

Our new year activity started with the American Corner.
Mike Luke from Minnesota was our guest.
He was talking about the winter sports with our readers.
During the discussion we find out that the climate in Minnesota is almost the same as in Covasna County. It's very cold, and the favorite sport is hockey.
I was very happy that our students were talking in a very good English, even if the topic was so special, like winter sports.
Photos about the activity: http://picasaweb.google.com/kkisslaci/AMERICANCORNER15012009#

GERMAN MARATHON READING

2008-12-19T01:59:00.000-08:00

It becomes a tradition that the German language teachers together with our library, organize the Marathon.

We started since 2006, and become a custom, that in Christmas our students come and present short parts from their favorite books.

Each student read only 3 minutes, beceause there were more than 200 participants!

At the end each reader received a gift from our school library.

We think that it was a real success. We have a new record of participants! Our school library thanks to the teachers for the collaboration!

Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/kkisslaci/Maraton?authkey=hmyTTgFIIwI#

American Corner

2008-12-13T05:00:00.000-08:00

On Thursday (11.12.2008) we started again the American Corner.

Our guest was Erin Aldrich, a Peace Corp volunteer in our county. She was discussing with our students about the Thanksgiving and Christmas.

We think that the American Corners organized in our library gives the opportunity for our kids to know better the culture of USA, and to practice the language with a native speaker.

And Erin was great! We hope that we shall collaborate with you in the future! Thank you!
And thank you for the English teachers, who help our library to organize this event!

Photo: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/AC11122008?authkey=G3HvQf2a3Ko#

School Librarian Meeting in Băile Tuşnad

2008-11-17T11:31:00.000-08:00

The Harghita County and the Covasna County school librarians organized a professional meeting at Baile Tusnad. It was the last chapter of the International School Library Month. It was organized on 14th of November. I know that it was late, but because of some organizational problems it was not possible to put it earlier.
About the program:
1. Mardirosz Ajka, Egyed Daniela and Borbé Levente was talking about the situation of the school libraries and CDI's in Harghita County
2. Kiss László presented the management of a project, more clearly the management of the ISLM in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library.
3. Opait Carmen presented the new school library laws.

The celebration ends with a party. It was a real success! It is the first time when the school librarians from the two counties met each other.

More photos: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/HarcovMet?authkey=iXAtJEHuPMA#

Fairytale Day

2008-09-30T09:26:00.000-07:00

This is an important celebration in our school library too. Today we commemorate our storytellers who lived and worked in our region like Benedek Elek, Ráduly János and Nagy Olga. They are well known not only here, but their masterpieces are parts of the Hungarian culture.

We didn't forget the other great storytellers too. Today, we organized an exposition with their books. The children who entered in our library received as a gift children magazines like Kispajtás, Szemfüles and Cimbora . Pictures about the celebration: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/Nepmese?authkey=eP2K0Z8kPsI#

October? International School Library Month in the Mikes Kelemen High School Library!

2008-09-26T02:37:00.000-07:00

This year is better from the others, because we have a whole month to celebrate the school libraries! This means a lot of work, but a lot of satisfaction too.
The ISLM theme for this year -Literacy and Learning at Your School Library- inspire us to do the following projects in October:

1. International Bookmark Exchange Project
Our partner is Creative Secondary School from Hong Kong / China
We participate with 62 students in this project.

2. International E-mail Exchange Project
Our partner is Sanford Middle School / Alabama / USA
We participate with 28 students from the 6th grade in this project. Each of our student will have an American partner. Each Thursday we (the two school librarians) shall send a topic and the partners will work together

3. School Librarian Meeting.
We -the Covasna County Association- shall celebrate together with the Harghita County Association the ISLM. This will be on 31th of October. The two librarian associations are sections of the Romanian Librarian Association (ABR).

About the partner schools:

Creative Secondary School from Hong Kong / China

Contact: Sarah Ho Teacher Librarian
Basic Facts:
- New Co-educational DSS secondary school opened in Sept 2006
- English Medium of Instruction (EMI)
- Chinese taught through Putonghua- Full capacity 30 classes, 5 classes / year, 900 students
- High teacher/student ratio at 1:15
- Small class sizes (below 30)
- IB Candidate School for Middle Years Programme (MYP)
- Choice of new Hong Kong Diploma or IB Diploma in the senior school
- Implementing New Hong Kong Secondary Curriculum through the MYP framework
- Vertical House system for pastoral care and academic schemes
- Comprehensive Scholarship and Fee Remission schemes

More about this school: http://www.css.edu.hk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

Sanford Middle School / Alabama / USA

Contact: Patti Henderson Media Specialist
Basic facts:
- Enrollment: approximately 710 students
- Grades: 5th - 8th
- Core Curriculum: English/Language Arts, Math (Algebra I optional for eligible 8th graders), Science, Social Studies, and Physical Education
- 7th & 8th grade Enrichment: 7th grade: drama & reading/writing workshop
- 8th grade: career technology & keyboarding Remedial reading or math Chorus Band Annual Staff

Homepage: http://sanford.lcm.schoolinsites.com/
About the school library: http://sanford.lcm.schoolinsites.com/?PageName=

They Know Us!

2008-04-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

Our school library is well-known from now one in Swede too! The Astrid Lindgren Project organized by the Skolbibliotek Syd gives us the opportunity to to enlarge our horizons.

International Children's Book Day

2008-04-02T03:00:00.000-07:00

This time we changed the usual celebration. This time we celebrated our best readers in the 2007-2008 school year. The winner of each category (I-IV, V-VIII, IX-XII grade) and her friend was invited in our library for a pizza! They were very excited: they can eat in the library, and the librarian is their waiter!

The winners of this (2008) edition are:

Bordás Andrea II. A. grade (44! visits)

Orbán Kinga VI. D. grade (19 visits)
Jákob Noémi X. B. grade (16 visits)

More photos on: http://picasaweb.google.com/kkisslaci/ICbookday?authkey=X7_So9y5GH4

Attaaaaack!

2008-04-01T01:57:00.000-07:00

This year the children from the first grade become our reader earlier. We wanted to do their registration later, in the end of April, but they threat us with strike! Wow! This is the dream of every librarian! So, this time we organized their first meeting with the library a month earlier. We organized some special classes for the 1st graders during which we did their registration too. These days become very crowded. Hopefully their enthusiasm will continue on the upper grades too.
More photos on: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/Marc191stGrade?authkey=-GYZo6Os39I

Flat Mikes in Omaha / NE / USA

2008-03-25T04:03:00.000-07:00

This month Flat Mikes visited the second grade students from the Rose Hill Elementary School. The school is situated in Omaha.
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, USA. It is the county seat of Douglas County.
The students from the Rose Hill Elementary presented their school library to their guest. They were excited that they received such an exotic visit.
Flat Mikes was sent by the 3rd grade students from our school. ''He'' is the winner of their drawing contest.

Photos about the visit: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/FLATmikes02?authkey=Yl1Epb10xiA

More info about Omaha / Nebraska :
http://www.visitomaha.com/
http://www.omahazoo.com/
http://www.omahachamber.org/chamber/GOCVB.aspx
http://www.joslyn.org/
http://www.omahabotanicalgardens.org/
http://www.visitnebraska.org/
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/

Visiting the Transylvania University Library

2008-03-05T13:22:00.000-08:00

On 29Th of February the school librarians visited Transylvania University Library in Brasov.
Corina Florea, our colleague, presented to us the library, and it's activity.
The Transylvania University Library was built recently.
Visiting it, it was an unforgettable experience for us!

See photos on http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/Metodikafebr29?authkey=VLdzKB20AzY

Astrid Lindgren Celebrations

2008-01-10T02:54:00.000-08:00

Skolbibliotek Syd (School Library South)
is a regional Swedish organisation for librarians, teacher librarians, teachers and other parties interested in school libraries. They work in the south of Sweden and they have more than 200 members. In Sweden there are several library organisations. Their organisation has two independent sister organisations in other parts of Sweden.

Skolbibliotek Syd (School Library South) in the south of Sweden invited the Mikes Kelemen High School to participate in an Astrid Lindgren project.
Astrid Lindgren was a Swedish children's book author and screenwriter, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. She has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide. Today, she is most remembered for writing the Pippi Longstocking books, as well as Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series.

2007 was an Astrid Lingren year. She was born in November 14, 1907.

Our School have received from the Swedish association a Pippi Longstocking-bag with a book about Pippi and materials about Astrid Lindgren. They sent us a questionnaire in which we had to answer about how well known is Astrid Lindgren in Romania. They also wanted to know more the Romanian school librarians and especially about our school. We sent pictures of our school and library. We organized a little painting contest and an exposition about Pippi Longstocking with the readers of our school library. We sent the drawings to Skolbibliotek Syd too.

Pictures about the activity: http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/AstridLindgren

We also recommend these links:
http://www.astridlingrensworld.com/
http://www.astridlindgren.se/pippi/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippi_Longstocking

International School Library Day

2007-11-02T09:12:00.000-07:00

The Mikes Kelemen High School Library on ISLD organized the following program:
1. a graffiti contest with the theme: Learning: Powered by your school library. Our 9th grade students redecorated our school library. The winning teams received big pizzas.
2. together with Carol Van Brocklin and the Faith Academy-Davao students (Philippines) we participated in a Flat Stanley program.
3. JOIN ME IN THE LIBRARY!- said the two human forms whose face are missing. The children put their heads in the holes and the librarian took pictures with them. Our students can see their photos our new library blog.

http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/ISLD2007

http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/ISLDGRAFFITI
http://picasaweb.google.hu/kkisslaci/FlatMikes