Lunch Bunch Book Club Meetings

All students are invited to take part in one of Highland's Lunch Bunch Book Club. There is one group for each grade level. Groups meet once a month at lunch time. We eat lunch together and talk about the book we've read for the month.
Contact Dr. Wyatt with any questions!

Mystery Night in the Library - Coming Soon

Patrick Ness Visit Information

Patrick Ness is coming to Highland on Thursday, September 26!

Thanks to Candlewick Press, Highland was awarded a stop on his U.S. 

tour.

In order to prepare for Mr. Ness' visit, we're encouraging all Highland students to read A Monster Calls. There are copies available in the Learning Center for check out. There are also copies available for purchase. An order form for the books of Patrick Ness is attached here and available in the Learning Center.

Order form for Patrick Ness Books

There will be several events leading up to the visit including book discussions during the week of September 16 and a panel discussion about the Dark Side of Youth Literature on Thursday, September 19 at Cook Library.

Author Visits for 2013-2014

We're super excited to announce several big author visits during the 2013-2014 school year!

Thanks to Candlewick Press. we're going to welcoming Patrick Ness to Highland on Thursday, September 26. Mr. Ness will be speaking to all the students at the school.

We'll be having a Skype visit with Marie Lu, author of Legend, on October 30.
And on Thursday, April 10 Neal Shusterman will be visiting Highland!

May Events in the Learning Center

It is hard to believe the school year is so quickly winding down.
The good new is that there is still plenty of time for students to check out materials and read a few last books this school year.

Here's what is happening in the Learning Center the next couple weeks:
5/13 - Guys Read Meets from 3:40 - 4:30
5/14 - 7th Grade Lunch Bunch meets to talk about Marcelo in the Real World
5/20 - All 8th Grade materials are due and fines need to be paid
5/22 - 6th Grade Lunch Bunch meets to talk about Legend
5/24 - Farewell meeting for the 8th Grade Lunch Bunch
5/28 - All 6th and 7th Grade materials are due and fines need to be paid
5/28 - Write in the Middle Publication Party from 3:45 - 4:30

This Week at the Learning Center

Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

Highland is excited to host the 8th Annual Lake County Battle of the Books!
The battle of the books is an game where participating students are asked questions about the 20 nominated books from the 2013 Caudill list. Students buzz in (the favorite part of some participants!) to answer the questions.

There will be about 85 students playing on 11 teams from 5 area middle schools.
The event will happen at Highland on Thursday, 3/7, and will run from 4:00 - 6:00. Fans are welcome to attend.