[CASL-L] Are Any High School Students Reading Books? Paper or Audible?

[Jen]

Just to tag on here to what others have said - the study hall dumping is an
issue.  One that probably can't be solved by you alone.  But on the issue
of reading - yes, my high school kids read!  Start small - start with
English teachers, start a reading challenge, start First Chapter or First
Page Fridays, enlist students to help with other ideas.  I run a yearly 20
Book Reading Challenge and have around 300 kids signed up participating.
It evolves and grows each year - you can do it!

Jen

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 12:52 PM Pellegrino, Janice <pellegrino at stratk12.org>
wrote:

> Hi Stephanie -
>
> Just a note of support. Yes - same. Very little nonfiction reading except
> ongoing high interest in sports and true crime. Sometimes I'll get kids
> interested in mythology, animals, paranormal subjects.
>
> Our English teachers are driving reading in the building by requiring the
> kids to have a book to read in the classroom. Their standards for that are
> relaxed (they allow fiction, nonfic, graphics) so the kids aren't as
> resistant to choosing a book as they might otherwise be. Among fiction,
> they seem to be gravitating most to horror, sports, and romance themes.
>
> Building our graphics collection and true crime area has been helpful. Our
> teachers often share with me what the kids are super interested in (the
> poet Rupi Kaur comes to mind) and then I try to build my collection from
> those recommendations. Several teachers who were leading activities for
> Hispanic Heritage month asked me to put together a book list which they
> then publicized. They also asked me to do an interview with a student on
> our daily video announcements where I did a rapid fire booktalk of three
> titles with Latinx authors/characters. After that, kids were coming into
> the library looking for those titles. Displaying the library collection
> like Barnes & Noble (lots of standing books on tabletops) has been helpful
> as well.
>
> I'd love to hear what's working for others.
>
> Janice
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 11:15 AM STEPHANIE PATTERSON <
> spatterson at southingtonschools.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I've been asked to look into what any other high school libraries are
>> offering/experiencing in terms of reading.
>>
>> In Southington, all of the study halls that were split between the cafe
>> and the library have been moved into the library. As you may imagine,
>> capacity, seating, behavior are larger concerns now.  Nonfiction does not
>> move at all. Research is primarily with chromebooks and databases.
>>
>> Fiction is not moving now at all. The question is if we offer something,
>> will they read (or listen) here.
>>
>> If you would be so kind to send a note back (whether a same story
>> here/invitation for me to reach out to you directly) it will at least give
>> me a starting point.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Stephanie Patterson
>> Southington High School Library
>> "Building character with critical thinking, creativity,
>>  collaboration and communication."
>>
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