Teaching with Primary Sources 

and Your Library

Kent Intermediate School District - Education Services Building

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Registration 8:30

Class 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (on site lunch included)

 Our Presenter, Judy Bee, is the Associate Director for the Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region at Illinois State University funded by the Library of Congress. She educates certified and pre-service teachers, media specialists, librarians and college faculty on how to integrate primary sources into standards-based activities and lessons.

This is a fantastic opportunity for you to make more powerful connections to material, but also, more importantly, to teachers in your district. 

Teen Tech Week at THS - 

"Libraries are for making..."

During the month of March Trenton High School Instructional Media Center celebrated Teen Tech Week. The goal of TTW was to promote our IMC's digital resources and services that are available to students and staff. We kicked off the week with a Twitter Rally on Monday and hosted different events throughout the week. We were even able to give away seven iTunes gift cards to students that participated in TTW thanks to a generous donation from the Trenton Business Association.

On Tuesday the IMC hosted Robotics Day. Our schools robotics team had their robots on display and allowed students to test out the robots. We also had visitors from the University of Detroit Mercy's Robotics Program. U of D students demonstrated four different robots and allowed students to test them out.

On Wednesday the IMC hosted a Technology Career Fair. Ten professionals from different technology fields including cyber security, social media, web design, and engineering visited THS to talk about their careers with students that attended the event.

Thursday was QR Code Day. Students were able to checkout a tablet from the IMC and try to complete our QR Code scavenger Hunt.

We rounded out the week by promoting our OverDrive ebooks and Kindles that are available for checkout.

article submitted by Melissa Lambert; Media Specialist @ Trenton High School

MAME 4Ever 5th Reunion Trip - 

Can you believe it!?

A.k.a. "Not going back to school" post-Labor Day Pure Michigan beach trip for all MAME retirees New and Seasoned!  We are off to Mackinaw City this year from Tuesday, September 8th through Friday, September 11.

We are lodging across the 1000 foot beach and little park to American Boutique Inn, rooms $68 and up per night, many doubles.  

Please make reservations at the link above, mentioning the MAME 4Evers/Haley. Also let Annette know what days you and your roommate are coming. Breakfast each day is included and the Inn is within walking distance to several good places to eat. Some carpooling from southern Michigan is possible, too!

RESERVATION DEADLINE IS July 1st or until the Inn is sold out for those nights. Sooner is better!

Among the activities planned:  Lots of socializing via a yacht ride out under the Mighty Mac, an evening at the International Dark Sky Park, the Lumber Jack show, plus exploring the area:  Lighthouse, or Fort, or Mackinac Island for those who wish, Petoskey or Harbor Springs or Cheboygan half day of shopping and galleries (at post-season prices), beach bumming with books, pub crawl, fudge tasting and more. Evening parties around the pool or beach will include wine and munchies, as is our tradition!  Many of us find a sports bar to watch the Tigers play-so, many activities to choose among.  Bring a cooler to haul back home some of the freshest fish off the dock in town or their locally smoked lake fish.  Or fudge! (eeuw, not in the same cooler!)

If you are planning to retire this June, contact Teri Belcher to get your MAME 4Ever membership instated and order your RED embroidered 4Ever polo.