Annette Tate, Erin Dalbec and Lauren Italiano are Library Teachers at Newton North High School
The team of library teachers at Newton North High School found a creative way to use weeded books, encourage reading, and challenge students to create this winter.
(Clockwise from top left) Lory Dix, Annette Tate, Erin Dalbec and Lauren Italiano, Library Teachers at Newton North High School stay warm by sitting in front of the "fire" in their Library Learning Commons.
The fireplace was built to inspire and model creativity in the Library. The seasonal sculpture was made out of various materials including weeded books and pipe cleaners and features an audio element (the sound of a crackling fire). This was a collaborative project with the Fine Arts department who are providing student work for them to display over the mantle. The framed artwork will be rotated on a weekly basis from December through February. They received a lot of ooohs and aaaahs from their students so they set up a similar design challenge for them: build a snowman out of weeded books and a few crafty materials. The goal is to get students with free blocks to spend time together building something with their hands; it is a great activity for students to de-stress from homework and tests.
The fireplace was built to inspire and model creativity in the Library. The seasonal sculpture was made out of various materials including weeded books and pipe cleaners and features an audio element (the sound of a crackling fire). This was a collaborative project with the Fine Arts department who are providing student work for them to display over the mantle. The framed artwork will be rotated on a weekly basis from December through February. They received a lot of ooohs and aaaahs from their students so they set up a similar design challenge for them: build a snowman out of weeded books and a few crafty materials. The goal is to get students with free blocks to spend time together building something with their hands; it is a great activity for students to de-stress from homework and tests.
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