Hopefully all Sykesville Students received word that we want you to read over the summer!  We have even provided a form for you to record information of four books you read (-there should be a link available soon if you misplaced your original form).
Turn in the completed form once we return to school in  the fall [...]

   What are you planning to read over the summer? Are you even planning to read over the summer?
Do you have any favorite books you would like to suggest to fellow bloggers? 
                                                                                        - RealReader           

Well we have had our first new blogger sign up to write for us here at The Scorpion– RealReader is the writer’s blog name.  Look for a post soon on summer reading from the newest member of our team.  Remember if you are interested in writing content for The Scorpion see Mrs. Mayo in the media [...]

Despite the media center being closed recently for MSA testing we have still seen a few classes and had special events.  Just today the culmination of research in the media center on different historical figures involved with the crusades came together in Ms. Gieger’s 7th Grade Social Studies Class.
   

We have a new look and a new home.  There was a bit of confusion with our old URL so this one will hopefully be easier for students and staff alike.  Until all of the old links from the Sykesville and Media Home Pages are changed, both blogs will be available.  This may take a [...]

Ok, so it now seems we have some regular readers who are commenting that we don’t have new content as often as you might like.  Perhaps then it is time for interested students to become creators of the content for the blog? What do you think about having student posters?  Everything would of course have [...]

April is School Library Media Month and National Poetry month.  We will combine the two by using our school library blog to capture some of the poetry you are writing.  Simply post your poetry as a comment to this blog entry.  Go ahead and take the plunge.  What have you written? Please share it with us.

Students in every grade have been doing a lot of research lately.  We have had 7th graders research Islamic achievements, 6th graders researching a wide variety of topics from their social studies class, and 8th graders finding information about people. So the media center has been a busy place lately.  My question for you today [...]

What’s new for 2008?  Well for one there will be loads of new books arriving in the media center any day now. Also hopefully we will have several more special programs in the media center.  What ideas do you have?  And yes we have heard your idea about a fashion show— you need to take [...]

Blogs are changing the way we communicate, and they have have tremendous potential to change education, too.  How do you think your teachers could use blogs in their classroom? How could or would you use one to help you learn better?  Share your ideas here and maybe we can host a classroom project here.