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The Ducks are Here!

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Once again, the ARC is hosting Duckwatch 2024 ! This is a fundraiser from Hersey's SOS Club, and this year they will be supporting Lemons of Love . This organization puts together care packages for people enduring cancer treatment.  Raffle tickets are being sold by students in SOS.
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The JHHS Archives are Open

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After collecting boxes of materials -- everything from letters to photos, calendars to yearbooks, we have begun the process of creating collections and cataloguing the materials Our first collection is called The 1968 Dedication and features materials related to the dedication of John Hersey High School on November 9-10, 1968. The collection includes photographs, letters, programs, newspapers and video. All material is available online. The 1968 Dedication in the first collection of the JHHS Archives to be catalogued. The purpose of the JHHS Archives is to maintain and preserve items related to the history of John Hersey High School. The archive contains items directly related to John Hersey himself, plus various pertinent materials cataloged for the purpose of preserving the history and traditions of the school. We endeavor to place as much as possible online to allow for maximum access. ORGANIZATION OF THE ARCHIVES The JHHS Archives is organized into “Collections” and each collectio
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Did you "Barbenheimer" this summer?

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  Barbie and Oppenheimer were two of the biggest movies this summer.  Did you check them out?  Come down to the library to check out our books that will extend that experience!  Plus, we have an official ARC "Barbenheimer" playlist on Spotify.  Check it out!
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Some new changes...

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Welcome back, everybody! There are some changes this year in the ARC. We have a new self-checkout station, so you can checkout books at any time. It's quick and easy!  Plus, you can print from your iPads and the help desk is now located in the "Yellow Zone" in the ARC! Check out this video for the updates! The ARC also has new hours. The ARC will now be open from 7:30 to 3:00 pm daily. For those of you who liked to hang out in the ARC after school will have to go to the commons. Stop down to the ARC to check things out!
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Welcome to the New School Year!

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Can you believe that summer is just about over? Hope you got a lot of good reading done this summer. Remember, you can check out a book anytime here in the library -- So come on down to get more books! There are some changes that are being made in the ARC this year. Just so you know, we will have new hours. Unfortunately, the ARC will NOT be open after school.  NEW ARC Hours:  Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 3:00pm   The Zones here in the ARC will still be enforced. What are the Zones? Check out this video: Want a refresher in how to find and check out a book? Watch this! Have a great year! Any questions, just come on down and ask!
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Happy Pride Month, 2023!

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Happy Pride Month, 2023! Although we celebrated earlier in the school year, this month marks the beginning of the gay rights movement by commemorating the Stonewall Riots of 1969 . We have many books in the ARC, but if you would like a book right now, why not go digital. Our SORA app has a wide variety of books featuring LBGTQ+ characters and themes. Open the SORA app on your iPad to download. Or, read on your computer or laptop by clicking here .  “There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it’s now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it’s simply the way things are.”                   – Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
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The next episode of Rainbow and His Puppet Gang is here!

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Last semester, senior Warren Burdin produced an audio episode of his puppet series called "Rainbow and his Puppet Gang."  Episode 2 is now available. It is called "Two Puppets and an Infant." This episode features not just rainbow, but Dylan and Scorch as well. Take a listen below!
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Artists of the Month: Jerry Butler and Betty Everett

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My first exposure to Jerry "The Iceman" Butler came from a K-Tel commercial for an album called Superbad   in 1973 that I saw when I was a kid. I didn't know much about him at the time.  It wasn't until I was much older that I became a fan. Although Jerry Butler was born in Mississippi, he moved with his family to Chicago in 1941, and grew up in the  Cabrini Green housing projects. It was in church where he met Curtis Mayfield. Together, in 1958, they joined with three other singers to form "Jerry Butler and the Impressions." After leaving the group a couple of years later, Jerry Butler went solo and received the moniker "The Iceman" from a Philadelphia DJ, to highlight his cool, baritone voice. The name stuck. Betty Everett, too, was born in Mississippi. At the age of 18, she moved to Chicago in 1957 to pursue a music career. In 1964, she produced a hit single. You probably know it, because it has been covered by many people including Linda Ronsta
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Last month we highlighted Elvis Presley. He may have been the “King of Rock and Roll,” but in no way did he invent the music. In fact, he merely copied the music that had been invented and played in the Black community for years.   Not to diminish the importance of Elvis, though. He would eventually develop his own style. But more importantly, he introduced Rock and Roll to a whole new audience. Billboard , January 1, 1949 Public Domain Like Blues and Jazz before it, Rock and Roll music was developed by Black musicians in Black communities. But it was not known as Rock and Roll, however. It was, at the time, called “rhythm and blues,” or “R & B.” Which, according to Little Richard , stood for “real Black.” To White America, however, it was called “Race Music.” Major record labels refused to record it. White-owned establishments did not put the music in their juke boxes. White performers did not record the music, either. At least, not yet. This was a pattern that had played out i
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Summer Reading Book #6: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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Alright. I've said this before. And I will say it again. This may be my favorite book so far this summer. (Sorry Pride ) To be honest, I haven’t read too many books like this---a book written in verse. And I loved how it looked on the page. I loved the cadence of it. It “sounded” good in my head, if that makes sense.  The Poet X is the story of Xiomara Batista, the daughter of Dominican immigrants. She lives in Harlem in a cramped apartment with her parents and twin brother, Xavier. She finds refuge in her poetry, and keeps her thoughts and poems secret in a journal.  Her poetry reveals a sensitivity and vulnerability that is absent from her tough exterior:  The other girls call me conceited. Ho. Thot. Fast.  When your body takes up more room than your voice  you are always the target of well-aimed rumors,  which is why I let my knuckles talk for me.  Which is why I learned to shrug when my name was replaced      by insults.  I’ve forced my skin to be as thick as I am. 
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