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PHMS Summer Reading Requirement
Just as we did last summer, we are requiring our students who will be in grades 7 and 8 during the 2007-2008 school year to participate in our summer reading program by reading at least one book and obtaining a parent/guardian signature indicating that they have done so. Students may select a book on their own with parental approval and are also welcome to make choices from the variety of reading lists that are available from this webpage (see links below). Printed lists of the 2007-08 list of Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award nominees for grades 4-6 and 6-9 will also be available for those students who would like them. These printed lists will be available in the school office throughout the summer. Books may be borrowed from the Baltimore County Public Libraries or purchased at local bookstores.
Students will receive a paper copy of the Strive for Twenty-Five record list/log sheet (MS Word) / record list/log sheet (PDF) before they leave school for the summer. Each student should record the title of the one book that he/she chooses to read for the summer reading requirement and have a parent/guardian sign on the appropriate line. This signature will be checked by the Language Arts or Language! teacher and will be due by October 1, 2007. Students are encouraged to record other books that they read over the summer as well. Additional copies of this record list/log sheet will also be available in the school office during the summer. We hope that our students will enjoy at least one good book this summer, and hopefully, many more than that!
BCPL Summer Reading Club
We are also encouraging our students who will be in Grades 6, 7, and 8 during the 2007 - 2008 school year to participate in the Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading Club. Students can visit the local branch and register for the club starting June 4th for pre-registration and then June 18th through August 18th for the actual program. Sign-up can occur at any time during that period. We had so many of our students participate last summer that we won the trophy for best middle school participation for the Northeast area. We'd love to win again, so please register starting on June 4th!
The middle school version of the Summer Reading Club is a teen 'zine and can be found at the following link
- BCPS Strive for 25 Reading Lists (click on "Middle School")
- Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards
- KidsList (from BCPL)
- KidsReads: Great Books for Boys
- BCPS Office of Library Information Services - Reading Page
- Newbery Award Winners
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards
- Record list/log sheet for Strive for 25 (including summer reading requirement) (MS Word version)
- Record list/log sheet for Strive for 25 (including summer reading requirement) (PDF version)
For additional ideas for book titles, visit BCPL's Books and More page!
Parents! If you would like some ideas for encouraging your child's reading habits and enhancing their reading comprehension during the summer and throughout the middle school years, click on the following link:
Strive for 25! Ideas for Parents
Reading is cool, and cybersafety is SMART! Since we know that many of our students will be spending some of their leisure time on the Internet this summer, we are encouraging them to remain safe by practicing cyber-smart behaviors. The following links provide excellent information including learning activities and games to educate ourselves about how to stay safe when using the Internet.
Especially important is the issue of cyberbullying and how to avoid and/or stop it. Click on the following link to visit an additional site for more information about cyberbullying:
Last update: May 7, 2007
J. Caldwell
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