DID SANTA BRING YOU A BOOK?

Of course he did! Before you go home for the holidays check to see if the book you were interested in has come in this last Follett book order, excuse me, Santa order. For those of you involved in the 30 Book Challenge this is going to be a real treat. There are 139 new books now and 50 back-ordered and coming in every day. We have completely processed them and they are ready for check-out.

After you're bored with your new Christmas games, read, READ, READ!

Come back to the workroom by Miss Mayne's office and look at the books before we put them away tomorrow.We have a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books for your reading pleasure. Come on now, don't forget; make sure to bring your student I.D. card.!

THE HOBBIT : IT'S ALIVE, IT'S ALIVE!

Come listen to a lively, unabridged storytelling of THE HOBBIT by professional narrator Bob Inglis. This man is one of the best storytellers I've ever heard --- and I started out having many starts and stops with the book; but it's different when there's a "word actor" on the other end of your brain.

There are seven audio-tapes which cover the entire book; one will be played every day after school  at 2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. in the Media Center Conference Room starting this coming Wednesday. Now you can really find out if the book is better than the upcoming Christmas break movie . Contact Miss Mayne for futher details.

PUZZLE OUT CHRISTMAS IN THE MEDIA CENTER 

Now that the weather is getting colder, students are wandering into the Media Center during their free time to see what's new. What's new right now are two different Dowdle Christmas puzzles waiting to drive you and your friends crazy - - - ( that makes a total of three Christmas puzzles that we have set out for the month of December).  One of them is of Alpine, yup, the places you will see are the places where some of you live. The second is a puzzle of Jerusalem during the time of Christ. It shows all of the important places and events in Jerusalem where major events occurred in the life of Christ, all the way from his birth to his death on Golgotha. It is truly amazing that folk artist, Utah Valley phenom Eric Dowdle, hasn't run out of interesting ideas yet, and he's still a pretty young guy. So come, enjoy! You will find the puzzles on the tables nearest the checkout desk, ready to work on.

An enlarged version of the Dowdle Jerusalem Puzzle

A photo of  "our" city of Alpine during Christmas, past and present.