Happenings@ the Library
2006-07 Annual Report

The Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Public Relations and Marketing Section Swap and Shop Committee is pleased to announce the 'Best of Show' winners. The awards are given annually to recognize the best public relations materials produced by libraries in the past year.

This poster of Mr. Bohlen's grandson won honorable mention in the Adult and Family Reading section of the 2006 Best of Show Competition. Also, the LHS library Annual Report was honored. Awards were presented in New Orleans at the annual meeting of American Library Association

From Slavery to Freedom
In celebration of Black History Month, the LHS Library prepared the following exhibits:

African American Inventors
Langston Hughes
Gordon Parks
Black Authors

The Black History Links were updated for this year's celebration!

Entering Harvard at age 16, Kannon was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Independent. He was selected for Phi Beta Kappa his junior year. He served as an intern for United States Senator Bob Dole and the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha, Judge of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kannon studied Latin at Harvard and majored in classics,

graduating summa cum laude. He earned a Landon scholarship for law and public service, the Hoopes Prize for his senior honors thesis, and many other prestigious honors for his overall academic achievement.

Kannon attended Oxford in England, serving as editor of the college’s newspaper, earning his master’s degree, and studying Latin for two more years as a Marshall Scholar. Then he returned to Harvard, where he served as executive editor of the Harvard Law Review and assistant managing editor of the Harvard International Law Journal. Kannon graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1998.

Highlights of Kannon's career include serving as a law clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. He became an associate at the firm of Kirkland and Ellis where he worked primarily with former Judge and Solicitor General Kenneth Starr on a range of appellate matters, including matters before the Supreme Court. At present, Kannon serves as Assistant to the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice. He represents the United States before the Supreme Court. He has argued two cases before the High Court, most recently a case involving the question of whether a capital defendant has a constitutional right to rely on “residual doubt” at sentencing. Kannon has prepared the briefs for a number of significant cases before the High Court, including Arthur Anderson’s appeal for its conviction for obstruction of justice in connection with the collapse of Enron.

Kannon was recently named one of the “20 People to Watch” by Washingtonian Magazine. His speech today is titled "Serving the Public." ~ Daily Bulletin, August 31, 2006

For the breakfast, the English 10 students invited their parents, grandparents, friends and teachers to a morning full of food, art, music and a discussion of books. Students worked all semester on their Personal Literary Anthologies. They made detailed notes and did special projects after they read poems, short stories, essays, novels and nonfiction books. Each guest brought a piece of literature to share with the group and students discussed their journals. Discussions were fun and enlightening. The purpose of the anthologies is to broaden student interest in reading, writing, and reflect their personalities, interest and literary tastes.

A gala event was held in the library during April Poetry Month. Students read their poetry to faculty and students. Listen to the poetry of Ignacio Carvajal. The Faculty Club served ice cream and cookies.
A grand afternoon for all!

LHS Library
American Library Association (ALA)

Arla Jones
American Library Association (ALA)
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Kansas Library Association (KLA)
National Educational Association (NEA)
Lawrence Educational Association (LEA)

Martha Oldham
American Library Association (ALA)
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA)
Kansas School Library Association (KSLA)
Kansas National Educational Association (KNEA)
National Educational Association (NEA)
Lawrence Educational Association (LEA)

Lexis Nexis Scholastic
This year: 927 Searches; 1045 Documents Retrieved

The theme for Teen Read Week was "Get Active @ Your Library." It is hoped that this theme will encourage students to use library resources and to be active in sports, clubs, school activities, in the community.

Read posters are considered a tradition during this week at Lawrence High School. Notice the large posters of our students in the display below.

Meg Cabot, author of 'The Princess Diaries', has recorded a PSA for Teen Read Week.

After reading the article, “I Can’t Live Without My…”, in the Winter issue of Young Adult Library Services Magazine, Lawrence High School students had a huge discussion on what technology they could not live without.

Soon the idea of making posters of students and technology developed. This was a great way to celebrate the first Teen Tech Week.