Make sure that nothing messes up your big day by taking care of all your library obligations.

Senior books are due May 13th unless special permission has been granted by a librarian to keep the book longer.

All fines and other obligations (charges for copying or printing) must be cleared by May 27th.

Enjoy your final weeks of school instead of worrying about being hounded about missing books and fines! Get you account cleared today!

• Go to the Cosby Library Catalog and click on “My Account”
• Log in using your student ID # and the last 4 digits as your PIN.

You will be able to see what you have checked out, if you owe any fines and which books you have on hold.

The VCU Rams have achieved a lofty goal in basketball — an opportunity to play in the Final Four.  But Virginia Commonwealth University is not just about athletics, its impact on the entire Richmond metro area has been enormous.

In our own community, Cosby High School is especially proud of the Rams because of our close association with VCU’s School of Medicine and the VCU Health Systems. Professors from these schools come to Cosby and teach our Health Sciences students about current health topics including diseases, dentistry and a host of other medical related issues.

The Rams ascent to greatness in basketball mirrors the ascent that the University has already made and continues to make in the academic world.

Go Rams!

Now, if you know anything about Ireland and its people, you know that they love their storytelling and their “blarney“. Part of the blarney is this notion that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.  In actuallity, the reason that Ireland has no snakes is because for many thousands of years Ireland was frozen and since snakes are cold-blooded, they could not survive in cold temperatures. When the island of Ireland warmed up, snakes were not able to swim across the frigid waters of the North Channel to populate Ireland.

And that’s no blarney!

I recently just finished the book Matched by Ally Condie. It’s a fiction/fantasy type book, and even though I don’t usually like fantasy, I did enjoy reading this. The story line is about a future society, where the officials decide what you do, who you love, when you die, where you live, etc. The story begins when a teenage girl, Cassia (pronounced Cash-a), has her match banquet, which is when you find out who the officials have chosen for you to marry. Cassia ends up being matched with her childhood best friend, Xander (pronounced Zan-der). Cassia and Xander are quite happy with their match, but when Cassia gets home and looks in her match box, there is a second person that is matched with her too. This other kid is Ky (pronounced K-ie), another person Cassia knows from school, and from her neighborhood. Ky has always been the mysterious one, and when he pops up in the box with Xander, Cassia is confused, and doesn’t know what to do. Luckily, an officer comes to her the next day and tells her that it was all a misunderstanding and an accident, and that she is really just matched with Xander. Cassia still seems to be intrigued by Ky, and when they do the same summer hiking activity, she starts to fall in love with him. Soon, together they are writing and reading poetry, two things that they aren’t allowed to do in their “society”. Cassia feels like she has to be with Ky, even though she isn’t permitted to. One day, the officials come to get Ky, and move him to an outer province to work. Everyone knows that really in the outer provinces, there is a war, and that they are taking Ky to start to fight in it. Cassia is extremely upset, and causes a scene while running down the street when he’s leaving. the whole street of people are upset about where Ky is going, and the officials make them take a pill to erase their memory about Ky being harshly ushered away. Cassia and Xander are the only two who remember it. In the end, Xander approaches Cassia and tells her to go after Ky, but come back for him when/if it doesn’t work out. The end doesn’t really tell you if she finds Ky, or if she ends up with Xander. I enjoyed it, although some of the chapters seemed a little predictable. I would suggest it if you like fantasy, but also if you like just regular fiction. 

Dr. Seuss (Oh, the Places You’ll Go)

Take the survey below and then we will compare your answers to the ones we get from the teachers. Results of the survey will be available starting January 18 in front of the library.

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Currently our RSS feeds come from:

Scientific American
Daily Health and Medical News
National Gallery of Art
History Channel — Today in History
ESPN
CNN
Fiction Book Reviews
Movie Reviews

Just as a user has to be careful about the websites he/she uses, a user also must be careful about the RSS feeds to which they subscribe. All of the ones chosen for the library were carefully considered based on the ABC’s of Website Reliability — Accuracy, Bias (freedom from), Currency (how current is the feed).

I hope you like it!

You can also shop online. When you are filling out the payment information, check the box at the bottom that says “book fair purchase” and type in the following ID: 10336576

The Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes were a huge success and we set the record for the most cheesecakes sold by a school.

There was also a crowd around the Nook kiosk coinciding with the introduction of the color Nook.

Thanks to all who have supported the library in this way!

Simply take in a voucher (or pick one up at the store) and the Cosby High School Library will get a percentage of every purchase you make.

The voucher is also valid for items purchased in the Cafe’, Music section and on every Nook sale made on behalf of Cosby.

But wait…there’s more! The Nookcolor is coming out on Friday, November 19th. You may preorder one and specify that your purchase is on behalf of Cosby, and Barnes and Noble will give us credit for those sales even though they are not on the day of the book fair!!

So do some early holiday shopping and visit Barnes and Noble on Thursday, November 18th.