Abington Middle / High School Library

For the next 21 days Mrs London will be posting summer reading suggestions from the Massachusetts’ Teen Choice Book Award nominees. This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to select their top new books of the year!
The list of nominees has been curated by a committee of public librarians, school library media specialists and educators. ( Mrs London is on this committee) Teens are invited to read the titles starting during the summer and vote for their favorite books in September! *Note while the nominees include a number of books for 7&8th graders some books are recommended for older teens. There is a link from the library website to get details. These books are also great for adults. Mrs London is in a book club with Abington educators and we are reading Accountable this month.

Four of Mrs London’s favorite Dads from children’s literature to celebrate Father’s Day. ( I know Laura Ingalls Wilder is controversial but Pa isn’t depicted nearly as racist as Ma.)

Congratulations to Bella, a 7th grader who read 118 ebooks this year!

Congratulations to Salwa, our 8th grade Remarkable Reader Award winner. During her four years at Abington Middle School Salwa had read 474 ebooks. Reading is her superpower! Mrs London also enjoyed seeing Sarah, Salwa’s older sister and one of our former library volunteers and National Honor Society officer.

If any families are looking for summer reading suggestions for their middle school students:

Abington Middle / High School Library Library Catalog for Middle High School

It’s still Pride month but with school ending tomorrow, students only have one more day to pick up a pronoun pin or bookmark. They are available at the desk! Thank you for including these in our

I just killed so many trees to print 237 overdue notices. School ends Wednesday. PLEASE ask your students to return their books. I send out monthly overdue notices but kids don’t check email. Now I’m off to deliver these notices to homerooms. Heavy sigh.

5th grade reading challenge is finished. One student from each class won a 50 state puzzle. Everyone who participated earned a prize book and there were also gift card raffles. Oh, and Mrs London had to dye her hair green. The phenomenal fifth grade teachers do so much to support reading! 💚

Wow! Wow! It was Christmas in June! Thank you to Suzanne Hubschwerlin for this amazing donation of manga!

Congratulations to Superintendent Schafer on his retirement. We thank him for supporting reading and hope he will get the chance to enjoy lots of good books in his spare time.

5th graders read 50 state books so now Mrs London has green hair! The Ellis family read MANY books to help that happen.

We are getting there! Parents please remind your children to return their library books.

This would be an amazing experience.

Abington CAM is proud to announce its 4th annual film camp for Abington Middle School students Grades 5-8! This free & informative camp, featuring two separate sessions which are held over two weeks periods and will show the basics of filmmaking. The first session begins on July 9 and the second session will start on July 22. There are 12 spots available per session and it’s first come, first serve. For more information or to sign up, please scan the QR or send all inquires to [email protected]

The countdown is on! We have 11 days to get 511 books back. Can we do it? Parents, please help your student look for missing books. Final notices were sent today to students via email.

Are you a parent of student who will be a junior or senior next year? Do they have a 3.3 GPA or above? They may be invited to apply to become a member of National Honor Society in September. This Bridgeblock information session will explain the application process and hopefully answer any questions about the organization.

Only two states left to go! FIVE more days to go until the Fifth Grade Read Across America Challenge expires! Parents of 5th graders, there are a bunch of e-books available on SORA for Arkansas and Nebraska, the two missing states. It's supposed to rain tomorrow so it might be a good reading day!

Happy Senior Reception! Even Harlow came to see you off! Have fun!

Ms Samsel’s 5th grade class read to preschool students today! A wonderful time was had by all! 💚

Senior night at softball!! Congratulations to the seniors. 19-17 final! Ps Elsie is AMAZING!

Art show AND a Pops concert! Life is good in Abington 💚 ps Did you notice the art in the photos is created with discarded books?

Please spread the word. The Library will be closed tomorrow for HS MCAS (a.m) & a 5th Grade / Preschool Story Program (p.m) If students need computer help or need to quickly print a document, there will be a brief window of opportunity from 11:00-12:00. Ms. Casey has blocked the library from passes. Please email Mrs. London to make arrangements.

Great night for baseball! Congratulations Seniors!

Fifth Graders Need 6 More State Books And Mrs London will dye her hair green!

Thank you to Ms Maddalena and Ms Selenow for arranging this very moving experience for our students.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of the middle school musical! Still one more opportunity to see the show this afternoon! Thank you to the fabulous teachers who make this happen every year! WOW!!!

The Senior Sendoff wall is done. All senior books are due tomorrow.

The National Honor Society was busy last week writing heartfelt notes to teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Would you believe this bibliography was created by a FIFTH GRADER??? So proud of Ms Samsel’s and Mr Pease’s classes for creating such awesome bibliographies! We’ve structured the poetry project so we use sources that give us ready made citations. 💚