Book Club Makes January Reading Selection

Members of the Belleville West Book Club have selected The Heretic’s Daughter, a novel by Kathleen Kent, for their next discussion.  The group will meet at The Abbey on Wednesday, January 8, to discuss the book.  Copies of the novel are now available at the circulation desk in the BW Library.

THE HERETIC’S DAUGHTER
by Kathleen Kent

Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried, and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft. This is the story of Martha’s courageous defiance and ultimate death, as told by the daughter who survived.

BW Library Sponsors Book Fair

The Belleville West Library will sponsor its annual Scholastic Book Fair at the start of December.  The Book Fair will be open in the BW Library during the following dates and times:

December 3-5     All lunch hours (10:30-1:30)
                          3:30-7:00 p.m.

December 6        All lunch hours (10:30-1:30)

Once again, shoppers may also place book orders online from now through December 6.  Just click THIS LINK to start shopping.

Book Club Meets on November 20

Members of the BW Book Club will meet on Wednesday, November 20, to discuss Candice Millard’s Destiny of the Republic.  The group will meet at The Abbey on West Main Street from 5-6 p.m.  Copies of the book are available at the circulation desk in the BW Library.

Special Screening of CATCHING FIRE for BW Students

Belleville West readers have the opportunity to enjoy a special screening of Catching Fire, the second part of the Hunger Games trilogy, when it opens on Friday, November 22.  The Belleville West showing of the movie will take place at the Lincoln Theater (103 East Main Street) at 4:00 p.m.  Advance tickets are available in the BW Library.  The ticket cost is $5.00.  (All Belleville West students—as well as family members and friends—are welcome to purchase tickets for this special screening.)

Any student attending the movie will be allowed to leave West at 3:15 that afternoon.  To do so, the student will need to complete a permission slip (provided when the ticket is purchased) and return it to his/her assistant principal no later than Wednesday, November 20.

Belleville West Readers Pick Up the Pace

The freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors have all picked up their reading pace!  This year, the BW English Department challenged the class of 2014, the class of 2015, the class of 2016, and the class of 2017 to each read one million pages of pleasure reading.  In the second triad, each class read more pages than during the first triad; each class has also read more than one-third of one million pages, so they’re all on pace to break one million pages again this year.

At the end of the second triad, the freshman class has read the most total pages, with 434,551 pages of pleasure reading.  (The freshmen read 271,604 pages in just the second triad.  That’s 108,657 more pages than they read during the first triad!  That’s an average of 438 pages per freshman during the second triad.)

These freshman classes read the most pages per student during the second triad:

            Mr. Schobert, 7th hour:  1142 pages per student

            Mrs. Thurnau, 5th hour:  809 pages per student

            Mrs. Hunter, 5th hour:  800 pages per student

            Ms. Ursani, 2nd hour:  758 pages per student

            Ms. Ursani, 6th hour:  649 pages per student

            Mr. Schobert, 1st hour:  642 pages per student

            Mrs. Thurnau, 6th hour:  638 pages per student

            Ms. Ursani, 1st hour:  601 pages per student

At the end of the second triad, the sophomore class has read the second-most total pages, with 368,496 pages of pleasure reading.  (The sophomores read 216,381 pages in just the second triad.  That’s 64,266 more pages than they read during the first triad.  That’s an average of 368 pages per sophomore during the second triad.)

These sophomore classes read the most pages per student during the second triad:

            Ms. Ursani, 7th hour:  650 pages per student

            Mr. Reidelberger, 3rd hour:  635 pages per student

            Mrs. Spriggs, 2nd hour:  609 pages per student

            Mr. Johnson, 5th hour:  605 pages per student

            Mr. Johnson, 4th hour:  593 pages per student

            Mrs. Spriggs, 5th hour:  553 pages per student

            Mr. Johnson, 2nd hour:  505 pages per student

            Mr. Reidelberger, 4th hour:  483 pages per student

At the end of the second triad, the junior class is just behind the sophomore class, with 366,532 pages of pleasure reading.  (The juniors read 207,288 pages in just the second triad.  That’s 48,044 more pages than they read during the first triad.  That’s an average of 431 pages per junior during the second triad—just seven pages fewer per student than the freshman class!)

These junior classes read the most pages per student during the second triad:

            Mr. Brunner, 6th hour:  843 pages per student

            Ms. Hoelscher, 7th hour:  742 pages per student

            Mr. Brunner, 5th hour:  726 pages per student

            Ms. Sage, 7th hour:  602 pages per student

            Ms. Sage, 1st hour:  560 pages per student

            Mr. Brunner, 1st hour:  558 pages per student

            Mr. Garland, 3rd hour:  475 pages per student

            Ms. Day, 4th hour:  464 pages per student

At the end of the second triad, the senior class is still in last place, with 347,768 pages of pleasure reading.  (The seniors read 211,365 pages in just the second triad.  That’s 74,962 more pages than they read during the first triad—which places them behind only the freshmen in increase from first to second triad.  That’s an average of 444 pages per senior during the second triad—the best per student average of any class!)

These senior classes read the most pages per student during the second triad:

            Mr. Brunner, 3rd hour:  1881 pages per student

            Mr. Reidelberger, 7th hour:  721 pages per student

            Mr. Lodle, 5th hour:  682 pages per student

            Mr. Lodle, 6th hour:  572 pages per student

            Ms. Lewis, 7th hour:  386 pages per student

            Ms. Dachsteiner, 4th hour:  376 pages per student

            Mr. Reidelberger, 6th hour:  366 pages per student

            Ms. Rakers, 2nd hour:  342 pages per student

During the second triad, Belleville West teachers read 35,945 pages of pleasure reading, an increase of 6,499 pages over their first triad total.

Can the freshmen maintain their overall lead during the third triad?  Can the seniors continue to lead in pages per student?  Can the juniors overtake the sophomores?  Can the teachers find a little more time for some good books?

Keep reading, Belleville West!