Celebrating Black History

Click here to visit a new link, "Celebrating Black History 365."

This link from Lawson State Community College in Alabama celebrates the contributions of many great African Americans of the past and present. It is a great research tool that is regularly updated. The link can also be found under "More Links" on the left side of this web page.

Turn in those overdue books!

Man returns book overdue since 1960

3:11 p.m. EST, January 7, 2007

HANCOCK, Michigan (AP) -- Robert Nuranen handed the local librarian a book he'd checked out for a ninth-grade assignment -- along with a check for 47 years' worth of late fees.
Nuranen said his mother misplaced the copy of "Prince of Egypt" while cleaning the house. The family came across it every so often, only to set it aside again. He found it last week while looking through a box in the attic.

"I figured I'd better get it in before we waited another 10 years," he said after turning it in Friday with the $171.32 check. "Fifty-seven years would be embarrassing."
The book, with its last due date stamped June 2, 1960, was part of the young Nuranen's fascination with Egypt. He went on to visit that country and 54 others, and all 50 states, he said, but he never did finish the book.

Nuranen now lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches seventh-grade social studies and language arts.

The library had long ago lost any record of the book, librarian Sue Zubiena said.
"I'm going to use it as an example," she said. "It's never too late to return your books."
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.

Unlike the library in Hancock, Michigan, overdue charges at Furr never exceed $1.

Author Visit at Furr

Kaye Gibbons, author of Ellen Foster, will be visiting the Furr Library on Monday, 20 October, to discuss her book with Ms. Trottier's 5th period AP class.

Feed the World

Play the game.

Build your vocabulary and earn sponsored rice donations to the UN World Food Program.

Click here. Help end World Hunger.

Enroll in the 2008 Summer Reading Club

Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! Prizes!

HISD and the Houston Public Library are sponsoring a Summer Reading Club where you can choose five books at your own lexile level to read over the summer.

Click here to enroll.

Then scroll down and create your personalized book list from books in your school library.

Once you have created your list, you can take the list to your local Houston Public Library Branch to check out these books during the summer when your school library is closed.

Click here to find your nearest Houston Public Library Branch.

Summer Reading List

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Congratulations, Name That Book Team!

After reading more than 30 books & 10,000 pages, the Furr High School Name That Book Team competed on Wednesday, 26 March, against other area high school teams in the HISD Name That Book Competition at the Doris Miller Center. In five rounds, they beat Kashmire High School 6 to 2.

Pictured above with team co-sponsor, Ms. Shaw are team members Cherie Bugtong, Bo-Maria Taltique, Ashley Salinas, and Christina Vazquez

Above, the team members take their places for the competition.

Conferring between rounds

The Name That Book Team with their medals.

(Ms. Shaw, Mr. George, & Ms. Saucier in back.)

Spotlight on Tibet

Tibet is once again in the news with the recent protests against Chinese oppression in the region. Read more about it in the Furr Library. The key word is "Tibet."

Click here to read about the protests.

Relieve TAKS Stress Now!

TAKS STRESS RELIEF!

Click on the link below, and then click and drag the mouse across the screen.
http://jacksonpollock.org/

Effective PowerPoint Presentations

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4 Square Puzzle

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Introducing Islam

The eight volume series, "Introducing Islam," is now available on the shelves. Most have the call number, 297, and can be found in the catalogue using the key word, "Islam."