Web pages do not undergo the same rigorous editorial process used to create published books, magazines and newspapers. In traditional publishing, peer review, and fact checking are part of the process. Background checks are run to assure that authors know what they are writing about. By contrast, web publishing is less formal, and by implication the information published on the web is less likely to be thoroughly verified. It is up to the reader to check a web page author’s credentials. Investigating the author will help you to trust the credibility of the information found on a web page.

With a Web-wide protest on Wednesday that includes a 24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia, the legislative battle over two Internet piracy bills has reached an extraordinary moment — a political coming of age for a relatively young and disorganized industry that has largely steered clear of lobbying and other political games in Washington.

The class of 2014 (the sophomore class) read 233,287 pages of pleasure reading during the third triad!  That’s an average of 405 pages per student.  The sophomores have now read a total of 715,740 pages since the start of the school year.

The sophomore classes with the highest reading totals for the third triad are:
Mrs. Sprigg’s third hour class:  26,963 pages
Ms. Bielong’s fifth hour class:  21,188 pages
Mr. Johnson’s fourth hour class:  19,729 pages
Mr. Reidelberger’s second hour class:  18,494 pages
Ms. Bielong’s sixth hour class:  17,394 pages

The class of 2015 (the freshman class) read 206,547 pages of pleasure reading during the third triad!  That’s an average of 394 pages per student.  The freshmen have now read a total of 674,319 pages since the start of the school year.

The freshman classes with the highest reading totals for the third triad are:
Ms. Thurnau’s second hour class:  26,165 pages
Mrs. Matysik’s fifth hour class:  18,917 pages
Ms. Bielong’s fourth hour class:  17,394 pages
Mrs. Matysik’s first hour class:  15,574 pages
Mrs. Matysik’s sixth hour class:  14,547 pages
Mrs. Thurnau’s seventh hour class:  13,880 pages

The Belleville West teachers read 47,053 pages of pleasure reading during the third triad!  That’s an average of 349 pages per teacher—more than they’ve read in any other triad.  (Freshmen and sophomores, the teachers are getting closer.)

Keep reading, Belleville West!

You can check your school e-mail at your BW Library anytime of the day. We have three laptops in the Café area designated for student school e-mail use.

Thank from your teacher-librarians. Ms. Barteau & Mrs. Culbertson

Check out the list of authors we meet. Pretty amazing. Angela Johnson, Walter Dean Myers, Janet Tashjian, Sean Beaudoin, John Green, Matt de la Peña, Leslie Margolis, Andrew Peters, Sarah Weeks, Rita Williams-Garcia, Sarah Dessen, Lauren Myracle, Cheryl Rainfield, Andrew Smith, Paul Yee, Kazu Kibuishi, Maureen Johnson, Abby McDonald, Laurie Halse Anderson, Kristen Chandler, Matt de la Peña, Matthew Quick, Jordan Sonnenblick, Francisco X. Stork , Chris Crutcher, Cara Chow, Sharon Draper, J.L. Powers, Matthew Quick, Kenneth Oppel, Jennifer Donnelly, Neal Schusterman, Coe Booth, B.A. Binns, Simone Elkeles, Stephanie Perkins, Sara Zarr, Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler, James Dashner, Megan McCafferty, Veronica Roth, Dom Testa, Katie Alender, Beth Fantaskey, Michelle Hodkin, Thanhha Lai, and David Levithan.

We also have over 40 new books that we received free at the conference! Check them out.

The class of 2015 (the freshman class) read 277,686 pages of pleasure reading during the second triad!  That’s an average of 530 pages per student.  The freshmen have now read a total of 467,772 pages since the start of the school year.

The Belleville West teachers read 42,018 pages of pleasure reading during the second triad.  That’s an average of 311 pages per teacher.  Members of the English department read 19,058 pages (an average of almost 1000 pages per teacher).