Welcome to BOOK BUZZ!

As educators today, we all know it’s a challenge keeping up with best practices, technology, Common Core, the latest Web 2.0 tools, etc., not to mention reading the exciting new books our students want. 

BOOK BUZZ will give you the opportunity to expand your repertoire of NEW books whether you are a school librarian or a teacher! 

Group members will select and read NEW books, (published in the last three years), from any genre, at any level.  We will meet in person once and meet online using a blog.  For each book, BOOK BUZZ members will post a book review and a booktalk on the blog, (for each book read).  The blog will give us the advantage of responding at our convenience, and to each other as well.  

Members will want to begin reading and be prepared to discuss their books at the first meeting.  If you're elementary level, read 4-5 books, (or more!), as they are shorter.  As a middle school or high school level, read 1-2 books, (or more!), depending on their length.  The first meeting will be on Wednesday, October 29^th from 3:30-4:30 at the Algonquin Middle School Library in Averill Park. 

We will meet on the blog in November and December.  Two credit hours will be given each month, for a total of six hours.  This book club is open to school librarians and teachers at all grade levels and is the perfect opportunity to meet new books and new friends.


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Directions to Algonquin Middle School

From NY State Thruway & Interstate 87:

From the South, take Exit 23 onto I-787 North to I-90 East; From the West, take Exit 24 onto I-90 East; From the North (I-87), take Exit 1E onto I-90 East; Stay on I-90 East; take Exit 8 to Defreestville and cross over Route 4 to Route 43 East, continue for approximately 5 miles to the intersection of Routes 43 & 150 (traffic light). Continue on Route 43 about ½ mile and take a left onto Route 351. Stay on Route 351 to the intersection of Route 66 (traffic light). At the light take a left. The Middle School is on your left.

From Troy:

From downtown Troy, proceed East on Route 2 (Congress St.) to Route 66 (Pawling Ave.) . Follow Route 66S to Wynantskill (where it becomes Main Ave.). Approximately 1 mile past the intersection of Route 150, bear right (at Valente's Gravel) staying on Route 66. Continue past the Hollywood Drive-In Theater (on left) and approximately ½ mile on your right is Algonquin Middle School.