Hey everyone,
I just wanted to wish everyone a great summer and also talk a little about books and summer reading. Currently, I have been trying to get kids and staff to bring in their overdue library books. However, I would be delighted to check books out to anyone for the summer. I am going to link some of the best books of the year below.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Falmouth High School Esports Team.
Falmouth High School has started its own Esports team. Currently, Falmouth is represented by students competing in four games; Hearthstone, League of Legends, Smash Brothers, and Counter Strike Go. These four teams will compete in the regular season until February 24 and then enter the playoffs.
Then, as soon as we are done with the Winter Season, the Spring Season begins. We need to have our teams together and organised for the Spring season by March 8th. Unlike the Winter Season, in the Spring each game has its own day of competition.
Then, as soon as we are done with the Winter Season, the Spring Season begins. We need to have our teams together and organised for the Spring season by March 8th. Unlike the Winter Season, in the Spring each game has its own day of competition.
If you would like to be a part of the Esports team or have any questions please get in touch with Mr. Wolotsky or our student leader, Jake Leavitt. You can reach Mr. Wolotsky at dwolotsky@falmouthschools.org
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Welcome Back - Library Re-DO!
Mr.Wolotsky and a student advisory board has begun the process of looking at redoing the library space. Arguably, the library is the most used space in our school. Falmouth students deserve a library that fits their needs. As a result, the student library board is beginning to survey students as to their hopes and dreams for our library space. Eventually, the board will recommend and implement short term changes and, hopefully, make a plan for a more comprehensive library makeover. Currently, the small room off of the library beside the service learning office is being re-made into a quiet and comfortable reading space. If you would like to access this space please sign up for a library pass and then sign in to the space with Ms. Julea. No food is permitted in this space so we can try to preserve the furniture as long as possible. Eventually we want this space to house student art work as well.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Summer Reads
Hey everyone,
Here are a few great reads for over the summer. My favorite book of the year is probably American Kingpin. This excellent true story details how Ross Ulbricht, a 26year self taught computer programmer, created and maintained the illegal Silk Road on the dark web. For years, Ulbricht ran the Amazon of illegal drugs as the "Dread Pirate Roberts" and during this time the search for him spanned just about every law enforcement agency and geographical location on the planet.
Another great summer read is American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, which details the re-wilding of wolves in Yellowstone Park's Lamar Valley. For dog lovers out there American Wolf will explain why dogs are man's best friend from a completely different angle.
Two titles that are timely considering President Trump's meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong Un are The Girl with Seven Names and the fictional The Orphan Master's Son. The Girl with Seven Names is "An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom."(Harper Collins). The Orphan Master's Son is "part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master's Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love."(Random House)
How about a cool Sci Fi Book? Try Terminal Alliance from Jim Hines. This funny futuristic novel follows space janitors as they try to clean up various messes as they flee the apocalypse.
There are so many more good book choices out there. Please let me know if you would like some help figuring out some options for the summer reading. June 21 is coming. Woot Woot!
Here are a few great reads for over the summer. My favorite book of the year is probably American Kingpin. This excellent true story details how Ross Ulbricht, a 26year self taught computer programmer, created and maintained the illegal Silk Road on the dark web. For years, Ulbricht ran the Amazon of illegal drugs as the "Dread Pirate Roberts" and during this time the search for him spanned just about every law enforcement agency and geographical location on the planet.
Another great summer read is American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West, which details the re-wilding of wolves in Yellowstone Park's Lamar Valley. For dog lovers out there American Wolf will explain why dogs are man's best friend from a completely different angle.
Two titles that are timely considering President Trump's meeting in Singapore with Kim Jong Un are The Girl with Seven Names and the fictional The Orphan Master's Son. The Girl with Seven Names is "An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom."(Harper Collins). The Orphan Master's Son is "part breathless thriller, part story of innocence lost, part story of romantic love, The Orphan Master's Son is also a riveting portrait of a world heretofore hidden from view: a North Korea rife with hunger, corruption, and casual cruelty but also camaraderie, stolen moments of beauty, and love."(Random House)
How about a cool Sci Fi Book? Try Terminal Alliance from Jim Hines. This funny futuristic novel follows space janitors as they try to clean up various messes as they flee the apocalypse.
There are so many more good book choices out there. Please let me know if you would like some help figuring out some options for the summer reading. June 21 is coming. Woot Woot!
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Ebooks and Audiobooks via Overdrive
Hey everyone,
the library has expanded its digital collection. You can now access both audiobooks and ebooks through Overdrive. All you need to do is click on this link or on the left hand side of this page, use FHS as your pin and then enter your lunch code.
the library has expanded its digital collection. You can now access both audiobooks and ebooks through Overdrive. All you need to do is click on this link or on the left hand side of this page, use FHS as your pin and then enter your lunch code.
As always if you can not find what you are looking for please let Mr. Wolotsky know. He is always happy to try to access materials or find a title for students.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Mr. Harder's AP Language classes will be starting to research topics of their choice in preparation for extended class presentations. To be successful students would be wise to develop an essential question which then can be used to focus their research. A solid essential question is described below.
Yoda (A)
Yoda (A)
Your Essential Question:
-Can not be answered in a few sentences or even paragraphs
*Seeks an understanding of something that matters to us
-Requires expertise to answer. Students must create their own answers and construct their own meaning.
-Has an answer that is debatable
- Answers to the essential question may reveal deep ironies and/or paradoxes
Have Flavor Will Travel(B)
Your essential question:
-Can not be answered in a few sentences or even paragraphs
-Has an answer that is debatable
-Requires expertise. Students must create their own answers and construct their own meaning.
Solid Citizen (C)
Your essential question has two of the following three traits:
-Can not be answered in a few sentences or even paragraphs
-Has an answer that is debatable
-Requires expertise. Students must create their own answers and construct their own meaning
Slack (D)
Your question does not require an in depth explanation and can be answered easily. To answer your question, one could spend minimal time on the internet and be done.
*The difference between an A and a B
Thursday, September 14, 2017
The Summer Books of AP Language and Composition
Hey everybody,
students in all our AP Lang classes were given a summer assignment to choose one of the books below and be prepared to talk about the book they read. We want to share these books with you because so many students strongly recommended their choices. The books appear in order from the most read and recommended to the least.
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work—from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.
students in all our AP Lang classes were given a summer assignment to choose one of the books below and be prepared to talk about the book they read. We want to share these books with you because so many students strongly recommended their choices. The books appear in order from the most read and recommended to the least.
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.
An award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity.
When twenty-four-year-old Susannah Cahalan woke up alone in a hospital room, strapped to her bed and unable to move or speak, she had no memory of how she’d gotten there. Days earlier, she had been on the threshold of a new, adult life: at the beginning of her first serious relationship and a promising career at a major New York newspaper. Now she was labeled violent, psychotic, a flight risk. What happened?
In a swift and breathtaking narrative, Susannah tells the astonishing true story of her descent into madness, her family’s inspiring faith in her, and the lifesaving diagnosis that nearly didn’t happen. “A fascinating look at the disease that . . . could have cost this vibrant, vital young woman her life” (People), Brain on Fire is an unforgettable exploration of memory and identity, faith and love, and a profoundly compelling tale of survival and perseverance that is destined to become a classic.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta's cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can't afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work—from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.
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