[BurleyBulletin] February 11, 2008: Chaperones, Homepage, Lots of Great Resources

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The Burley Bulletin
February 11, 2008
Burley Homepage: HYPERLINK
"http://www.k12albemarle.org/burley"www.k12albemarle.org/burley

Inside This Issue...
*        Chaperones Needed This Friday
*        Silent Auction Items
*        Burley Homepage Reminder
*        I Love My School Sweepstakes
*        Virginia Festival of the Book Writing Contest Deadline Nears
*        MIT Resource Site Tailors College Materials to K-12 Users
*        Reading Guides Online
*        Reading Just for Guys
*        On-Line Library Resources
*        More Fabulous UVa Digital Resources!
*        Mark Your Calendar...
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Chaperones Needed This Friday
Burley will be holding another dance this Friday, February 15, from 4:15 --
7:00.  Please contact Trish at HYPERLINK
"mailto:par75 at embarqmail.com"par75 at embarqmail.com if you can help.  Also,
many thanks for everyone who has volunteered in the past.  All of our dance
sponsors have been very appreciative for all the terrific chaperones they’ve
had.  It makes the dances more fun for everyone!
Silent Auction Items
Please remember to turn in your donations for the grade level baskets for
the EXPO Silent Auction by this Wednesday.  The themes for each grade are as
follows:
*         6th Grade Classes – Movie Night Basket -- Everything you need for
a night out, or at home, at the movies!
(Donations could include movies tickets, restaurant gift certificates,
movies, movie sound tracks, boxed candies, popcorn, etc.)
*         7th Grade Classes – Pet Lover’s Basket -- Treats and gifts for the
pet and pet-lover!
(Donations could include pet treats, food, grooming tools, toys, pet-themed
gifts, etc.)
*         8th Grade Classes – March Madness Basket -- Everything you need
but the right teams to put in your NCAA Bracket!
(Donations could include popcorn, basketball movies, soda, snack items,
team-logo items, etc.)
We still need regular donation items for the auction as well.  While you are
doing your normal errands and shopping take a few moments to ask your
favorite service providers and retailers if they would like to donate an
item.  If you have any questions or “marketing leads” you can contact Susan
Walker at HYPERLINK "mailto:sjpwalker at gmail.com"sjpwalker at gmail.com.
Burley Homepage Reminder
Please remember to bookmark the Burley homepage and check back often.  Ms.
Dean is doing a wonderful job of keeping this site full of timely
information for parents.  The address is HYPERLINK
"http://www.k12albemarle.org/burley"www.k12albemarle.org/burley.  For your
convenience the homepage will be listed at the top of every Bulletin!
I Love My School Sweepstakes
Everyone who enters the I LOVE MY SCHOOL Sweepstakes in February will
automatically have 29 chances to win 1,000 Bonus ox Tops for our school!
That’s one winner drawn for each day of the month. Plus, you can come back
and enter every day in February. The more you enter, the greater our school’
s chances are of winning!
To enter, go to: HYPERLINK
"http://www.boxtops4education.com/love"www.boxtops4education.com/love
between February 1st and February 29th, 2008.  It’s that easy!
Virginia Festival of the Book Writing Contest Deadline Nears
The Virginia Festival of the Book is sponsoring a prose and poetry writing
contest for students in grades 5-12. Prose may not exceed 1,000 words, and
poetry may not exceed 2 single-spaced pages. Prose entries do not have to be
fiction! We'll collect entries in the library, or they may be sent directly
to VFH. Deadline is February 26th. For more information visit HYPERLINK
"http://www.vabook.org/"www.vabook.org.
MIT Resource Site Tailors College Materials to K-12 Users
A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology resource site for K-12 students
and educators, called MITOpenCourseware, includes more than 2,600 audio and
video clips from college lectures as well as assignments and lecture notes.
Read more at:
HYPERLINK
"http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/02/06/22mit.h27.html?tmp=477739421"h
ttp://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/02/06/22mit.h27.html?tmp=477739421
Reading Guides Online
Do you belong to a Reading Group or want to start one? Then check out
Reading Guides Online, featuring book lists, book recommendations, reading
guides, and more (hint: scroll down to get past the advertising and look for
the link to the publishers' sites)!
HYPERLINK "http://www.readingguides.com/"http://www.readingguides.com
Reading Just for Guys
Check out Guys Read, a website developed by author Jon Scieszka to promote
reading among boys. It features book and author lists for both youngsters
and adults, as well as an online anthology of stories written by guys, for
guys. HYPERLINK "http://www.guysread.com/"http://www.guysread.com/
On-Line Library Resources
Google Book Search & WorldCat are only a click away!
The University of Virginia, along with several other academic libraries
(including Harvard and Columbia), has partnered with Google to scan all
books published before 1923 (plus others for which copyright permission has
been granted) and post them to the web. Thousands of full texts--including
out of print books--are now accessible and searchable on Google Book Search,
and more are being added daily. If you find a book in UVa's online catalog
(Virgo) that is also available digitally, Virgo will link to it.  HYPERLINK
"http://books.google.com/"http://books.google.com
Coolest of all, if you decide you want one of these digital books in hard
copy, you can click on About this Book, then find it in library to take you
into WorldCat, a website that allows you to search many libraries at once
for an item and then locate it by zip code at a library nearby. Welcome to
the 21st century! HYPERLINK
"http://www.worldcat.org/"http://www.worldcat.org.
More Fabulous UVa Digital Resources!
The University of Virginia has an amazing collection of digital images,
texts, rare books, and language resources for public use, including the
Lewis & Clark Collection, Westward Exploration, Virginia Elections Database,
Architecture of Jefferson County, Holsinger Collection, Fowler Museum of
African & Pre-Columbian objects, George Catlin collection of Native American
portraits, Shakespeare resources, and e-texts in Modern and Middle English,
French, German, and Japanese. They are collected on the Finding Digital
Resources page at HYPERLINK
"http://www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/finding_digital.html"http:/
/www.lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/finding_digital.html.  
Some of the links from this page won't be accessible to us, but most will
be. If you need a book or article from a database that is only available to
UVa faculty & students, just ask the library and the school can get it for
you through interlibrary loan. Visit the main UVa Library website to access
these resources, as well as Bibliography Help, Research Tools, Tutorials,
and Ask a Librarian. The Virgo catalog also links to a page of Bestsellers
and Book Awards.
University of Virginia Library Digital Collections
Architecture of Jefferson Country
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/jefferson_country.html"ht
tp://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/jefferson_country.html
Jefferson Country is a survey of the architecture of an historic significant
region of Virginia, the county of Albemarle and the city of Charlottesville.
Both are inextricably linked to the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and his
builders. The county is unusually rich in vernacular buildings dated to all
periods. This expansive survey, produced under the supervision of professor
emeritus K. Edward Lay, has a far-reaching audience of national and regional
scholars of American Architecture.
Frances Benjamin Johnston Photograph Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/francis_benjamin_johnston
.html"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/francis_benjamin_joh
nston.html
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) was one of the first American women to
achieve distinction as a photographer. UVA has over 900 photographs taken by
Johnston of Virginia architecture from 1929-1935. Her photographs are
breathtaking examples of the American built environment that has been
largely erased from today's architectural landscape. (Page not found at that
address- call UVA for proper webpage- ACF)
Jackson Davis Collection of African-American Educational Photographs
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/jackson_davis.html"http:/
/lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/jackson_davis.html
Jackson Davis, an educational reformer and amateur photographer, took over
5,000 photographs of African American schools, teachers and students
throughout the Southeastern United States. His photographs, housed at UVA's
Small Special Collections Library, provide a unique view of southern
education during the first half of the twentieth century.
Smithsonian American Art Museum George Catlin American Indian Paintings
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/catlin_smithsonian.html"h
ttp://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/catlin_smithsonian.html
Over 400 portraits of Native Americans and cultural documentation landscapes
by American artist George Catlin (1796-1872) from his travels with William
Clark and on his own through the western frontier in the early 1830s. Of
particular note is the authoritative identification of the tribal
affiliations. A collaborative project with the Smithsonian American Art
Museum.
UCLA Fowler Museum Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/fowler_museum_ucla.html"h
ttp://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/image/fowler_museum_ucla.html
Images of 1,200 selected prehistoric, historic, and contemporary African
objects, Pre-Columbian ceramics, and textiles from the Fowler Museum at the
University of California, Los Angeles. A collaborative project with the
Fowler Museum.
Digital Texts Collections
Lewis and Clark Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/text/lewis_clark.html"http://li
b.virginia.edu/digital/collections/text/lewis_clark.html
Full-text and page images of two editions of the Journals of Lewis and Clark
(edited by Biddle & Allen in 1814, and by Thwaites in 1905); the published
journal (1810) of Patrick Gass, a member of the Corps of Discovery; and the
catalog of George Catlin's "Indian Gallery" (1837), painted on his travels
with William Clark from 1830-1834.
Westward Exploration
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/text/westward_exploration.html"
http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/text/westward_exploration.html
Early volumes related to westward exploration before and after the
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery. Many of the volumes
are extensively illustrated, and all are housed in UVa Library's Special
Collections.
UVA Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes, 1817-1999
HYPERLINK
"http://lib.virginia.edu/digital/collections/bov.html"http://lib.virginia.ed
u/digital/collections/bov.html
The complete meeting minutes for the Board of Visitors at the University of
Virginia from May 1817 to October 1999. An excellent resource for
researching University history.
Data Resources:
Historic Census Browser
HYPERLINK
"http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus"http://fisher.l
ib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus
Examine state and county topics for individual census years, examine state
and county topics over time, and generate maps of selected data.
Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database
HYPERLINK
"http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/valeg"http://fisher.lib.vi
rginia.edu/collections/stats/valeg
The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database provides a
current and accessible compilation and statistical resource on Virginia
state elections and state elected officials from 1776 to the present.
Virginia Gazetteer
HYPERLINK
"http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/gis/vagaz"http://fisher.lib.virg
inia.edu/collections/gis/vagaz
The Virginia Gazetteer contains the official name, type, and location of
over 51,000 geographic features in Virginia.
E-Text Center Texts
Due to a server migration taking place in winter 2008, the full
functionality may not be available for all of these collections. Please
check back from time-to-time as services are restored.
Chinese Text Initiative
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/chinese
Selected Classical Chinese texts online.
Comedia: Spanish Drama
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/spanish/comedia.html"ht
tp://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/spanish/comedia.html
Golden Age Spanish dramas.
Japanese Text Initiative
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japane
se
A collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature
available online.
The Modern English Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html"http://etext.lib.v
irginia.edu/modeng/modeng0.browse.html (that's a zero in modeng0)
Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and
illustrations from 1500 to the present, arranged for browsing by author's
last name or by category of interest. Non-UVA users can use a subset of this
collection.
The Middle English Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collect%20ions/languages/english/mideng.brows
e.html"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collect
ions/languages/english/mideng.browse.html
Texts in English dating from 1066-1500, including Chaucer. Non-U VA users
can use a subset of this collection.
Miscellaneous French Texts
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/frenchpub2www?specfile=texts/french/pu
blic/french-pub.o2w"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/frenchpub2www?specf
ile=texts/french/public/french-pub.o2w
A small set of French texts. Non-UVA users can use a subset of this
collection.
Miscellaneous German Texts
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/germanpub2www?specfile=/texts/german/p
ublic/german-pub.o2w"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/germanpub2www?spec
file=/texts/german/public/german-pub.o2w
A small set of German texts. Non-UVA users can use a subset of this
collection.
Shakespeare Resources
HYPERLINK
"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/shakespeare"http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/sha
kespeare
A variety of Shakespeare resources that range from early Quartos, the
complete 1623 First Folio, and early playhouse promptbooks, to more modern
editions and to many bibliographical articles that discuss Shakespeare’s
works. Non-UVA users can use a subset of this collection.
Selected Rare Materials Digital Collections
Gordon Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://www.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/portfolio/gordon/index.html"http://www.lib
.virginia.edu/rmds/portfolio/gordon/index.html
Holsinger Collection
HYPERLINK
"http://mcgregor.lib.virginia.edu/holsinger"http://mcgregor.lib.virginia.edu
/holsinger
Online guides to manuscript collections (Available on site)
HYPERLINK
"http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/guides"http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/
guides
Jefferson architectural drawings (Available on site)
HYPERLINK
"http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html"http://iris.lib.virgin
ia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html
Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive (Available on site)
HYPERLINK
"http://iris.lib.virginia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html"http://iris.lib.virgin
ia.edu/rmds/nichols/index.html
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Mark Your Calendar...
*         Wednesday, February 13, Donations for EXPO Grade Level Baskets Due
*         Friday, February 15, Jump Rope for Heart
*         Friday, February 15, 4:15 – 7:00 P.M., School Dance
*         Monday, February 18, SCHOOL IN SESSION, 1ST SNOW MAKEUP DAY
*         Thursday, February 21, 5:00 – 8:00 P.M., EXPO Night
*         Thursday, February 28, EXPO Night Snow Date
*         Monday, March 3, Golden Apple Award Nominations due
*         Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, Burley Painting Project

For more Burley calendar information visit: HYPERLINK
"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.org/education/components/calendar/calendar
.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192680751"http://schoolcenter.k12albemarle.o
rg/education/components/calendar/calendar.php?sectiondetailid=165&sc_id=1192
680751

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