William S. Cohen School Library

	Read Across America Cohen School library  hosted a reading marathon on Friday, March 9th. A comfy chair was placed outside the library and 29 students, teachers, administration, and food service personnel read books and/or magazines from 8:00am to 3:00pm.  Thanks to Susanah, Denny, Mrs. Wren, Mackenzie, Karena, Mrs. Burroughs, MaggieBeth, Parker, Lily, Mr. Bilancia, Peter, Katie, Mr. & Mrs. Krautkremer, Brooke, Noah & Jamie, Mrs. McClay, Mariahrose, Mr. Ferguson, Yuri, Mrs. Briggs, Aiden, Aleksei, Mrs. Vose, Maryola, Mrs. Blosser, LeShea, Mr. Busque, Julieanna, Destiny, Tyler, Kelsey, and Lily for participating in the Read Across America challenge. We read through 40 of the 50 states. Next year our goal will be to hit all 50 states!	Maine Student Book Award The Maine Student Book Award is designed to expand literary horizons of students in grades 4-8 by encouraging them to read, evaluate, and enjoy a selection of new books and to choose a statewide favorite by written ballot each spring. The 2011-2012 Maine Student Book Award Winner is Smile by Raina Telgemeier.
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Teacher Portaportals

Mrs. Baldus	Mrs. Blosser (1)	Mrs. Blosser (2)	Mrs. Briggs (7th)	Mrs. Briggs (8th)
Mr. Busque	Mrs. Jamison	Mrs. Jamison/Reid	Mrs. Lajoie	Ms. Paula Maxim (1)
Mrs. O'Leary (7th)	Mrs. O'Leary (8th)	Mr. Stanhope	Mrs. Vose	Ms. Paula Maxim (2)
Mrs. Soucie	Mrs. Reid/Jamison (Science/Soc.Stud)	CohenImages

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Research Tips...

• Evaluating Web Pages: Choose your web sites carefully, and downloading this Guide for Evaluating Web Sources can help you decide which sites to trust!
  
  
• Avoid Plagiarism: Need help in understanding how NOT to plagiarize? Check out this link from kidshealth.org
  
  
• Bibliographic Citations: Always remember to give credit where credit is due. The Bangor schools uses MLA format. Click here for examples of correct citations for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. Images also need to be cited, here are the links to the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade image citation formats.
  
  
• Note-Taking Tips: Note-taking is one sure way to avoid plagiarism. Here is a site that will help you decide which note-taking method is right for you. Try greatschools.org.