And the Winner is...

Congratulations to Megan B. for her thoughtful comment about Hurricane Song on the Volponi blog. Megan won a copy of Response by Paul Volponi.

Up close and personal: chatting with the author!

Thirty five high school English students...perfectly quiet...listening to every word. The long anticipated phone conference with Mr. Volponi was excellent and every student that had a question was able to speak to our guest. This was indeed a wonderful opportunity and we greatly appreciate the time Mr. Volponi spent with us today.

Thank you, Mr. Volponi

Mrs. White shared a comment from one of her students:

They had lots of positive things to say about his books; one student remarked about Black and White, "This is the first book I actually finished, and my Dad is reading it, too." I'm glad we've done this. :)

HOW COOL IS THAT???
Thank you, Mr. Volponi for making this phone conference possible and for creating stories that encourage students to READ...and enjoy it!

Meet Team Volponi!

Our students have been reading Volponi books, writing about Volponi books, and talking about Volponi books in anticipation of our phone conference on Thursday, May 14, 2009. This has been an exciting event with numerous positive comments! Meet Ms. Brown and her 11th grade English Class on the left and Mrs. White and her 10th grade English class on the right!

Paul Volponi:We are Excited!

Strasburg High School Welcomes Paul Volponi
Paul Volponi will be "visiting" Strasburg High School on May 14, 2009 during second block (9:15) with Ms. Brown's English 11 and Mrs. White's English 10 classes. After learning that our Moore Grant request was not successful, Mr. Volponi graciously suggested that he could still visit the school using a conference call. While we would still love to have the Volponi family visit Strasburg at some future date, we are absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to speak with Mr. Volponi through this electronic medium. We are all looking forward to this event and sincerely appreciate his generous offer to make this visit happen for our students.

Enter the Paul Volponi Reading Celebration!

In anticipation of Paul Volponi's "visit" to Strasburg High School, the library will be giving away a free copy of Paul Volponi's new book Response. For every Volponi book that you read, you are invited to enter by responding to the following:

After reading the book, what specific character, situation, or moral dilemma made you stop and think and how did it impact your view with regard to what was going on in the book? Given the opportunity, what question would you like to ask Mr. Volponi during his conference call visit?

Please include the title of the book in your response as well as your first name and last initial.