February 2026 Library Newsletter
Sherrard High School
General Information
- We have a reading challenge for the month of February! The goal for this month is to set your own goal, or choose from a standard goal, and then track your progress. Remember it is a short month, so you can set a shorter goal!
- The library will have a Valentine's Day Craft program during all lunches on Friday, February 13.
- The Teen Advisory Board meets on Fridays before school in the library. Come join us!
- Through the State of Illinois, all residents have access to the Illinois Reliable Information Sources. Link here: https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/library/iris.html There is additional information in the video below, as well.
- The Sherrard Public Library has a lot of great programs. You can always check out their program page for everything on offer. Program page link The New Windsor and Viola Public libraries also serve our district and have programming to check out!
- Additional resources can always be found on the High School Library Website!
- If you have any questions, please email Ms. Bennin at benninj@sherrard.us
Robotics Collaboration Program
The Teen Advisory Board tried something different this month, and we had a collaboration program with the Robotics Team. Students got to meet the competition robot, Hank the Tank, and drive some different robots. The students that attended had a good time!
January 2026 Junior Library Guild Preview Highlights
Thorn Season by Kiera Azar
A Time Traveler’s History of Tomorrow by Kendall Kulper
Genevieve Newhouse loves science and learning, but when a cyclotron she built explodes at the World’s fair, she is saved by a time traveler named Ash, and they both end up at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Now they must travel back to 1934 in order to save the world. There is plenty of historical fiction, science fiction, and action in this novel.
Staying Gold by Danny Boy O’Connor & Jimmie Tamel
The Outsiders started as a book by S.E. Hinton, and then was turned into a movie by Francis Ford Coppola. This nonfiction book features interviews from many of the people involved in this book and film classic.