ROHRER MIDDLE SCHOOL
ONE BOOK, ONE SCHOOL
2017-2018 School Year
First Year Success: 2016-2017
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Jeremy Fink and The Meaning of Life by Wendy
Mass
 Author
Talk at Cherry Hill Barnes and Noble
 Teambuilding Activities for Staff Members during
September In-Service Days
 Student Activity: RMS Rock Garden, Performing Arts
Extravaganza Display
 Parent Activity: Back to School Night Locker Messages
 Community Activities: Family Book Discussion Night,
Public Library Craft Program
Selecting This Year’s Title
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Faculty/Staff/Student Committee was created in
the fall
Each member selected one novel to pitch to the
entire group
Finalists: Pax, Walk Two Moons, and The Wednesday
Wars
Committee decided to read a second round of
potential titles
Final Vote was held in March
And the winner is…
Pax was only a kit when his family was killed,
and “his boy” Peter rescued him from
abandonment and certain death. Now the war
front approaches, and when Peter’s father enlists,
Peter has to move in with his grandpa. Far worse
than being forced to leave home is the fact that
Pax can’t go. Peter listens to his stern father—as
he usually does—and throws Pax’s favorite toy
soldier into the woods. When the fox runs to
retrieve it, Peter and his dad get back in the car
and leave him there—alone. But before Peter
makes it through even one night under his
grandfather’s roof, regret and duty spur him to
action; he packs for a trek to get his best friend
back and sneaks into the night. This is the story of
Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to
return to one another against all odds. Told from
the alternating viewpoints of Peter and Pax.
--Goodreads.com
Why We Chose Pax
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Readability
Teachable
Moments
Contemporary
Fiction
Activities
What’s Next?
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With board approval of title:
 The
One Book, One School Committee will meet on
Tuesday to discuss roll out and back to school activities.
 A newsletter mailing will be sent to all currently
enrolled students in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades with
important information regarding the program.
 Committee will begin to prepare for the 2017-2018
school year!