Virtual Author Talks for High Schools

BookBreak fosters student interest in reading and writing with monthly live-streamed events that include comprehensive planning resources which seamlessly integrate with teacher curricula and state standards, and reinforce the library's value as a collaborative learning space. Events are geared specifically for high school students on curricular topics to provide impactful experiences that increase student excitement for learning and reading.

Here are just a few of the bestselling authors in our High School program.

As an educator, you know academic content gets significantly harder as students advance into the high school years. Many become less confident in their abilities and struggle to recalibrate how to learn at this level, which can put them at risk in their academic performance.

A summary report of almost 150 studies talks about how motivation affects learning and, in turn, academic success, as well as several other aspects of a student’s life.

For example,

“Higher motivation to learn has been linked not only to better academic performance, but to greater conceptual understanding, satisfaction with school, self-esteem, social adjustment, and school completion rates. Upwards of 40% of high school students are disengaged from learning, are inattentive, exert little effort on school work, and report being bored in school.”

Keeping high school students engaged in learning that is fun and interesting, while simultaneously addressing the critical core competencies of the high school curriculum, delivers on this motivational component. Providing opportunities where students willingly engage in literacy-building activities on a deeper level not only helps them improve their reading and writing skills, but their critical thinking and conceptual understanding skills as well.

At BookBreak, our daily mission is to offer experiences that ignite learning. We do this by showing students the power an author’s story has on learning and how they can use the program to become better readers and writers. The BookBreak program also exposes students to a variety of viewpoints and voices, which enriches learning experiences. We are highly committed to offering this mix of perspectives.

Whatever journey your high school students have in their future - whether it be college, vocational training, entrepreneurship, military service, or anything in life - the core skills they take away from their high school education will carry them to that next level.

At the high school level, a Culture of Reading is a critical investment in a student's future readiness and personal well-being. It goes beyond the classroom, fostering the stamina and empathy essential for college, careers, and navigating the complexities of the adult world. BookBreak's expanding platform provides the tools to move literacy beyond the English department, offering professional development and strategies to engage staff across all disciplines in a unified mission to model lifelong reading. By emphasizing reading autonomy, sharing their unique perspectives, creating meaningful home-school connections, and giving students room to talk to their peers about a book they love, we help students reclaim reading for pleasure even amidst their busiest years. We provide the framework to ensure that literacy remains a lifelong pursuit and a source of joy long after graduation.