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Feb 2021

Periodic Table of Black History

2021-03-01T08:49:42-08:00February 16th, 2021|Eagle news, Librarian blog|

Teacher-Librarian Pam Laughlin reconstructed this Periodic Table of Black History.  The inspiration for the design is the Periodic Table of Elements and a desire to encourage conversation about the contributions of African Americans in our nation. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-FCAyDnopj16YKIvoqLaU7x0_lSOw3kP0ujwTwpytOI/edit#gid=0

Mar 2020

Read Across America Celebrations!

2020-03-27T21:01:28-07:00March 5th, 2020|Librarian blog|

Libraries have participated in Read Across America since its inception in 1997 by the National Education Association as a celebration to encourage and inspire children to read. At first it was observed the school day closest to March 2nd, which is the birthday of Dr. Seuss. It grew to a week and then a [...]

Aug 2019

Reading for fun is important!

2019-10-31T11:09:17-07:00August 15th, 2019|Librarian blog|

School is a place to learn to read and also to read to learn. Students begin learning letters and sounds and by the time they are through the primary grades they are reading longer passages and beginning to understand that reading is a skill they will need in all subject areas. Sometimes students begin to [...]

Dec 2018

Working to help all VPS students be “Future Ready” one library at a time!

2019-03-08T09:27:27-08:00December 10th, 2018|Librarian blog|

by Traci Chun | Teacher Librarian | Skyview High School You may have heard the term “Future Ready” or thought about what schools are doing to help support students for future careers and industries. Future Ready Schools is a national effort to provide students with digital learning opportunities and help move school districts toward preparing [...]

Sep 2018

Find innovation in your library

2019-03-08T09:23:22-08:00September 27th, 2018|Librarian blog|

by Traci Chun | Teacher Librarian | Skyview High School Shh! Shh! Shh!  Gone are the days of the library being a silent space filled with books and a shushing librarian. Today’s libraries are filled with technology, innovation, learning, and yes, books. As information is shared globally with only a few keystrokes, the need [...]

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