Weekly readalouds this week are on a mix of topics related to the goings-on of different grades. The library will be closed Thursday, April 12, until noon, as I must be off campus. The Pennekamp Science Fair is Tuesday, April 10, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Come see the terrific work of our upcoming scientists. For news on many upcoming campus and community events, click over to the Pennekamp website.
Welcome back, Dragons! This time of year--after spring break until the end of school--is always very busy! While the library schedule carries on, there are a lot of school events that may necessitate rescheduling a class visit time. Some students find it helpful to keep their library books in their backpack, so that they always have their books if their class happens to visit on a different day. The end of the year is approaching; and many students have been waiting patiently for books that are (in some cases) being kept a rather long time... so it would be great if you would check in with your students and help them return materials as soon as they are finished with them. June is just a couple months away, and all library books must be returned in good condition by the end of the school year. If your student has lost or significantly damaged a book, please make payment for it in exact change or a check payable to MBUSD. Collecting payments for missing items is not my favorite part of the job! But it bears mention: libraries are still an extremely good deal, even if one has to pay now and then for a lost item.
Weekly readalouds this week are on a mix of topics related to the goings-on of different grades. The library will be closed Thursday, April 12, until noon, as I must be off campus. The Pennekamp Science Fair is Tuesday, April 10, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Come see the terrific work of our upcoming scientists. For news on many upcoming campus and community events, click over to the Pennekamp website.
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Barbara Siegemund-Broka, library resource specialist, maintains this blog to inform Pennekamp students and families about library news and related content. Any opinions expressed here are solely her own.
What's Ms. Barbara reading?How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
Worth repeating:
His eyes are soft. “Do you know why I became a librarian?” I wait for him to tell me, because of course I don’t. “Dewey,” he says. “As in the decimal system.” I’m not sure if he’s joking or not, but he continues, “I like order. I like organization. The idea of all the information in the world, all organized, everything in its place—I like that idea.” He clears his throat. “But I’ve been doing this job for a long time. And the thing I’ve learned is that stories aren’t about order and organization. They’re about feelings. And the feelings don’t always make sense. See, stories are like …” He pauses, brow furrowing, then nods, satisfied in finding the right comparison: “Water. Like rain. We can hold them tight, but they always slip through our fingers.” I try to hide my shock. Joe doesn’t seem like the poetic type. His caterpillar eyebrows knit together. “That can be scary. But remember that water gives us life. It connects continents. It connects people. And in quiet moments, when the water’s still, sometimes we can see our own reflection.” --From When You Trap a Tiger, by Tae Heller, winner of the 2021 Newbery Medal Archives
August 2021
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