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Deep Diving into Wider Meanings of the Toor Family Scholarship

In looking back on Thursday, October 19th’s AASL 2023 Awards Ceremony, I do feel I was justified in recognizing all Delawarean invested individuals that have made it possible for us to make huge steps forward in strengthening our ties between … Continue reading

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Voices Change Everything.

In cracking open the Pandora box of librarianship day after day, in promoting voices that have been shuttered, librarianship has morphed in front of so many. Divisions between counties, states, and types of librarians and libraries need to disappear, and … Continue reading

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Reading, History, Voice, and Graphics in Times of Misunderstanding.

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood aspect of education become comics. Or graphic novels. Or maybe even Manga. Yet, the tendency when fear or misunderstanding is to take away rather than embrace the unknown. We are amazed at the connections … Continue reading

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Talking Band, Manga, Nina Simone, Setting Your Own Rules, with Children’s Author /Editor Traci N. Todd.

Certainly it was a full day for Woodbridge High student’s podcast studio. Yet, the ability to connect to authors on a level outside, and inside literacy emphasized that writing has no borders. Thanks again to Biblion and Browseabout Book stores, … Continue reading

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Differ We Must – Woodbridge High School Sits Down with Steve Inskeep and Finds Voice.

In learning about the fact that Steve Inskeep, NPR’s journalist, would be the keynote speaker at The History Book Festival in Lewes, I was VERY excited to say the least. NPR has always been something I have been infatuated with … Continue reading

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Rethinking Literacy, National Day, and Censorship

October 1st kicks off Banned Books Week and before you start seeing this as a holiday that is confrontational, take a few steps back and rethink how you view this week. While the connotation does present a us versus them … Continue reading

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Friday’s Inspirations

Attending the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, what are the chances that our school, and our students would get noticed in not just one, but TWO different sessions, and then a third later on?! What were the chances they’d talk to … Continue reading

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“Everyone Has a Story” and one stood out…

The start of the Library of Congress 2023 Book Festival featured the most welcome appearance of Carla Hayden – who everytime I see, I think of this amazing event thanks to her devotion of the largest Book Festival in the … Continue reading

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Handsell

Following the previous post, of the first day of the Indigenous Culture and Training, the onsite visit to Chicone Village, known as Handsell, in Vienna, MD was literally a breath of fresh air. Touring the Village site, with the 17th … Continue reading

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“Halac’quow Ewapaw’gup Allappah’wee”

Tuesday, along with completing an amazing 6 week run of Upward Bound Workstudy student started the first Maryland Indigenous workshop that I was graciously accepted into. As stated by Maria A. Day, Senior Director of Special Collections, Conservation, & Library … Continue reading

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