#STABSummerReading: July 2018

Have you kept up with all of the fun on social media with #STABSummerReading? While I’ve had a nice, slow, unplugged summer, St. Anne’s-Belfield School readers have been reading the books that they love all over the globe. The posts, emails, messages, and letters (snail mail! I still can’t get over it!) kept rolling in throughout July, and I am so excited to share some of the highlights with you. Before you feast your eyes upon July’s reading moments, take a look back at June’s best posts! And while you’re at it, head on over to Charlottesville Tomorrow to see their coverage of our #STABSummerReading program in the article, St. Anne’s-Belfield School’s #STABSummerReading Social Media Campaign Fights Summer Reading Slump.

July’s #STABSummerReading highlights are after the jump!

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Rising third grader Alex is back with another fabulous #stabsummerreading recommendation: Slacker, by Gordon Korman! Alex says: “Cameron Boxer only cares about one thing: video games. When his parents threaten to shut down his console, he takes dastardly measures and his world is changed forever.” Alex is going to put me out of a job soon and I can’t even be mad about it. #hestoogood #thatvocabtho #bookreview #gordonkorman #middlegradebooks

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#stabsummerreading goals: Amity turned her closet into a reading lair! As you can imagine, this will be happening in the FitzHenry household in approximately 20 minutes. (Sorry, Mr. Fitz.) #fort #reader #smart #nailedit #goals

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Ms. Morris from the LV office just texted me this snapshot: “Doing my #stabsummerreading at STAB! I’m spending my lunch break in the library. 😋 Can I borrow this if I promise to put it back where I found it? 😂” UM YES. @ashmorris2, you’re the cutest. This is my favorite message of all time.

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Eleanor, rising third grader, is living her best life reading Judy Blume on the ferry from Connecticut to Long Island. Which, incidentally, may just be the way that Judy Blume is truly meant to be read ☀️ ⛴ 📚 Eleanor, we’re all living vicariously through your sunny #stabsummerreading! #vacation #summer #reader

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Speaking of amazing faculty, here’s a snapshot from Señora Roth. She says: “9 hour flight = lots of time for #stabsummerreading. I highly recommend this one!” Can I borrow it, @errerrerica??

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Last full day and on to the next book. In case y’all didn’t notice I use vacations to catch up on reading! #stabsummerreading #alwayspoolside

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Landon, who will be joining us at STAB for the first time next year, is warming up with some #stabsummerreading! Clearly, she’s going to fit right in 😁 Welcome to the reading fam, Landon! #Repost @mrsaimeec with @get_repost ・・・ Of course we need to read a book called “Sassy” during #stabsummerreading.

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Summer ELL Camp study hall = lots of great #stabsummerreading @fitzbtwnshelves this book is a great resource for anyone interested in International and Comparative Education and 21st Century Curriculum and Teaching pic.twitter.com/ACkIzkKb4y

— Erica Roth (@SenoraRoth) July 18, 2018

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Ms. Grant is a reading machine! STAB’s newest reading specialist is certainly living up to her title this summer. Here are just a few of her wide range of her selections for #stabsummerreading. Including the newest Jason Reynolds and one of my very favorites from this year, A Boy Called Bat!

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Ms Falk, who is joining the Humanities team at the Upper School next year, is showing off her impressive #stabsummerreading pile on Twitter. She says, “Traveling to California and back means plenty of in-flight reading time for the Hum10 summer books!” With a reading list like that, I’d like 1 ticket for Humanities 10 class, please 🤓 #yesplease #youngadult #ireadya #classics #siddhartha #summerreading #jdsalinger

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Campbell, rising fourth grader, is taking her #stabsummerreading on the go! Her dad says: “At @kingfamilyvineyards. We went for the wine. She went to read.” Sounds like a recipe for success🍷 📚 #landofstories #kidlit #summerreading

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Rising fourth grader Isabelle won’t let something little like a move get in the way of her reading. Mom says: “Busy moving 🏠 this summer, but still squeezing in some #stabsummerreading #nancydrew 📚” Is there any better way to break in a new room?!

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Hey guys do you think @st.annesbelfield teachers like reading? And talking about reading? And teaching reading? It’s hard to tell. @mrsksrla sent me this snapshot of her #stabsummerreading list and I feel like she’s trying to tell me something but I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS 😉😂 #reader #alldayeveryday #thankateacher #teachersummer #raisingreaders

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Intern update! Jack, the infamous library mastermind, and future intern Henry took their #stabsummerreading south to Lake Weir, Florida for some extra ☀️ and 🌊. Rising 8th grader, Jack, recommends Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Rising 5th grader, Henry, reports that Tui T. Sutherland’s The Lost Continent, the latest installment in the Wings of Fire series, was worth the wait! You heard it here first, folks. #wingsoffire #ireadya #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #summerreading

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#stabsummerreading Today’s decisions will impact us and our land tomorrow. Riveting read. History matters. pic.twitter.com/yBLPpKvq4v

— Marie Reed (@MReed_Lab) July 4, 2018

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Ahoy matey!⛵️Library intern Zara is taking her #stabsummerreading out to sea at sailing camp. I’m SHORE she’s having a WHALE of a time. Guys, it’s early and my pun game is off. Help me out here. #puns #helpme #ireadya #youngadult #imonaboat

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Next up for my #stabsummerreading – I can’t remember who recommended this, but was excited when I got off hold on Overdrive. The view I have while reading isn’t half bad either!

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Reading for fun looks different for everyone! While I’m loving my YA novels with a cat on my lap, Mr. Smith, Upper School Humanities teacher, is rocking this very serious reference #bookstack for his dissertation research. Looks good, but he is in desperate need a library cat, if you ask me 😸What’s in your #TBR pile right now? #stabsummerreading

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I’m so excited to welcome Ms. Ballantine, a new member of the STAB faculty team, to the book nerd family 😁 She says, “Keeping up the international posts from West Sussex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿” Spain, Florida, the UK, out to sea… where else will our #stabsummerreading take us? 🌎

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That moment when you know you should be 😴 but your 📖 is too 😍 to put down. Christopher definitely gets it! #stabsummerreading #reader #kidlit #cantstopwontstop

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Digging into “Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics.” Can’t wait for the book chat with @tlipp66! #stabsummerreading pic.twitter.com/G8Uacalu7V

— Beth Miller (@Ensenenme) June 26, 2018

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Keira, rising 5th grader, is headed to STAB for the first time this fall, and I kind of love her already 😍 Keira’s #stabsummerreading goal is to read the whole box set of the Anastasia Krupnik series, by Lois Lowry. Have you read any of the Anastasia books? They were some of my favorites as a kid. I can’t wait to read with you, Keira! #reader #cantstopwontstop #loislowry #fifthgrade #middleschool

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📣📣 BREAKING NEWS! If you know rising 8th grade library intern Isabel at all, then you probably know that young adult romance novels make her 🙄🤢. But pigs must be flying because because I just got this message: “I just finished a sappy teen romance series that was surprisingly good. It’s called the Embrace series. You have to read all five though!” Must. Read. Immediately. #stabsummerreading #ireadya #youngadult #middleschool #romance

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Gotta start that #stabsummerreading early! First grade teacher Mrs. Bennett, says, “When all of your ‘friends’ have lined up to listen to a read aloud…” Her son, Wes, clearly has a future in classroom management. Look how well behaved his audience is! 😉 #thathairtho #raisingreaders #readaloud

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Recommended by @GrantLichtman. @juliemargretta shares ideas around “systems for adults and children alike to direct their own learning.” #stabsummerreading pic.twitter.com/NW2f1UaVZh

— Beth Miller (@Ensenenme) July 18, 2018

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Señora Roth is a #stabsummerreading superstar! Whether she’s at the pool, on a plane, or at school, Ms. Roth has a book with her wherever she goes. Have you read any of her recent titles? Dear Martin was one of my favorites from last year! #ireadya #yalit #weneeddiversebooks #summerreading

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#stabsummerreading has reached Germany and Switzerland! Apparently nothing on her trip – not even a gorgeous train ride through the Swiss Alps – can distract rising 5th grader Keira from her book. Girl that is dedication! 🙌 #reader #vacation #thatview #bookworm

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“When your books are a little too heavy to carry to the house…” Mrs. Kronstain, 5th grade math teacher, has clearly given her daughter the right priorities 😉 #stabsummerreading #picturebook #raisingreaders #pinkalicious #yougogirl

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