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Three cheers for our amazing parent community! 🎉🎉🎉 Parent and family readers have been such amazing teammates in our 2019 Challenge, sending their titles in to help our numbers grow. Need a suggestion? Ms. Dozier just finished The Library Book and An American Marriage; Mr. Corral read Leading from Within; Mr. and Mrs. Edmonds both […]
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Bilingual books and books in languages other than English count for two titles towards our 2019 Challenge total, but that’s only one reason we’re obsessed. Our library carries books in Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Swahili, Zulu, Korean, and more – and each of these help us to broaden our horizons and learn a little […]
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January is the perfect time to start thinking about goals and resolutions. Who do you want to be this year? What’s in your way? What can help you to get there faster? In our library community, we are always working towards becoming stronger, more confident, more joyful readers. And the only way to get better […]
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The Fitz Instagram has had a huge year! It was my goal to step up my social media game in 2018, and the crazy growth on Instagram is a sign that things are going well. While I love sharing more formal and planned-out thoughts with you via the blog, Instagram is my go-to for quick […]
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It has been a big year for Fitz Between the Shelves. With a new focus and a bit of a makeover, there have been lots of changes around here. And with those changes have come some extra traffic to my little corner of the internet, with more than 11,000 views this year. This may not […]
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More Tech-Mas photos, including family snapshots from our Winter Wonderland Family Showcase, below. It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Tech-Mas time! Each year, our 12 Days of Tech-Mas tradition has a theme (last year, we went wild for robots!) and for our third annual celebration, we decided on a Winter Wonderland theme. That […]
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Last week after Angie Thomas spoke to Charlottesville with Cville OneBook at the The Jefferson School, a panel of incredibly brave and eloquent local students answered questions about their experience with The Hate U Give, racism, and living in Charlottesville. I asked this remarkable group what advice they had for educators to support and empower their students. […]
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I hope that you’ll join us for the Twelve Days of Tech-Mas Winter Wonderland Family Showcase next Thursday, 12/13, before school! Students are so excited to teach their new computer science skills to their families and friends. Families should come ready to create, code, and problem solve, while our K-6 experts guide them through projects […]
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I have so much to share from last night’s incredible conversation with Angie Thomas, author of Cville OneBook featured novel The Hate U Give. But as I’m processing it all, I wanted to share this particularly meaningful moment with you: a reminder from one of the best and brightest that while we still have a […]
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Prepare for takeoff, Explorers! ✈️ Dying to travel the world? Curious about how other kids live, learn, and play? Ready to put some stamps in your passport? Join @senorarothspanish and I for our World Explorers Club SKOLA on Mondays at 3:15! Each week we’ll get to know a different place through stories, games, songs, and more! Join […]
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