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My name is Sarah FitzHenry, and I am not your average librarian.

I believe that books and libraries are critical tools for helping to create the next generation of citizens and leaders that will shape our future.

Librarians have power to change the world, one reader at a time – and I am here to work.

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Hi! My name is Sarah, and I’m on a journey to become a better antiracist. I am not an expert. I am learning. I’m not qualified in any way to teach or lead antiracist work. I want to be open about what I’m learning because it sometimes seems like all of the conversations are for experts - and when everyone else feels miles ahead, it can make it really intimidating to take the first step. Three #ownvoices reads helping me on my antiracist journey: WAKING UP WHITE, by Debby Irving WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA? AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE, by Beverly Tatum NEW KID, by Jerry Craft More about these titles + details about the beginning of my antiracist journey (and why it took me so long to begin in earnest) on the blog today. The link is in my profile. I hope to share as much as possible here on Instagram, but today’s reflections were too long for this little text box. What books have helped you in your antiracist work? Where are you in your journey? Do you want to work together? #msfitzisreading #antiracistbookclub #wakingupwhite #becomingantiracist

Lower School families, it’s YOUR TURN to help fight hunger in Charlottesville! The Souper Bowl Food Drive, designed and run by middle school students (with lots of help from amazing parents), is on! Every single item donated will go to kids and families right here in our community. The homeroom with the most donations wins a party with the middle schoolers - truly coveted in the East Wing! - but we all get the prize of knowing that we’re extending a helping hand to families experiencing hunger. Start planning your donations now, because the Drive wraps up on Friday, January 31! Good luck, teams! (More details, a larger version of this flyer, and the video students used to launch the Food Drive on the blog today!)

Second grader: Ms. Fitz, have you heard about this? Me: Have I heard about...the Women’s Rights Movement? Second grader: Yes! It’s amazing! Me: I... uh.... Second grader: I think you’d really like it! I just finished this book. It teaches you all about it. Maybe you should read it next. Aren’t books great? PS: Turns out, he was right. I DO like the Women’s Rights Movement 😉 #teacher #schoollibrarian #feminist

Tech girls on the ground looking up, both literally and figuratively, to Tech girls soaring in space 👩🏻‍🚀🛰👩🏼‍🚀 I wonder what it feels like to shatter a glass ceiling 254 miles above the Earth? At last night’s Tech Girls Party at @c4kclubhouse, we got to head outside to peek at the International Space Station as it soared into view for just a few precious minutes. We searched the sky for the telltale light, knowing that the women on the all-female astronaut crew aboard are the first ever to participate in all-woman spacewalks, a pretty badass milestone. Sending grateful, feminist vibes up into the atmosphere. #feminist #internationalspacestation #womenintech #techgirls

Raise your hand if you forgot about the library countdown 🙋🏻‍♀️ It’s not that I don’t believe in it (if you were around when I first shared it in August, you know why and how much I do), it’s just that I also believe in about 36,700 other things and they all have to be accomplished for these kids within 40-50 minutes once every eight days. Sometimes even putting it in writing and taping it to the door doesn’t make it happen. So I came back after winter break ready and raring to go, and attempted to lead kids directly in past the countdown to get started. It might have worked, too, if not for a particularly expressive first grader. “NO!” She cried, loudly enough to stop me in my tracks. “We can’t start without the countdown! Show me three fingers for three deep breaths.” And then I’ll be darned if that group of six year olds didn’t do the whole countdown while I stood there uselessly goggling at them. So if we’re doing a mid-year check-in, I think it’s safe to say that the countdown is making a positive difference and is here to stay. And I also think it’s safe to say that the six year olds are running this place. #socialemotionallearning #teacher #librarian

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good 👣 We’ve got lots of mischief left to manage! #harrypotter #readingismagic #librarian

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