Student Book Review: Nora’s review of the United States Atlas

The United States Atlas I really like this book. It’s a really cool way of studying for the Geography Bee at my school and I really like the cool pictures they have in the book and I  think that this is a good book to use if you want to learn about the U.S.A and […]

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Pi Beta Phi returns to Johsnon

The Learning Leopard Library been lucky enough to develop a wonderful relationship with Pi Beta Phi, a service sorority with an active chapter at the University of Virginia. Over the past few years we have read together, celebrated Seuss, and received generous donations of books for our students, classrooms, and library. I’m so happy to be welcoming […]

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Introducing: Johnson STEAM Team

You supported the DonorsChoose. You celebrated when the project was fully funded. You followed the updates on Facebook and listened to me yak yak yak about this passion project (sorry about all the exclamation points….sort of). And now, finally, you get to see what it’s all about. Last Friday, Johnson’s brand new engineering and maker club, […]

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This Month in Photos: January 2016

January has been one wild month. Robots, dogs, mustaches… we’ve seen it all. I don’t think I can even begin to describe this one well enough… so I’ll let the pictures do all the talking! Hold on tight… It was a warm Fitz-welcome back from winter break with my new name all over the library […]

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Student Spotlight: Angel’s Short Story

Mrs. Garrison and the Red Sox by Angel There once was a Teacher named Mrs Garrison.She loved the Red Sox.She wanted to go to a  Red Sox game but she had to teach.She was sad and her students could see that.Her birthday was coming up and her students wanted to give her a special gift […]

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Luna the Therapy Dog visits Johnson

We had a special four-legged visitor on Thursday, and she had ALL of our tails wagging! Stacy Diaz, teacher at Walker Upper Elementary School, is the owner and handler of some very special dogs – and she shared one of these amazing pooches with us on Thursday morning in a special presentation. Luna and Ms. Diaz […]

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