Sentences with phrase «summer library programs»

Summer library programs can reduce or eliminate summer slide!

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Summer is when you march yourself down to the local library, come out with more books than you can carry, and then beat the pants off all the other kids enrolled in the summer reading program by downing every Ramona book within a 50 mile radius like so many shots of Summer is when you march yourself down to the local library, come out with more books than you can carry, and then beat the pants off all the other kids enrolled in the summer reading program by downing every Ramona book within a 50 mile radius like so many shots of summer reading program by downing every Ramona book within a 50 mile radius like so many shots of vodka.

«Our employees get involved in everything from summer reading programs at the local library to blood drives to working at the local food pantry,» Davis says.

, the library's summer reading programs are in full swing, and you're deep into the latest bestseller.

Many libraries have weekly story hours and summer reading programs.

But library summer reading programs are just one of many options, so don't stop there.

Most libraries offer free summer programs for school - aged kids.

I love taking my girls to the library over the summer — the kids enjoy the summer reading program.

We sign up for the summer reading program at our local library and take advantage of their educational activities through out the summer.

Most local libraries host summer reading programs for children of all ages.

I am proud of the ways you have made service a significant part of your life: as a boy scout, an alter server at our parish, with your religious education class (making lunches for those who are less fortunate in a nearby suburb), as a member of National Junior Honor Society at Keller, and volunteering with the Summer Learning Program at our neighborhood library.

Cuomo has signed a new law that allows New York residents to contribute through state personal and corporate tax returns support children's summer cultural programs at public libraries.

All 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries and the Books on Wheels Bookmobile are currently offering hundreds of Summer Reading «Build a Better World» programs, including Passport to Reading, Read Down Your Fines, Radio DJ Storytelling, Library Night @ Holland Speedway Races and Library Night @ the Ballpark with the Buffalo Bisons.

Libraries will lose $ 20 million, reducing the average days of service by approximately one per week and summer youth employment slots and school holiday programs will be slashed.

The Chancellor also announced the continuation of the summer meals program throughout the city, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the city.

They are all a part of the 2017 Summer Reading program announced today by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries.

Summer Reading programs and activities are in full swing in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries this sSummer Reading programs and activities are in full swing in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries this summersummer.

«Last year, more than 39,000 children and teenagers took advantage of library Summer Reading programs right here in Erie County,» said Mary Jean Jakubowski, Library System director.

Learn about the great programs and incentives in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries designed to encourage children to read all summer long - such as:

The 2017 Summer Reading program was announced Saturday by the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced a $ 82.1 billion budget agreement for Fiscal Year 2017 at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, putting millions of additional dollars towards summer youth jobs, libraries and seniors while securing more money for the city's reserve fund and the citywide savings program.

And as such, he made it a priority to restore funding for what he calls the «People's Mandates,» which include the rodent control program, parks improvements, road and bridge construction, libraries, summer youth programming and a renewed commitment to arts and cultural organizations.

Poloncarz says the proposed tax increase would provide more funding for libraries, culturals and other services, including summer youth programs and rodent control.

Check your local library for their summer reading program or discounted park passes.

Hi, Anne, When I taught a blended learning academy over the summer we used a program called Imagine Learning to differentiate reading skills, ST Math (which develops conceptual understanding), and Myon (an online reading library)- just to name a few programs.

Serving food at community sites and activities has had a welcome side effect — youth participation in existing initiatives, like summer reading programs at local libraries, has increased.

Go to the library: A free resource with summer reading programs and enrichment activities during the summer months.

The Dominican study: Public library summer reading programs close the reading gap.

Similarly, a study of public library summer reading programs found that these programs raised reading scores but also found that participants were from a higher socioeconomic level than students who did not participate (Roman, Carran, & Fiore, 2010).

It highlights ways in which public libraries are evolving summer programming and exploring practices to assess effectiveness in achieving learning outcomes.

BCPS opens its school libraries in the summer for students who may have barriers in their ability to travel to the public library branch; those schools serve as satellite locations for the public library's Summer @ Your Library reading prsummer for students who may have barriers in their ability to travel to the public library branch; those schools serve as satellite locations for the public library's Summer @ Your Library reading prSummer @ Your Library reading program.

Often we are helping a group add a meal program to an existing summer day camp or library reading program, for example.

At www.wallacefoundation.org, the foundation maintains an online library about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement, helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to more children, expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens, providing high - quality summer learning programs to disadvantaged children and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students, and helping arts organizations build their audiences.

There is stronger evidence than ever that students need to be actively engaged in learning during the summer, whether it is checking out books at the local library, going to summer camps or in a full - day, school - based program.

First Book members work in classrooms, afterschool and summer or early childhood programs, shelters and health clinics, libraries, community programs, military support programs and other settings.

95 % of libraries offer summer reading programs to forestall the «summer slide» in reading achievement experienced when learning takes a holiday between school terms;

I was a kid who went to my public library's summer reading program every summer.

It's flagship product, Beanstack, is an online software that helps libraries facilitate summer reading, book clubs, and other reading programs.

In this timely guide, young adult library consultant Tasha Squires delves into the many possible avenues for partnership, from summer reading programs to book talks to resource sharing and more.

Libraries across the country are gearing up for their own summer reading programs, and along with B&N, Scholastic, and some other mainstays in kids» books, the goal is to fight the dreaded summer slide that results in a drop in measurable academic gains from the previous school year.

The ability to customize the collections within the eReading Rooms allows us to tailor the content to align with library initiatives like the Summer Reading Program and Teen Tech Week and yearly themed content such as National Poetry Month and Women's History Month.

Whether your summer plans keep you at home or take you around the world, be sure to sign up for the summer reading program at your public library.

As kids, we attended summer programs at the library and competed to see who could read the highest number of books.

An avid reader all her life - as a child, she was the proud winner, several years running, of the summer reading program at her local library - she still firmly believes... (more)

At my library our summer reading program won't be tracking books or amount of time reading, but rather by a Bingo board of categories.

Each library is now open and offers reading programs during the summer to encourage students to read year - round, Marchio says.

The paper contains a bibliography for the studies, and also discusses separately the following attributes of school libraries, their effects, and which studies addressed them: staffing, collaboration, instruction, scheduling, access, summer reading programs, technology, collections, budgets, and professional development.

Then I can tell them that their local library has a summer reading program, and that's such a terrific thing for me to get to say.

Evanced enhances library services with software for event planning, room reservations and summer reading programs.

(My parents took me to the public library all the time — especially during the summer — and my elementary school teachers and librarians encouraged me to participate in our Accelerated Reader program.)