Here's Our School Library Newsletter

Join our School's African-American Cultural Celebrations on Feb 11th starting with a JazzEd assembly at 8:30am followed by a NCTE endorsed African-American Read-In.

Dr Michelle Martin from the UW iSchool is organizing volunteers for this SE Seattle Event. We invite volunteers to read with K-3rd grade students throughout our school.

Interested public are invited to connect with mhmarti@uw.edu to participate in this celebration... as part of Seattle Schools' African-American Family Involvement Day.

Monday January 13th our library will host Joseph Bruchac in the library as part of the SPL Global Reading Challenge. He is an honored elder of the Abenaki and celebrated storyteller and author of over 120 books of Native American culture. author and his books

March 1st our library will host R. Gregory Christie in an all-day Multicultural Children's Book Celebration, thanks to Antioch University Seattle. This multi-award winning author/illustrator of over 50 books will spend time with small groups in the library exploring his many books and providing students with their own storytelling experiences. Check out Mr. Christie's website: www.gas-art.com for a glimpse of what's in store for our students @library

And read on to take a quick look back at what happened last year!
Our library community enjoyed reading 21,000 books, hosted 9 author visits, and added 1100 new books worth $15,000. Other highlights have included:

Tuesday October 29th, Clare Hodgson Meeker shared her just-released book, about the Woodland Park Zoo's new ape, Yola.

We hosted Camp Read-a-Rama in August where 26 students had a fantastic literacy day camp experience. Authors, activities, field trips and time to work in the wetlands were all part of the program...as was 1.5 hours of reading each day! Have a look at https://read-a-rama.org/

(left) WA State Senator Rebecca Saldaña and Gregory Davis read to campers.

Through generosity of the Bryant Elementary School Library, Northwest Literacy Foundation, Seattle Chinese Alliance Church and our PTA this reading camp came at no cost to families. Thanks also to Page Ahead, Donor's Choose, author Laurie Ann Thompson and Friends of the Seattle Public Library for donating books to give to our dragon readers.

In addition to promoting independent reading our Library Information Technology Program delivers tech lessons and special events in the library to ensure that all students are effective users and producers of ideas and information.

Do you want to help in our library or just get in touch with our librarian? Email clseasholes@seattleschools.org. He is at DPIS Tuesday afternoons, Wednesday and Thursday and welcomes volunteers.

You can donate to our library from this Amazon wish list we keep updated with great new books we'd love to have in the library.

Check out and Bookmark the DPIS GLOG as an online resource to use with your students. There are dozens of great educational resources there, all "Bookman approved." http://craigseasholes.edu.glogster.com/dpis

Looking Back at Library Highlights

On June 18th a nationally recognized American History Traveling Museum educator Delbert Richardson came to our library for a one day display of “The Unspoken Truths” of American History,
Info at https://www.theunspokentruths.com/

June 5th author Katherine Pryor visited and shared "Bea's Bees" with classes. It is a delightful story of a young girl's awareness and action on behalf of bees everywhere!

Author June Jo Lee and graffiti artist Man One presented "Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix" in the library on Jan 31st. Check out ManOne's art and learn more about ReaderstoEaters food literacy books. Thanks to Antioch University Seattle for providing this five-star author visit.

Local author/illustrator Suzanne Kaufman worked with 1st grade classes on drawings based on her latest book, All Are Welcome.

Yangsook Choi visited DPIS on Oct 15th to speak with Mandarin Immersion Classes about her book The Name Jar and her experiences as a Korean American immigrant.

Yuyi Morales visited with her Belpre award winning book "Dreamers" on 9/28/18 and shared her celebration of the power of love, reading and libraries.

Also in September, Eisner Award winning cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks came to DPIS on Weds. 9/26. Her "Nameless City" graphic novel series comes to its conclusion with "The Divided Earth," and delighted 4-5th grade students.
Her website is http://www.faitherinhicks.com/

Page Ahead.org brought volunteers to our school for K,1,2nd grade classes on Friday, Sept. 15th in the United Way's annual "Day of Caring." New books were given to each student to read and enjoy at home.
Our May 3, 2018 visit with Jewell Parker Rhodes was covered by Seattle Schools book cover image

https://www.seattleschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=627&pageId=41021334
And here is an interview with Jewell on "The Take-Away" on WNYC.

Our April 2018 4-5th grade songwriting workshop was featured in a short promotional video by STYLE artists and is visible here:

You can hear the other class recordings at: http://learningwithstyle.com/student/ selecting Dearborn Park, then use the teachers last name and dpis....(lodpis, walrathdpis, etc)

Author Charles Waters presented an all school assembly on Thurs. Jan. 25th featuring his new book of poems written with Irene Latham on the topic of "Race, Mistakes and Friendship." Check out this video of student poets reading their poems inspired by Mr Waters along with STYLE's Nate Bogopolsky.

Feb. 5-9th Mr B Nate Bogopolsky and Tiffany Wilson with LearningWithSTYLE led our 4-5th graders in a week-long residency to write songs based on "Can I Touch Your Hair: Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship." Thanks to the Northwest Literacy Foundation and The Bushwick Book Club Seattle and the DPIS PTA for making this opportunity possible. Read about it http://www.mackintysl.com/singing-in-the-stacks-a-makerspace-with-style/

Mon 1/29/18 3rd graders met author Stephanie Barden as she shared her story of writing and her love of libraries. We want to say thanks to Stephanie for 5 years of generous support to our library. Kids love her books!

Authors Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi visited in Nov 2017 Korematsu book cover and presented Fred Korematsu Speaks Up to students and families. Thanks to both the SCAChurch and Antioch University for their support in bringing the conversation to social justice to our community.

Our library and information technology (LIT) program provides a unique environment for celebrating literacy and learning to use information effectively School LIT framework here.
Volunteers help keep our library program growing. Drop in help is welcome, regular volunteers ROCK! Stop by or email Mr Seasholes. opens an email client application opens an email client application opens an email client application

Kwame Alexander on Reading

Why Reading is Important?

One thing that we all NEED to find time for is reading to our children for 30 minutes each day. According to the leading experts on this topic, here are the reasons why:

Children who read: succeed. The most significant part of a child's mental growth between the ages of three and seven is the ability to imagine. Books boost imagination. Our popular television culture degrades imagination.

After a tiring day nothing is more restful than reading with a child on your lap. Reading aloud offers a world of privacy, dignity, and love to both of you.

Source: http://www.totsites.com/help/fun/reading-books.php Opens a New Window.