State Agency Library News

• Meet Our Library Clerk - Lindsay Prewitt
• Celebrate Poetry Month with Amanda Gorman
• Resources for Celebrating National Poetry Month
• Listen to Shel Silverstein read some of his works
• Elementary Read-a-Loud Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein - Kid Time Story Time
• Celebrate Earth Day with "Earthrise" by Amanda Gorman
• Earth Day Classroom Resources
• Earth Day Read-a-Louds I Am Earth by Rebecca and James McDonald and I Can Save the Earth by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli
• National Library Week! April 23-29
• State Agency Library Updates
• Contact Me!

Lindsay graduated from Pleasure Ridge Park High School in 2020. She is mother to a one year old son, Jasper, and will be getting married this Summer.

She is new to JCPS and aspires to become an elementary school teacher in the future.

Lindsay and I will be working together to continue to make sure our kiddos have access to a variety of diverse and engaging books. I look forward to tapping into her creative side to help make our library spaces warm and welcoming places for students to visit. Having her on board will help us amp up the library services within State Agency Schools!

Check out some of the following resources to help with celebrating National Poetry Month in your classroom!

• 30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Classroom - Academy of American Poets
  
• Claudia Lewis Award for Poetry, 1998-2023 - TeachingBooks.net
• April Staff Picks: Classroom Content on Poetry, Recycling, and More! - Newsela
• Children's Books and Authors, National Poetry Month - Reading Rockets
• 50 Ways to Celebrate Poetry Month - Sign Up Genius
• National Poetry Month Useful Resources for Teachers and Students - Edutopia
• Celebrate National Poetry Month with Storyworks 3 - Scholastic

• Celebrate Earth Day with Education Resources from NASA
• Earth Day 2023: Here's How to Take Action - The Weather Channel
• Earth Day 2023 - History.com
• Trashformation: A Trash-to-Treasure Art Contest - The Louisville Zoo
• Earth Day Events in Louisville 2023
• Earth Day 2023: Home - University of Louisville Library
• Celebrate Earth Day in Louisville - LouToday

Library book circulation at Peace Academy has been temporarily suspended while we reorganize the collection there. Per the hospital staff, we will no longer circulate hardcover books, therefore we are removing them from the shelves and redistributing them to other State Agency Libraries. I will keep you updated as to when we will be able to start back up. New paperback books are on the way!

The library shelves are in and the books are on order for the library at Brook Dupont! Can't wait to get this party started over there!

Library Checkout Schedule

• Monday - Brooklawn
• Tuesday - Peace/Dupont
• Wednesday - KMI and Maryhurst
• Thursday - HOTI
• Friday - BGH

Email: jennifer.hornback@jefferson.kyschools.us
Website: https://jcpsky.libguides.com/prf.php?account_id=232468
Phone: 502-298-9496