The new school year is HERE!! And, with it, we'll dive deep into different cultures through different formats to increase your chance to READ AS MUCH AS YOU WANT! Our newsletter will feature current and upcoming library, school, and community events that teaches, entertains, and explores literary and cultural ideas.

As you walk the halls of Connecticut Farms, read all about some famous Hispanic/LatinX people. Some of them you'll know, some you won't. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15) look at THREE (or more, if you want to) sections of this newsletter to engage in different aspects of Hispanic/Latinx culture.

Remember to check out our Patriot Library Media Center, the PLMC, for short, Hispanic Heritage displays in the hallways and in the library! 📚

But first, let's review some highlights from last school year in our 🎥BLAST FROM THE PAST - STUDENT SPOTLIGHT 🔦 section. Remember, you or your library work may be featured in upcoming Library Chat newsletters. So, work hard this year, Patriots!

I'll see you in the stacks!

Peace,

Your Friendly School Librarian,

Ms. Jenkins-Jackson OR Ms. J for short!

Enjoy this Read Aloud as Pepe and his familia prepare to celebrate their culture with other Hispanic and Latin friends during this festive time of the year. CLICK THE VIDEO ABOVE!

• Born 1958, American engineer Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic female astronaut serving on four space shuttle flights.
• She studied electrical engineering at Stanford University, earning a master's degree in 1981 and a doctorate in 1985.
• In 1990, Ochoa was selected by NASA to participate in its astronaut program.
• In 1993, she served as mission specialist abroad the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Hispanic female to travel into space.
• In 2013, Ochoa became the director of the Johnson Space Station in Houston, Texas.

Credit:

• "Ellen Ochoa." Britannica LaunchPacks, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 Jan. 2017. packs.eb.com/social-studies/529030/article/601172#/. Accessed 24 Sep. 2020.

• Sonia Sotomayor, in full Sonia Maria Sotomayor, (born June 25, 1954, Bronx, New York, U.S.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2009. She was the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
  
• The daughter of parents who moved to New York City from Puerto Rico, Sotomayor was raised in a housing project in the Bronx.
  
• She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University (B.A., 1976) before attending Yale Law School, where she worked as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She graduated in 1979 and worked for five years as an assistant district attorney in New York county before pursuing private practice in a New York firm, where she worked on intellectual property and copyright cases.
  
• In May 2009 Pres. Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in order to fill the vacancy left by departing justice David Souter, and confirmed in September 2009 by the Senate.
  
• Sotomayor released a memoir, My Beloved World, in 2013.

Credit:

• "Sonia Sotomayor." Britannica LaunchPacks, Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 Jan. 2013. packs.eb.com/social-studies/298278/article/475814#/. Accessed 25 Sep. 2020.

• Born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Mexico
• Academy Award winner for Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and The Shape of Water (2017) and Pinocchio on Netflix
• Popular directed films include Hellboy, Trollhunters on Netflix, and Pacific Rim
• Executive producer of the film based on Roald Dahl's novel, The Witches
• Author of a vampire trilogy with titles: The Strain, The Fall, and The Night Eternal

Credit:

• "Guillermo del Toro." Kiddle.co, 29 Sept. 2023. https://kids.kiddle.co/Guillermo_del_Toro. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023