April Blast from the Library

April is School Library Month! Libraries have many ways to help you Make Connections @ Your School Library! Stop in to

• see what's new,
• check out a book,
• borrow a DVD,
• take a WonderBook or a Playaway to listen to a story,
• use the Makerspace,
• print with our color printers,
• try out a game or puzzle,
• explore the college section,
• get technology help,
• read a book in Spanish or Arabic,
• find your favorite Manga or graphic novels,
• see the displays we have on Poetry, Women's History, Mental Health Wellness month, writing to persuade legislators, etc.

Come to the library to check out books now! The end of the year is quickly approaching and all books will need to be returned by May 11th.

• May 1-5 - the library will be taking an inventory of all materials. If you have trouble putting a book on hold, notify the library.
• May 2: Last day for LL holds
• May 4: Last day for LL delivery
• May 11: MNPS and LL books due - BRING THEM BACK
• MS BOB: May 11 (Ms Chen will be at the NPL Main Library with middle school Battle of the Books students)

Return all laptops and chargers before school ends (We expect this to happen, so be prepared)

Make sure you are logging into Beanstack via Clever. Our Current Challenges:

• VSBA Challenge: January 1-May 19, 2023
• April Spring Into Reading

Beanstack- Spring Into Reading (April 1-30, 2023)- Put some spring in your step and start reading. Earn badges all month long during the Spring Into Reading Challenge!

APRIL:

School Library Month: April 2023

National Poetry Month: April 2023

Deaf History Month: April 2023

World Autism Awareness Day: April 2, 2023

National School Librarian Day: April 4, 2023

National Library Week: April 23-29, 2023

National Day of Silence: April 14, 2023

D.E.A.R.: April 12, 2023

Earth Day: April 22, 2023

World Book Day: April 23, 2023

Administrative Professionals’ Day: April 26, 2023

National Poem in Your Pocket Day: April 29, 2023

Arab American Heritage Month

MAY

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2023

Jewish American Heritage Month: May 2023

Mental Health Awareness Month: May 2023

Get Caught Reading Month: May 2023

School Principals’ Day: May 1, 2023

School Lunch Hero Day: May 5, 2023

Children’s Book Week (Spring): May 2-8, 2023

JUNE

Rainbow Book Month: June 2023

Q4 Literacy Celebration Ideas:

MS PADLET Middle School ideas

HS PADLET High School ideas

NPL Events Calendar

You can filter the events by teen or children, by a certain branch, etc. For example, East Branch has many teen days like Game Day, Teen Treats, Maker Days, Film Days, and DIY days.

Parnassus Events Calendar

Parnassus is an independent bookstore in the Green Hills part of town. They bring in authors frequently. See Ms Chen for more information.

Press 53 Ongoing submissions due the 15th of each month

Submit a 53-word story

https://www.press53.com/53word-story-contest

New York Times Editorial Writing Contest March 2-April 13

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/learning/our-ninth-annual-student-editorial-contest.html

Skipping Stones Magazine Youth Honor Awards--May 5

https://www.skippingstones.org/wp/youth-honors-award/

Polyphony Lit Submissions March 1-April 30

https://www.polyphonylit.org/copy-of-submit

Jane Austen Society June 1

https://jasna.org/programs/essay-contest

BowSeat Ocean Awareness Program June 13

https://bowseat.org/programs/ocean-awareness-contest/contest-overview/

See Leslie LaChance in the Writer's Room for more ideas and writing support.

The Greater Nashville Chinese Association would like to invite all K-12 student to participate the 2023 Asian Book Review Contest, hosted by API Middle TN, GNCA, and Nashville Chinese School. All review entries are due by June 30th. THIS WAS EXTENDED so you have time to enter.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your laptop, you can ask your teacher to SUBMIT A TECH SUPPORT TICKET or you can contact the library for help. Teachers can reset passwords to assist. Our TSS will bring replacement laptops to your classroom, so it's easier to have teachers submit tech support tickets.

At the end of the year last year, all students had to return laptops, power cords, and hotspots. We are waiting for word if that is the case this year. If you lose or damage your laptop the costs are:

$200 for lost, stolen, and damaged laptops

$40 for replacement screens

$17 for replacement keyboards

$15 for replacement power cords

Parents can pay cash at the front office for technology fees or they can pay online at https://mnps.schoolcashonline.com. In order to pay, you must set up an account and there are additional fees:

Lost laptop $209

Lost charger $16

Damaged keyboard $18

Damaged screen $42

For lost ID badges for high schoolers only, the district charges $15 if you pay cash at school. If you want to pay online at https://mnps.schoolcashonline.com there is an additional $1 charge:

Replacement ID $16

Here’s a handy guide to help including a list of places people tell us they found their book from all over the world. First, try to remember what the book/s looked like. How big was it? What color? Was it thick or thin? What do you remember about the cover? Is it hardcover or paperback? If you can’t remember, ask the librarian or search our library catalog for the cover image. Then, think about where was the last place you remember having the book? Did you read it at school or home? Were you in a car or with a friend? Did you lend it to someone?

Around the House

v In the car (also check under the seats)

v Under the baby’s car seat

v In the trunk of the car

v Under the spare tire

v In the other car

v In the garage

v Behind or under the washing machine

v Behind or under the dryer

v In the stroller bag

v In the recycling bin

v In your folder or binder

v In your backpack

v In your sibling's backpack

v On top of the piano or in the bench.

v In the recliner (between the arm and the seat cushion)

v Under or in back of the sofa (also check under cushions)

v Under or on top of the kitchen or dining room table

v Behind the refrigerator (because it fell off of the top)

v In the freezer

v On your bedroom bookshelf (Check all the books turned around backwards and behind other books on the bookshelf)

v On/in your desk at home.

v Under your bed.

v Between the sheets at the foot of your bed

v Between your bed and the wall

v Between the mattress and box springs

v On top or behind the dresser

v In the dresser drawers

v In the closet (check all closets)

v Under the dirty clothes

v Inside the couch that folds out into a bed

v In the toy box

v In the bathroom

v On the back porch

v In the dog house

v In the basement

v Packed with the holiday decorations.

v Under the TV set stand

v On the coffee table

v Under the rug

v Ask your parents if they’ve seen it

v Ask your brother/ sister if they’ve

seen it

Around Town

v At the doctor's or dentist's office

v At the church/temple/mosque library

v At the babysitter's house

v At a relative’s house

v At your daycare/after-school care facility

v At your friend's house

v At your other parent’s house

v At Mom or Dad’s work place

At School

v In the vehicle of whoever you ride to school with

v On the classroom or teacher’s bookshelf

v In the cafeteria, gym, art, music room, etc.

v Ask your teachers if they’ve seen it

v In any of the "Lost and Found" areas around school

v Ask your friends if they've seen it

v On the library shelf (It might’ve been shelved without being checked in)

You can return library books to any MNPS school or any NPL branch. If you need to pay for a lost or damaged book, you can check online for the exact cost using the document below or ask the librarian for the total cost. Then bring exact change or go online to Parents can pay cash at the front office for technology fees or they can pay online at https://mnps.schoolcashonline.com. In order to pay, you must set up an account and there are additional fees so cash at school is cheaper. If you owe for a Nashville Public Library books that starts with the barcode 3152, you can go on limitlesslibraries.org and pull up your account using your student ID # and your 4 digit mmdd birthday PIN.