OPA Libraries Newsletter
Feb/March 2021
Elementary Library
February Curriculum
Mock Caldecott
Actual Caldecott Winner
Students voted on which book they liked the best for a Mock Caldecot.
Some of the younger classes chose this as their winner which was the actual winner this year.
Below were some other choices made for Mock Caldecott winner.
Jr. High Library
Jr. High Library News
Digital Resources
February
Black History Month
History Makers: Biographies
Largest collection of African American oral history videos
March
Women's History Month
Smithsonian: Votes for Women
The Jr. High received a set of posters from the Smithsonian Institute about the history of women's suffrage.
NASA News
Martius
The name of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus.
Mars Rover
Exciting news!
NASA landed the Perseverance rover on Mars
February 18th, 2021