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‘Smashing’ work from Year 8, who have completed our community jigsaw! No time to wait, they’ve decided to move on to the next - keep tuned to see which design they’ve decided to tackle this time. 🧩

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September 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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133 library sign ins for the first three days of school! That doesn't include all of the students who have come to check out books or the class visits for library orientation! #schoollibrarylife #schoollibraries
September 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Congratulations to 8B1, 9W1 and 10B2, who are our Battle of the Books class winners!

Between them, they read and reviewed 106 books over the last three months, and received muffins at break-time today as a reward.

Well done - and keep reading! 📖

#SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibraryLife #HappyReaders
Three photographs on a bright yellow background. The montage is titles, ‘Battle of the books: Class winners!’ The photographs show three groups of pupils standing on a staircase, holding muffins and books.
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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A little round of up library statistics from the month of May.

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June 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The life of a school librarian… half our time spent convincing you to borrow our books, and the other half desperately pleading with you to bring them back!

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A photograph of a stack of notices for pupils alerting them to overdue books on their accounts. Some have already been folded ready for distribution.
May 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Valdez High School inducted 12 new members into the northernmost chapter of National Beta Club! I love working with these student leaders. #schoollibrarylife #AkLearns #studentleaders
Group of high school students and photo of same students with their right hands raised
April 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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This week in the library we asked, #WouldYouRather be twice as strong, but twice as slow OR be twice as fast, but twice as weak… here are our results - it was a close call, with only 12 buttons in it!!

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March 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A2 Absolutely! One year I made an “what can your librarian do for you” die. I think only my principal saw it but it did help me think thru what I wanted teachers to know! Seeing it now, I think it also makes a great playlist! 🤣 #TLSkyChat and A5 #SchoolLibraryLife #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the amount of connections the kids made blew both of our minds & we started looking for more crossover projects! (I think we were equally surprised) He also didn’t think I was totally nuts when I asked if we could use scooters in the library #BuildTrust #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibraryLife
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Overthinking is often my worst enemy (see all my art projects age 5-15 lol). Sometimes starting small is better than nothing at all. I’m working REALLY hard on PROGRESS not perfection #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibraryLife #InquiryCycle #ProcessOverProduct #AskCurateShare #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy
March 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A8 one my faves was simply putting a barcode on kid’s writing, typically after tucking it into a folder,& letting their friends “check out” their book! Made kids FEEL like authors & made it more accessible to be a writer! #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibraryLife #AskCurateShare #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy
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ICYMI here again is Q8 from tonight's #TLSkyChat!

Checkout all of tonight's questions at tlskychat.com
A digital graphic displaying a discussion question for #TLSkyChat, the Teacher Librarian Chat. The top of the image features a bold title in black text on a light blue background that reads: 'QUESTION #8.' Below, in black text, the question is displayed: 'Q8: In Ruthie Rose’s Big Idea by John Schu, Ruthie has a BIG idea that leads to a magical outcome for her community! How can we use our learner’s BIG ideas to inspire transdisciplinary learning?' To the left, a yellow box labeled 'Reminders:' lists three key points with red checkmarks: 'Use the #TLSkyChat hashtag in all posts & replies' 'Look for the Q1, Q2, Q3 from the moderator(s)' 'Start a new post and respond with A1, A2, A3, etc.' In the upper left corner, the #TLSkyChat logo is displayed, featuring an open book, a pair of reading glasses, and a coffee mug. On the right side of the question, there is an illustration of Ruthie Rose, a cheerful cartoon character with curly red hair, red glasses, and pigtails tied with red bows. She is wearing a pink and blue star-patterned top, denim shorts, mismatched knee-high socks, and sparkly sneakers, standing excitedly with her arms wide open.
March 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A2 Probably my favorite is making Raas sticks in art and tying it into learning about Diwali holiday, making rangoli in technology to build our own coloring book, & using our Raas sticks to actually do the dance in the library! Plus I got to wear my wedding skirt! #tlskychat #SchoolLibraryLife
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A3 my favorite thing to teach is Hispanic Heritage Month! After working in predominantly Hispanic schools and going to a Guelaguetza to learn folk dance, I was able to incorporate Folk Art, Music and Tales! #TLSkyChat ##SchoolLibraryLife #AskCurateShare #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy
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March 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are you a CPS librarian, STEAM, or Computer Science teacher? Are you going to the Holistic Summit on Tuesday? Hope to see you there! #SparkAdvocateAchieve #JustDoIT #TechTheLead #SchoolLibraryLife #AskCurateShare #ComputerScience #ComputerLiteracy #Nas #readmorelearnmorechangetheglobe #MediaLiteracy
January 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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This is a wonderful note to find whilst shelving!
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Hardback book. The title is His name was Walter. Author is Emily Rodda. There is a yellow post it note on the book with the words I liked the book Sav K
December 5, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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A very close result! With just 30 more buttons in the jar, having reindeer antlers narrowly won the popular vote this week.

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November 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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This week in the library we’re asking:

#WouldYouRather…
Have a woolly mammoth’s tusks?
Have a reindeer’s antlers?

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A photo of two empty jars and a box of buttons on a wooden table. The jars are labelled: Have a woolly mammoth’s tusks Have a reindeer’s antlers
November 25, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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The results of this week’s #WouldYouRather are in…

Hard to tell just by looking at the jars, but a count of the buttons revealed voters here would rather be tickled for an hour than listen to an annoying laugh for a day!
🤗 😆

New question on Monday!

#SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibraryLife #TLSky
November 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Board game club grows every week!

Today we’ve had groups playing chess, Carcassonne (one of my favourites!), the perennially popular UNO, Guess Who?and Star Trek: Galactic Enterprises.

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A bird’s-eye photograph of three groups of pupils playing board games in a library. A close up in the bottom left shows a group playing Carcassonne, and a close up in the top right shows a group playing Star Trek: Galactic Enterprises.
November 21, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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One of the most popular activities in the library is a weekly #WouldYouRather poll.

This week our question is, would you rather…
Listen to an annoying laugh for a whole day?
OR
Get tickled for one hour?

Results on Friday!

#BurningQuestions #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibraryLife
A photo of two empty jars and a box of buttons on a wooden table. The jars are labelled: Listen to an annoying laugh for a whole day Get tickled for one hour
November 18, 2024 at 8:30 AM
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Gave what I thought was an easy job (put barcode stickers on front of book) to what I thought was a capable adult. Somehow ended up with 10 books unbarcoded, 10 crumpled up barcodes in trash. #SchoolLibraryLife 😂
October 29, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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Required textbook for Superhero 101
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October 2, 2024 at 12:33 AM