March Updates from the Library

 

The library windows are covered with information about Black people, young and old, historical and contemporary, who have brought joy to the world through their innovations in art, literature, science, and more.  

 

On Instagram, I did 28 days of Black Joy, and with the help of Ms. Golas, I learned how to make reels and featured a song, book, and person each day of the month. It was great connecting with students in the community and learning a little about their interests as I made the posts. You can see them on Instagram @Seltzersnaps.

 

I was invited to 6th Grade English, and together we explored the poem I, too, am America by Langston Hughes. We read the picture book illustrated by Bryan Collier, and then we read The Me I Choose to Be by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and Illustrated by Regis and Kahran Bethancourt. We discussed how, in poetry, even the specific can be universal, and we all have our own individual pictures we create in our heads as we hear a poem. Some students even wrote their own "I am..." poems.  

 

I spent a lot of time in Upper School classrooms this month as 10th graders start their 20th-century invention research project in World History, 11 and 12 graders start their Author Studies. In 9th grade, I am teaming up with Ms. Jennings in Wellness for an in-class research project on a topic of their choosing.  

 

March is Women’s History Month.

 

Images of Women in math and science have been added to the windows of the library. Beyond Curie is a design project that highlights awesome women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  

 

I look forward to poetry and spoken word this month through our Bissell Grogan presentations from Liza (luna de Flor) and Ross Gay. Gay’s books can be found in the library.