“Poem in Your Pocket Day was initiated in April 2002 by the Office of the Mayor in New York City, in partnership with the city’s Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education. In 2008, the Academy of American Poets took the initiative to all fifty United States, encouraging individuals around the country to participate. In 2016, the League of Canadian Poets extended Poem in Your Pocket Day to Canada.

Poem in Your Pocket Day takes place every year on a day in National Poetry Month. Poem in Your Pocket Day 2025 will take place on April 10.” -from poets.org

March is Women’s History Month! Learn about the origins of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th.

-video courtesy of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Learn about historian Carter G. Woodson, who helped found what is now known as Black History Month.

-Video courtesy of Britannica

Learn about the origin and traditions of Lunar New Year and celebrate the Year of the Snake!

-Video from Britannica

Congratulations on (almost!) completing the fall semester! Come by the library to grab some new reads for Winter Break and we’ll see you in 2025!

“Back to school” by Avolore is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.

The 2024-25 school year is underway, and we are so happy to have you back!

Here are our library hours; come by and see us!

• Monday-Wednesday: 8:00am-4:30pm
• Thursday: 7:30am-4:30pm
• Friday: 8:00am-4:15pm

“Since 1990, the U.S. government has designated the month of May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States. The month of May was chosen to mark the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant to the United States on May 7, 1843, as well as the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.  This Teacher’s Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the experiences, achievements, and perspectives of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across U.S. history.” -from EDSITEment, edsitement.org

Video courtesy of asiasociety.org

“Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K–12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, families, and—of course—poets, marking poetry’s important place in our lives.” -From Academy of American Poets, poets.org