School Year Monthly Calendar - Click Image for Link
August - September
Back-to-school poems
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Back-to-school tips for parents & educators
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Patriot Day 09/11
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Dot Day 09/15-ish
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Constitution Day 09/17
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Punctuation Day 09/24
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Banned and Challenged Books Week last week in September
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Hispanic Heritage 09/15-10/15
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October
October
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October
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Early October
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Public Library Bookmark Contest
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Halloween puzzles/activities
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November
No link; web account suspended
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11/11
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HIstory of Thanksgiving
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Friday after Thanksgiving
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December
Melvil Dewey 12/10 1851 - 12/26 1931
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Happy Hanukkah
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Christmas around the world
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NORAD Santa tracker
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Happy Kwanzaa 12/26-01/01
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January
Martin Luther King, Jr. 01/15 1929 - 04/04 1968
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Newbery, Caldecott, and more
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January or February
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February
February
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Highlight in February
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02/01
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02/02
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02/14
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Presidents' Day
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March
March
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Theodor Seuss Geisel 03/2 1904 - 09/24 1991
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Read Across America 03/02
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Votes due end of March
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April
School Library Month
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Poetry Month
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Second week in April
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04/10/18
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Happy Birthday Beverly Cleary - Drop Everything And Read 04/12
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04/21/18-04/22/18
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History of Earth Day
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Jane Addams Book Award, books that build for peace - awarded annually in April
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May
Winners announced 05/01
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Unplug! First week in May
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First week in May
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National Police Week 2018 05/13-05/19
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June
Library materials due 06/04 for inventory
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Invitation library volunteer lunch & shelf reading extravaganza 06/05
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Shelf reading project directions
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Shelving guideline reminders
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Summer Reading - 2018
Summer reading
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MBUSD 2018 lists
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Entering 1st grade
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Entering 2nd grade
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Entering 3rd grade
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Entering 4th grade
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Entering 5th grade
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Entering 6th grade
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"Without reading, kids lose an average of one to three months of achievement over the summer. By the end of 6th grade, children who do not read over the summer are as much as two years behind other kids who do."
(McGill-Franzen, A., & Allington R. (2003 May/June) “Bridging the Summer Reading Gap” Instructor 112 no.8)
(McGill-Franzen, A., & Allington R. (2003 May/June) “Bridging the Summer Reading Gap” Instructor 112 no.8)