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Hammond, Indiana 46320
219-931-5100E.B. Hayward Branch
1212 172nd St.
Hammond, IN 46324
219-844-2668
Howard Branch
7047 Grand Ave.
Hammond, IN 46323
219-844-1622
www.hammond.lib.in.us
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Dear ,Children celebrate Dia at all HPL locations:
 Children's Day/Book Day, also called El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Día is an enhancement of Children's Day, which began in 1925 to bring attention to the importance and well-being of children. In 1996, nationally acclaimed children's book author Pat Mora proposed linking the celebration of childhood and children with literacy to found El día de los niños/El día de los libros.
Come join us for Día on Fri., April 30 at all HPL locations:
10 a.m. at the Howard Branch
1:30 p.m. at the E. B. Hayward Branch
3:30 p.m. at Main Library
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HPL recently received two grants to benefit youth:
Two AWE (Advanced Workstations for Education) Bilingual Early Literacy Computers for the E.B. Hayward and Howard branches were purchased with funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Opportunity Online Grant. Main Library's Youth Services received three AWE computers in 2009 from an LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) grant.
AWE computers have color-coded keyboards and are equipped with more than 45 fun learning programs for ages 2 to 10 in both English and Spanish. Titles include: Sesame Street Let's Make a Word, JumpStart Spanish, Green Eggs and Ham, Stellaluna, Reader Rabbit, Millie's Math House, Sammy's Science House, and SpongeBob SquarePants Typing.
HPL received the We the People Bookshelf, a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Each year NEH identifies a theme important to the nation's heritage and selects classic books that embody that theme, geared to readers from K-12. The 2010 theme was "A More Perfect Union."
Youth Services will create a We the People blog geared towards children. Children will learn how to use the blog, and have fun with reading and technology.
In addition to introducing young readers to good literature, the Bookshelf promotes understanding of abstract or general ideas through the power of particular stories. _____________________________
Historical presentation: Auto racing historians, Jerry Murawski and Stan Kalwasinski present a program on the Roby Racetrack on Sat., May 1 at 2 p.m. at Main Library. The track was one of three tracks originally built for horse racing in the Robertsdale area. Many drivers who raced at Roby went on to the Indianapolis 500.
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PROGRAMS AT HPL
 Summer Reading for all ages runs from June 1 through July 31.
- "Make a Splash" is the youth theme. Two programs are conducted:
 Listeners - for children who are read to
Readers - for those who read on their own
- "Make Waves" is the teen theme.
- "Water Your Mind at Your Library: READ" is the adult theme.
If you have questions, please call HPL Youth Services at (219) 931-5100, Ext. 336.
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Click the link to see dates and locations of:
Youth Programs
- Babies and Books (a lap sit program for infants)
- Tiny Tots Toddler Time (an interactive program for busy toddlers)
- Little Listeners (storytime for ages 3 to 5)
- Creative Corner (K-6): Kids tap their creativity in a variety of ways
- Library Club (K-6): Read books to earn points toward a pizza party!
Teen Programs- Family Night; Family Storytime
- Teen Gaming
Teen Advisory Board (grades 8-12)
- Films, crafts, and more!
Adult Programs
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Buy from Amazon; help your Hammond Public Library:
If you purchase books, CDs, DVDs or downloads from Amazon, please consider accessing Amazon through the library's home page.
Click the Amazon link on our home page, and Amazon rebates a percentage of your purchase to HPL with which we can buy books, music
and movies. It's a win-win: you receive the same Amazon products and
services you usually purchase; we can add items that we could not
otherwise afford to purchase.
You can also grant a library wish! HPL has created a wish list on Amazon. By clicking the Amazon link to our wish list,
you can purchase items that will go to the library. If you enter your
name and address, we'll list your name on our website's new Thank You
page.
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ASM 'Living in a Material World' grants
Eligibility: : K-12 teachers
Deadline: May 25, 2010
Funds:$500
Contact: ASM World Headquarters, 9639 Kinsman Rd,
Materials Park, OH 44073;
(440) 338-5151.
ASM International is the society dedicated to
serving the materials science and engineering profession. The ASM Materials Education Foundation invites teachers to bring creativity
and expanded knowledge into K-12 science classes by entering the Living in
a Material World grant competition. The Foundation's mission is to excite
young people in the idea of materials, science, and engineering careers.
Students rarely have the opportunity to learn about these sciences, and often do
not hear about materials careers until it is too late to plan.
Materials are the basis of the design of products that enhance the quality
of life. Students will learn how important it is to develop the
metals, glasses, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers that are at the heart of
all new systems. Teachers must make lessons in materials sciences part of a
broader curriculum, and ASM International members will work closely with
teachers who win these grants to develop the lessons. http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/Foundation/Educators/TeacherGrants/
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NAIS Challenge 20/20 invites global partnerships between classrooms
Eligibility: Public, private elementary or secondary schools
worldwide.
Deadline: August 16,
2010.
Funds: Classroom partnerships with international
schools; networking opportunities
Contact: NAIS, Attn.:
Ioana Simona Suciu Wheeler, 1620 L St., Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036-5695;
wheeler@nais.org.
The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) invites K-12 schools
to participate in this year's Challenge 20/20. The program arranges for schools
to be involved in partnerships with classrooms in another country. The challenge
invites partner classrooms to work together and tackle a global problem in a way
they can address locally.
This program is an online relationship between classrooms in the United
States and abroad. Eligible participants are public or private schools located
anywhere in the world, and partnerships may consist of two or three schools.
Some schools may already have a school or schools as partner(s); for those that
do not, NAIS will assign schools with which to partner. There are two
applications online-one for schools without partners, and one for schools that
already have partners.
Link: http://www.nais.org/resources/index.cfm?ItemNumber=147262___________________________________________________
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