HPL Learning eXchange
Hammond Public Library Education News
Sept. 2010 - Vol. 4, Issue 9 |  |
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Main Library
564 State Street
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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September is Library Card Sign-Up Month. Encourage your students to get their library card, or to renew their card if it has expired.
Wi-Fi coming: HPL received a grant for $5,764 to purchase equipment and install wireless access at Main Library and branches. Wireless (WiFi) access will be available soon, allowing patrons to use their own notebook computers, smart phones and other mobile devices to access the Internet at HPL. This will alleviate some wait times for public computers and allow users to use their own software while in the library.
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Indiana State Library. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas.
Time Out for Reading and Books to Bridge the Region are delivering "Lit-Kits" of materials for the 2010 initiatives. Check with your media specialist, or the Time Out or Books to Bridge contact at your school. Details are at www.nwiliteracy.org or www.books2bridge.org. The Northwest Indiana Literacy Coalition, Hammond Reads, and other organizations, along with the U.S. Federal Courthouse, are sponsoring Literacy Palooza on Wed., Sept. 15 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Get your Time Out for Reading red nose supplies at the event, which includes historic figures and a silent auction. RSVP by Sept. 7 at 219-852-6515. |
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Back to School Tips:
Library staff will be happy to help your students find resources for homework, reports, and projects. Please contact us to see what we have available, and how we can work together to make sure needed resources are available.
World Book Kids has some new features coming soon:
a new design; a tool to help students find information about important people; dozens of age-appropriate science fair projects; interactive maps and outline maps and flags; "Compare Places," a tool for researching and comparing continents, countries, states, and provinces; and dozens of interactive educational games. From our home page, just go to Online Databases to Search, OR the Just for Kids page, and click the World Book Online logo. Another cool database is Global Road Warrior, which teaches students about different countries, their customs, language, currency, foods, and much more. It's also helpful if you travel abroad. Both World Book Kids and Global Road Warrior are available on library computers, or from home using an HPL library card number (found on the back of the card). ________________________________________
HPL is one of 4,000 U.S. libraries selected by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to receive free hardcover editions of 17 classic books as part of the We the People Bookshelf grant. Youth will create a blog based on the theme. Books will be on display starting in August and throughout the year. In September, HPL will offer programs and classes with the theme, "We the People: A More Perfect Union."
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"We the People: A More Perfect Union" Blog Computer Class for youth
Wed., Sept. 15 and 29 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Main Library
Youth learn about the blog, and how to comment on Bookshelf titles they've read.
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"We the People: A More Perfect Union" - The Story of the Constitution
Fri., Sept. 17 at 3:30 p.m.
E. B. Hayward Branch
Youth will celebrate Constitution Day. -
"We the People: A More Perfect Union" - Si, se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Tues., Sept. 21 at 6 p.m.
Howard Branch
Families will hear the book Si, se puede! Yes, we can! by Diana Cohn;
participate in games; and enjoy songs and refreshments
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FIELD TRIPS
Interested in bringing your class on a field trip to the library? Interested in having library staff visit your classroom? Here's what to do: - if you're interested in visiting Main Library, call (219) 931-5100, Ext. 336
- if you're interested in visiting the Howard Branch, call (219) 844-1622.
- if you're interested in visiting the E. B. Hayward Branch, call (219) 844-2668.
- for visits by HPL staff to your classroom, call Melody Scott, Head of Youth Services, at (219) 931-5100, Ext. 336.
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Engaging Older Youth
$45- save $5 by registering online with a credit card
Mon., Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Avalon Manor
Route 30 in Merrillville
Supporting English Language Learners
$45 - save $5 by registering online with a credit card
Fri., Oct. 1
Ivy Tech East Chicago
401 E. Columbus Drive
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State Farm is teaming up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 to youth-led service-learning initiatives in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Eligible programs will engage youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects (following YSA's Semester of Service framework) that launch on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Jan. 17, 2011, and culminate on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17, 2011.
Eligible candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators, and students in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organization working with a public school. YSA will host two application webinars, Sept. 7 and Oct. 7, for applicants to learn more about developing a successful project.
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Target Offers K-12 School Field Trip Grants
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2010
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880
The Target Field Trip Grants program will award five thousand grants of $700 each to schools across the United States for the upcoming school year. Teachers can use a grant to fund a school field trip that connects their curriculum to out-of-school experiences. Education professionals who are at least 18 years old and are employed by an accredited K-12 public, private, or charter school in the United States that maintains 501(c)(3) or 509(a)(1) tax-exempt status are eligible to apply. Educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, and classified staff at these institutions must be willing to plan and execute a field trip that will provide a demonstrable learning experience for students.
Grant funds are best used for visits to art, science, and cultural museums; community service or civic projects; career enrichment opportunities; and other events or activities away from the school facility. Funds may be used to cover field trip-related costs such as transportation, ticket fees, food, resource materials, and supplies.
The Target Field Trip Grants program is managed and administered entirely by Scholarship America.
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The Kids In Need Foundation offers grants to help K-12 educators implement innovative learning opportunities for their students. The Kids In Need Teacher Grants are funded by retail and education credit union sponsors. All certified K-12 teachers in the U.S. are eligible. Applications are judged on the basis of innovativeness and merit, clarity of objectives, replication feasibility, suitability of evaluation methods, and cost effectiveness. Grant awards range from $100 to $500 and must be used to finance creative classroom projects. Typically, two hundred and three hundred grants are awarded each year. Retail sponsors and designated education credit unions make the grant applications available at their outlets during the back-to-school season. Applications from the sponsors are also available on the web site.
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Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Fellowship.
Grant range: $8,000. Maximum number of grants: 120.
Deadline: November 5, 2010.
http://www.teachercreativity.org/
Lilly Endowmentis offeringgrantsthrough theTeacher Creativity Fellowshipprogram. Eligible applicants includeteachers, principals, assistant principals, counselors and media specialists.The grants can be used forcreative summer projectsthat providepersonal renewal and intellectual revitalization. Proposals will be judged on the substance, clarity, originality and feasibility of the proposed project.
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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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