HPL Learning eXchange
Hammond Public Library Education News
Nov. 2010 - Vol. 4, Issue 11 |  |
|
| Contact Us |
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
Our Online Catalog
|
|
|
Dear ,
Encourage your students and their families to attend Family Literacy Night on Wed., Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Main Library. A variety of activities will promote reading. Details are with Melody Scott, Head of Youth Services, at (219) 931-5100, Ext. 330. ______________________ Teens at Main Library celebrate National Gaming Day on Sat., Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. Teens and their friends can have fun with xBox and board games. Snacks also will be served.
_______________________
All HPL locations accept donations for Greater Hammond Community Services' annual Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive. Nonperishable food items, or monetary donations, are accepted through Nov. 13. This is not a Food for Fines drive; library fines will not be waived in return for donating. Help residents in need!
____________________
The Friends of the Library and the Hammond Historical Society present a joint program Sat., Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to noon. "The History of the Circus in Indiana" is presented by Kreig Adkins, author of Peru: Circus Capital of the World, and Richard Lytle, author of The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918: Tragedy Along the Indiana Lakeshore. The program is free and open to members of both groups, and to the public.
____________________ Just because you and your students have winter break, that's no reason not to pick up a book! All HPL locations feature Winter Reads for all ages from Dec. 1-31. Watch for details next month! |
|
|
|
|
Free tutoring in reading and math will be offered for grades K-12 through Calumet College of St. Joseph, starting Oct. 12, 2010. Each HPL location will offer tutoring during different hours, so please call the library location of choice for hours. This program will run until Dec. 17, 2010. Students must pre-register with the location of choice.
Main Library - Youth Services, (219) 931-5100, Ext. 330
Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Mondays and Wednesdays: 3 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays: 5 to 8:30 p.m.
E. B. Hayward Branch, (219) 844-2668Tuesdays: 3 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Fridays: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Howard Branch, (219) 844-1622
Mondays and Tuesdays: 3 to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays: 3 to 4:30 p.m.
______________________________________________________
 We the People: A More Perfect Union Bookshelf is a collection of books at each location. Please encourage your students to read one of the books, attend a program, and blog about the book on our We the People Blog at http://hpyperfectunion.wordpress.com/. If students are unfamiliar with blogging, Main Library offers special classes in our computer lab. A "We the People" Youth Open Mic is Tues., Nov. 23 at 3:30 p.m. at Main Library,
focusing on the We the People book, When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson. |
____________________________________________
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.
________________________________________________
OF INTEREST
Child poverty rate increases: An analysis by the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Center shows that the child poverty rate in the United States jumped from 18 percent in 2007 to 20 percent in 2009.
Based on recently released poverty figures from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the KIDS COUNT analysis found that there were 14.7 million children in households with incomes below the poverty threshold in the United States in 2009 - 1.6 million more than in 2007, before the current recession began.
The analysis also found wide variation in child poverty rates across districts nationwide. Indiana's Overall Rank is 33. A state's Overall Rank is determined by the sum of the state's standing on each of 10 measures of the condition of children arranged in sequential order from highest/best (1) to lowest/worst (50). Data for Indiana is available at http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/bystate/Default.aspx?state=IN
_________________________________________
The Dictionary Project recently provided a new dictionary to each third grade student in a Hammond school. This is a joint project of Hammond Rotary, Hammond Reads, and the Telecomm Pioneers. Members of these organizations visited local schools to present the dictionaries to students.
________________________________________
Entries for Hammond Reads' 10th annual Essay Contest are accepted from November 29, 2010 through January 28, 2011. This year's theme is "How Can Reading Make the World a Better Place?" There is a rule change for schools this year. While Hammond Reads appreciates the participation and enthusiasm from schools, as an all-volunteer organization its members are no longer able to input and read all the essays received. Hammond Reads is asking teachers to submit only the top three entries from their classroom. Hammond Reads still will send certificates of participation to schools, for teachers to distribute to each student who wrote an essay, whether that essay was submitted for judging or not. Complete rules are on the essay contest flyer, available as a PDF.
|
|
Thanks, , for subscribing to HPL Learning eXchange.
Sincerely,
|
|
|
