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School Library Month may be coming to an end, but the impact of our @SPPS_News Library Media Specialists(Librarians) will continue to inspire students. Thank you to our Library Media Specialists for your hard work and commitment to our students!

Calling all @SPPSNews bookworms! April is School Library Month and we're celebrating with a bookmark design contest! This year's theme is "I Love My School Library." Show us your love for reading and your school library by creating a unique bookmark design.

The library at @CapitolHillSPPS is the place to be for hands-on coding fun! Students are programming robots with the guidance of their talented library media specialist, Ms. Warde. It's amazing to see their creativity and coding in action! #librarycoding @SPPS_News

Celebrate Black History this month and all year long with @SPPS_News' collection of ebooks in MackinVia. Students and staff can login to MackinVia using Clever. #sppsreads #BlackHistoryMonth

Great things are happening in the Global Arts Plus Upper Library with licensed librarian, Ms. StCyr! @SPPS_News @ChreeseJones

November is Native American Heritage Month! Celebrate with ebooks available in the @SPPS_News MackinVia collection. Students and staff can login using Clever, the MackinVia app, or at mackinvia.com.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 8th. Check out the ebooks in @MackinVia to learn more about the importance of voting. @SPPS_News students and staff can login to MackinVia using Clever, the MackinVia app, or mackinvia.com.

It's the end of the year and time to look back at the accomplishments and highlights from the 21-22 school year. One highlight: Maxfield students' ebook usage increased by 97% with 5,201 ebooks checked out this school year. @spps_library @SPPS_News #sppsreads

The 4th and 5th graders showed off their creativity by creating a @bloxels video game about the country they researched.

Students are getting ready for summer reading on their iPads. Last week they reviewed how to read @SPPS_News collection of ebooks in MackinVia. This week they practiced logging into Libby, @stpaullibrary’s ebook collection.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Here are some incredible AAPI ebooks to read year-round on MackinVia. #sppsreads

Proud students finishing up their Lego WeDo tadpole. Students researched a frog’s life cycle and then created tadpoles and froglets using Legos.

April is School Library Month!

During library class, Ms. Moulton’s class researched the life cycle of a frog. Then they worked in groups to create tadpoles and froglets using Lego WeDo.

Ms. Silas’ class learned about block coding while teaching Dash the robot to drive.

Creativity in the library today. Ms. Gruber’s students designed original characters to add to their Bloxels video game. Students will be researching a country and creating a video game with facts about their country.

It's almost time for the Winter Olympics to begin. Check out these books available in the SPPS MackinVia ebook collection to learn more about your favorite Olympic sport.

Coding fun in the library today. Ms. Gruber’s class worked together to code Dash the robot to launch a ball into a cup. @WonderWorkshop

Reading with a friend is always fun. These two students were reading the same book together on their iPads after learning how to check out Maxfield’s collection of ebooks with the MackinVia app during library time.