Kerry Townsend

Another great #CREdx … upping the ante with topics such as Quantum Physics this year… Way to go @MattVillasana

Students supports literacy with Stop Drop and Read as well as taking pictures in our redesigned selfie station! Great day to be a Spartan! #ReadAcrossAmericaWeek #LetsGoSpartans!

“When you provide regular reading time in class, you can guarantee that every student has equal foundational time to read at school.” Kids must be given time at school to read a variety of texts. @donalynbooks #joyofreading @kltown

"We have to reinvent how we think about assignments and assume these tools are [one] of the tools students are going to use. Once we do that, how do we not take advantage of this?" -- Judith Uchidiuno @juchidiuno Are You Ready for the AI Revolution? #sljsummit #sljsummit2023

Join us! It is going to be a great conversation! @cpslibrarymedia Teaching Mindful Media Consumption | Learning for Justice learningforjustice.org/professional-d…

Proud of @MASLOnline for receiving the 2023 AASL Chapter of the Year!

Congratulations to our girls and boys teams on winning every division at the Memphis Twilight Invitational. Varsity Boys won by 89 pts in a 62 team field. Varsity Girls won by 5 pts in a 42 team field. JV girls won by 62 pts. JV boys won by 30 pts. Great effort throughout!

@MattVillasana Rough day…happened to me last year. Gave in to the #readers

The Banned Book Club thebannedbookclub.info/?mc_cid=30a7bc…

Second first day of learning for #ISTEcert was a good one! School librarian cohort for the win… @stefboutelier

@kltown thought you would enjoy! #powerofreading #imagination

@AnnaOz249 @Mizzou Woot! Now for the fun part!

The @diversebooks Panel on Defending Intellectual Freedom was excellent. Librarians can feel isolated—hearing authors support us was so affirming. We will NOT self-censor + we will keep supporting + fighting for students, esp our most vulnerable communities! @ElloEllenOh #ALAAC23

A beautiful windy day for a Capitol tour w/ @RUSBLVD. Their own Rep @KathySteinhoff came up to meet one group & the other group got to see her bring an Amendment to the floor that was voted on & passed. Democracy in action! Remember Russell Ravens, YOU are the strong MO Bear!

What an incredible author visit today from Alexander Weinstein! Students listened to a reading, asked insightful questions, & participated in a writing activity. Special thanks to @UnboundBookFest & @kltown for coordinating his visit as part of Authors in Schools. #leapfrog

Sharing for our friends at Columbia College. They will once again be offering an in-site STEAM camp this summer. Check it out! @ColumbiaCougars @ColumbiaColg

Thank you CPS, Kerry Townsend, & our Media Specialists for the wonderful experience at Jesse Hall today. 7th graders across the entire district got to hear author, Johnnie Christmas, share his life stories on becoming an author & then how he writes graphic novels. Excellent job!

Going with our 5th graders to see @j_xmas was definitely a highlight of this whole month full of testing and so many other things. It gave the time to slow down for the morning and be grateful for amazing authors that bring stories to life! Grateful for this memorable experience

Spent the afternoon with #cpsbest middle schoolers learning how @j_xmas approaches his writing his graphic novels. The students were enthralled by it! What a talent! Thanks @UnboundBookFest and @theCPSF for this opportunity. Great work @kltown.