Durham Public Schools Media Coordinators

Nominations for the 2023 #ILoveMyLibrarian Award are now open. There are some great @DurhamPublicSch and @DurhamCountyLib librarians that are very worthy of this recognition! Submit your nomination by September 30 ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librar… #WeAreDPS #DurhamNC #dpsncreads

This @ClubBlvdManatee kinder reader was excited to show me her favorite story from Read Around the World!🌎📚#JointheClub #raisingreaders

Thank you @ioby for funding my Literary Garden grant to purchase gardening books for the @ClubBlvdManatee library! 📚🥬🌶🥦🍅🥗 #JointheClub

Take a look at what happened in the @MangumExplorers Media Center for the month of April #Mangumreads #Poetrymonth

Our fifth graders in Mr. Tackett’s class put together such an impressive collection of poems based on famous paintings, we just had to put them in the Media Center. You can find it in our poetry section #mangunreads #futurepoets

Our 3rd grade Professors got to read in the garden and do a little weed pulling 🪴☀️ #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

It’s Game/Game Show Month in the Media Center this month. All May we will be focus on games, board games or game shows to get of 🧠s going. We started of with our version of Minute to Win It this week!

Better Together grants available to K-12 NCSLMA member media coordinators in partnership with classroom teachers, for innovative projects that foster the integration of media / information skills into the K-12 curriculum. Due date is 5/31/22. Visit ncslma.wildapricot.org/Grants #ncslma

We learned how needs & wants of ppl in a neighborhood help entrepreneurs start businesses. We then put map symbol stickers where the needs & wants are in our neighborhood. Can you see the 5th grade Professors who came to help us? #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

In our Taste of Humanities class yesterday we read, explored the seeds of a dried marigold, and learned about the community garden cultivated by Latinx families @ClubBlvdManatee. We even got to sample lettuce! 🥬🥕🪴📚#JoinTheClub #EarthDay #ReadAndGrow

Nothing like ending the week in the Liberation Station, where we let our creativity lead. #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

How it started.. how it ended today. The fabric donated by #happyunicornstudio was so beautiful it inspired an inspiration station overhaul! Can't wait till Monday to see the students being inspired & creating. #readandcreate #mediacentermagic @Carrington_DPS @dpsnclibraries

Celebrating National Library week @ Northern. Special thank you to @DurhamCountyLib for your collaboration with exposing NHS students to careers in Library Science, STEAM & how to access library cards! @dpscte; @DurhamPublicSch; @NorthernPrinc; @nhsreads1

This month @ClubBlvdManatee readers will Read Around the World to learn more about the people, places, and culture they make our world unique. Families may check out 5 books at a time to read together. 🌍📚❤️ #JoinTheClub #humanities

Really excited to use Book Creator app with third grade today. Can’t wait to see what stories our students create. It was also great to see the students collaborate with one another.

Our 5th grade Professors made some deals in the tank today 💪🏾 #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

Our 3rd grade Professors went int the Shark Tank today and some of them walked out like…. #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

#STEAMDay for our 5th grade science class. A lot creativity and creating happened today in the Media Center!

3rd graders programmed Bee-bots to spell their name…it wasn’t as easy as they predicted! Problem solving & teamwork helped them prevail. 🐝🤔💡#JointheClub #coding @ClubBlvdManatee