April  2009

Vol. 4  No. 8

In April SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA MONTH takes place.  Come to the library during the first week and you will be in for some excitement.  Look below to view the dates.  In special tribute to many loved ones who were lost and who survived this tragic part of history we present HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY on the dates below.  Do not forget to use the library’s many resources. You will be amazed at the level of information that can be found.

To Do

Library Club, Scrabble Club and Academic Success Club meetings are scheduled for after school on Wednesday, April 1^st; Thursday, April 2^nd; Wednesday, April 22^nd; Thursday, April 23^rd; Wednesday, April 29^th; and, Thursday, April 30^th .

***New members are ALWAYS extended an invitation to join the above listed clubs. 

Library Activities

4/1/09 - 4/2/09  In Celebration of School Library Media Month the movie, The Librarian – Return to King Solomon’s Mines, will be presented after school in the library from 2:15 until 3:15 in the library.  Noah Wylie and Gabrielle Anwar star in this adventuresome film directed by Jonathan Frakes. The Library Club, P.A.L.S. Program, Scrabble Club and Academic Success Club are presenting this program. Refreshments will be available.  Join in the excitement.

4/22/09 - 4/23/09 Holocaust Remembrance Day will take place after school

in the library from 2:15 until 3:15. The film, The Devil’s Arithmetic, will inform you of the need to remember the Holocaust. The stars of this movie, which was directed by Donna Deitch, are Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy. The Library Club, P.A.L.S. Program, Scrabble Club and Academic Success Club are presenting this program. Refreshments will be served. All are welcome!

Quote:    

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

                                                                                                Albert Schweitzer

Special Times

School Library Media Month

National Mathematics Education Month

Alcohol Awareness Month                                                                                                              

National Anxiety Month                                                                                                                      

Autism Awareness Month                                                                                             

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Humor Month

Keep America Beautiful Month                                                                                                                                                                               

National Poetry Month

National Library Week (4/12 – 4/18)

Passover (4/9 – 4/16)

Volunteer Appreciation Week (4/19– 4/25)

National Wildlife Week (4/19– 4/25)

Administrative Professionals Week (4/19 – 4/25)

TV-Turnoff Week (4/20 – 4/26)

April Fool’s Day (4/1)

International Children’s Book Day (4/2)

National Student-Athlete Day (4/6)

http://www.ncasports.org/

World Health Day (4/6)

Easter (4/12)

Holocaust Remembrance Day (4/21)

Earth Day (4/22)

http://www.epa.gov/earthday/

Take Our Daughters and Sons to work Day (4/23)

National Arbor Day (4/24)                                                                                                

National Honesty Day (4/30)        

Some Birthdays

Hans Christian Andersen (4/2)                                                                                                      

Eddie Murphy (4/3)

Washington Irving (4/3)

Arthur Hailey (4/5)

Gregory Peck (4/5)

Colin Powell (4/5)                                          

Russell Crowe (4/7)

Billie Holiday (4/7)

William Wordsworth (4/7)

http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Literary/Wordsworth.htm

Harry Houdini (4/6)

Ken Griffey (4/10)

Lionel Hampton (4/12)

David Letterman (4/12)

Thomas Jefferson (4/13) 3rd U.S. President

Leonardo Da Vinci (4/15)

Jennifer Garner (4/17)

Henry Mancini (4/16)

Wilbur Wright (4/16)                                                                                                          

http://wright.nasa.gov/wilbur.htm

Ashley Judd (4/19)

Queen Elizabeth II (4/21)

James Buchanan (4/23) 15^th U.S. President

William Shakespeare (4/23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

Ella Fitzgerald (4/25)

Coretta Scott King (4/27)

James Monroe (4/28) 5th U.S. President

Duke Ellington (4/29)

Willie Nelson (4/30)