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What's Happening in our Schools 2019

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What's Happening in our Schools? Check out some of these activities below.

 

Districtwide 

SBReads Art Contest. Winning design at each level will be made into bookmarks. Stay tuned for copies of the winning entries.

Districtwide

Presentations by Librarians and teachers sharing books that reflect our district goal of equity as well as our theme of Reading Around the Globe

Secondary: Windows, Mirrors and Doors

Elementary

Crossroads 

Crossroads' One Book/ SBReads Selection is Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed. 

Summary: Life is quiet and ordinary in Amal's Pakistani village, but she had no complaints, and besides, she's busy pursuing her dream of becoming a teacher one day. Her dreams are temporarily dashed when--as the eldest daughter--she must stay home from school to take care of her siblings. Amal is upset, but she doesn't lose hope and finds ways to continue learning. Then the unimaginable happens--after an accidental run-in with the son of her village's corrupt landlord, Amal must work as his family's servant to pay off her own family's debt. 

Life at the opulent Khan estate is full of heartbreak and struggle for Amal--especially when she inadvertently makes an enemy of a girl named Nabila. Most troubling, though, is Amal's growing awareness of the Khans' nefarious dealings. When it becomes clear just how far they will go to protect their interests, Amal realizes she will have to find a way to work with others if they are ever to exact change in a cruel status quo, and if Amal is ever to achieve her dreams. 

 

Aisha Saeed Author Visit 

Crossroads South: February 14; Crossroads North: February 15

One Book Events: Wednesday March 27

South: After school event for South Students

North: Evening event for North families

South Brunswick High School 

See what's happening around the High School and how you can participate:

https://sites.google.com/sbstudents.org/sbhslibrary/sb-reads

 

Booklists for Reading Around the Globe:

ABCs of Global Literature at SBHS 

 

ABCs of Immigrant Biographies at SBHS 

SB Elementary Schools 

Look for celebrations of South Brunswick Reads during March as part of Read Across American celebrations in each school

   

 

 

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