DDS Library February
Newsletter 2/20/2020
DDS Library was very pleased to be the setting for the two
performances of At the Table with Dr.
King by the Mizel Museum. The multimedia tribute to Martin Luther King
provided the students, teachers, administrators and district personnel a
sensitive and inspirational look at Dr. King’s life and legacy. We were all
engaged and enlightened!
At this writing … The much anticipated Quilt Project is still in the staging zone – the heirloom quilts
are not yet hung up in the library. I have full confidence that we’ll get them
displayed soon. We remain flexible!
The library was transformed into a breakfast burrito café on
the sixth as we raised money to send our wonderful Nurse Latisha Cain to a
banquet March 7th (which recognizes the nominees for the Nightingale Luminary Award). Many
educators from both DDS and Swigert not only purchased my homemade burritos
(thank you!) but many donated extra cash to get Latisha the tickets!
The library was happy to host a Geobee competition this
month. I was impressed how well the students performed. My Colorado Geographic
Alliance friends can rest easy about the state of geographic education with our
young people!
I am continuing to scan all the books that were placed in
the library by DPS Library Services over the summer. Unfortunately many of the
books do not appear as part of our collection when scanned. I can manually
place the majority of these titles into our inventory with just a couple of
extra steps. The titles that don’t show up as part of DPS are put in a school
mailer and sent to the kind and hardworking catalog crew at ETLS. I am
trying to send just a couple a few a week - but I’m sure they are beginning to dread
those mailers from DDS!
Six boxes of new books have arrived this week for the DDS
library! These fabulous books are part of the “boost” grant and I am so excited
to get them on the shelves. Thank
you again to DPS Library Services!
On Wednesday of this week the library was the impromptu
setting for the much
anticipated visit from the Denver Nuggets staff to honor Coach Williams for his
MVT award. Nuggets veteran Ervin Johnson (and mascot Rocky!) excited and
inspired the students with a lengthy afternoon visit … complete with cookies! We
are so glad Aaron is being recognized … and we applaud his continued
dedication.
Earlier this month DDS Library was awarded the A to Z grant
from Denver Public Schools! The grant will allow us to host several
parent/student/author visits here in the library, either as evening events or
as Saturday lunch gatherings, and is called the Discovery Reading Project. The Discovery Reading Project will immerse
our students and their parents/guardians into local and unique literary opportunities
that they can enjoy here in the DDS library, and then build upon at home. Thank
you Denver Public Schools A to Z Foundation!
