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Library hosts annual BHM essay contest al level. This year’s essay prompt asks students to reflect on why Black History Month Henry Waldinger Memorial remains important today, 100 Library is marking Black His- years after Woodson’s original tory Month with its annual effort began. “It’s important everywhere, essay contest, an initiative that has grown steadily over more but it’s important especially in Va l l e y S t r e a m , than a decade and because of how continues to reflect diverse our commuboth national histonity is — to try to ry and the local acknowledge and community the honor as many diflibrary serves. ferent groups and “ Yo u w a n t t o people as we possimake sure that cerbly can,” children’s tain groups are repl i b r a r i a n Ja cly n resented,” library Kunz added. director Mamie Eng T he contest is said. “Black History open to students Month is an imporfrom kindergarten tant g roup that through 12th grade, needs to be repre- JAclYN KUNZ with winners selectsented each year.” Children’s librarian, ed in age-based cateThis year’s conHenry Waldinger gories: kindergartest theme is “100 Memorial Library ten through third Years of Honoring grade, fourth B l a c k H i s t o r y, ” tying the modern observance through sixth grade, seventh of Black History Month to its through ninth grade and 10th origins in 1926, when historian through 12th grade. Essays Carter G. Woodson established must be submitted to the Negro History Week to high- library’s Children’s Room or light the achievements of Black emailed to kidsroomvs@nasAmericans. Fifty years later, in saulibrary.org by Feb. 28. Prizes 1976, the commemoration was for this year’s contest are proexpanded to a month and for- vided by Green Acres Mall, mally recognized at the nationContinued on page 5
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STEAM around the world at Buck William L. Buck School welcomed families from its K–2 classes for an engaging Cultural STEAM Night that brought learning to life through hands-on exploration of world landmarks, cultures and geography. Students and their families traveled the globe without leaving the school, discovering destinations including the Amazon rainforest, the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Egyptian pyramids and the Statue of Liberty. Each station was designed to represent a famous landmark while encouraging creativity, problem-solving and collaboration among the district’s youngest learners.
e really are more looking at the content of it and the creativity behind it.