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APRIL 9, 2025
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VOL. 106, NO. 15
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The Library Lynx team from Queen Anne Elementary won the title of 2025 Global Reading Challenge city champion.
HANDS OFF! Courtesy Laura Marie Rivera Thousands of protesters flocked to Seattle Center Saturday for the “Hands Off!” rally. The noise from the massive crowd could be heard from more than a half a mile away. There were approximately 1,300 rallies across the country. An estimated 30,000 people showed up at Seattle Center and got to hear from U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, WA State Labor Council's April Sims, former Gov. Jay Inslee, many more local leaders, and emcee Kitty Glitter.
Indivisible was one of the many organizations that helped make the movement happen. According to their website, Indivisible is a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to “elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.” The massive rallies all across the country were a result of the call for a mass mobilization in opposition to Trump and Musk's attempts to manipulate our public services and our democracy. More information at Indivisible.org
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Queen Anne Elementary team wins By Seattle Public Library On April 2, after 60 tense minutes of competition in front of a cheering crowd in the Central Library auditorium, the Library Lynx team from Queen Anne Elementary won the title of 2025 Global Reading Challenge city champion. Wearing orange headbands and purple T-shirts, the fourth and fifth graders competed against 10 other teams by answering rounds of trivia questions about this year’s Global Reading Challenge books. Three other teams tied for second place: Genesee Hill Elementary's Book Bandits, Kimball Elementary's The Purple Banana Slugs and Orca Elementary’s The Intelligent Foxes. “As always, the Global Reading Challenge All City Final was a beautiful celebration of reading and teamwork,” said Chief Librarian Tom Fay. “We extend congratulations to Queen Anne Elementary’s team and all the students who participated in the program this year. By building literacy skills and a joy of reading, they are all winners. We are also grateful to Seattle Public Schools teachers, librarians, and administrators, and to The Seattle Public Library Foundation for their strong support of this program.” “At a time when literacy rates are declining, the Global Reading Challenge is more important than ever,” said Brian Lawrence, CEO of The Seattle Public Library Foundation. “We have been delighted to support a program that’s been making a difference for kids for 30 years.” A collaboration between The Seattle Public Library and Seattle Public Schools, the Global Reading Challenge promotes recreational reading at a pivotal elementary school stage when many students — especially boys — start to lose interest in reading. This school year, 528 teams of more than 3,500 fourth and fifth graders in 72 SPS elementary schools worked with school librarians and teachers to form Global Reading Challenge teams. Teams that won their school’s competition progressed to the semi-final round, with 11 teams progressing to the City Final. Global Reading Challenge books are chosen because they are rich, low-barrier books that reflect diverse cultural communities and have strong appeal to all kids. This year’s
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