6th and 7th grade tech survey!

Hey 6th and 7th graders!

The elementary schools are curious about how you feel about the preparation you got for using tech. So here is a survey that we'd like you to fill out! Please answer honestly, it really helps us figure out what we're doing right and what we need to improve!

BookFest 2024!

Hi everyone! Looking for something cool to do this weekend? The inaugural Lander-Grinspoon Academy BookFest is happening Sunday, November 10! Here's all the information:

BookFest 2024 at Lander-Grinspoon Academy
Date: November 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST
Website: BookFest 2024 pre-registration


Event Description:

Lander-Grinspoon Academy is proud to announce its inaugural festival celebrating children’s books, authors, and their readers!

They are delighted to host a stellar group of award-winning, renowned authors: Adam Gidwitz, Jeanne Birdsall, and Lesléa Newman.

The event will take place on Sunday, November 10th at Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, starting at 10am. This event is geared towards readers ages 4-14 and open to all.


SCHEDULE

• 10am PJ Pals Presents: Storytime with Lesléa Newman (readers ages 4-7 especially encouraged to attend)
• 10:40am Craft workshop with Big Wheel Press (readers ages 4-10 especially encouraged to attend)
• 11:00am Adam Gidwitz on “The Inquisitor’s Tale” ft. Lander-Grinspoon Academy band with original songs, based on “The Inquisitor’s Tale” (geared towards readers ages 9 and up)
• 12:00-1pm Lunch break
• 1pm Jeanne Birdsall on her new book in conversation with Adam Gidwitz (geared towards readers ages 9 and up)
• 2pm Adam's Gidwitz’s Grimm Storytelling (geared towards readers ages 9 and up)

There is no charge for the event but advanced registration is required and will close once we reach maximum capacity. BookFest 2024 registration

Community partners: High Five Books and Massachusetts Center for the Book

Get your art featured!

Hey everyone! Now that the news is up and running, we need you! We've been getting lots of great photos of people's pets (keep those coming!) but we also really want student art that we can feature!

Do you draw or paint? Do digital animation? Making comics or cartoons? Sculpt? Do pottery? Crochet? Any kind of art or craft you create, we want to see! Just send us a photo (or the video if it's an animation) and we'll feature it! School appropriate art only, please. Email your art to jfklive@northampton-k12.us

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year!

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year, everyone! I am so excited to meet those of you I don't know and see those of you I do! My name is Ms. Gilana and I am your librarian and tech integrationist. I just want to go over some logistics!

• The library will be open before school (at 8:10am) starting on Wednesday, September 4th. Please remember that cell phones are NOT allowed in the library, even before school.
• If you are planning to get breakfast in the morning, please go there before coming to the library.
• The library will be open until 3:15pm so students can get books, return books, renew books, or just touch base with me.
• Students are able to access the library any time it is open, but must have a pass from a teacher if it is during a class period.
• Students are allowed in the library during lunch time, but no food is allowed in the library, so they must go eat first.
• Student use of the library desktops for entertainment purposes is a privilege, not a right. If this privilege is abused, it will be taken away.
• We will be starting the morning news soon. If you would like to be involved, either on camera or behind the scenes, let me know!

(Here I am meeting a Highland Cow in Scotland this past summer!)

Black History Month: Spotlight on Zora Neale Hurston

Greetings everyone! Looking to learn some more about amazing Black authors? Well we've got a great video for you about the literary giant Zora Neale Hurston. Enjoy this video from Crash Course!