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KINARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CLOVER, SC.
The theme, “Mawmaw & Pawpaw, You’re Telling Me a Story!”, begins September 10, with the Mayor of Clover, issuing a proclamation declaring Grandparents Week at Kinard Elementary School. During that week, elementary students will use iMovie to introduce their Mawmaws and Pawpaws’ sharing life stories. Other activities include a grandparents’ read-a-thon in the library; Mawmaw’s favorite recipe day, in which students will produce a Mawmaw’s Memories Cookbook. The culminating activity will be breakfast with the grandparents.
MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TN
The theme, “March On! Memphis! (Remembering the 1968 Sanitation Strike), begins in August. All the students from Middle College High School will read the book, “Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop—the Sanitation
Strike of 1968”. After reading the book, students will write a personal literary response to the book. In September, during a school-wide assembly, students will hear a guest panel of five grandparents and one Memphis sanitation worker discuss their memories of the Memphis strike, the personal impact of Dr. King’s Mountaintop speech and his assassination. Questions and answers will follow the presentation and students will present their written reflections on the 1968 strike and Dr. King.
UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY, UNIONDALE, NY.
Reading is Grand: Bridging the Generations to celebrate African American Heritage is a three-part series which
will bring together grandchildren and their grandparents so that these children can learn about and document their family history, culture and traditions. The first part will be an intergenerational fundamental genealogy workshop. The second part will be a Freedom Quilt craft workshop in which grandparents will work with their grandchildren
to make “no sew” freedom quilts. The culminating activity will be a food heritage celebration and intergenerational dialogue in which grandparents and their grandchildren will discuss the importance of knowing one’s heritage, while participating in a communal dining experience.
The 2018 Reading is Grand Celebrating Grand-Families @ Your Library selection committee includes, Chair Karen Lemmons, Library Media Specialist, Detroit School of Arts, Detroit, MI; Denyvetta Davis, President, BCALA, Roland Barksdale-Hall, Library Director, Quinby Street Resource Center, and Kirby McCurtis, Administrator, North Portland Library, Multnomah County Library, Portland Oregon.
Contact Person:
Karen Lemmons, Chair 2018 Reading is Grand! Selection Committee Phone: 313.580.4253
Email: [email protected]