Thank you, Julie Overly, for ZOOMing into our classrooms to help us learn about the celebration of Diwali. Geography, respect for others & a beautiful story rolled into 30 minutes! “May the words we speak be as sweet” as the foods we enjoy! #BridgeportPROUD! ⁦Julie Overly⁩

Fabulous Instructional Coaches Overly and Bell join us as we recognize 28 FIM Mathematicians, 7 Grand Champions, and 8 Goals Index finishers! #BridgeportPROUD! ⁦Robert Sun⁩ ⁦First In Math⁩ ⁦24® Game⁩

Hey, edu-friends! Check out the latest episode of the #PLPlaybookPodcast! I chat with UMASD Instructional Coaches (Elem & MS) Julie Overly & Amy Odgers about their journey facilitating gamified professional learning experiences with staff. Lots of great resources in the show notes! sites.google.com/view/the-pl-pl…

Having fun streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to read "Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama" by Selina Alko on this 2nd day of Hanukkah. Love learning about how multicultural families blend their special traditions! 🕎🌲❄️🫶🏼

Happy Black History Month! 🖤💛💚♥️ I'm celebrating with Upper Merion Area School District elementary students by reading a wonderful story about a famous Black photographer called, "Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!" by @AndreaJLoney 📸 Black History is American History!

It's #InternationalWomensDay and I'm zooming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms to share the book Lion on the Inside, by and about the UNSTOPPABLE Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir. What an inspiration to women and girls everywhere! 🏀💪🏽💥 kidscanpress

Loved streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to share this wonderful story about Ramadan & Eid-al-Fitr. Thankful our school district honors Muslim families by making Eid a school holiday! Eid Mubarak to all families celebrating next Wednesday, April 10th! ☪️

Final read aloud of the year with Upper Merion Area School District elementary students! Streaming into classrooms today for AAPI Heritage Month to honor Wong Kim Ark and his landmark Supreme Court win which ensured that anyone born in America IS American. What a story! #AAPIHeritageMonth

That's a wrap! One year of read alouds honoring the many amazing cultures in our world. What a gift to share these moments with Upper Merion Area School District elementary students! Thanks to all the teachers who tuned in each month. 🙏🏼

I'm back streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms! We kicked off #HispanicHeritageMonth with the book "Pura's Cuentos," which tells the story of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian who embodied the idea that #representationmatters through bilingual storytelling. 🇵🇷

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to share Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America in honor of #IndigenousPeoplesDay and our upcoming election! "A right isn't right till it's granted to all." #vote 🗳️

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classes today to share Keepunumuk: Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story! What an honor to share the Thanksgiving story from the Native perspective and to celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with this beautiful book.

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to learn about the science, history and culture connected to the Winter Solstice. The Shortest Day by Wendy Pfeffer is teaching us so much about this special time of year! ❄️🔥🧣☕☀️🌛🌚🌝

Did you know that Jan 1st isn't the only New Year people celebrate!? I'm streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classes today to read Two New Years by Richard Ho about his family that celebrates Lunar New Year AND Rosh HaShanah! Happy New Year! 🧧✡️ 🎇

Did you know that there are many different New Year celebrations? Instructional Coach ⁦Julie Overly⁩ once again zoomed into classrooms throughout the District with a lesson that included a beautiful story, history, geography and culture. #BridgeportPROUD!

Thank you, Julie Overly for another memorable literacy experience! 📚We love when you “Zoom” into our classroom!🌟 Upper Merion Area School District

Streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to honor #WomensHistoryMonth and #DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwaremessMonth by reading a book about the amazing Dr. Temple Grandin. She is such a gift to this world!

Julie Overly, our Elementary Instructional Coach has been running a 3rd grade teacher professional development at Gulph in the area of Fundations! The teachers graduated this week! They learned all the blends, how to mark up words & more! Congratulations!

It's that time again! I'm streaming into Upper Merion Area School District elementary classrooms today to share The Arabic Quilt by Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan honor of #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth What a beautiful story of embracing your language and culture!

Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth ! My last virtual read aloud of the year for Upper Merion Area School District elementary students is this incredible story about Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen. 🍜 Thanks for a great year of reading and learning together! 💙💛