"We are the ones we've been waiting for" - June Jordan (Tyrone Howard #NP4Equity)

Kudos to collegues Jenn Roth, Library Extraordinaire, Ainsley FM | Crazy Teacher Life Blog, and J’Mel Johnson for sharing their experiences and expertise today as part of North Penn School District’s #NP4Equity! #whoruntheworld

Gender Inclusive Terms from Sara Levine & MILA JAM / Sylvia Duckworth. #NP4Equity

We had the BEST morning with @OPfirsties and The Pigeon’s beloved characters. We shared how he makes his characters come alive and then practiced those same moves in our own work! #RIF Oak Park Elementary School

Our first Oak Park Elementary School Sharks Feeding Frenzy was a chance to gather, dig in, and learn. I can’t wait for the next chance to converge! 🦈 🏫 🦈

A collaboration for the ages: Abbott Elementary & Scholastic variety.com/2022/tv/news/a…

Latest issue of Oak Park Elementary School’s bathroom reading newsletter has dropped!

We love to OBSERVE our powerful word collection grow! @OPfirsties Oak Park Elementary School

“If we have learned one thing this year, it’s that we’re all connected to each other. We all breathe the same air in our lungs. None of us are immune to each other’s problems. That’s why we have to care about each other.” - Kelly Yang in New From Here

What an exciting day spent welcoming in Oak Park Elementary School’s incoming Kindergarten learners!

I’m just curious why it’s age appropriate for kids k-5 to learn about hiding under desks and not that sometimes people have two dads.

I NEED to know Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey - is The Pigeon hidden in the illustrations of It’s a Sign? We are in love with this book! What a perfect addition to the collection!

“and maybe oxygen masks are stocked in the books on the shelf my mother’s been begging us to read” -Jason Reynolds News & jason griffin

“Maybe that was the trick to life: to notice all the tiny moments in the day when everything else fell away and, for a split second, or maybe even a few seconds, you had no worries, no pleasure, only appreciation of what was right in front of you.”- Emma Straub This Time Tomorrow

“Not the kind that forces two people into shapes they don’t fit in, but the kind that loosens their grips, always leaves room to grow. Compromises that say, there will be a you-shaped space in my heart, and if your shape changes, I will adapt.” - Emily Henry

Did you hear? #TheQuestioneers’ teacher #LilaGreer is starring in her own picture book! Her story about kindness, learning to face your fears, & the profound difference that one brilliant teacher can make is coming this November. Preorder now: bit.ly/3AiydSZ AdaTwistScientist

She shrugs. “It could still happen. Life’s long.” That makes me snort with laughter. “I don’t think anyone says that.” “Maybe not,” she says, “but if they were truly present, maybe they would.” -Emily Henry, #HappyPlace