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Mansfield, OH
Birthday:
September 5
Hometown:
Moundsville, WV
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I am a high school and junior high librarian. I also work part-time at the reference desk of our public library and help with teen programming. I am very interested in the concept of information literacy and would love to have more opportunities to teach this to our students. I am also very interested in encouraging kids to read. I see so many teens, especially boys, who think they hate to read, but when they are forced to read a book they enjoy it. I am also intrigued by the idea that reading non-fiction is more beneficial than fiction. I was born in WV but moved to TX after high school. Have 4 teenagers and 5 cats. Right now the cats are the hands down favorites (even with their shedding!) I am a vegetarian. But if we went back to TX i'd probably have to have a chicken fried steak!
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Greetings Annne Rhodes,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
Teacher Librarian at McLain HS
Lakewood, CO