D97 Library Newsletter
March 2019
Spring is Just Around the Corner!
Thank you for visiting our monthly newsletter for all teachers, parents, and community members of District 97. Each month, D97 teacher librarians collaborate to bring you useful information, and highlight some of the things our students are learning in our libraries.
We love to hear from you! This month's collaborating teacher librarians:
Carolyn Frame: cframe@op97.org- Lincoln
Sabrena Robinson: srobinson@op97.org- Mann
Important Dates
3/2 Read Across America Day celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday. Which book is your favorite?
3/10 Daylight Savings Time- don't forget to move your clocks forward an hour!
3/14 Celebrate math on Pi Day. Eat Pie. Play with math. Memorize 10 or even 100 digits of Pi.
3/15 The Ides of March. Julius Caesar famously said, "Beware the Ides of March."
3/17 It's St. Patrick's Day! What special tradition happens to the Chicago River?
3/19-4/8 March Madness. College basketball fans- who do you think will win?
3/20 Vernal Equinox. It's the official first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.
3/20 Purim begins at sunset. This is a time of feasting and merrymaking for people of the Jewish faith. They give gifts to one another and help those who are less fortunate than themselves.