Jason Reynolds has been named Young Person's Literature Ambassador by the Library of Congress. Watch a short interview here. Heather has written a collaborative grant application with KUSD to bring an author of young people's literature to Kenosha, and Jason is on the list of possible authors. She just learned this morning that her application scored 12 out of 12 possible points and will be funded! So let's keep our fingers crossed that Jason is available!
Thanks to Stephanie who has won a grant to deliver job readiness training to 50 Kenosha residents. Stephanie will be using ProLiteracy curriculum to teach job readiness skills at Uptown and Southwest Libraries, in partnership with the Shalom Center and ELCA.
Interesting article about why ebooks didn't take over the market as expected.
The KPL Foundation voted Wednesday night to dedicate Betsy Brown's $25,000 donation to create a children's reading garden at SW. We'll begin planning the garden in a few weeks, with a target date of late summer 2020 for completion. If you'd like to serve on the planning committee, please let me know.
Replacement of the Uptown back stairs leading to the basement will begin in April.
Congratulations to Heather for her selection to serve on the Power Up! (A leadership conference for Youth staff) planning committee!
The digital signs are being installed at SW and NS, slowly but surely. We hope to have them operational this coming week.
So much going on!
Enjoy the weekend and Go Pack, Go!
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