New
this month... Check out the Edgewood Branch for...
LEAP
(Learn, Explore and Play) is an innovating
science enrichment program for children and
youth in grades 3-8 based at the Edgewood Branch
of HCPL. Introducing different science themes
through programs led by scientists and engineers,
and take-home science oriented kits, LEAP encourages
children and teens to consider pursuing science
and technology careers that are and will be
the basis of many jobs in the local area. LEAP
includes Science
Kits, Science Pages and Books to Check out
and take home.
LEAP: Science is Fun! is
made possible by a grant from the U.S.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Learn
about Children’s Book Week and
cast
your vote for the first ever Children’s
Choice Book Awards.
Log in to Summer Reading
Buzz for Scholastic, Read 4 books this summer
and one book is donated to kids in poor countries!
Go for it.
Cinco
de Mayo celebrates the victory of the historical
battle of 1862 between Mexico and France. This national
holiday is a symbol of Mexican pride and unity and
includes great festivities.
Learn more about Cinco de Mayo at these sites: Cinco de Mayo
May 14, 1607- The first permanent
English settlement in America was established
at Jamestown, Virginia, by a group of royally
chartered Virginia Company settlers from Plymouth,
England.
May 17,
1954- In Brown
v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that segregation of public
schools "solely on the basis of race" denies
black children "equal educational opportunity" even
though "physical facilities and other
'tangible' factors may have been equal. Separate
educational facilities are inherently unequal." Thurgood
Marshall had argued the case before the Court.
He went to become the first African American
appointed to the Supreme Court. BrainPop, an animated educational website for kids, looks at the history of school
segregation.
