Euclid Public Library Educator Newsletter, May

Euclid Public Library

Educator Newsletter

Welcome to Vol. 4, Issue 8 of the

Euclid Public Library Educator Newsletter!

Click here to see a web-based version of this newsletter that you can send to others. Please forward to parents!

Library Hours

Monday through Thursday: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Friday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 PM

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

Summer Reading Begins on May 25!

EPL Summer Reading for all ages will begin on Saturday, May 25 and last until Saturday, July 27! All ages from birth to adult can participate - milestone prizes are given to children and teens as they read throughout the program. Children and teens who finish the programs will be invited to an exclusive party at the library!

The program will be available via Beanstack starting Saturday, May 25. IF you've participated in an EPL challenge via Beanstack before, please use your existing login; do not create another one.

Save the Date: EPL Reading Festival and Summer Reading Kick-Off Event

On Saturday, May 25 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM, EPL will celebrate the mid-point of the Cuyahoga Reads campaign and kick-off summer reading! Play games, get your face painted, do crafts, touch a fire truck, get free books, and get close to some of your favorite published authors.

Confirmed authors include:

Mindy McGinnis, author of acclaimed YA books such as Not a Drop to Drink, A Madness So Discreet, and The Female of the Species.

Justin A. Reynolds, author of books for all ages including the middle grade graphic novels Miles Morales: Shock Waves and Miles Morales: Stranger Tides.

Abby Collette, author of the cozy mystery series A Deadly Inside Scoop.

Don't Forget to Log Your Reading for Cuyahoga Reads!

EPL has the second-highest number of participants in the county for the Cuyahoga Reads Challenge! This is amazing! However, we are in the bottom middle of the pack of 9 libraries in terms of days logged. Don't forget to log every day you read. Did you forget to log? You can backdate your logging for days that have passed.

Every 20 days a child or teen logs, earns a prize. When you earn a prize, stop the children's desk to claim it!

Join the Cuyahoga Reads Challenge with your Students!

Register your class for the Cuyahoga Reads: Euclid Reads reading challenge, going on now through December 31, 2024. The goal is to read every day - it doesn't matter if students read for 10 minutes or for 4 hours - we aim to encourage students to develop positive reading habits.

Visit our Beanstack page here, scroll down to the middle and click on Register Class or Group. You can log each day your students read in class with just a few clicks. EPL can provide milestone prizes for every 20 days yours students have read. Contact Christine Pyles at christine.pyles@euclidlibrary.org to discuss how the library can provide incentives for your student

May Cuyahoga Reads Programs

The library is offering targeted literacy programs each month through October 2024 in conjunction with Cuyahoga Reads based on survey and focus group data, as well as the ODE report card for Euclid City Schools.

Please join us in May for our Cuyahoga Reads programs:

Family Literacy Night

Thursday, May 9

6:00 PM / Shore Room

This event is for students in grades K-8 with their grown-up. This program will focus on providing an interactive family activity, incorporating tips that can be used at home to strengthen literacy using games, music, art and various monthly themes.

Grades 3-5: Lit Through the Arts

Wednesdays, May 15

4:00 PM / Erie and Babbitt Rooms

This program will explore artistic expression and increasing writing and reading through the arts using hands-on multimedia projects, visual art, stories, and creative arts to improve reading comprehension, formulating questions, and more!

Join us for A Night at the Children's Museum of Cleveland!

Friday, May 17

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM / 3813 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115

FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

Celebrate your progress in the Cuyahoga Reads reading challenge by bringing the entire family to the Children's Museum of Cleveland for a fun and free after-hours outing! Don't forget to log your reading every day via Beanstack. Positive reading habits build lifelong readers!

Upcoming Programs

Mondays

Game Day

3:00 PM / Lake & Shore Room

Video games, card games, board games - game day! Teens are invited to join us for an open gaming experience, where participants can enjoy any of the games we have at their own leisure. Gaming includes the newest systems from Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo as well as a variety of board games and card games!

Wednesday, May 22

Pet Rock Adoption Day

All Open Hours

This Summer, adventure begins at the library! Drop by to adopt your very own pet rock to take with you on your summer adventures. If you decide to take a rock home with you, you'll get an adoption form, be able to decorate it as you wish, and get a passport to record the places you go with your rock. Throughout the summer, there will be backdrops of places around the world available for pet rock photo shoots. You can even follow along with everyone's adventures on social media (Instagram and Facebook) by using the hashtag #EPLRocks.

Wednesday, May 29

Life Skills: Learn to Sew (for teens)

3:00 PM / Shore Room

Learn to fix holes, reattach buttons, hem skirts, and more! Sewing is a handy skill that will always be useful to know, so join us at one of two sessions to learn. This class is for beginners, so we'll cover the basics.

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