Name: Literacy Sandcastle Building
Start: 2025-05-08T16:30:00-0400
End: 2025-05-08T17:30:00-0400

Thursday May 8, 2025 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

Students in high school redefine what a Reading Club can do in a high school library beyond the school library setting, while pulling reputable authors and literacy organizations together, creating amazing "sandcastle"-like results. Using creativity, advocacy, and defying obstacles, students show how they utilize the school library reading club to develop literacy festivals, bring in authors as well as legislators, and how they double the number of students into their school library, while connecting to their local public libraries. Discover the often unseen and unknown achievements of a student reading club that advances librarianship among all.

Speakers

Harry Brake

Library Media Specialist, Delaware Association of School Librarians/Walter P.J. Gilefski Media Center

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Chelsea Schmidt

Woodbridge High Student/Festival of Words Student Ambassador, Walter P.J. Gilefski Media Center

She/Her/HersI am a sophomore at Woodbridge High School with a deep passion for the performing arts. Whether on stage or behind the scenes, I am heavily involved in my school’s performing arts department, constantly seeking new ways to express creativity. Beyond the arts, I am dedicated... Read More →