CASL hosted Courtney Penland for an awesome PD. Here's the link to the slideshow!

Thank you for registering for Courtney Pentland's Let's Library session "Engaging and Amplifying Student Voice and Choice in the School Library." CASL thanks Courtney for sharing her time, expertise, and inspiring resources with us. Access links to this CASL Let's Library recording and slides below:

Recording: LINK

Slides: LINK

Also, Melissa Thom has done lots of PD around building a culture of reading...








On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 12:33 AM Musket, Kimberly <kmusket@wallingfordschools.org> wrote:
Hello, 

I am trying to set up monthly reading activities/challenges for next year. I'd like to focus on one thing per month. It can follow a theme for the month or not.

For example, September is library card sign up month. Our public library has a bingo sheet with reading and library card activities. We would encourage all students and staff members to take part in this. 

I guess I'm kind of picturing being able to give out a one page calendar that shows what is coming up for each month. 

Does anyone set up a 10 month plan of reading activities and/or challenges? If so, I'd love to hear how it works and what you think about it. How well is it received by students and staff? 

If anyone does something like this, would you be willing to meet with me virtually to talk about it? 

Thank you
Kim

Kim Musket
School Librarian
James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School

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