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Great Things for New Beginnings

by Kara O'Brien May 1, 2012 Leave a comment

Good news from the New Beginnings charter school, check it out!

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Spreading the Stories

by Erin Millar April 25, 2012 Leave a comment

If there’s one thing all of us here know, it’s the power of stories. We know how it feels to be so immersed in the lives of beloved characters that it’s like we’re living the story with them. We’re familiar with cheering on the good guys and hoping that the villain gets what’s coming to [...]

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Take a Book, Return a Book

by Erin Millar April 4, 2012 2 Comments

It’s a concept that anyone who has ever used a public library understands–take a book, return a book. It’s been drilled into your head ever since you got your first library card, or got the chance to check a book out of your school library. If you take a book, but don’t return it, you [...]

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It’s Time to Share YOUR Story

by Erin Millar October 27, 2011 3 Comments

In less that a week, it will be time for one of my favorite events of the year–National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). At midnight on November 1, thousands of participants will sit down at their computers, typewriters, notebooks, or whatever their weapon of choice is and will try to write a fifty-thousand-word novel in just thirty days. If it sounds insane, that’s because it is. But it’s also incredibly freeing and it makes you sit down and write whatever story you happen to have in you.

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NBCS- It’s a Library!

by Pam Harris August 29, 2011 5 Comments

Pam of the NYDA chapter takes you through the Imagine Better Library that the HP Alliance helped build during Accio Books! The library is finally set up and ready to be explored by students.

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The Sorting Continues…

by Pam Harris June 2, 2011 2 Comments

My Chapter NYDA is helping the New Beginnings Charter School build their Imagine Better Library. We have been there once before to help sort the books generously donated by HPA members and Chapters, but there are so many that a second sorting session was in order. Since our last visit, even more books had arrived. We had our work cut out for us.

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The Sorting Begins!

by Pam Harris May 21, 2011 5 Comments

The NYDA makes its second trip to the New Beginnings Charter School to help sort books! Watch the library grow!

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The Power of Story

by Kara O'Brien May 1, 2011 3 Comments

As we move on to a new Horcrux, take a moment to consider the power of fiction, and how it infuses everything we do at the Harry Potter Alliance.

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The Importance of a School Library

by Shrima Pandey April 26, 2011 1 Comment

School libraries are often over-looked, yet have a greater influence on the life of a student (particularly younger ones) than most people believe.

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Visiting the New Beginnings Charter School

by Pam Harris April 11, 2011 4 Comments

My chapter, NYDA, has been lucky enough to have been asked by HPA to work with the New Beginnings Charter School to help build their library. I had been in touch with the principal a bit to try to determine what exactly we’d be helping with and when our help would be needed. When my [...]

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