Week 12
Day 56:
Change the Bulletin Board Displays
Day 57: Visit the ALA's Advocacy Univeristy. Here's an easy one from their Frontline School Library Advocacy Toolkit. Thank Someone. Tell them what you are thankful for and why it matters.
Day 58: Write a letter about supporting libraries to your newly elected officials.
Day 59: Make a bulletin board or white board of new releases and when they are available for check out.
Day 60: Have a Wish List, or place holds for the popular new releases.
Week 13
Day 61:
When the principal asks you for a favor, say YES! For example, be ready to do a staff development presentation on short notice, or represent the school on committees and at conferences.
Day 62: Work with your ASB to put up a giving tree in your library.
Day 63: Place a book order to support a curricular project.
Day 64: Give an extended due date for a classroom project.
Day 65:
Have make and take project supplies available for students and teachers to use: stapler, tape, hole punch, scissors, crayons, markers, colored pencils, pencils, pens, ruler, scratch paper and white out.
See Also: Makerspaces
Week 14
Day 66: Collect pens from companies (Library Store often includes free pens when you order) who use them to advertise and make them available for teachers and students to take for free (ARMY and NAVY are good sources for free stuff too).
Day 67: Partner with your art department to do an art gallery.
Day 68: Let students check out multiple books to read over the holidays.
Day: 69: Give the teachers a break and do a "Read the Movie" booktalk for their class. Feature movie trailers for books made into movies.
*Winter Break*
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