<div dir="ltr">We publish two newsletters: a staff newsletter and a student newsletter. Here is an example of our student newsletter that just went out yesterday. It is created on flashissue. My colleague Amanda O'Rourke does a great job with these!<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><i>Cheryl Harris-Sumida, NBCT</i><div><i>Oak Forest High School IMC</i></div><div><i><a href="mailto:charris@bhsd228.com" target="_blank">charris@bhsd228.com</a></i></div><div><br></div><div>Current Read: Current Listen:</div><div><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51eQl+NfmFL._AC_US218_.jpg" alt="One of Us Is Lying" width="96" height="96"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZJ3xnwo8L._AC_US218_.jpg" alt="The Thousandth Floor" width="96" height="96"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 5:37 PM Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thank you all for sharing! I’m actually working on mine for this month right now. <div><br></div><div>If anyone else (even not using smore) has a newsletter to share, please do! I’ve been struggling to bank some ideas. Sometimes, we forget how awesome the things going on in the library are, and that they’d make good newsletter material. :)<div><br></div><div>I use Adobe Spark- here’s mine from last month. <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/ffAAf5stR7xHm/" target="_blank">https://spark.adobe.com/page/ffAAf5stR7xHm/</a><br><br><div dir="ltr">Thanks!</div><div dir="ltr">Kristina</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 25, 2018, at 3:20 PM, Email list for the Association of Illinois School Library Educators <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lw210.org%2fwest%2facademics%2fmediacenter%2fnewsletter.pdf&c=E,1,jwoW5kydYf-QUT4OHkzsq8_ER3lnJ1AgXT-tWnuwX-eOoi912eAkP73R0HHPiNFpnXtgxssINjORpWeG-e-odEvobwGfEJzuQyCDZqSnRYxI&typo=1" target="_blank">http://www.lw210.org/west/academics/mediacenter/newsletter.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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have been doing in the library (both for fun, like our monthly Lunch and Learn, as well as different uses classes have had for the space), and updates on any special programs/celebrations/clubs coming up, such as book club meetings, Teen Read Week, etc.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Our recent fall newsletter was a little sparse, but I was more concerned about getting info out about Teen Read Week festivities. :) I usually send out a newsletter once a "season," so like Sept/Oct
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