Multicultural-Bilingual Books Grant

I am thrilled to announce that the Lincolnwood Foundation has generously awarded a grant of $1500 to each district library for the purchase of multicultural/bilingual materials for the students, staff, and community! Kelly, Geri and I could not be more excited about finding materials to support our very diverse student body.

Next week the three district librarians will be visiting National Louis University's Center for Teaching Through Children's Books, where we will explore their large international book collection, and speak to the librarians there about resources to develop these collections.

Todd students love to explore new languages, cultures and countries, and are always asking me for more language and country books. I know the students will just devour the new multicultural/bilingual book collection the way they do most other library materials. 

I cannot say enough about the generosity of the Lincolnwood Foundation in making this grant possible. Check back in the future when the three district libraries celebrate and promote our new collections once they've been selected and processed.