FROM Prince William County Government Reports 03/25/19 / Local Government / Books & Libraries / Kids Konnection /
This is part of the "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten" program, which encourages parents and their children to read 1,000 books before the children enter school. The program was first introduced in 2015 and continues to be the library system's most popular program.
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FROM Prince William County Government 09/19/18 / History / Local Government / Woodbridge / Books & Libraries /
The Woodbridge Civic Association, working with George Mason University and the Prince William County Library System's RELIC Program, is embarking on a six-month effort to record the oral histories of Woodbridge residents. The recordings will eventually wind up at the Library of Congress as part of the library's "StoryCorps" project, which gathers firsthand, recorded accounts of the events in the lives of people from across the country.
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FROM Prince William County Schools Reports 04/30/18 / Education / Manassas / Woodbridge / Books & Libraries /
Prince William County Schools reports that it is partnering with the Potomac Library and the Bull Run Library to bring a children's book author and an illustrator/author to the county on Saturday, May 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at both locations.
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FROM Prince William County Schools Reports 02/28/18 / Education / Books & Libraries / Kids Konnection /
Samantha Boateng organized the Read2Lead campaign as her International Baccalaureate (IB) Studies Creativity Activity Service Project at Gar-Field High School. She began collecting book donations to send to Ghana. With help from her school community, the campaign was a huge success and it inspired her to go a step further. She founded the Read2Lead non-profit organization.
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FROM Prince William County Schools Reports 02/27/18 / Bristow / Education / Books & Libraries / Kids Konnection /
In celebration of Black History Month, the mother of a Chris Yung Elementary School student and her sorority sisters set out to compile a set of books that positively feature main characters who are black. They donated the 35-book collection to the school library.
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FROM Prince William County Schools Reports 02/18/18 / Education / Books & Libraries /
Teach Like a Pirate by Dave Burgess is the latest book study for Marshall Elementary teachers participating in the Teacher as Readers initiative. Marshall Elementary teachers are not only reading the book, but over a two-month period they meet five times to discuss it and determine more effective teaching strategies.
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02/05/18 / People & Places / Woodbridge / Books & Libraries / Creative Arts /
Northern Community College Woodbridge Campus, in collaboration with the OWL Writers of Southeastern Prince William County, announce the formation of the Second Saturday Writers Guild to provide the college and its surrounding writing community a comfortable environment to connect, network and hone their craft.
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FROM Prince William County Government 02/04/18 / Education / History / Books & Libraries / Kids Konnection /
Black History Month programs at the libraries will feature a puppet show, stories from black history and black authors and Freedom Quilt squares.
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