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Hello all!
After searching WorldCat and calling the school the author works at (no answer,
they are probably not back from summer break yet) I have decided to cross my
fingers and try to catalog these books myself. Thank you for all of the suggestions
- maybe someone else with this problem will create a more "professional" record and
I'll be able to update my own later.
Notes on "No Excuses Universities" - No Excuses University is about exposing
students to college symbolism. Along with the standards alignments, assessment and
data analysis that seem to be all the rage right now, there is a real focus on
promoting the idea that yes, students can and will go to college. There are college
flags and banners hung on doors, partnerships forged between classrooms and
universities, and even college chants. And "college" means any college; community
colleges, state colleges, private schools, etc. They encourage the idea that going
to college is a goal students should set and will attain.
Second, NEU is not just for charter schools. My elementary school is public, and
the school my principal instituted NEU at before is public - check out the story
here http://bit.ly/aZzpBe. Every school in my district has a library (such as they
are, but hey, at least children are able to come in and check books out).
For more information about The No Excuses University Network and the TurnAround
Schools Institute, go here: http://bit.ly/14Ad2S.
I hope this alleviates some of the confusion I seem to have caused. Also, we are
still in the first steps towards becoming an NEU school, so I guess we are still
figuring it out as we go. I have decided to make moves towards my library being
adopted by the same community college I am attending right now :) I'll hang
banners, pennants and the like, and hopefully encourage some of the students to
consider it as an option.
Thanks again,
Shaunterria Owens, Library Assistant
Del Rosa Elementary
3395 Mountain Avenue
San Bernardino, CA
909.881.8160
shaunterria.owens@sbcusd.com
DRE Library Events Calendar - http://tiny.cc/f2puk
Book Fair Homepage - http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/delrosa
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."
- Confucius
"We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be
lit."
- Dr. Robert H. Shaffer
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