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Cassy Lee is a middle school Teacher Librarian focused on education equity, empathy, and empowerment. She is the recipient of the 2020 AASL Roald Dahl's Miss Honey Social Justice Award and the 2018 SLJ Champion of Student Voice. She lives in San Francisco with her husband, son, and a steady stream of foster dogs. You can find her on Twitter at @MrsLibrarianLee and at CSLA in February!

• The Power Project: AASL 2020 Roald Dah’s Miss Honey Social Justice Award Recipient

  By Cassy Lee on 12/07/2020 • ( 0 )

  “Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it,” says the wise-beyond-her-years Matilda. The theme of power plays an important role in most of Roald Dahl’s work, particularly youth standing up against powerful adults… Read More ›

• 5 Authors Discuss Mental Illness in YA

  By Cassy Lee on 08/19/2016 • ( 0 )

  

    An excellent panel on Mental Illness in YA at the 5th Annual SLJTeen Live! online conference this August 10 served as a reminder to continue to expand our collections to reflect a wide range of diverse experiences. These thoughtful… Read More ›

• 3 Ways to Address the Black Lives Matter Movement in Your School Library

  By Cassy Lee on 07/22/2016 • ( 3 )

  

    With the Black Lives Matter movement front and center in the news this summer, it is heartbreakingly evident we still have a great deal of work to do to heal racial issues in our society. Our students are absorbing… Read More ›

• Team up – Build a bridge to summer reading with your local public children’s librarian

  By Cassy Lee on 06/13/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  While school librarians are busy winding down and wrapping up before they head out on vacation, public children’s and teen librarians are ramping up their summer reading programs. We all know research has demonstrated the importance of reading over the… Read More ›

• May’s Featured School Library: Town School for Boys

  By Cassy Lee on 05/18/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Size isn’t everything, it’s what you do with it that counts. The library at Town School for Boys is not tiny by any stretch of the imagination, yet Town’s recent renovation actually left the library with less space than it… Read More ›

• Getting Real: Taking Time to Refresh and Refocus

  By Cassy Lee on 04/21/2016 • ( 0 )

  Spring has sprung. We are already neck-deep in School Library Month. We are advocating, collaborating, transforming, and full-STEAM a-heading toward summer. We are burn, burn, burning like fabulous roman candles, but it might be a good idea to hold up,… Read More ›

• March’s Featured Learning Commons: Shannon Robinson at The Morgan School

  By Cassy Lee on 03/16/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Imagine being hired for a new job in which you were tasked not only with transforming an old library space and collection but also with changing the whole school’s perception of the philosophy of how the space would be used…. Read More ›

• February’s Featured Learning Commons – Allison Rothman at Hoover Middle School in San Francisco

  By Cassy Lee on 02/17/2016 • ( 0 )

  

  This month I wanted to highlight a public school Learning Commons in a district near and dear to my heart, San Francisco Unified. I was able to visit Allison Rothman in person in the midst of a renovation of her… Read More ›

• January’s Featured Learning Commons: Debbie Thompson at Dousman Elementary

  By Cassy Lee on 01/20/2016 • ( 1 )

  

  To kick off the 2016 Learning Commons features, I am thrilled to introduce Debbie Thompson at Dousman Elementary in Wisconsin, who is graciously giving us a peek into her Library Media Center. In our interview, she reflects on how her… Read More ›

• December’s Featured Learning Commons: Candace Aiani’s USIC at Taipei American School

  By Cassy Lee on 12/16/2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Photo from TAS USIC website Knowledge Quest readers will recognize the librarian at the helm of this month’s featured learning commons, as her article on international schools and intellectual freedom was an online exclusive in the Sept/Oct 2015 issue. I… Read More ›