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Jennifer Sturge is a Specialist for School Libraries and Digital Learning for Calvert County Public Schools. She has been an educator and librarian for 25 years and is always looking forward. She is a member of ALA and AASL and is President Elect for the Maryland Association of School Librarians for 2019-2020. She is a 2017-2018 Lilead Fellow.

• Calvert County Public Schools and The Ruth Toor Grant for Strong School Libraries for the WIN!

  By Jennifer Sturge on 11/08/2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What makes a strong school library? For me, that question is twofold. Strong school libraries are staffed by strong school librarians and are used utilized by strong learners. This is why I was so excited that our middle school libraries… Read More ›

• Inquire, Curate, Explore: 5 Tips for the Under 10 Set

  By Jennifer Sturge on 10/08/2019 • ( 0 )

  

  ICE, ICE! The AASL Standards are made up of six Shared Foundations. Three of those Shared Foundations–Inquire, Curate, and Explore–encourage students to do the following: Inquire: Build new knowledge by inquiring, thinking critically, identifying problems and developing strategies for solving… Read More ›

• Perfectly Possible: Library of Congress Primary Sources in YOUR Library

  By Jennifer Sturge on 09/11/2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Beating the Summer Heat This summer, I got to beat the heat of southern Maryland by attending a very cool week-long adventure at the Library of Congress. In the spring, I applied to be a part of the Teaching with… Read More ›

• School Librarians as Citizen Archivists

  By Jennifer Sturge on 08/07/2019 • ( 0 )

  

  As a librarian, records, research, and historical events fascinate me. I also enjoy tagging information that I find, write, or include in articles, blog posts, or tweets. It would come as no surprise that when I attended a session given… Read More ›

• The School Wide Love for The Hate U Give

  By Jennifer Sturge on 07/12/2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I am never one to turn down a free lunch. So when the invitation was extended by Khristi Jenkins (school librarian) and Wrenn Heisler (English teacher) at Patuxent High School to come and join in a lunch-time book discussion, I… Read More ›

• Popcorn and the Power of a Great Book Trailer

  By Jennifer Sturge on 05/21/2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s nothing like seeing a great movie in a theater. First of all, there’s the popcorn. Movie-theater popcorn is unlike anything you can microwave or cook on the stove. There’s the anticipation of a great film and spending 2 hours… Read More ›