Educator • MS Librarian • #VAASL Potomac Regional Director • Co-host #vaslchat • Co-creator of BubbleUp Classroom • she/her/hers • Views expressed are my own

Joined February 2009
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Where has @boxedwater been all my life? Good for Earth but also a fun and satisfying way to sip! 🌳 🌳
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Gretchen Hazlin retweeted
Hi Virginia School Librarians and friends, #vaslchat is taking some time off. Happy reading! Gretchen @libraryms Krissy @GCMLibrary
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I feel so privileged to work for Amy Miller @kilmercougars -- she joined us in February 2020 and has led us through the most challenging time with extraordinary leadership and grace.
What an honor to celebrate with the award winner—Outstanding Principal for FCPS 2022! Principal Amy Miller of Kilmer MS—congratulations! @kilmercougars
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Gretchen Hazlin retweeted
SL takes home 7 Cappies including the big one for Best Musical. I couldn’t be more proud of all the student performers & crew & the amazing staff💙💚💙💚💙💚@SeahawkSports @SeahawkBoosters @SLakesTheatre @SLHSChorus @FCPSRegion1 @fcpsnews @SouthLakesSGA @SLHS_Counselors
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I’m so glad that @whatwouldDOOdo is back on the @Nationals this year! Love his passion for reading AND for social justice. My dream: Sean Doolittle speaking at the #VAASL annual conference @SekingerN @VAASL ⚾️📚
Nats fans! Coming to Sunday's 1:35 PM game? Get there early and join me in the Kennedy Room at 12:15 PM. We’re kicking off Summer Reading Sundays! We’ll read a little bit, do a Q&A and have some fun before the game! Go to nationals.com/SummerReading for more info. ⚾️📚
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Great chatting wiith you all tonight and all year long! Best of luck as you wrap up the school year! #vaslchat
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#LASTWORD. We're tired. We've been working really hard supporting students and teachers. We deserve to read fun summer books that make us happy and hand over summer reading reigns to our incredible local public libraries! #vaslchat
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A4: Invite them in before school ends, promote their programming. One year, we had a MS/HS meetup (w/ @GCMLibrary) at the local public library-- not a ton of kids showed up, but we tried! #vaslchat
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A3: We tend to promote the public library program. This year, we're having the Youth Services Mgr from the public library come present to kids during Advisory. In the past, we've done BINGO boards, FlipGrids, etc. #vaslchat
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Q2 (cont): This also the first year EVER that the library hasn't been closed for testing (YAY!) -- we used to have to work harder to get books to kids (request forms, lots of announcements on the news show)...but it's more business as usual this year. #vaslchat
A2: I don't have any great ideas -- I think we all fall apart a bit this time of year. I also feel like I'm full of mised messages these days: "get a book so you have one for SOLs" and "return all the books you have checked out for the year!" #vaslchat
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*mixed messages. #vaslchat
A1: My summer books are mostly for me, but I tend to read primarily YA, so it works out being for school too! Win-win! #vaslchat
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Hi! I'm Gretchen, MS librarian in FCPS. @sarahdessen's books always feel like summer to me! #vaslchat
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Congratulations to the amazing @southlakeshs theatre production of CRAZY FOR YOU -- 16 @CappiesNCA nominations, more than any other show this year! Great work to the cast and crew on a truly phenomenal show! cappies.com/nca/awards/2022 @FCPSTheatreArts #FCPSFineArts #ArtsforAll

Hope to see you tonight! Tag a librarian friend & pass it on! @carolynvibbert @lebfj @SekingerN @RipponLibrary @LaurieMBolt @rgrov1013 @MrsRiddileReads @BookyBaucum @imcraddock @HeatherBrownVA @LaraIvey @jnbeverett @MamaGilbsLib #vaslchat
It’s #vaslchat day! Join us tonight, Tues 5/10 at 8pm ET to enjoy some time celebrating summer and reading.
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Hope to see you for our final #vaslchat of the year! Can't wait to hear everyone's plans for promoting summer reading!
Tomorrow is the last #vaslchat of the school year and we are getting ready for summer break. Join us on Tues 5/10 at 8pm ET to talk about summer reading fun!
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Books UnBanned: campaign from BPL to help teens fight negative impact of censorship/book bans in libraries across the US. For a limited time, people ages 13-21 nationwide, can get a free BPL eCard with access to the library’s large collection of eBooks bklynlibrary.org/media/press…
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Have a great evening #vaslchat-ers! See you in May.