We Need Contributors!

Hi all,

Ms. D here. Are you a student or teacher who loves to read? Do you want your opinions heard? Comment on this post! We are looking for contributors for this blog. We would love book reviews*, but all sorts of school- and arts-based posts would be great!

Thanks!

 

*book reviews do not have to be positive! A negative review is just as valid.

Book of the Day: In The Country We Love

Book of the day: In The Country We Love by Diane Guerrero

Diane Guerrero, the television actress from the megahit Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, was just fourteen years old on the day her parents and brother were arrested and deported while she was at school. Born in the U.S., Guerrero was able to remain in the country and continue her education, depending on the kindness of family friends who took her in and helped her build a life and a successful acting career for herself, without the support system of her family.

In the Country We Love is a moving, heartbreaking story of one woman's extraordinary resilience in the face of the nightmarish struggles of undocumented residents in this country. There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the US, many of whom have citizen children, whose lives here are just as precarious, and whose stories haven't been told. Written with Michelle Burford, this memoir is a tale of personal triumph that also casts a much-needed light on the fears that haunt the daily existence of families likes the author's and on a system that fails them over and over..

 

Diane Guerrero is a BAA Alum! Read her story today!

Book of the Day: Be a Changemaker

Book of the day: Be A Changemaker by Laurie Ann Thompson

We've had the civil rights movement and the women's movement—now it's time for the youth movement.

When Divine Bradley was seventeen, he just wanted a safe place to hang out away from gangs and violence, and Team Revolution was born. At age eleven, Jessica Markowitz learned that girls in Rwanda are often not allowed to attend school, and Richard's Rwanda took shape. During his sophomore year of high school, Zach Steinfeld put his love of baking to good use and started the Baking for Breast Cancer Club.

Gone are the days when kids were supposed to be "seen and not heard." Today, youth everywhere are rising up, building new organizations, and creating the changes they want to see in their communities and around the world. Be a Changemaker gives readers the tools and confidence they need to affect real change. Readers will learn how to:

- Research ideas
- Build a strong and passionate team
- Create a business plan
- Enlist a savvy adult
- Plan events
- Work with the media
- And more!

Plus, profiles of youth-led social organizations show readers that it's never too early to become a changemaker.

 

Introducing: Your Library Team

Your 2015 Boston Arts Academy Library team is:

Ms. Allegra D’Ambruoso, Library Director

Can be reached after school hours at adambruoso@bostonartsacademy.org  for those last minute "should have done this assignment already and now I'm stumped" questions!

Ms. Emily Edmonds, Library Intern

Mr. Paul Walsh, Library Intern

Ms. Hayley Botnen, Library Intern

 

Ask us any academic question! Even if we don't know the answer, we know how to find it.

 

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