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George Wingate Campus Library

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

George Wingate Campus Library:

Welcome Students and Staff to your library website for all assistance from literary to research based please utilize our webpage as a online resource for any and all things related to your library needs. To the right we have the Destiny search tab where students and staff can find our selection of e-books. Additionally you can select GWC Library Catalog from the drop down menu at anytime to be taken to the Destiny web page, home of our ebook catalog. 

Students, as 21st century learners you have a immense amount of information and resources at your fingertips all available to you online, and I'm here to help you navigate through it all!
Library office Hours w/recurring zoom link: 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88157425680?pwd=UFFRc2dLdFZZWG9FZTdpRlZjRGpvdz09

Meeting ID: 881 5742 5680
Passcode: 666949


Mondays: 8:30-9:30 & 12:30-1:30 Tuesdays: 10:30-11:30 & 12:30-1:30 Thursdays: 9:30-10:30 & 12:30-1:30
Fridays: 8:30-10:30

Please use the form below to reach out and you can also email @: 

georgewclibrary@gmail.com
nwhyte@bilanyc.net
​nwhyte@schools.nyc.gov

Check out this racial literacy slide!

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docs.google.com/presentation/d/195lyxfrYd8ZuW2zwL-lTOobofiFTtfeBKaK4GFtjcHk/edit?usp=sharing





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​EVENTS CORNER


FOREVER PLANTS!
Have you heard of "Forever Plants?" Check out this article to find out more!
youngzine.org/news/our-earth/have-you-heard-forever-plants

OLYMPIC FLAME MAKES IT'S WAY!
The Olympic flame is headed out, read more here:
youngzine.org/news/societyarts/2021-olympic-flame-makes-its-way



WOMEN'S HISTORY
MUST READS!!
  • Jaigirdar, Adiba | Henna Wars  (Ages 12+)
  • Kaplan, A.E. | We Are the Perfect Girl (Ages 12+)
  • Mabry, Samantha | Tigers, Not Daughters (Ages 12+)
  • Anderson, Laurie Halse | Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed  (Ages 13+) 
  • Kritzer, Naomi | Catfishing on CatNet  (Ages 13+)
  • Lim, Elizabeth| Spin the Dawn (Ages 13+)
  • Spooner, Meagan | Sherwood (Ages 13+)
  • Acevedo, Elizabeth | Clap When You Land (Ages 14+) (also available in ebook and eaudiobook)
  • Hattemer, Kate | Feminist Agenda of Jemima Kincaid (Ages 14+)
  • Liggett, Kim | The Grace Year (Ages 14+)
  • Taylor, Mildred D. | All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (14+)



BLACK HISTORY MONTH
MUST READS!
  • Giles, L. R. (Lamar R.) - Not So Pure And Simple | Ages 13-18
  • Jackson, Tiffany - Let Me Hear A Rhyme | Ages 13-18
  • Reynolds, Jason - All American Boys (ebook only) | Ages 13-18
  • Grimes, Nikki. - Ordinary Hazards : A Memoir | Ages 13-Adult
  • Ziboi, Ibi Aanu & Yusef Salaam - Punching The Air (ebook available) | Ages 13-Adult
  • Stone, Nic - Dear Justyce | Ages 14-18
  • Taylor, Mildred D. - All The Days Past, All The Days To Come | Ages 14-18
  • Reynolds, Jason - Long Way Down : The Graphic Novel (With Art By Danica Novgorodoff) | Ages 14-
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She beat cancer at 10, Now she's set to be the youngest American in Space! Check out her story here click link: 
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/science/spacex-hayley-arceneaux.html?smid=url-share

NY Times Article:
"Our President wants us here" - The Mob that stormed the Capitol

www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/capitol-rioters.html

CITIZENSHIP PATH FOR IMMIGRANTS 
TIME magazines article detailing efforts by incoming administration
https://time.com/5930687/us-immigrants-citizenship/​​
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Please encourage students to read with this great resource for access to thousands of digital books with optional reading supports! *Please note the password for HS is "read" all lowercase letters*

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SORA APP ONLINE

Campus take advantage of this amazing new app accessible with your NYC DOE email info for students and staff! You can also sign in and link SORA with your public library account and get access to both collections from the same app! With a variety of collections, preferences and diverse reads this is my new favorite go to app and I trust it will become yours as well!
CLICK THE PIC TO GET STARTED!




Questions?
Click questions and link to the blog, please feel free to ask any questions and get answers, info and participate in real time via blog or the contact tab!
Google Classroom Code
Join Now!

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Get Reading!!

Brooklyn Public Library
Students and staff can sign up for online access to Brooklyn Public Libraries online catalog and register for a virtual library card! Click on the button and go! Check link below for additional online reading resources!

https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/learning-center/school-closure

Nedra Whyte
School Library Media Specialist
George Wingate Campus Library

"Without Libraries what have we? We have no past and no future." - Ray Bradbury




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