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Grants & Awards

Our librarian, Melina is the proud recipient of the following grants, awards and donations on behalf of our BPC School Library.
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Donors Choose

August 2013 - Our school library was awarded a collection of big books, puppets and other educational tools to make story time magical, based on a grant we wrote. ($618.00)
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The Center for Fiction

June 2013 - Our library was given 100 books
April 2013 - Our library was awarded over 400 hundred books for our collection. We are so appreciative of The Center for Fiction's continued support of our school library!
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Donors Choose

May 2013 - Our school library was given 70 high interest books to add to our collection, based on a grant we wrote. ($501.25)
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MyLibraryNYC

June 2012 - Our school library was selected out of thousands to be part of a pilot program that  connects our library with the New York Public Library. Our catalogs are now linked and all our teachers are provided with educator cards that provide on site delivery of books and resources for all our students.

It often requires
more courage
to dare to do right
than to fear to do wrong.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Disney Educational Productions

April 2013 - Disney granted our school with a free DVD of the Academy Award winning film Lincoln (2012) for our collection
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James Paterson

January 2013 - Author James Paterson gave our school library 40 copies of his newest young adult novels
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WeGiveBooks.org

April 2012 - Our school was provided with 57 new books
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Target

August 2011 - Target awarded our library $2,000 We were able to get two new spinning bookcases and seventy-five new library books to support our youngest readers

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Scholastic Book Fairs

Our book fairs have placed 9,134 books into our students' hands. In addition we have earned the following profits that allowed us to purchase much needed resources for both our classroom collections and our library collection, and even a rug for our story time area!
10/22/2012 - $7330.67
05/29/2012 - $6829.01
10/27/2011 - $6560.89
06/10/2011 - $2025.46


Contributions and Donations

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Queens Library

April 2013 - Our library supported our eighth grade book drive and fundraiser. In addition our students collected three hundred books to give to four Hurricane Sandy effected Queens Library branches.

Grants in Progress

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Our School Library always needs more books to keep up with all the varied interests of our diverse students. Please consider donating gently used books or check out our school library wishlists at DonorsChoose and Amazon. Thank you!


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  • 4. HW & Search Tools
  • 5. Information Skills ›
    • Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
  • 6. Library Events
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  • 8. Online Safety
  • 9. ***READING ROCKS!*** ›
    • A. Everyone Loves to Read!
    • B. Amazing Authors
    • C. Award Winners
    • D. Books to Read Next
    • E. Comics & Manga
    • D. Music
    • F. Magazines
    • G. Online Stories
    • H. Poetry
    • I. Book Trailers
  • 10. Research ›
    • Primary Sources
  • 11. Parents & Caregivers ›
    • A. Reading With Your Child
    • B. Parent Links
    • C. Birthday Book Club Info for Parents
    • D. How to Help Our Library
  • 12. Subjects ›
    • A. Art
    • B. Gym & Health
    • C. Math
    • E. Science >
      • Science Fair Research
      • Solar System
    • F. Humanities >
      • 3rd Grade China Resources
      • American Revolution
      • Explorers
      • Maps
    • G. Spanish
  • 13. Summer Reading
  • 14. Teacher Page ›
    • A. Teacher Tools
    • B. Library Calendar
    • C. Comics in the Classroom
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