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by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Maker Specialist at Mackin Having students engaged and motivated in reading is one of our goals as educators. Therefore, it is important [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Maker Specialist at Mackin These are the dog days of summer and it’s becoming more difficult to get my kids interested in reading. In [...]

Recently, my dad asked me “Katy, where were you when the U.S. landed on the moon?” I laughed out loud, reminding him I wasn’t born … yet. I was born just a few months after we landed on the moon, [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist at Mackin Classrooms are filled with a variety of learners and therefore classrooms should be filled with a variety [...]

In a PBS NewsHour interview, Jason Reynolds, the award winning young adult literature author, shares his ideas on how poetry can get more young people interested in reading. And I couldn’t agree [...]

My younger son, Maxwell is a daredevil and for some reason, pain does not slow him down. Last summer, he broke his ankle while scootering and had to wear a walking boot for several weeks. He [...]

Grief and loss is a topic that is difficult to talk about with children. How do you explain death and dying to your young child?  This is a contemporary problem that is relevant to children, as [...]

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager at Mackin As humans, we are moved to make things, using our hands and our brains. The school library can provide an outlet for all students to [...]