Ohio School for the Deaf's Library

Get ready to READ ACROSS AMERICA!

Spirit week dress up days start MONDAY: show your Spartan spirit and wear your Spartan gear!
TUESDAY: books bring out our wild side where animal print or your favorite animal.
WEDNESDAY: reading colors are world color day Elementary wear yellow. Middle school wear red. Class of 2029 wear white class of 2028 wear orange and black class of 2027 wear black and red class of 2026 wear blue and pink.
THURSDAY: reading is all around us wear a shirt with words on it!
FRIDAY: get cozy and read!Pajama day!

PLUS:
***Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) every day! Bring a book or other reading material.
***Bingo Bonus! Complete three or more activities on the bingo card and return it to the library for prizes!

Inspired by the recent livestream conversation “Reading Gaps of Black Deaf Students” with and here are new displays of books by black authors and/or illustrators in our library! Bonus phot of the Black Deaf History bulletin board outside the library.
ID photo 1: glass window display in the library featuring a variety of books by black authors and illustrators
Photo 2: display of books on top of a library shelf featuring books by or about black deaf people
Photos 3-4: graphic novels by deaf author/illustrators displayed on top of library shelves
photo 5: bulletin board in the school lobby highlighting some accomplished black deaf people

Due to an inclement weather and school closing today, we have to cancel our away game against Firefox High School. Onward to next game tomorrow at Mohican Young Scholars (away game). Go Spartans!

Happy Hanukkah to those celebrating the holiday!

Just 2 more days for our book fair! Shopping continues Monday and Tuesday during the school day. Want to support students getting books? Donate to Share the Fair here: https://shop.scholastic.com/stf/fund?orgUCN=600118017

Game Day on December 3 against our rival school- WPSD! Come and fill up the gym and watch both Girls/Boys game at 4pm and 530pm! Go Spartans!

SIGNFEST Dec. 18 at 6:30 p.m. ❄️❄️❄️

We are excited to announce the return of Signfest to December this year! Mark your calendars for Thursday, December 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the gym for the 33rd annual Signfest!

The book fair has ended in-person but you can still shop online! Thank you for supporting our school and our library!
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/ohioschoolfordeaf

Reminder that the Book Fair is still happening in the library! It is open today (4/28) until 5:00 p.m. and tomorrow (4/29) until 3:30 p.m. Tomorrow will be the last day! The book fair is a great time to get some books for summer reading. 📚

ID: "Reading 5 books during the summer can prevent a decline in reading achievement when returning to school. Source: Home Libraries Research Foundation 2023" Text is shown on a green background with a lighter green bookshelf border, a yellow book in the upper left corner, and a paper with "100" in the lower right corner. The Scholastic logo is centered at the bottom.