The Great Migration

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Piloting Remote School Library Services to Detained Youth

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During this time of Covid-19, Passages Academy Libraries has begun piloting phone-based school library services to youth in detention....
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Ninja Plants : Survival and Adaptation in the Plant World by Wiley Blevins

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With stories of ballistic explosions,  plant hormones,  plant fakery,  and Alnwick’s Poison Garden,  author Blevins engages curious rea...
Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Hercules: The Twelve Labors: A Greek Myth by Paul Storrie, illustrated by Steve Kurth

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Fans of Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief series may enjoy this Paul Storrie full-color graphic novel about the twelve labors of H...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Bioluminescence: Nature and Science at Work by Marc Zimmer

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For students with an interest in what makes things glow,  Bioluminescence will shed a light on what scientists know about how living...
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Digital Library Resources: Sora, Passages’ New Digital Library Platform!

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Today Passages launches its digital library platform available through Overdrive’s Sora .  Sora makes it possible for our detained an...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Digital Library Resources: myON

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myON provides tools to support readers on a variety of levels. There are quizzes at the end of a book to assess and increase comprehensi...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Digital Library Resources: Junior Library Guild

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The NYC Department of Education has begun a distance learning effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.   We,  the Passages Academy...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Update: Coronavirus

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Hello readers! The Passages Academy Library Team would like to tell everyone that we are here during this challenging time we all fac...
Friday, March 6, 2020

Programming Spotlight: Drumfolk

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Belmont chaperones at the New Victory Theater.  Photo credit: Njeri Johnson-Smalls Last Friday most of Passages Academy's Belmont s...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Programming Spotlight: Drumfolk Pre-theater Workshops

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Teaching artists Tyler and Will instruct St. John's students and teacher Elaine Latham in step dance movement. Teaching artist Ja...
Monday, February 24, 2020

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson with Artwork by R. Gregory Christie

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No Crystal Stair tells the inspiring story of businessman, bookseller, and activist Lewis Michaux who started the first black bookstore...
Friday, February 14, 2020

New Release: Everything I Been Through

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Out today:   Everything I Been Through .  An anthology published by 826NYC with crucial funding  provided by Literacy for Incarcerat...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Programming Spotlight: Mindfulness Coloring

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Students and staff participate in mindfulness coloring workshop led by school psychologist Rebecca Fernandez. Photo: Jessica Fenster-Spar...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Permanent Record by Mary H. K. Choi

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Pablo is in debt,  has left college, and is working nights at a bodega when mega popstar Leanna Smart comes in to buy some snacks.  She...