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Dr. Joseph reads to students at Belmont from his memoir Humanitarian, activist, veteran Black Panther, professor , director , playwright, ...

Jason Reynolds uses the aesthetic of magnetic poetry in this book-length poem of over 300 pages,   which is beautifully illustrated by Jason...

In this comprehensive non-fiction work for adolescent readers that has the heft of a text book,  author Magoon takes a comprehensive  look a...

  Maverick and Lisa are very much in love,  but during a brief breakup Mav spent one night with Iesha.   Now he is sure that Iesha’s three m...

We are delighted to share that during January the wonderfully talented visiting artist J’miah Baird has been leading creative writing worksh...

Los Angeles Public Library Catalog listing Passages' students' zines Back in December my Belmont colleague Jessica Ernyey, English L...

  After having his death sentence commuted, Nikki’s dad is eager to come home and get back to his casino business in Las Vegas. This spells ...

Last month during the week of December 20 the library at Belmont collaborated with Rebecca Fernandez, School Psychologist, and Michael Morga...

In spite of attendance challenges, some of us educators at Passages Academy’s Belmont site are kicking off a co-planned interdisciplinary co...

Photo credit: Claudio Leon Massive congratulations to colleagues Jamila Abdulrashid and Claudio Leon, school librarians serving Bronx Hope a...

With a gripping narrative,  author Sheinkin describes the Cold War’s arms race and the space race,  first dropping the reader into the stree...

Where does oil come from?  How was it used in ancient times?   And how did it become the essential commodity it is in our society today?   T...

I want to share these pictures of the Papertoy Monsters that invaded our school library just  a few weeks ago.  As usual,  some students enj...

Bronx Hope celebrated Latinx Heritage Month by highlighting centuries-old traditions and creating new art pieces.  Students observed the Rep...

This September students visiting Belmont’s school library celebrated Hispanic Heritage in our community by learning more about the terms His...

Students at Passages Academy engaged in a rich discussion about why books are challenged and/or banned in some schools or public libraries. ...

A belated “welcome back!” to everyone.  We’ve been so busy with re-opening and constantly disinfecting our libraries we haven’t had a moment...

Going to take a breather to re-up.  Wishing you a healthy summer full of good reads.  See you back here in September!  --The Passages Academ...

 If you only read one blogpost on the subject, I highly recommend this one by Kelly Starling Lyons and Torrey Maldonado , featuring the voic...

In writing this book, I wanted to be as authentic and truthful about my experience as possible.  I wanted my story to be told in totality: t...