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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Through the Every Kid in a Park program, all fourth graders are eligible for a free one-year pass to use with their families to visit any of the 2,000 federally-managed lands and waters, including
national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and marine sanctuaries. Library staff are encouraged to promote this opportunity in the library, through programming and storytimes, with the homeschooling community, and more.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">More Information<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C"><a href="https://www.everykidinapark.gov/"><span style="color:#76923C">https://www.everykidinapark.gov/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C"><a href="http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/09/public-libraries-promote-free-access-federal-lands-and-waters-fourth-graders"><span style="color:#76923C">http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/09/public-libraries-promote-free-access-federal-lands-and-waters-fourth-graders</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C"><a href="https://www.everykidinapark.gov/plan-your-trip/"><span style="color:#76923C">https://www.everykidinapark.gov/plan-your-trip/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C"><a href="https://www.everykidinapark.gov/how-it-works/"><span style="color:#76923C">https://www.everykidinapark.gov/how-it-works/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Posters</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C"><br>
English: <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/mediapresscenter/factsheets/Every%20Kid%20in%20a%20Park%20Library%20Sign%20082015.pdf">
<span style="color:#76923C">http://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/mediapresscenter/factsheets/Every%20Kid%20in%20a%20Park%20Library%20Sign%20082015.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Spanish: <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/mediapresscenter/factsheets/Every%20Kid%20in%20a%20Park%20Library%20Sign%20Spanish%20082015.pdf">
<span style="color:#76923C">http://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/mediapresscenter/factsheets/Every%20Kid%20in%20a%20Park%20Library%20Sign%20Spanish%20082015.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Social Media<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Every-Kid-in-a-Park-1433456993647993/">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/everykidinapark/">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#76923C">YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8NsvUGYCA93hlCfXxCwVlw">
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<b>Subject:</b> [oasl-all] ELEM: Every Kid in a Park site ready to roll today<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello, OASL friends. Welcome back to another school year. Hope yours is off to a grand start! We here in PPS have already been teaching kids for four days, while most of you are just coming back! Crazy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did you know that <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">this school year</span></b>
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">all 4<sup>th</sup> graders in the nation can get a free national parks pass</span></b> that gives them (and their family) free access to all national parks, lands and waters through August 31, 2016? This program is one of the
President’s initiatives, and it’s called Every Kid in a Park. The site went live today!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is a <i>great</i> opportunity for those of us in libraryland, and I encourage you to take advantage of it. We can sign 4<sup>th</sup> graders up as a class (librarians can register all the fourth graders in your school); we can share
this information with teachers and they can sign their classes up; we can help students navigate the site where they complete an online activity and get signed up individually; and/or we can create exciting, relevant curriculum around national parks and collaborate
with teachers. So many options to showcase the library and, more importantly, to provide an amazing experience for our fourth graders!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Several teachers in Portland Public have already been working together to collaborate on curriculum, and you’re invited to check out our TeachNPS site: <a href="http://teachnps.weebly.com/">http://teachnps.weebly.com/</a>. There are links
there to Every Kid in a Park (the President’s initiative), where students get their vouchers (each child will be issued a voucher with a unique code which is their pass) along with lots of other great resources and specific lessons (thanks to Jenny Gapp for
managing the page!).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this year is your best year yet and that you and your fourth graders get a chance to explore some of our country’s incredible national park units this year, both in books and in real life!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Erin<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Erin Fitzpatrick-Bjorn | Teacher-Librarian | Vestal Elementary | Mon.-Fri., 7:45-3:15 | (503) 916-6437<o:p></o:p></p>
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