EPPL with local banks, credit unions, and community outreach programs with local non-profict organizations sponsor and coordinate the Money Smart Week campaign. The goals of this campaign is to provide financial education resources, educate the community, educators, policymakers of the importance of financial literacy, and publicize financial resources available to El Paso's diverse community.
As part of this initiative EPPL and Money Smart sponsors are sponsoring an ESSAY/ART contest. "This year's Essay/Art contest title is "What career do I want to pursue? When do I begin planning for this? Where do I want to study and why? How can I fund my college education?" Students are asked to write a one page essay about the topic and finalists are required to illustrate the topic with a shredded-money art piece. This contest is open to all middle school students (6th - 8th) residing in the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - El Paso Branch's geographical region."
Timeline: Essays due December 13, 2013 may download entry forms at http://www.moneysmartweekep.org/#!events
Learn how you can win an IPAD2, Microsoft Tablet or Kindle Fire.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Playaways at The Esperanza Acosta Moreno Library
Playaways are here at
EAM. Playaways are audiobooks on the
go. Audio is contained in a small unit that
includes a battery all that is needed are earphones to enjoy your favorite book
on the go!
Playaways available
are:
These playaways are based on Vernoica Roth's Triology of a Dystopian Society set in Futuristic Chicago. A society that is based on the virtues of honesty, selflessness, bravery, peacefulness and intelligence.
Other noteworthy playaways available are:
To browse for more playaway titles go to
our Library catalog
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Announces 2013 Teens’ Top Ten Book Giveaway recipients
Each library will receive a set of all 28 titles nominated for the 2013 Teen's Top Ten titles. The Teen's Top Ten titles were announced October 23, 2013.
Teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. For more information about the Teens’ Top Ten, please visit http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teens-top-ten.
This Book Giveway is sponsored by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Please visit www.dollargeneral.com. for more information about this foundation.
The following are the recipients fo these books:
Alicia LaFrance, Alexandrian Public Library
Allyson Evans, Waldorf West Library
Amanda Jackson, Gadsden Public Library
Amanda Pinyan, Madison Public LIbrary
Andrea Waldrip, Jackson County Comprehensive High School
Angela Cinquemano, Redemptorist High School Library
April Wallace, Pinson Public Library
Ashley Supinski, Easton Area Public Library, Palmer Branch
Barbara Janssen, Security Public LIbrary
Barbara Jaindl, Salisbury Middle School
Betty Chapman, Bradley Public Library
Christina Thornhill, The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal, and Forrest County
Cindy Shutts, White Oak Library District - Romeoville Branch
Connie Scharre, Our Lady of Providence High School Library
Danielle Rasmussen, Garland Public Library
Darnice Jasper, AACPL - West County Branch
Deanne Boyer, Muhlenberg Community Library
Dianna Geers, Harding Middle School Library
Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol, Natomas Charter School
Glenna Fallin, West Feliciana Parish Library
Janis Fox, Central Library
Jean Lovasko, Whiting High/Middle School
Jeanne Hirsch, Girls Incorporated of Lakeland
Jeffrey Bargielski, Francis Howell Middle School Library
Jenna Jaureguy, Baton Rouge International School Library
Jennifer Buch, Ida Rupp Public Library
Jessica Lee Robinson, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
Joan Yarsa, Lorain High School
Joanna Goldfarb, Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library
Jody Decker, Bayard Public Library
Juanita Kamalipour, Esperanza Acosta Moreno Regional Library
Judy Daniel, Drexel R-IV School
Julia Simpson, Auburn Public Library
Julia Hutchins, Leesburg Public Library
Kathryn McAllen, Rolling Hills Consolidated Library
Kefira Philippe, Nichols Middle School Library
Marcia Stiller, Corry Public Library
MaryAnn Karre, West Middle School
Meg Finney, Memorial High School Library
Michelle Chrzanowski, South Morrison Library
Pamela Rellstab, Defiance Public Library
Roberta Barber, Woodland Middle School
Ryda Worthy, South Mississippi Regional Library
Sally Banfield, Sheridan Middle School
Sarah Corso, Oak Creek Public Library
Stephanie Charlefour, Wixom Public Library
Susan Bannwart, La Porte County Public Library
Tara Smith, Cherokee County Public Library
Valerie Suttee, Onslow County Public Library
Wendy Stephens, Cullman High School Library
Teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. For more information about the Teens’ Top Ten, please visit http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teens-top-ten.
This Book Giveway is sponsored by YALSA and funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Please visit www.dollargeneral.com. for more information about this foundation.
The following are the recipients fo these books:
Friday, November 8, 2013
Thursday, November 7, 2013
YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Announced
The winners are Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Disney/Hyperion); The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (Scholastic); Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Harper Collins); Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (Harlequin Teen); Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (S & S); The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic); Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Farrar); Every Day by David Levithan (Knopf); Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross (Egmont USA); and Butter by Erin Jade Lange (Bloomsbury).
Friday, November 1, 2013
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