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Stop by the Historic Hill District NFL Draft event!!! Lots of vendors and great food! Faith Books will be here all weekend!

🌸 Spring Break Learning Fun — Keep the Momentum Going! 🌞

Spring break is almost here! 🎉 While your students deserve a well-deserved rest, keeping them engaged in light, FUN learning activities helps prevent the "spring break slide" and keeps their skills sharp. Here are some creative ways to learn while having a blast! 📚

📖 Reading Adventures
📚 Visit your local library and let your student pick out books they're genuinely excited about
🎬 Read aloud together as a family (audiobooks count too!)
📝 Start a family book club — discuss favorite characters and plot twists over snacks!

✍️ Writing & Creativity
✏️ Start a vacation journal or travel blog
📮 Write letters or postcards to friends and family
📰 Create a family newspaper with funny stories and drawings
🎨 Write captions for family photos

🔤 Spelling & Vocabulary
🎲 Play word games: Scrabble, Wordle, Hangman
🏷️ Practice spelling words through text messages or notes
📱 Use free apps like Spelling City or Duolingo for short, fun sessions

🔢 Math in Real Life
🛒 Let your student help with grocery shopping and calculate totals
💰 Practice money skills — budgeting for a fun outing
🍕 Calculate tips and splits at restaurants
📊 Play board games that involve strategy and counting

🎯 Brain-Boosting Games
🧩 Puzzles, Sudoku, or crosswords
♟️ Chess, checkers, or strategy games
🎮 Educational apps and games (kept to reasonable screen time!)
🌍 Real-World Learning
🏛️ Visit a museum, zoo, or historical site
🌳 Nature walks and outdoor exploration
🍳 Cook together and discuss measurements & ingredients
🎭 Attend a community event or performance

The Key? Keep It Light & Fun!
The goal isn't rigorous academics—it's maintaining engagement and curiosity. 15–20 minutes of learning activities spread throughout the week is perfect!

Your student will return refreshed AND ready to tackle the rest of the school year!

Questions about what your student should focus on over break? Want to schedule a free consultation? Ready to register for tutoring?💬 Feel free to reach out! We're here to help.

Enjoy your spring break, families! 🌴☀️

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I want to send my condolences to the AAMI family and Miss Pam. I am truly at a loss for words. Dr. Johnson was my son's music teacher and mentor. He helped my son build confidence with his singing and performances. We visited him a few weeks ago in the hospital and Dr. Johnson spoke encouraging words to my son. He even asked my son about his monologue competition he is entering. Dr. Johnson taught right from the hospital bed. He told my son to stand up straight, speak clearly, and say his monologue so he could see it. Dr. J had my son say his lines over ten times until he got it right. This moment will stay in my heart. Dr. J truly cared about the kids at AAMI. He taught them discipline and poise. He will truly be missed. He is singing is heaven now. I am sure God gave him his crown and said, "Well Done".

The lost art of CURSIVE may not be lost for long. Cursive was removed as a teaching requirement in U.S. schools back in 2010. But now… there’s a push to make teaching cursive mandatory once again in PA schools.

What do you think... should we bring back cursive? Or let it fade away?

Black History Fact — Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Did you know the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem began as a small collection donated by Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican-born Afro-Latino historian and collector?

In the early 20th century, Schomburg assembled books, manuscripts, prints, and artifacts documenting the histories and achievements of African-descended peoples worldwide. His donation to the New York Public Library in 1926 became the foundation of the Schomburg Collection, which officially opened as the Schomburg Collection of Negro History and Literature in 1932 and later grew into today’s Schomburg Center — a world-renowned research hub, archive, and cultural institution celebrating Black history, arts, and culture.

Quick highlights:

Arturo Schomburg began collecting because he couldn’t find materials about Black achievement in mainstream collections.
The collection joined the NYPL in 1926 and opened to the public in the 1930s.
The Schomburg Center now holds millions of items and hosts exhibitions, public programs, and research services.

Share this to celebrate the legacy of preserving and honoring Black histories.

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Celebrate Black History Month — Give Back Through Books

This Black History Month, let’s lift up Black authors from Pittsburgh who shape our stories and communities. Tag an African American author from Pittsburgh below and commit to buying 5+ of their books to give a direct economic boost and share their work with friends, classrooms, and local libraries.

Why it matters?

Supporting authors financially helps sustain careers and amplifies more diverse stories.
Buying multiple copies lets you gift books to students, classrooms, community centers, or libraries.
Tagging spreads awareness and helps new readers discover voices from Pittsburgh.
How to join

Tag an African American author from Pittsburgh in the comments.
Buy 5 or more copies of their books this month (share a photo or receipt if you’d like!).
Use the hashtag and encourage friends to do the same.

Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) was a historian and is celebrated as "The Father of Black History" for founding Negro History Week in 1926. This week later became Black History Month in 1976.
Happy Black History Month! Take time to read, watch a video, or attend a program that teaches about the significant contributions of Black People in America and around the world!

Snow Days are coming! If school is canceled, what learning activities do you do at home?

"The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.