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** April 20-25, 2009 ** ** Rose ** ** Tree ** ** Media ** ** School District **** Libraries ** ** Media-Upper **** Providence **** Public library ** ** Middletown **** Public Library ** **// Penn in Hand //****, Media Fellowship House ** ** Mad Poet’s Society  ** ** February 18, 2009 ** ** I. RTM Library Meeting Minutes: **** Feb. 13, 2009 ** **  1.  Librarians selected April 20 through **** April 25, 2009 **** for our celebration ** ** 3.   **** Elementary and 6th graders will have lessons during regularly scheduled library periods to help with poem selection and practice ** ** 4.   **** For other grades, librarians will collaborate with language arts  ** ** 5.   **** Library staff will prepare an explanation of the program to be sent to all of the principals and administrative staff ** ** 7.   **** Librarians will announce the celebration via flyers to other district  ** ** II. **** Preparations ** ** A.   **** New ideas generated for event ** ** 1.   **** Kick off event in each school ** ** 2.   **** Having students get signatures of people they share their poems with ** ** 3.   **** Displaying the “pockets” afterwards on a “POET-TREE” in each building ** ** 4.   **** Have students start the day with a poem on the PA announcements ** ** 5.   **** Open mike opportunities at lunch time for sharing poems ** ** 6.   **** Making use of TV studio at high school for sharing poems ** ** 7.   **** Reading poems during school announcements ** ** 8.   **** Hosting a Poetry Slam ** ** 9.   **** Having performance poetry contest ** ** B.   **** Elementary librarians discussed possible lessons to prepare their students for ** ** C.   **** Elementary librarians began to select poems to reproduce for elementary students ** ** D.   **** Work has already begun on preparing the “Pockets” for the elementary grades (see attached examples) ** ** III. **** Luncheon Meeting Minutes: **** Feb. 13, 2009 ** ** A.   **** Get to know other interested members of the community – Present: ** ** 1.   **** Mary Ellen Goldfarb, former Glenwood Principal and Supervisor of ** ** 2.   **** LaVerne Motley, Librarian, SLMS, District Library Coordinator ** ** 3.   **** Winnie Host, Librarian, Penncrest ** ** 4.   **** Kathleen Cook, Library Tech, Glenwood ** ** 5.   **** Jackie Matusow, Librarian, Media ** ** 6.   **** Cheri Marzano, Librarian, **** Indian Lane ** ** 7.   **** Lisa Stuart, Librarian, Rose Tree Media ** ** 8.   **** Brandi Whitsell, Children’s Librarian, Media Upper Providence Public Library ** ** 9.   **** Chris Teter, Children’s Librarian, Middletown Public Library ** ** 10.   ****  Dr. Cecelia Evans, //Penn in Hand//, Media Fellowship House ** ** 11.   ****  Flyers/Posters to promote events, participating businesses, etc. ** ** B.   **** Not present but participating: Eileen D’Angelo, President, Mad Poets’ ** ** C.   **** Ideas generated at lunch meeting ** ** 1.   **** Scavenger hunts with poems tucked in book pockets, etc. ** ** 2.   **** Creating a collection of favorite poems ** ** 3.   **** Poetry list serve ** ** 4.   **** Poetry writing with family groups at Media Fellowship House ** ** 5.   **** Arrange field events with sports poetry ** ** 6.   **** Public events such as open mike and/or poetry slam ** ** 7.   **** Coffee house readings ** ** 8.   **** Sharing with pre-school, day care, seniors, etc through Healthy Community service ** ** 9.   **** Text poems to friends ** ** 10.   **** District discussion board for poetry ** ** 11.   **** It’s a poem, pass it on…give to a friend, etc., and see how far it gets ** ** 12.   **** Mad Poets’ Society -- Posting poems online that may interest high school and middle school students or other members of the community ** ** D.   **** Solicit help for outreach to non-public schools, day-care, senior centers ** ** 1.   **** Public librarians ** ** 2.   **** Healthy community volunteers ** ** E.   **** Make plans for enlisting help of business association in Media ** ** 1.   **** Contact businesses about offering a discount for anyone with a poem in their pocket to share ** ** 2.   **** Have “secret” sites where someone provides a small prize if a person shares their poem with them ** ** F.   **** Here is an e-mail list so that we can easily communicate with each other. Please check to make sure that I have your information recorded correctly. **
 * Poem in Your Pocket Celebration **
 * A. Review of ideas generated last year **
 * 1. Poetry Alive presentations in all schools (comp. 12/08) **
 * 2. Penncrest: NEA Poetry Recitation Contest **
 * 3. “Poetry Bug” – car decorated like a bug – that travels from school  **
 * to school with magnetic poetry pieces for kids to compose **
 * 4. Podcasts of poetry for and/or by kids **
 * 5. Poetry performances for community **
 * 6. Kids visiting seniors to read poetry **
 * 7. Kids visiting seniors to record poems they may wish to share **
 * 8. Establish RTM Wiki to share poems, podcasts, performance  **
 * videos, recitations, etc. from schools and community **
 * 9. Have poet come in to speak **
 * B. Samples of “Pockets” to print elementary poems on (attached) **
 * 1. We will print pockets with poems, some blank and some on lined  **
 * paper for elementary students and public libraries **
 * 2. Elementary librarians will select the poems **
 * 3. Angela Repice will type them up on the pockets **
 * 4. We have permission from Denise Kerr to have them printed by our **
 * RTM Print Shop **
 * C. Preliminary Plans **
 * 2. Librarians will provide preparation for the //Poem in Your P//ocket **
 * celebration in their schools **
 * instructors and other interested staff members to encourage and prepare students to participate **
 * 6. Librarians will meet with their principals to discuss possible ways in  **
 * which they’d like their schools to participate **
 * employees **
 * the poetry project **
 * Language Arts, RTM **
 * Society **
 * Mary Ellen Goldfarb  maryellengolfarb@gmail.com****   610-565-9388  **
 * LaVerne Motley  lmotley@rtmsd.org****   610-627-6671  **
 * Winnie Host  whost@rtmsd.org****   610-627-6272  **
 * Kathleen Cook  kcook@rtmsd.org****   610-627-6919  **
 * Jacqueline Matusow  jmatusow@rtmsd.org****   610-627-6812  **
 * Cheri Marzano  cmarzano@rtmsd.org****   610-627-7109  **
 * Lisa Stuart  lstuart@rtmsd.org****   610-627-7252  **
 * Cecelia Evans  cevans9118@comcast.net****   610-565-4495  **
 * Brandi Whitsell  mecsd@delco.lib.pa.us****   610-566-1918  **
 * Chris Teter  micsd@delco.lib.pa.us****   610-566-7828   **
 * Eileen D’Angelo  eileendangelo@comcast.net**