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Why did we think of this?
Amy Toombs, [|T. A. Howard Middle School librarian], and Debbie Andrews, [|Danny Jones Middle School librarian], sat together during Reading4Life @ your Library. This [|ESC XI] workshop was conducted by [|Judy Moreillon], assistant professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, Texas Women's University.

We sat there whispering to each other, when appropriate, "We need to do this! Let's think of how we can do this and combine the two schools! Oh, don't you wish we'd brought a teacher?" Our excitement continued after we left the workshop (February 2010). Each of was determined to think of a teacher who would fit our requirements:


 * willing to take risks with the librarian
 * willing to collaborate
 * willing to embrace technology
 * fun to work with

We felt this would best be __introduced__ in a Pre-AP environment. This project would allow us differentiate in the Pre-AP Language Arts classes for the [|ACCEL] students.

We found our teachers. Frankly, we knew who we would ask prior to leaving the workshop.


 * [|Sara Visentine], ACCEL coordinator and Pre-AP 7th grade Language Arts teacher at Danny Jones Middle School.
 * Melanie Beckett, ACCEL coordinator and 7th grade Language Arts teacher (Pre-AP and regular LA classes) at T.A. Howard Middle School

Our dream of having the students of both campuses collaborate is still to come. However, we are very pleased with our progress this year.

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