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Open to teens in grades 6-12 living in Kent County, Michigan

Attention aspiring poets: Enter your work into the Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest!

The contest, organized by Kent District Library in Kent County, offers two chances to win prizes. Submit up to two poems for a chance to win a $50 Meijer gift card. Then, read one of your poems at our 5th Annual Write Michigan Teen Poetry Slam for another chance to win! You must submit a written work to be eligible for the teen poetry slam.

This programming is sponsored in part through the generous gifts of community donors.
Submission deadline: 5 PM April 6, 2020 April 30, 2020
Contest Guidelines

Contest is open to Kent County residents in grades 6-12.

Poems must be submitted online only.

A maximum of two poems per person can be submitted.

Submitting a poem automatically makes you eligible to participate in the teen poetry slam.

All poems must be your own original work.

Submissions become the property of Kent District Library and will not be returned. Please be sure to make a copy for yourself.

Winning entries will appear on the KDL website's Teens page. KDL reserves the right to correct minor spelling and grammatical errors.

Twenty winners (10 in the juried contest and 10 in the teen poetry slam) will each receive a $50 Meijer gift card.

Winners will be announced at the Write Michigan Teen Poetry Slam a future date; please visit back for an update.

Important Dates

Write Michigan Teen Poetry Workshop

Here is a great chance to learn and work with one of our area's finest poets. Kelsey May will share her knowledge of writing, submitting and performing poetry - just in time for you to submit to the KDL Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest. Refreshments provided. Pre-registration required.

Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 6:30 PM, Kelloggsville Branch

Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch

Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at 3:15 PM, East Grand Rapids Branch

Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Wyoming Branch

Celebration of the Arts ft. Rodney Torreson Obe and Johan Vandertol

Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 6:30 PM, Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch Cancelled

Write Michigan Teen Poetry Slam

Thursday, April 23, at 6 PM, Kentwood (Richard L. Root) Branch Cancelled

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Open to teens in grades 6-12 living in Kent County, Michigan Attention aspiring poets: Enter your work into the Write Michigan Teen Poetry Contest! The contest, organized by Kent District Library in Kent County, offers two chances to win prizes. Submit up to two poems for a chance to win a $50 Meijer gift card.

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New! Introducing ContentNav

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Learn how you can support personalized learning for your students and staff with PowerSchool Schoology Learning.

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Interoperable classroom tools are no longer a nice-to-have-fortunately, PowerSchool Schoology Learning has deepening integration with PowerSchool's suite of solutions.

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When you have your parent access code, go to: app.schoology.com/register.php.

1. Click the "Parent" button below the "Instructor" and "Student" buttons in the "Sign Up for Schoology" section.

2. Enter the access code you received, and click Continue.

3. Enter your name and email (not the student's) and choose a password.

To sign in with your existing account, open the PowerSchool Schoology app in your web browser or mobile device:

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Technically, yes. However, most schools and districts using Schoology Learning have opted to have just one LMS to increase consistency and productivity throughout their organization.

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See how our K-12 learning management system can help support student growth and performance to ensure learning continuity.

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Schoology Learning K-12 learning management system makes it easy to implement hybrid learning and integrate your favorite teaching and learning tools.

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Try to pick one OR all of these activities to do EVERY day.  Make a competition out of it with your family.  Keep track of your and your family's scores.  Write them down and keep track of your improvements, just like we do in PE class.  Maybe even have a prize for the winner or something else fun!  Make it a game and have some fun with it!

1.  Do sit-ups for 60 seconds each day keeping track of how many you do each time
2. Line Hops (both feet, left foot only, right foot only: side to side and front to back) for 60 seconds each

3.  Sit and reach stretch AND standing with feet together stretch.  10-second count at a time for a total of 6 times, each stretch
4.  Distance Run:  Pick a time (5 mins.) or distance (1/2 mile to 1 mile) and go for a fast walk/light jog/jog (not a cool-down walk).       See if you can go faster or go further each time
5.  Pull-Ups, Push-Ups, or Arm Hang.  To improve your upper body strength. Try doing push-ups, pull-ups or arm hangs. Do as many as you can for as long as you can.  If you don't have a pull-up bar, find a beam, a tree branch or something you can hang from and just hang for as long as you can (timing yourself) or attempt as many pull-ups as you can.

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This website can be used to learn and practice many skills. If you don't have an account, create one. Your parent will just need to confirm the account via email.

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If you're behind a web filter, please make sure that the domains *.kastatic.org and *.kasandbox.org are unblocked.

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Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice

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If you are looking for some reading material, check out this link.

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Scholastic Magazines+ are a great way to supplement classroom learning. Standards-based titles cover topics like current events, language arts, math, science, and social studies.

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Another great place to find reading material is the Kent District Library. This link helps you connect online.

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Want to learn a new language, keep the kids busy with a craft, or simply relax with a good audiobook? Stream your favorite music, flip through a digital magazine, or watch an award-winning film. Check out free online resources and programs that you can access anytime from home. It's all here.

Get a library card

KDL's digital library is available 24/7 from the comfort of your home or wherever you are. If you don't have a KDL card, you can apply for an online-only card that will grant you 90 days of access to our digital collection and research databases. As a requirement to apply, you need to live in the KDL service area and be at least 18 years old.
Get a library card
Digital downloads

To get started, download the app on your mobile device and log in with your library card number. Items expire after their due date, so they're never late or incur fines.

Ebooks and audiobooks

Check out up to 40 ebooks and audiobooks total.

Check out 10 items total in a month.

Check out up to 20 ebooks and 20 audiobooks.

Tumblebooks

A collection of animated, talking picture books, as well as games, educational tools and more geared toward younger readers.
Una colección de libros parlantes y animadas, además de juegos, herramientas educativas y más.

TV and movies

Check out 10 items total in a month.

Music

Check out 10 items total in a month.

Download five mp3s a week (music videos count as two downloads) and stream five hours of music a day.

Magazines

We carry more than 100 titles.

We carry more than 100 titles.

Livestreamed and recorded programs
Check out the list of upcoming programs that can be enjoyed online
Homework help

We offer a collection of online resources that students in K-12 can use to continue their studies while they're home. Log in using a KDL card number.

Online reading clubs

Beanstack
We have two reading programs currently taking place: Mission: Read, which is open to enrollment to students in K-3, and starting June 1, Summer Wonder, which is open to all ages.

Learn a new skill

Here's a sampling of some of the online resources you can find on our Learn & Research page that will help you broaden your horizons.

Career Skills Training by Penn Foster - Work-related skills that employers look for when hiring, including literacy, math, soft skills and digital literacy.

Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center - Detailed "how-to" instructions and creative ideas to meet the interests of virtually every hobby enthusiast.

Home Improvement Reference Center - Detailed, user-friendly "how-to" information covering a variety of home improvement and repair projects.

Little Pim - Language learning for children ages 0-6

Lynda.com - 3,000+ courses on business, technology and creative skills.

Mango - Courses offered for 70 foreign languages and ESL tailored for 20 languages.

Research

Trying to dig deep on a particular subject and get as much information as you can? We offer a variety of online resources on our Learn & Research page that can help. Here's a few of the topics they cover:

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Use the library from home | Kent District Library

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In your math course, there is a new folder called "Enrichment." There are printable review exercises, along with some new digital activities.

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Review the parts of the eye.

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In this video, I review the structure of the eye. By Ronald Sahyouni.

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States of Matter WebQuest - Print the worksheet or try and write the answers on a piece of paper.

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Learn about either new or past science topics. They are giving free access. "Ecology and Behavior" has a great section on Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson. Feel free to check out any topic you might be interested in.

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BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts & Music, Health, and Technology

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Check out a few current events each week. Pick one to reflect on. The refection sheet is on Schoology OR you can use Google Slides to reflect on what you learned.

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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week.

View articles by grade level

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Keep up on your Geography skills by playing some of these games.

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World Geography Games Online - Let's play and learn Geography!

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Brain-engaging geography map games: learn countries of the world, capitals, flags, US States, continents, oceans, mountains, rivers, islands and much more.

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GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings.

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International trade touches us all. We drink soda from cans made of aluminum mined in Australia, wear shoes made in Europe, eat fruit from South America, build machinery from steel milled in Asia, wear clothes made from African cotton, and live in homes built from North American wood. We take it for granted, yet before we can enjoy these products and materials, traders must negotiate prices and deliver the goods through a network of relationships that literally spans the globe.

Play this game to experience the challenges and excitement of international trade. See if you can get the best price for the goods you sell and the biggest bargains for the goods you buy. Watch how the global economy is doing: the prices you'll be able to get and the deals you can make depend on how healthy the global economy is.

Before you start, think about what you want to accomplish as a trader:

Do you want to build up as much wealth as you can by selling as much of your commodities as you can?

Do you want to buy the widest range of goods to satisfy diverse consumer tastes at home?

Or do you want to focus on buying the raw materials for a particular industry?

The only limit is your imagination, your negotiating skills, and your bank account!

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"I stumbled upon your fun interactive geography games from a link on the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance Website. Since then, your games have become quite a hit with my competitive colleagues!"
--Candice Gomes, Education Outreach Coordinator, Boston Public Library

Sheppard Software's geography games were featured in the Boston Public Library's 2006 Exhibition on Mapping!

"Terrific online educational games, especially geography."
-- Dallas Children's Museum

"I am a middle school social studies teacher who also sponsors a geography club after school. We love your site for geography games."
--Eleanor Terry and the Dixon Middle School Geography Detective Club

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World Continents & Oceans Games - geography online games

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World Continents and Ocean Map Games - free and online to test your geography.

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In this new Private i History Detectives unit, Elementary students analyze primary sources to discover how Constitutional Amendments attempted to address slavery's wrongs, how the courts challenged unfair laws, and how individuals and groups fought for civil rights.

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The Game

Find given cities on the Google Map and be as accurately as possible since precision will result in points in the end. But be careful, each level is more difficult and the tolerance in deviation decreases. And you need to hurry: There's a timelimit of about 10 seconds!

The Cities

You can look-up some of the cities, especially the ones from the first few levels in the city catalogue.

The Levels

How many levels does the game consist of? This won't be told. Find out yourself! Suffice it to say - there are some specials.

Donations

You like this game? Help me to keep it alive and develop it further. Spend an amount you think that is adequate. Details are given above. Feel free to share this project whereever you like.

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The ultimate map quiz site! Seterra will challenge you with quizzes about countries, capitals, flags, oceans, lakes and more! Introduced in 1997 and available in more than 40 different languages, Seterra has helped millions of people study geography and learn about their world.

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Social Emotional Learning- Activities

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Families Building Communities of Compassion

The Kind World Explorers guidebook provides parents with activities and example conversations that families can have to help foster 12 specific character strengths in children and in the family unit: Gratitude, Generosity, Forgiveness, Awareness, Authenticity, Compassion, Empathy, Love, Flexibility, Collaboration, Curiosity and Perseverance. Character strengths such as Purpose, Humility and Reliability are also highlighted in the guidebook. Each youth participant receives a Kind World Passport booklet to reflect in during their character development journey! For groups implementing the Kind World Explorer curriculum, Camp Kindness Counts staff also conduct (optional) research-based parenting workshops to complement the curriculum.

The Kind World Explorers guidebook is set up to develop 12 Character Strengths through three themes:

explores our connection to our self, and our ability to use our Character Strengths to take care of ourselves through self-awareness, emotional expression, and mindfulness activities.

explores social connections -- sharing Character Strengths to connect with and make an impact on the experiences of others.

explores global connections -- sharing Character Strengths with those we may never actually meet, but can make an impact on the experience of.

For each Character Strength, two activities will be presented for each theme. Groups "complete" a Character Strength by completing one activity in each theme. Each guidebook contains activities related to three Character Strengths.

The Kind World Passport is used as a reflection tool for kids of families using Kind World Explorers guidebooks! As kids complete the activities, they will also take the time to reflect on what they did and how they felt in their Kind World Passports! Kids can track progress and receive recognition in their Kind World Passport with a special "Achieved" sticker!

Character Strength Parenting Workshop (optional)

In-person Character Strength Parenting Workshops have been indefinitely postponed. We hope to soon have a virtual workshop for parents!

This workshop offers character development research, self-care, and parenting tools, as well as introduces parents to the notion of Kind World Explorers.

With the workshop, parents will:​

1. Gain character development tools and self-care tools for challenges within themselves and with their children and friends

2. Understand the methods and evidence of role modeling, inductive parenting, and global community engagement

3. See Kind World Explorers guidebook as a means to foster character development in children while practicing and expanding ideas learned at the workshop

Who can use the Kind World Explorers resources?

Anyone, as long as you also keep it free! Parents and teachers can use this resource as they choose. Parents can also start a Kind World Explorers club with their own family or gather some friends and set up a regular meeting time for activities. PTSAs, scouting organizations, homeschooling groups, houses of worship, or other parent-led organizations may also find the Kind World Explorers guidebooks to be a good fit to add to their programming. Your Kind World Explorers community is entirely yours to build!

The Kind World Explorers guidebooks were designed primarily for kids ages 4-12 years. However, groups have successfully adapted the activities to include both younger and older kids than the target age range.

How often would a Kind World Explorers "club" meet and what is the timeline for progressing through the curriculum?

The Kind World Explorers guidebooks are set up to be entirely flexible to the needs and schedules of the families who are coming together. Groups have shared they typically meet once per week, twice a month or once per month. You also have the option of creating a schedule to complete some activities as a group while completing others with just your family, during times you don't meet as a group! The decision is yours, we are simply providing the resource!

The progression through the guidebook is up to the individual group (groups may choose to do one activity from the guidebook at each meeting, or complete all three activities for a specific character strength at each meeting). Each activity takes between 10-40 minutes depending on the size of the group and how much time you want to take for conversation and reflection.

If your group finishes one guidebook and wants to explore more character strengths, there are additional guidebooks to explore! There are four Kind World Explorers guidebooks in total, each containing activities that relate to three different character strengths.

If you have a group of interested parents, or would like to start a Kind World Explorers "club" as an individual family, fill in your info below to receive a downloadable guidebook and passport that you can print at home.

CHARACTER BUILDING ACTIVITIES

Lessons to support social emotional well-being

Please complete the form to download the FREE activity guidebook and passport.

The Kind World Explorers guidebooks and Kind World Passport may not be used for any fee based programs or purposes . If you would like to include it in a fee based program or bring to your school district community please contact us.

© 2020-2021 Camp Kindness Counts, All Rights Reserved

All information contained in this booklet may not be distributed, copied, transformed or reproduced in any form unless prior written authorization is received by Camp Kindness Counts.

Curriculum handouts can be reproduced for educational purposes pertaining to Kind World Explorers Guidebook activities

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51 Mindfulness Activities for Kids and Teens

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51 Mindfulness Exercises for Kids in the Classroom

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You can practice with these guided meditation recordings from this website, or download them onto your portable device. It's OK if it seems a little weird at first. To get the hang of it, you may wish to try practicing with a particular recording at the same time, every day, for a week. Once you've got the feel for it, you can decide whether to continue using the recordings, or instead, just guide yourself using your own inner voice. ( Caution: Please do not listen to these recordings while driving or operating machinery.)

1. Eating a Raisin Mindfully (~5 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

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2. Mindful Breathing (~5 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

3. Sitting Meditation (~10 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

4. Body Scan (Short) (~10 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

5. SOBER Breathing Space (~3 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

6. Walking Meditation (~ 10 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

7. Mindful Movement (~10 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

8. Mindfulness of Thinking (~10 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

9. SOBER Coping Space (~3 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

10. Loving-Kindness Meditation (~5 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

11. Body Scan (Long) (~30 minutes) (To download, click here and then right-click on the screen to save the MP3 file onto your computer)

Learn more about mindfulness here.

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For the next few weeks, Mindful Schools will be offering free mindfulness classes for kids! Join us online - for mindful activities, mindful movement, read-alouds - and let's have fun exploring mindfulness together.

Free Online: Mindfulness Class for Kids!

We are designing these LIVE online mindfulness classes with K-5 students in mind - AND please know that students and adults of all ages are welcome to participate. We are aware that many families are away from school and work, and we hope this is a resource that families can enjoy together.

* Our Zoom room can accommodate the first 1,000 people who join *

We are currently exploring solutions to create more access for next week's class.
We will keep this page updated!
What to expect:

Fun and interactive activities for kids such as mindful eating, movement, and more

30 minutes of mindfulness and a restful break from the busyness of daily life

Experienced teachers from the Mindful Schools Training Team

Mindful Schools is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that relies on the generosity of our community to make these programs available to children and families. If you'd like to support these ongoing classes, please consider a donation to Mindful Schools.

Extra Credit!

Students, did you enjoy class today? Send us your notes, photos, and drawings to community@mindfulschools.org, or tag us online:

Educators and parents, tell us how we're doing. Your feedback is important to us so we can continue to create helpful resources for our community. Please email us at community@mindfulschools.org.

FAQs

What age group is this for? While we welcome all age groups including adults, we are designing these classes to be age appropriate for K-5 students. Friends, siblings, parents, and even grandparents are welcome to enjoy the class together!

Can I share this with my community? Yes absolutely - we hope these classes are a helpful resource for everyone in your school community.

How do I join the LIVE class? When you sign up, you will receive call-in instructions to join the Zoom video call.

What if I can't make the LIVE class? If you're unable to attend the LIVE event, you may still sign up to be notified for future classes. We plan to post recordings of past classes on this page.

Watch Our Past Classes

What Is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment - with openness and curiosity.

It has a variety of research-backed impacts, including reduction in stress, and improvements in emotional regulation, and focus. Learn how the benefits of mindfulness can be transformative in education.

About Mindful Schools

Mindful Schools - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization - has trained more than 50,000 teachers, school leaders, and education professionals who are dedicated to preparing students with critical life skills to positively shift the outcomes for an entire generation. Please consider a donation to support our work.

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Now students can follow the latest news. All tailored to their reading level. To explore the kids' website, select a grade and discover new stories each week. View articles by grade level

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Continue working on Simple Square Dance, Dragon Slayer and Songbook songs. Please check out your orchestra class's Schoology page! Lots of recordings to listen to and videos to practice with!

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Schoology allows instructors, students and administrators to create a meaningful virtual classroom and extend learning beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom

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For students to make an appointment with Mr. Balk or Mrs. Casey.

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