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• Educators from Across the Nation Visit Key

  Posted May 1, 2013

  Key School was selected by AIMS librarians as one of three showcase schools for this year’s Association of Independent School Librarians (AISL) meeting, held in Baltimore last week. More than 130 independent school librarians from across the nation were on campus participating in workshops led by Key faculty and designed to highlight aspects of Key’s program.

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• JSTOR Supports Student Research

  Posted December 11, 2012

  Students at Key learn that libraries are not only buildings with rooms full of books and computers, but gateways to information. All three of Key’s libraries—Manse, Ford K. Brown, and Upper School—subscribe to databases that expand available resources exponentially and offer students, faculty, and parents the tools for advanced research and information retrieval. The newest offering on Key’s subscription databases page is JSTOR. Short for “journal storage,” JSTOR is a scholarly archive of humanities, social sciences and science journals. It includes over 1,000 titles, and regularly adds new titles and past issues of existing titles as they become digitized. Once available only at the university level, JSTOR is now accessible to secondary school students.
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• Community Supports Key's Libraries

  Posted November 30, 2012

  Many Key families enjoyed the Key School evening at Barnes and Noble in early November as we celebrated our community of readers and raised funds for Key's three libraries. Thanks to all who participated in this annual event, both in person and online. The melodious flute performance by teachers Susan Flynn, Tatiana Klein and Jen Tonkin was the perfect accompaniment to book browsing.

• Calling All Educators: Key Offers Summer Teaching Institute

  Posted April 4, 2012

  Please help us spread the word: Key School is offering a professional development institute for educators on June 15, 2012.
  
  Engaging Minds, Inspiring Ideas is open to all educators, including independent, public and private school teachers. Seminars include iPads in the Pre and Primary Classroom, The Collaborative Power of Google Docs, SMART Board 101 for Pre, Primary and Middle Schools, and Making the Most of Your SMART Board for Math (grades 3-7), Library Programs (Pre-School – grade 4), and Humanities: The Writing Process (grades 4-8).
  
  All sessions will be taught by members of Key’s faculty. More information is available on Key’s website.

• Barnes and Noble Book Fair Success

  Posted January 4, 2012

  Thank you to all who supported the School’s three libraries by participating in the annual Barnes and Noble Book Fair. The tally is now official and Key is pleased to report last month’s fair earned over $1,415 for the School. Thank you for your generosity and for your support of Key’s libraries!

• Key School Book Fair at Barnes & Noble

  Posted November 7, 2011

  Monday, November 14
  Annapolis Harbour Center Barnes & Noble
  5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
  The annual Key School Book Fair is a family-friendly event that celebrates reading and books. This gathering provides an opportunity to spend an evening in support of Key while browsing the collection at Barnes & Noble, sipping coffee, shopping, and enjoying camaraderie. A generous percentage of the evening’s proceeds (including cafe and Nook purchases) is donated to the Key School Libraries.

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• Atomic Learning: A New Online Resource

  Posted October 3, 2011

  Key’s Library and Technology Department announces the addition of Atomic Learning as a new subscription resource for students, parents and faculty. Atomic Learning includes nearly 50,000 basic tutorials on the use of common software. It will be used at school to support both students as they create online projects using Web 2.0 applications and faculty as they continue to incorporate the use of SMART Boards and iPads in the classroom. Parents can find this new resource, and many others, on the Libraries & Technology page of Key’s website, under Subscription Databases.

• Library and Tech Department Shares Expertise at AIMS Conference

  Posted May 6, 2011

  Five members of Key’s Library and Technology Department have been asked to serve as presenters at the annual Tech Retreat sponsored by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS) in early May.

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• The Power and Influence of Technology on our Children (Grades 3-6)

  Posted December 2, 2010

  This well-attended Programs for Parents discussion, which took place November 30, highlighted both the opportunities and challenges technology creates in educational and family settings and emphasized the importance of the home/school partnership in raising children in a digital age. The panel included Library and Technology Department Head Marilyn Meyerson, Lower School Head Emily Legum, Middle School Head Dave Magnus, teachers Lydia Crooks, Jonathan Oglesbee and Nan Conroy, and Upper School student Kate Porterfield ’14. Click here to view a handout containing resources for parents.

• Key Community Has Access to Online Databases

  Posted March 24, 2010

  The Key School libraries subscribe to multiple online databases selected to support students’ reference and research work.

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