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Along with the Library's Arlington Reads program, some Arlington schools are participating in Operation Paperback this month.
Check out this cool sign the students at Yorktown High School made for their book drive:
- Don't Let Old Yearbooks Clutter Your Closets...
Sandra Bullock and Shirley MacLaine were both cheerleaders, and Warren Beatty played football at Washington-Lee. Katie Couric was a cheerleader at Yorktown. Want to see their high school photos? The Virginia Room's archive contains copies of many...
- 515 Lbs Of Books Sent To Overseas Troops
Five hundred and fifteen pounds. That's the weight of the thousand-plus donated paperbacks Arlington Public Library has shipped to American troops in Afghanistan. During the month of May, Library staff and volunteers mailed literary care packages...
- Arlington Reads: David Finkel's Visit With Arlington Students
Yesterday the students at Arlington's New Directions High School and the Yorktown High School student newspaper, the Sentry, had the honor of meeting David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers. Mr. Finkel visited New Directions and Yorktown during...
- Winners Of The "capturing Arlington" Student Photo Contest
This fall the Virginia Room, the library's local history collection, sponsored a photo contest for students called "Capturing Arlington." Our goal was to help document the changing face of Arlington and to insure that places which might eventually...
- Telling Arlington Stories: Third And Fourth Generation African American Arlingtonians Share Their Family Histories And Their Personal Stories
As part of this year's County Board initiative "Telling Arlington Stories," Cultural Affairs, the Arlington Association of University Women and the Library will host a history discussion called "Telling Arlington Stories: Third and Fourth Generation...
Library
Operation Paperback at Yorktown
Along with the Library's Arlington Reads program, some Arlington schools are participating in Operation Paperback this month.
Check out this cool sign the students at Yorktown High School made for their book drive:
- Don't Let Old Yearbooks Clutter Your Closets...
Sandra Bullock and Shirley MacLaine were both cheerleaders, and Warren Beatty played football at Washington-Lee. Katie Couric was a cheerleader at Yorktown. Want to see their high school photos? The Virginia Room's archive contains copies of many...
- 515 Lbs Of Books Sent To Overseas Troops
Five hundred and fifteen pounds. That's the weight of the thousand-plus donated paperbacks Arlington Public Library has shipped to American troops in Afghanistan. During the month of May, Library staff and volunteers mailed literary care packages...
- Arlington Reads: David Finkel's Visit With Arlington Students
Yesterday the students at Arlington's New Directions High School and the Yorktown High School student newspaper, the Sentry, had the honor of meeting David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers. Mr. Finkel visited New Directions and Yorktown during...
- Winners Of The "capturing Arlington" Student Photo Contest
This fall the Virginia Room, the library's local history collection, sponsored a photo contest for students called "Capturing Arlington." Our goal was to help document the changing face of Arlington and to insure that places which might eventually...
- Telling Arlington Stories: Third And Fourth Generation African American Arlingtonians Share Their Family Histories And Their Personal Stories
As part of this year's County Board initiative "Telling Arlington Stories," Cultural Affairs, the Arlington Association of University Women and the Library will host a history discussion called "Telling Arlington Stories: Third and Fourth Generation...