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PRIZES, GRANTS, & GIVEAWAYS Get Caught Reading has free posters for teachers and librarians featuring celebrities reading a book. The 8½ x 11-inch posters feature sports stars and Olympic athletes, authors, and book and comic book characters. If your library or classroom budget allows, Get Caught Reading requests you pay postage. (Note: If your budget doesn’t cover this, the organization will use grant money to pay the postage.) Go to getcaughtreading.org.

At Family Code Night, K–5 students and families get to try computer coding. The free event kit contains guides, puzzles, tips, posters, handouts, and more, enabling anyone with basic computer proficiency to organize and present an event. Each pair of attendees will need computer access. Order your free event kit at familycodenight.org.

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In the School Lounge Makeover contest, one school wins $7,500 to transform its teachers’ lounge from blah to beautiful. Open to K–12 public schools, only one entry is allowed per person, but schools may submit multiple entries. To participate you must be a member of NEA, CTA, ACSA, COSA, NASA, Give to make the future KASE, or OAESA. Enter at NewSchoolLounge.com by July 12, 2019. of bluegrass strong through education

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PRIZES, GRANTS, & GIVEAWAYS The Anti Defamation League has a collection of free K–12 lesson plans that promote critical thinking and help teachers cover current events through the lens of diversity, bias, and social justice. A few titles include Believe in Something: Nike, Kaepernick and Social Change; Gender Allowance Gap; and Census Question Controversy. More than 100 lesson plans are available. See all this and more at adl.org/education-and-resources.

Most violent or suicidal people make threats or give off signals before they hurt themselves or others. Know the Signs is a free gun violence prevention program that shows students and teachers how to recognize these signs and properly intervene. Download a free guide and four programs—some for adults and some for students at various grade levels—at sandyhookpromise.org.

The Barnes & Noble Educator Program offers PreK–12 teachers and librarians a 20% discount off the price on books, toys, games, and other items suitable for classroom use. Enrollment is free and can be done online; however, you must present your completed application at a Barnes & Noble store to receive your discount card.

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Full of Wonder Wow your class each week with these cool, clever, creative, and free Puzzlements. Sign up to get five links via email every Friday. Explore them with brainboosting questions like “What do you notice?” and “What do you wonder?” Launch the curiosities at puzzlements.co.

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