Congratulations!
Your library is among the 4,000 libraries selected to receive the We the People "Picturing America" Bookshelf. The books and other materials will be shipped to libraries on April 10, 2009. Within a few weeks, you will also receive under separate cover a formal letter from Carole Watson, Acting Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, recognizing your library's participation in the We the People "Picturing America" Bookshelf project.
NEH is grateful to the United States Congress for its strong support of the We the People Bookshelf program. We are alerting your Senators and your United States House of Representatives member that you have received this award. In the past, some Members of Congress have held public events to publicize the award of books. Before you announce your award publicly, we would encourage you to contact your district’s congressional office to see if your Member of Congress would like to be involved.
On Monday, April 6, NEH will issue a press release to notify the press and the public about the Bookshelf awards. We ask that you not make a public announcement of your award before then. You will find a sample press release at https://publicprograms.ala.org/bookshelf/resources/index.php
Thank you for your interest in the “Picturing America” Bookshelf. We look forward to hearing more about how you use this opportunity to promote discussion in your library, school or community about our nation’s history, aspirations and ideals, as reflected in these outstanding works of literature.
Sincerely,
Michael McDonald
Dear NDA Community Supporters,
Since we have just entered the fourth and final quarter of the 2008-2009 school year, you may be thinking that life at NDA is slowing down. Well, life at Notre Dame Academy never slows down. Here is just a glimpse at what we are involved in here.
As I write, our gym is packed with blood donors supporting our annual NHS sponsored Blood Drive. This year the blood drive begins probably the best loved and treasured week at our school - Heritage Week. Tomorrow our young ladies will be able to sample foods from around the world, perhaps prepared by you or your daughter! On Thursday we will be treated to our students’ multi-cultural talents. This is such a great tribute to our beloved diversity. Only at NDA would celebrating our differences bring us together as one. Continue
Senior April Bang is our 2009 Archdiocesan Christian Service Award recipient. April will be honored next month along with other Catholic high school students, their families and school administrators at a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
Junior Inez Abu- Malhi has received the President's Volunteer Service Award from the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.
Sophomore Christine Scholze has received the Grand Prize of a $1,000 Scholarship from ACIS Travel Changes Lives for her photograph entitled It Can Happen to You . To access the photo you may go to the web site at: http://www.acis.com/studentsparents/scholarships/winners.cfm
Elizabeth Kaczor and Becca Rosen, both juniors, and senior Veronica Matini went to Sacramento last week as part of a Youth and Government conference.
They engaged in mock trials and mock assembly and senate proceedings. They also watched actual deliberations of the state assembly and met our CA secretary of state. They were scheduled to meet the governor, but he was understandably tied up!
Congratulations to these ladies for their outstanding accomplishments. We are all proud of you.
Mrs. Joan Gumaer Tyhurst
Notre Dame Academy
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