*THIS THURSDAY* Stop by for a few minutes to say hello, or stay awhile and mingle out back with your fellow SPMS 7th & 8th grade parents! RSVP is not required, although appreciated, so that we can let the restaurant know approximately how many people to expect. We hope you can join us! Please RSVP here.

I often wonder if our middle schoolers know how good they have it.  If they did, it would be the first time in human history that one generation understood how much better their lives are (in many ways) than the generation before them.  So actually, let’s just say they don’t know.  That’s OK.  It’ll be their turn to wonder the same thing about their children later on.

One way they definitely have it better is they can pick up any number of books from their very own school library and probably find someone who looks, acts, lives and talks just like them inside those pages.  Today’s kids are represented in ways formerly unheard of.  With just a little digging, you can find books featuring your unique ethnic and linguistic background, your religion, your gender identification, your family composition, and thankfully, your non-apparent disability.

October is ADHD Awareness Month and thanks to the increasing societal emphasis on representation in print and media, there are a great number of fictional titles that feature kids with this superpower.  Some already live in the SPMS library, some will be added soon. Below you can find descriptions (link to continue reading below) of these gems as highlighted in the School Library Journal and think about whether or not someone in your circle might enjoy them as well!

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