Northside Library Media Center

05/12/2026

Getting ready to dive into one of my favorite units of the year with 3rd graders! Exploring murals around our town and what we can learn about the culture and values of place through public art.

05/10/2026

April ushered in National Library Week and School Library Month. We used this as an opportunity to share Mychal Threets new book entitled “I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy”. Students were able to express what brings them joy in the library and turn it in to make a button! Now we have library JOY walking around Northside. 🥰 Here’s hoping young and old alike always find joy in library spaces. NC School Library Media Association

05/09/2026

Our chess boards are by far, one of the most popular spots in the library. I love capturing moments when our staff get just as invested as the kids. Connections and Community grow through library spaces.

05/09/2026

We have had A LOT happening here in the library the last few months but haven’t been great at sharing all the goodness and joy. Starting today we will work our way backwards to share some library joy with our community. First up…
POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY! Held on April 30th during National Poetry Month! Students are encouraged to carry a poem in their pocket and share with others throughout the day. We feature poems across the building on large posters with copies the community can take. This year our poster poems were written by our students! Anyone across Northside was invited to submit their own poems to the library. On the special day, they even received a button they could wear with their poem on it. Of course, student poets also had to sign their original works. 🥰👏🏼👏🏼 Great job Navigators!

05/09/2026

It was beautiful to see so many community members, students, families,  camping by your age. I know that sucks check colleagues and educators across our great state come together last Friday to advocate for the public schools we all deserve. Demonstrating what one of the core principles of CHCCS, Social Justice Action, looks like in practice. If you’d like books from our library on the importance of protests, marches and social justice activism, we got you. Stop in and see us or take a look at a few suggestions shown above.

04/30/2026

Join us as a Navigator Community to advocate for our public schools! Tomorrow we will be hosting a sign making party in the library directly after school. Kids and families welcome! Northside Elementary PTA

Join Us for May Day this Friday & Advocacy for Public Education in NC! May Day Rally in Raleigh Friday, May 1st, is now a teacher workday, and we invite you to join together with educators, families, and community members across our state in Raleigh to demand better for our public schools, stu...

04/20/2026

Let's do this Navigators! Join us in Raleigh on May 1st to express support and solidarity for our NC schools, communities and the importance of public education funding.

03/01/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for STORY JOY NIGHT THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 5!

This week is Read Across America and we are going even further by reading "Around the World and Back Before Bedtime". Get ready for a night of engaging stories shared aloud with connections across the globe! Come in your Pajamas and bring your favorite stuffy. Our evening will begin with a PTA Pizza dinner at 5:00 in the Spanish Room. Pick up a passport upon entry and collect your stamps with every story stop on your journey. Fill your passport and be entered into a book bundle prize pack!

The evening will include:
-- Story rooms featuring global read alouds by some of your favorite teachers and even the Chapel Hill Public Librarian!
-- Get a family picture of your travels on our Green Screen.
-- Examine the global picture walk to view how some kids get to school around the world.
-- Listen to published authors share their stories aloud in the library with our virtual author visits!
-- Visit community resource tables including Family Reading Partners, Chapel Hill Public Library and our very own PTA.
-- End your evening with a bedtime story in the library with Ms. Cole!

It's going to be an evening of story JOY that we all need right now -- we look forward to having you join us.

02/28/2026

Big shout-out to all our wonderful community guest readers that joined us at NES for our annual African American Read-In! So many beautiful stories were centered and shared across classrooms. Thank you, thank you for spreading a love of literacy and a dose of Story Joy with our children.

02/28/2026

NC weather summed up in one kid’s style! But also…look at her beautiful poetic art that we have decorating the library.

02/04/2026

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED due to weather. Details on the new date will be shared soon! Thanks and stay safe and warm.

We are excited (weather permitting) to hold our 2026 Story Joy Night this Wednesday from 5:30-7:00pm. Celebrate World Read Aloud Day as we travel around the world and back before bedtime! Come in PJs, pick up your passport at the welcome desk, and enjoy a multitude of stories in community together. Our event will kick off with a virtual author visit with Terry Catasús Jennings who will read aloud her book, The Little House of Hope (A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year). Afterwards families can visit global story rooms, stop in Italy for a bite of pizza, take a picture at the Green Screen booth, visit with community partners or meet more authors virtually in our NES Library. It's a night you don't want to miss and it will even end with a bedtime story. We can't wait to celebrate World Read Aloud Day with our Navigator community! We hope you will join us. Northside Elementary PTA