4th - 8th Grade

List of 3 news stories.

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  Dalton HeroCon - May 10, 2025

  Everyone is welcome to join us for a celebration of comics, creators, cosplay, community and eco-consciousness! Comics have always been used to spread messages of social justice and celebrate diversity. At HeroCon, we come together through our love of comics and pop culture to recognize the everyday hero in all of us! 
  
  Schedule and activities:

  
  

  
  

  12:30- Registration and doors open/Captain Blue Hen Bookshop

  1:00-1:15- Welcome, thank you’s and introductions of creators- HS Library

  1:15-1:45-  Panel with creators - Library

  2:00-2:40- Creative Nature NYC Secret Messages Workshop

  2:00-3:00- Drawing sessions with all four creators (in indvidual rooms: Sharee Miller, Jamar Nicholas, John

  Patrick Green and Misako Rocks!)

  2:15-3:00- Drag Story Hour - HS Library

  3:10-3:30- Cosplay Parade/Contest - HS Library

  3:00-3:40- Creative Nature NYC Secret Messages Workshop

  3:45-4:30- Drawing sessions with three creators (in individual rooms: Sharee Miller, Jamar Nicholas and Misako Rocks!) 

  4:00-4:40- Creative Nature NYC Secret Messages Workshop

  4:40-5:00- Book signings- Cafeteria

  
  

  Concurrently - visit any of these areas for activities from 2:00-5:00 PM:

  Archery
  Pokemon Catch’em All Challenge
  Green Quest Scavenger Hunt
  Garden Heroes: Guess the Greens!
  NYC Ghostbusters
  Face Painting 
  Caricature Artists 
  Make a Cape/Cosplay Upcycling
  Club Booths
  Artists Alley
  Board Games
  Free Comic Books and giveaways
  Mindful Minute break room
  Ice Cream
  Crane Machines - complete 6 activities for free plays!
  
  **Dalton community members should bring their Dalton ID to tap into the building. All attendees from outside the Dalton community will have to present a government ID at registration. 

• Award Winning Books at the MS Library

  The MS Library is excited to share another year of award winning titles from the Youth Media Awards! Each year the American Library Association (ALA) honors books, audiobooks, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. Browse books and awards in the presentations below. Check out the printable list of all titles as well!
  
  Printable List of all YMAs
  
  

  YMAs for 7th & 8th Grades	YMAs for 4th to 6th Grades

                      

               
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  New Books in the MS Library

  Browse these new titles for all grades in the Middle School Library!
  
  Upper Middle New Books
  
  Lower Middle New Books