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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Christine Schneider [mailto:cschneider.mel@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 24, 2017 10:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> jhopper73@gmail.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) <BiggsD@michigan.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Summer Resources for students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Michigan eLibrary has pulled together a letter that contains great information for Educators, Parents, and Students about summer resources available to
them at no cost! We are asking everyone to distribute a letter from the Michigan eLibrary team to all Michigan families because the resources can help prevent the "summer slide" and also help with test prep.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Below is the email I sent out late last week. It contains links to a letter that schools can email out to all of their families, or print a hard copy and send
home. If possible, can you please distribute to the GELN list?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you! Christine Schneider & Deb Renee Biggs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Now that the school year is winding down and everyone is looking forward to a great summer vacation, the MeL team would like to remind everyone of the great
resources Michigan residents have free access to through the Michigan eLibrary. Families can find resources to help ease the summer slide, read eBooks, conduct research, create reading lists, and prepare for college, careers, and high stakes tests like the
SAT</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif;color:black">Ⓡ</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To help promote the resources, some of our content providers have created short videos that highlight their database(s) and how students can use them over the
summer. We have created a playlist on the MeL YouTube Channel (</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="https://goo.gl/fDC4Be" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Roboto",serif">https://goo.gl/fDC4Be</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
and a 2017 Summer Resources Letter that can be either emailed (or printed and sent home) to Michigan K-12 families. Please help distribute this letter to as many schools and families as possible. You may also want to subscribe to the
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO1dqA8_ZOCfZcHP9OaBGew" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MeL YouTube Channel</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">,
so you keep up to date on the latest with the Michigan eLibrary!</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The letter is available in the following formats:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Google Doc:<a href="https://goo.gl/63jnW5" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Word Doc:<a href="https://goo.gl/gMMb3m" target="_blank"><span style="color:#444444">
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Thank you in advance for sharing out this information and for helping to “Build a Better World”!</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><br clear="all">
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