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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>   Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp; Refine    (24 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp;amp; Refine&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Calling all educators! Before you head into your well-deserved summer break, let’s keep the inspiration flowing. Join our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professional Growth &amp;amp; Pedagogy Book Club&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;to dive into fresh teaching strategies and connect with colleagues in a relaxed, low-pressure environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;This summer, we are highlighting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Science in the City&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;by Bryan A. Brown&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Explore how to make STEM culturally relevant by using familiar language and narratives to bridge the gap for our students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Early Bird Raffle!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Sign up by&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 1, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;, and you’ll be entered to win! We are raffling off&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;four (4) free copies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;of our featured book to help kickstart your summer reading.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;We’ll meet virtually (link to follow) on the following &lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays at 10:00 AM&lt;/strong&gt; to chat, share ideas, and relax:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 24th:&lt;/strong&gt; Introduction &amp;amp; Chapters 1–4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 15th:&lt;/strong&gt; Chapters 5–7 &amp;amp; Conclusion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 12th:&lt;/strong&gt; Final thoughts &amp;amp; classroom application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Future Reads&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Have a book that changed your teaching game? We want to hear it!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/ou3RtnNvQ161aaR4A"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Suggest a Book for Fall/Winter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Help us curate our next deep dive into pedagogy and professional growth.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Join the Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ready to join the conversation?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.emast.org/event-6642947"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Sign Up Here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Let’s turn the summer slide into a summer stride together!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>   Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp; Refine    (15 Jul 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp;amp; Refine&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Calling all educators! Before you head into your well-deserved summer break, let’s keep the inspiration flowing. Join our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professional Growth &amp;amp; Pedagogy Book Club&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;to dive into fresh teaching strategies and connect with colleagues in a relaxed, low-pressure environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;This summer, we are highlighting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Science in the City&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;by Bryan A. Brown&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Explore how to make STEM culturally relevant by using familiar language and narratives to bridge the gap for our students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Early Bird Raffle!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Sign up by&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 1, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;, and you’ll be entered to win! We are raffling off&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;four (4) free copies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;of our featured book to help kickstart your summer reading.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;️&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Save the Dates&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;We’ll meet virtually (link to follow) on the following &lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays at 10:00 AM&lt;/strong&gt; to chat, share ideas, and relax:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 24th:&lt;/strong&gt; Introduction &amp;amp; Chapters 1–4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;
    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 15th:&lt;/strong&gt; Chapters 5–7 &amp;amp; Conclusion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;

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    &lt;p style="line-height: 17px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 12th:&lt;/strong&gt; Final thoughts &amp;amp; classroom application&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Future Reads&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div align="center"&gt;
  &lt;br&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Have a book that changed your teaching game? We want to hear it!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/ou3RtnNvQ161aaR4A"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Suggest a Book for Fall/Winter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Help us curate our next deep dive into pedagogy and professional growth.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;Join the Club&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Ready to join the conversation?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.emast.org/event-6642947"&gt;&lt;font color="#1155CC" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Sign Up Here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Let’s turn the summer slide into a summer stride together!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.emast.org/event-6642947</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>   Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp; Refine    (12 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Summer Teacher Book Club: Recharge &amp;amp; Refine&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Calling all educators! Before you head into your well-deserved summer break, let’s keep the inspiration flowing. Join our&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Professional Growth &amp;amp; Pedagogy Book Club&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;to dive into fresh teaching strategies and connect with colleagues in a relaxed, low-pressure environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;This summer, we are highlighting:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Science in the City&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;by Bryan A. Brown&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Explore how to make STEM culturally relevant by using familiar language and narratives to bridge the gap for our students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="line-height: 26px; margin-top: 0px !important;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Sign up by&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 1, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;, and you’ll be entered to win! We are raffling off&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;four (4) free copies&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;of our featured book to help kickstart your summer reading.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;We’ll meet virtually (link to follow) on the following &lt;strong&gt;Wednesdays at 10:00 AM&lt;/strong&gt; to chat, share ideas, and relax:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 19px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Have a book that changed your teaching game? We want to hear it!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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