New Library Materials – Professional Development Books – Fall 2021

Action Research, 5th edition – Ernest T. Stringer, Alfredo Ortiz Aragón

Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, 6th Edition – Geoffrey E. Mills

Action Research in Education: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition – Sara Efrat Efron, Ruth Ravid

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark…

Minnesota Authors

November 17, 2021

Minnesota is the home of many amazing authors from diverse backgrounds. Perpich Library contains several of their works. This list is just a small sample of what Minnesota authors have to offer. All items on this list are available at the Perpich…

Perpich Studio Arts Presents “Quarter for your Thoughts” Curriculum Exhibition

November 12, 2021

Perpich Studio Arts students presented their curriculum exhibition, Quarter for your Thoughts, on Thursday, November 11th, 2021. The exhibition is showing in the Upper Gallery and Tony Basta Gallery through December 24, 2021. Quarter for your Thoughts features artwork by every studio arts…

Company, the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble, Makes Debut with “Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway”

November 12, 2021

Company – the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble – excitedly made its debut with Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway. This musical theater revue explores how the shift of ‘popular’ music, after the Golden Age of Musical Theater,…

Perpich Arts High School Literary Arts Students Present their Winter Lit Reading

November 11, 2021

Literary Arts students presented their winter lit reading on November 10, 2021. They shared a little bit of everything they’ve written this fall: memoir, poetry, fiction, gallows humor. The evening showed that yes, winter looms and the geese are heading south, but…

Music Students Perform Sound Works Fall Concert

November 5, 2021

Music students performed in early November before a “full house” with COVID restrictions in place. The Sound Works 1 concert, featuring Music students from Perpich, treated the audience to an eclectic selection of performances, with everything from Mozart to Patsy Cline, from…

Two Faculty Members Speak to Fifty-Six Museum Guides at Mia

November 5, 2021

Two Perpich Arts High School faculty members, Kathryn D’Elia (Visual Arts Instructor and Gallery Coordinator) and Craig Farmer (Art History Instructor) prepared presentations for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) to support their museum guides in engaging with visitors of a high…

New Library Materials – Diversity Picture Books – Fall 2021

Across the Bay – Carlos Aponte

All Because You Matter – Tami Charles; illustrated by Bryan Collier

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything – Annette Bay Pimentel; pictures by Nabi H. Ali

Another – Christian Robinson

Bears Make…

New Library Materials – Visual Arts Picture Books – Fall 2021

Beautiful Oops! – Barney Saltzberg

The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywalt; pictures by Oliver Jeffers

A Day With No Crayons – Elizabeth Rusch; illustrated by Chad Cameron

Harold and the Purple Crayon – Crockett Johnson

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines – Jeanne Walker Harvey; illustrated…