Rachel Grover
@rgrov1013.bsky.social
2023 Virginia School Librarian of the Year. NBCT. MS librarian, reader, and traveler to all the places. In a #LibrarianPowerCouple with @mamagilbs.bsky.social 🏳️🌈📚
#AASL25 was a blast! It always renews me as a librarian. Seeing national friends, going to fabulous sessions, and having amazing keynotes really raises the PD bar for me. Oh, and @mamagilbs.bsky.social and I presented two well-received sessions, too! Feeling like a rockstar heading home. 🥰
October 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#AASL25 was a blast! It always renews me as a librarian. Seeing national friends, going to fabulous sessions, and having amazing keynotes really raises the PD bar for me. Oh, and @mamagilbs.bsky.social and I presented two well-received sessions, too! Feeling like a rockstar heading home. 🥰
This year's student-created bookmark contest winners are now available at checkout! We had both hand drawn and digital categories. They turned out great!
March 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This year's student-created bookmark contest winners are now available at checkout! We had both hand drawn and digital categories. They turned out great!
Starting the weekend with the latest in a favorite series by @jamesponti.bsky.social shipped by the ever-wonderful @parnassusbooks.bsky.social! If you haven't gotten on this middle school series, consider this your invite! It's one of the few series I have read past book 1. Worth it! #TLSky
February 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Starting the weekend with the latest in a favorite series by @jamesponti.bsky.social shipped by the ever-wonderful @parnassusbooks.bsky.social! If you haven't gotten on this middle school series, consider this your invite! It's one of the few series I have read past book 1. Worth it! #TLSky
When it's a Friday afternoon in a school library and you forget to water the plants, you make a real obvious reminder for Monday. #TLSky
January 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When it's a Friday afternoon in a school library and you forget to water the plants, you make a real obvious reminder for Monday. #TLSky
It's National Rubber Ducky Day! I bought some on Amazon & hid cards I made on Canva throughout the library for students to find. Lucky finders got to pick a rubber duck! I only advertised on our LMS library page. It was great! (TL,DR: Libraries are more than books. They're fun, too!) #TLSky #EduSky
January 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I love this annual tradition of making paper snowflakes with @mamagilbs.bsky.social and hanging them on our kitchen cabinets. Easy and fun!
January 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I love this annual tradition of making paper snowflakes with @mamagilbs.bsky.social and hanging them on our kitchen cabinets. Easy and fun!
Leave out a Scrabble board in the library, they said. Middle schoolers are the best. This gem was found after the students went to class one morning. #TLSky
December 19, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Leave out a Scrabble board in the library, they said. Middle schoolers are the best. This gem was found after the students went to class one morning. #TLSky
I treated my Student Library Advisory Team to a celebration today to thank them for all their hard work in the library so far this year. We had a hot chocolate bar and some chocolate (and non-choc) treats. They were ecstatic! #schoollibrary #TLSky
December 19, 2024 at 2:35 AM
I treated my Student Library Advisory Team to a celebration today to thank them for all their hard work in the library so far this year. We had a hot chocolate bar and some chocolate (and non-choc) treats. They were ecstatic! #schoollibrary #TLSky
A highlight of my week was hosting the Art Foundations class in my library and inviting them to explore the library's drawing books, adding ideas to their sketchbooks. Many were checked out at the end, too! #TLSky #Skybrarians
November 24, 2024 at 2:46 PM
A highlight of my week was hosting the Art Foundations class in my library and inviting them to explore the library's drawing books, adding ideas to their sketchbooks. Many were checked out at the end, too! #TLSky #Skybrarians
The VAASL conference was exactly what we needed this past week! Keynotes and sessions were great, but most of all, the reunion of seeing all librarian friends is always the best part. It was great to get some time afterwards in Yorktown, too!
November 10, 2024 at 3:29 PM
The VAASL conference was exactly what we needed this past week! Keynotes and sessions were great, but most of all, the reunion of seeing all librarian friends is always the best part. It was great to get some time afterwards in Yorktown, too!
It's ginger cat appreciation day! This one didn't appreciate being told that while he was surveying the backyard for possible intruders.
September 1, 2024 at 6:33 PM
It's ginger cat appreciation day! This one didn't appreciate being told that while he was surveying the backyard for possible intruders.
I think my cat is broken.
August 31, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I think my cat is broken.
I love the annual Maker Monday when students create post it art in my library windows! Lots of creativity and fun! All it cost was some super sticky post it's.
March 14, 2024 at 12:37 AM
I love the annual Maker Monday when students create post it art in my library windows! Lots of creativity and fun! All it cost was some super sticky post it's.
I love the annual 3D cell model lesson that I do each year in my library makerspace with my 7th grade science classes. All reusable materials, no waste, and blended learning at its finest!
February 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I love the annual 3D cell model lesson that I do each year in my library makerspace with my 7th grade science classes. All reusable materials, no waste, and blended learning at its finest!
Looks like a longer winter break for this librarian - tested positive for the first time. I'm feeling mega anxious about it - I have an anxiety disorder anyway. Anyone else with anxiety go through this? How did you manage your anxiety specifically?
December 31, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Looks like a longer winter break for this librarian - tested positive for the first time. I'm feeling mega anxious about it - I have an anxiety disorder anyway. Anyone else with anxiety go through this? How did you manage your anxiety specifically?
Ask kids to make a winter scene without using white. And make it in 3D (not just drawn). They will wow you! (Also: Can you figure out the story on the ice rink?)
December 16, 2023 at 2:16 AM
Ask kids to make a winter scene without using white. And make it in 3D (not just drawn). They will wow you! (Also: Can you figure out the story on the ice rink?)
Let's just add NBCT to my signature too! 2023 has been a wild ride of accolades for me!
December 9, 2023 at 8:48 PM
Let's just add NBCT to my signature too! 2023 has been a wild ride of accolades for me!
As the final activity of Dinovember, students created dinos from recycled materials. Y'all. 🤣
November 28, 2023 at 2:43 AM
As the final activity of Dinovember, students created dinos from recycled materials. Y'all. 🤣
This is apparently what teenagers think newly hatched or teen dinosaurs would look like. Ha! Dinovember in my middle school library is excellent.
November 19, 2023 at 2:02 AM
This is apparently what teenagers think newly hatched or teen dinosaurs would look like. Ha! Dinovember in my middle school library is excellent.
Put some markers on a whiteboard during Dinovember with the prompt: Draw your best dinosaur. Y'all. Not 1 inappropriate drawing and these are great! Middle schoolers for the win.
November 11, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Put some markers on a whiteboard during Dinovember with the prompt: Draw your best dinosaur. Y'all. Not 1 inappropriate drawing and these are great! Middle schoolers for the win.
Wanna see book magic? These girls just helped unbox brand new books for our school library and they are already engrossed.
November 8, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Wanna see book magic? These girls just helped unbox brand new books for our school library and they are already engrossed.
Yesterday, I was so humbled to receive the Virginia Librarian of the Year award from VAASL. "With power and privilege comes great purpose" and I'm looking forward to what's next. My librarian family, and being part of a #LibrarianPowerCouple with @mamagilbs.bsky.social, are the only way I thrive.
November 4, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Yesterday, I was so humbled to receive the Virginia Librarian of the Year award from VAASL. "With power and privilege comes great purpose" and I'm looking forward to what's next. My librarian family, and being part of a #LibrarianPowerCouple with @mamagilbs.bsky.social, are the only way I thrive.
You missed a fabulous keynote with Lisa Fipps at #VAASL23. Kids carry a lot, and they need school librarians - and the fun AND serious topics on the shelves, too.
November 3, 2023 at 1:32 PM
You missed a fabulous keynote with Lisa Fipps at #VAASL23. Kids carry a lot, and they need school librarians - and the fun AND serious topics on the shelves, too.