Adventures in the Library

2025-2026 Events

 Grandparents’ Day

Grandparents joined their grandchild to complete literacy-based activities in our school library.

Author Visit

Jerry Pallotta, author of the Who Would Win book series and tons of other children’s books visited Drew to engage our dragons in the details of his life as an author!

Thank you to our amazing PTA for the sponsorship.

2024-2025 Events

Native American History Month Readers

In honor of Native American History Month, our Superintendent Dr. Duran and guest readers from the Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta Sororities Inc. visited our library to share stories to celebrate. What a meaningful opportunity to honor the rich culture, traditions, and enduring contributions of Native Americans.

Blizzard of Books

☃️🎶🎤 Do you want to build a snowman? Special guest “Elsa” aka Mrs. Black, our librarian invited our dragons to a blizzard ❄️🧊❄️ of books 📚📖📙. Thank you to Reading is Fundamental Northern Virginia and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for your sponsorship.

Black History Month Guest Readers

📚Our dragons love❤️ special guest readers who help us celebrate, honor, and learn about the invaluable contributions of African Americans. Our special guests included: APS Superintendent Dr. Duran, Board Member Ms. Sutton, APS Library Supervisor Ms. Hailey, AAC Implementation Coach Ms. Denerville-Davis, Delta Theta Sorority, AKA – Zeta Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Delta – Mu Omicron and members of the Drew community.

Authors in Our Schools

Reading is Fundamental Northern Virginia: This is the best day!” So said a first grader after meeting author Hanh Bui at Arlington’s Drew Elementary as part of the @rifnova ‘Authors in Our Schools’ program! The author read her latest book, “Ánh’s New Word,” followed by a word search game, learning a few words in Vietnamese, and decorating a sweater — an important feature of the book. Then it was time for each child to get a signed copy to keep forever, which generated some very heartfelt thanks! Active learning! Active fun!