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January

Rocky Balboa, Dumbo, We are Marshall

Theme Of The Month: National Reach Your Potential Month
Watch a movie that displays motivation and potential to get students excited and interested in the topic. During intermission or at the end of the movie, have them do a writing activity. Ask them to set goals they want to reach by the end of the school year or have them focus on a talent or intelligence and then write a detailed plan showing how they will work at improving their skills in that area.

  • Dolphin Tale
  • The Karate Kid (1984)
  • Secretariat (PG)
  • Seabiscuit
  • Legend Of The Guardians - The Owls of Ga'Hoole
  • The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • Dumbo
  • Racing Stripes
  • Stand & Deliver
  • Rocky Balboa
  • An American Tail
  • We Are Marshall
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
  • Akeelah & the Bee
  • Legend of Bagger Vance
  • The Blind Side
  • Fame

Winter Themes
Happy Feet (PG), Alaska (PG), Cool Runnings (PG), Jack Frost (PG), Eight Below (PG), Snow Buddies (G)
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Keep a Positive Image!
Easy A (PG-13), Center Stage (PG-13), Hairspray (PG), Million Dollar Baby (PG-13)
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February

Akeelah and the Bee, Radio, The Express

Theme Of The Month: Black History Month
A remembrance to the important people and events in African-American history.

  • The Help
  • Driving Miss Daisy
  • This Is It
  • Glory Road
  • The Long Walk Home
  • Remember the Titans
  • Ray
  • Good Hair
  • Akeelah and the Bee
  • Radio
  • Pride
  • The Express

Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day (PG)
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SuperBowl
Gridiron Gang (PG-13), Leatherheads (PG-13), The Replacements (PG-13), Remember the Titans (PG), Air Bud: Golden Receiver (G), Little Giants (PG), Rudy (PG), We Are Marshall (PG), The Game Plan (PG), Facing the Giants (PG)
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Valentine's Day
Alpha and Omega (PG), WALL-E (PG), Valentine's Day (PG-13), Ella Enchanted (PG), Beauty & the Beast (G), The Perfect Man (PG), Enchanted (PG), While You Were Sleeping (PG)
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President's Day
Newsies (PG), All the President's Men (PG), The Candidate (PG), First Kid (PG)
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March

A League of Their Own, Secretariat, Mulan

Theme Of The Month: Women's History Month
A remembrance to women and their forgotten heritage. A celebration to honor the originality, beauty, imagination and multiple dimensions of women’s lives.

  • Secretariat
  • Princess Ka'luani
  • Sense and Sensibility
  • Swing Shift
  • Gracie
  • A League of their Own
  • Coal Miner's Daughter
  • Little Women
  • Mulan
  • Becoming Jane
  • Freaky Friday
  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
  • The September Issue
  • The Young Victoria

Copyright Awareness Week
Show Big Fat Liar (PG) or choose a new release of your choice! Explain to students about copyright and why it's important to follow.
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March Madness
Air Bud (PG), Space Jam (PG), Hoosiers (PG), The Heart of the Game (PG-13), Glory Road (PG), More than a Game (PG-13)
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April

Little Big League, The Rookie, The Greatest Game Ever Played

Theme Of The Month: National Youth Sports Safety Month
Show a movie relating to sports that will get students excited and interested in the topic. Discuss ideas on how to participate in various sports safely, including proper technique, safety equipment, nutrition, sportsmanship and having fun. Have the students write a paragraph about the movie they just watched and what they would do to be safe in that sport.

  • The Rookie
  • Little Big League
  • Kicking & Screaming
  • Rudy
  • The Greatest Game Ever Played
  • The Mighty Ducks Series
  • Gridiron Gang
  • The Heart of the Game

Baseball
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (G), Field of Dreams (PG), The Babe (PG), Angels in the Outfield (PG), The Rookie (G), Little Big League (PG), A League of Their Own (PG), The Natural (G),
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Spring
How to Eat Fried Worms (PG), A Bug's Life (G), James & the Giant Peach (PG), The Ant Bully (G)
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Earth Day
Sacred Planet (G), The Eleventh Hour (PG-13), Earth (G), The Cove (PG-13), March of the Penguins (G), WALL-E (G), Hoot (PG)
Discuss how everyone can take better care of our planet. Visit a recycling plant or learn about conservation. Try an activity such as burying plastic, paper, tin, etc. in the ground and digging it up a few months later to see how it decomposed.
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May

Oliver & Company, Stuart Little, Air Bud

Theme Of The Month: National Pet Month/Be Kind to Animals
Show a movie that displays humans being kind to animals. Discuss and have them write down ideas on how they can make a difference with animals, including speaking out to others, not tolerating animal cruelty, identifying pets with ID tags, regular vet visits, etc. The students will be intrigued by the movie while learning about the amazing role animals play in our lives. The lessons they learn while they are young will stay with them for a lifetime.

  • Dolphin Tale
  • Born to Be Wild (1995)
  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua
  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
  • Beethoven Series
  • Buddy
  • Eight Below
  • Oliver & Company
  • Free Willy
  • Stuart Little
  • Racing Stripes
  • Hachi: A Dog's Tale

End of School
Goonies (PG), Cars (G), Racing Stripes (PG), High School Musical 2 (PG), 10 Things I Hate About You (PG-13), Recess: School's Out (G)
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Senior Events (Safe Prom, Lock-ins, Post Graduation)
Pirates of The Caraibbean 3 (PG-13), National Treasure 2 (PG), I Am Legend (PG-13), Sherlock Holmes (PG-13), Prom, High School Musical 3, and New Releases are always a hit!
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June

Time Travel Theme of the Month - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Clockstoppers, Kate and Leopold

Theme Of The Month: Time Travel

  • Tron Legacy
  • A Sound of Thunder
  • Back to the Future Series
  • Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
  • Flight of the Navigator
  • Kate & Leopold
  • A Kid in King Arthur's Court
  • The Time Travelers Wife

Summer Camps
The Goonies (PG), Lilo & Stitch (PG), Recess: School’s Out (G), Daddy Day Camp (PG) , Camp Rock (G), Ernest Goes to Camp (PG), Swiss Family Robinson (G), Camp Nowhere (PG), RV (PG)
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Summer Vacations
The Great Outdoors (PG), Vegas Vacation (PG-13), My Father the Hero (PG), The Rescuers Down Under (G)
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July

What's Beyond the Stars Theme of the Month - Apollo 13, Armageddon, October Sky

Theme Of The Month: What's Beyond the Stars

  • Space Cowboys
  • Planet 51
  • Apollo 13
  • October Sky
  • Contact
  • Red Planet
  • Armageddon
  • Mission to Mars
  • Hubble

Beach / Water Fun
Oceans (G), Free Willy: Escape from Pirates Cove (PG), Free Willy (PG), Finding Nemo (G), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (PG), Flipper (PG), Surf's Up (PG), Blue Crush (PG-13), Into the Blue (PG-13)
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Independence Day
Watch Johnny Tremain (G) or The Avengers (pg-13) and make American Flags to decorate a bulletin board or classroom.
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August

On a Safari Theme of the Month - Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa, The Lion King, Curious George: Show Me The Monkey

Theme Of The Month: On a Safari

  • The Lion King 2
  • The Lion King 1 ½
  • Jungle Book 2
  • Jumanji
  • Cheetah
  • George of the Jungle
  • Jungle to Jungle
  • A Far Off Place
  • Tarzan
  • The Wild
  • Curious George: Show Me the Monkey
  • Duma

End of Summer / Back to School
Dead Poets Society (PG), Back to School (PG-13), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (PG), Encino Man (PG), Nancy Drew (PG), National Treasure (PG)
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Teacher's Workshop
Music of the Heart (PG-13), Stand & Deliver (PG), Finding Forrester (PG-13), Dead Poet's Society (PG)
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Race to the End of Summer!
Speed Racer (PG), Cars (G), Herbie Fully Loaded (G), Driven (PG-13), Talladega Nights (PG-13)

Out of this World
Planet 51 (PG), Flight of the Navigator (PG), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (PG), Monsters, Inc. (PG), Mars Needs Moms (PG)
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September

National Hispanic Heritage Theme of the Month - Stand and Deliver, Evita, Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Theme Of The Month: National Hispanic Heritage

  • Maid in Manhattan
  • Selena
  • Stand & Deliver
  • Fool's Rush In
  • Evita
  • The Mask of Zorro
  • Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Back to School / Fall
Encino Man (PG), Akeelah & the Bee (PG13), Dead Poets Society (PG), Teaching Mrs. Tingle (PG13),Waiting for Superman (PG), Kicking & Screaming (PG), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestial (PG), Flubber (PG), Stand & Deliver (PG), Sacred Planet (G), Open Season (PG), Sydney White (PG-13)
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Diversity
The Blind Side (PG-13), Son-in-Law (PG-13), Pooh's Heffalump Movie (G), Guess Who (PG-13), Maid in Manhattan (PG-13), What a Girl Wants (PG), Bring It On (PG-13), Lakeview Terrace (PG-13), The Outsiders (PG), Stand and Deliver (PG), Spanglish (PG-13)
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October

Dinosaur and Large Creature Theme of the Month - Dinosaur, King Kong, Jurassic Park

Theme Of The Month: Dinosaur & Large Creature

  • Scooby Doo: Legend of the Phantosaur (NR)
  • Dinosaur
  • The Land Before Time Series
  • Baby, Secret of the Lost Legend
  • Jurassic Park Series
  • Godzilla
  • Tremors
  • Mighty Joe Young
  • Anaconda
  • Land of the Lost
  • Reign of Fire

Halloween
Spooky Buddies (G), Ghostbusters II (PG) , Gremlins II: The New Batch (PG13) , Poltergeist (PG) , Abbott & Costello Meets Frankenstein (NR) Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (G), Monster House (PG), The Haunted Mansion (PG), Hocus Pocus (PG), Gremlins (PG), Ghostbusters (PG), Scooby Doo (PG), Beetlejuice (PG), Creature from the Black Lagoon (G), Casper (PG),
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Don't be a Bully!
You Again (PG), Max Keeble's Big Move (PG), Ice Princess (G), Chicken Little (G), Sky High (PG)
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November

Native American History Theme of the Month - Pocahontas, Dances with Wolves, Geronimo: An American Legend

Theme Of The Month: Native American History

  • The New World
  • Pocahontas
  • Dances with Wolves
  • Geronimo: An American Legend
  • Smoke Signals

Thanksgiving
Son-In-Law(PG-13), Pieces of April (PG-13), The Family Man (PG-13), Pocahontas (G), Plymouth Adventure (NR), Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (PG)
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Aviation
Memphis Belle(PG-13), Valiant (G), Forever Young (PG), The Rocketeer (PG), Iron Eagle (PG-13), Stealth (PG-13), Flyboys (PG-13)
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December

Let's Be Kind and Help Others Theme of the Month - The Bucket List, Radio, Kit Kittredge: An American Girls

Theme Of The Month: Let's Be Kind and Help Others!

  • Pay It Forward
  • The Bucket List
  • As Good As It Gets
  • Radio
  • Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
  • The Blind Side

Christmas
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (PG), I'll Be Home For Christmas (PG), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (PG-13), Prep and Landing (NR), The Search for Santa Paws (G), A Christmas Carol (PG), The Nativity Story (PG), Jack Frost (PG), Santa Buddies (G), Mickey’s Christmas Carol (G), Four Christmases (PG-13), The Santa Clause 1, 2 or 3(PG), An All Dogs Christmas (G), Elf (PG), A Christmas Story (PG), Christmas with the Kranks (PG), Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas (PG), Muppet Christmas Carol (G), One Magic Christmas (G), Prancer (G), The Polar Express (G), Unaccompanied Minors (PG), A Christmas Story 2 (PG), Arthur Christmas (PG), 12 Dogs of Christmas (PG), Prep & Landing - Naughty Vs. Nice (G), Santa Paws 2 - The Santa Pups (G), Frosty's Winter Wonderland (G)
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Hanukkah
Eight Crazy Nights (PG-13), Fiddler on the Roof (G), Radio Days (PG)
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Kwanzaa
Are We There Yet? (PG), The Preacher's Wife (PG)
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Seen on Broadway
Annie (PG), Phantom of the Opera (PG-13), Mamma Mia (PG-13), Chicago (PG-13), West Side Story (NR)
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