Barnes & Noble Celebrates Pre-K-12 Teachers & Administrators During Spring Educator Appreciation Days, April 1-9
March 28 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Special Events Include a Grant Writing
Workshop, an Ozobot Evo Demonstration and a Summer Reading Program
Overview & Teacher Kit Distribution
Educators Can Enter to Win a $1,000 Barnes
& Noble Gift Card
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the nation’s largest
retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media
and educational products, will celebrate Spring Educator
Appreciation Days, April 1-9. Barnes & Noble stores nationwide
and Barnes & Noble.com (www.BN.com) will offer pre-K-12 public,
private and homeschool educators and administrators special
discounts*, events, sweepstakes and giveaways during this time.
Barnes & Noble’s Educator Appreciation Days occur several times
during the year, recognizing educators and providing them with an
opportunity to explore the company’s vast selection of products,
learn about programs and events, as well as save money with deeper
discounts.
This April’s Educator Appreciation Days special discount
offerings are:
- 25% off list price on most books,
gifts, music, DVDs, and toys and games for classroom and personal
purchase;
- 10% off select NOOK® devices including
the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 NOOK®, Samsung Galaxy Tab E NOOK® and
NOOK GlowLight Plus™**;
- 10% off all Café consumables
purchases;
- 10% off select tech tools; and
- $100 off the da Vinci Jr. 1.0© WiFi 3D
Printer from XYZprinting, while supplies last
Also during Educator Appreciation Days at Barnes & Noble,
educators can enter for a chance to win a $1,000 Barnes & Noble
Gift Card. Barnes & Noble is providing educators with the
opportunity to enter for a chance to win one of five Barnes &
Noble $1,000 Gift Cards (one per region) during this year’s April
Educator Appreciation Days. For more information on how to enter,
educators should contact their local Barnes & Noble store.
Plus, Barnes & Noble will kick off Educator Appreciation
Days with special events including a grant writing workshop at
select stores, in addition to an Ozobot Evo demonstration and a
Summer Reading Program overview & teacher kit distribution at
stores nationwide:
- Select Barnes & Noble stores will
host special grant writing workshops that will assist educators in
getting grant money for various initiatives and projects. Educators
who learn how to write grants and find grant makers can create
amazing programs for their classrooms and schools. Educators should
visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator to find out if their
local store will be hosting a grant writing workshop.
- All Barnes & Noble stores will host
a special demonstration of Ozobot Evo, which will show educators
how they can give children K-12 an up-close look at how learning to
code can lead to custom programming. Ozobots are small, smart toy
robots that empower gamers and learners to code, play, create and
connect the physical and digital worlds.
- Educators will receive an overview of
this year’s annual Summer Reading Program for kids in grades 1-6 at
their local Barnes & Noble store, which will once again require
that kids read eight books of their choosing from May 16, 2017,
through September 5, 2017, record the books they read on their
Summer Reading Program journal and turn it into their local Barnes
& Noble store to receive a free book. Educators will also
receive the teacher’s kit necessary to participate in the program,
while supplies last.
Additional events for educators in stores across the country may
focus on a variety of topics, including local My Favorite Teacher
award ceremonies (www.BN.com/myfavoriteteacher), educational toys
and games for interactive learning, and new and award-winning
children’s books. Many stores will also host bookfairs and events
with local authors and featured speakers on trending topics in
education. Educators should contact their local store to find out
what activities will take place at
http://stores.barnesandnoble.com/.
The special discounts offered during Educator Appreciation Days
are available to pre-K to grade 12 teachers and administrators
enrolled in the free Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card
Program. To take advantage of these offers, educators can apply for
their Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card in their local
stores. The application form is available in stores or it can be
downloaded from the Educator Application page online.
* Exclusions can be found in the Educator Program Terms and
Conditions available at www.BN.com/Educator. Educators must present
a valid Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card to receive the
discounts in store. Educators can also receive the discounts online
at BN.com by entering their educator number in the Membership area
of the page. See any bookseller for details.
** Offer excludes the New NOOK Tablet® 7” device, NOOK Books® or
other digital content and accessories for digital devices. There is
also a limit of 5 devices per customer.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is a Fortune 500 company,
the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of
content, digital media and educational products. The Company
operates 634 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of
the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook
Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and
eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and
entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store
features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US
(www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability
to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through
Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and
Windows®.
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Barnes & Noble, Inc.Mary Ellen Keating, 212-633-3323Senior
Vice PresidentCorporate Communicationsmkeating@bn.comorBarnes &
Noble, Inc.Alan McNamara, 212-633-3379Senior DirectorCorporate
Communicationsamcnamara@bn.com
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