> Abstracts

**for**

**Improving Literacy through School Libraries**

**FY 2002**

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# Alabama

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| **0566**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$82,835**              |   |
| **Wilcox County Schools**                 |                         |   |
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| P.O. Box 160\                             |                         |   |
| Camden, AL 36783                          |                         |   |
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| **Teresa Beardsley**                      |                         |   |
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| **334-573-2550**                          |                         |   |
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| The Wilcox County Board of Education will |                         |   |
| use grant funds to target four elementary |                         |   |
| schools: J.E. Hobbs Elementary, F.S.      |                         |   |
| Ervin Elementary, ABC Elementary, and     |                         |   |
| G.W. Watts Elementary. The project        |                         |   |
| will: 1) establish collaboration between  |                         |   |
| media specialists and teachers through a  |                         |   |
| system of professional development        |                         |   |
| workshops; 2) allow for acquisition of    |                         |   |
| books and technology resources; and 3)    |                         |   |
| extend the hours of the libraries so that |                         |   |
| access is more compatible with the needs  |                         |   |
| of parents, teachers, students, and       |                         |   |
| community members.                        |                         |   |
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| # 0140                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$122,044**             |   |
| # Washington County Schools               |                         |   |
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| **P.O. Box 1359**                         |                         |   |
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| **Granade Street**                        |                         |   |
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| **Chatom, AL 36518**                      |                         |   |
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| **Betty Brackin**                         |                         |   |
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| **251-246-2199**                          |                         |   |
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| Washington County Schools will expand the |                         |   |
| Alabama Reading Initiative Program by     |                         |   |
| using school library media centers to     |                         |   |
| improve student literacy skills and       |                         |   |
| academic achievement in its eight schools |                         |   |
| serving approximately 3,600 students. The |                         |   |
| district wide effort will involve: 1) the |                         |   |
| purchase of up-to-date books and          |                         |   |
| materials; 2) the acquisition of          |                         |   |
| additional technology for media centers;  |                         |   |
| 3) expanded library hours; and 3)         |                         |   |
| opportunities for media specialist to     |                         |   |
| collaborate with teachers on how to best  |                         |   |
| use technology to enhance the curriculum. |                         |   |
| Additionally, teachers and media          |                         |   |
| specialists will participate in a variety |                         |   |
| of professional development sessions.     |                         |   |
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# 0342 Recommendation: \$99,999

# Lowndes County Public Schools

**PO Box 755**

**105 East Tuskeena Street**

**Hayneville, AL 36040**

**Annie Hayes**

**334-548-2131**

Lowndes County will serve four elementary schools. The county will
ensure effective collaboration between teachers and librarians with
librarians teaching reading and research skills, acquire books and other
resources, expand Internet access for students, and expand library
hours.

# 0336 Recommendation: \$ 165,519

# Macon County Schools

# 501 South Street 

**Tuskegee, AL 36083**

**Gwendolyn Moore**

**334-727-1600**

Macon County Board of Education will improve student literacy and
academic performance in the District's eight public schools by focusing
on integrating technology into the curriculum. The MCSILL (Macon County
Schools' Improving Literacy and Libraries) program will improve library
book collections and reference resources, hold workshops for library and
instructional staff to support technology integration, facilitate
teacher-librarian cooperation, improve library technology, and increase
library access by hiring more personnel to keep the libraries open after
school.

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# Alaska

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# 0439 Recommendation: \$46,450

**Lake and Peninsula School District**

**PO Box 498, 100 Jensen Drive**

**King Salmon, AK 99613**

**Natalie McBrayer**

**907-246-4280**

The Lake and Peninsula School District will focus on one K-8 school. The
district will provide a part-time media specialist to work with the
library aide, provide collaboration time and training for teachers and
librarians, acquire books and resources that reflect collaboration, use
advanced technology to provide an Internet accessible catalog system,
and expand library hours.

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# 0052 Recommendation: \$ 230, 919

# Bering Strait School District 

**PO Box 225**

**Unalakleet, AK 99684-0225**

**Lois Peterson**

**907-624-4321**

Serving 15 villages and approximately 2000 Native Alaskan students in
the Seward Peninsula in northwestern Alaska, the Bering Strait School
District will use grant funds to improve access to the libraries, by
increasing hours of operation for library staff and teacher
collaboration. The libraries will also remain open for student use two
nights per week. The library staff and teachers will collaboratively
purchase current library reference materials and resources to replace
aging obsolete collections. Computer programs to improve reading and
database applications will also be acquired.

# Arizona

**0067 Recommendation: \$181,274**

**Dysart Unified School District**

**11405 N. Dysart Road**

**El Mirage, AZ 85335-9233**

**Susan Jordan**

**623-876-7044**

Ten community and parent-teacher organizations participated in the
development of the Dysart Unified School District's *Maximizing Literacy
Opportunities* program. The program will operate in all eight schools in
the district. It aims to improve the quantity and quality of reading
material available to students, in addition to the installation of
advanced technology, staff development, and expanded hours of operation
which will serve not only the students, but the entire community.

# 0099 Recommendation: \$ 135,098

**Red Mesa Unified School District**

**HCR 61 Box 40**

**Teec Nos Pos, AZ 86514**

**Bobbi Friedly**

**928-656-4127**

Red Mesa Unified School District will implement the Connecting with Our
Library project to in all five of its schools--two elementary, two
middle, and one high school. The project will improve the collection in
all schools, acquire technology for a computer lab in the high school
media center, and open the school library media centers on Saturday. The
collection development will be based on the LitART literacy partnership
guidelines and the Oyate project, which emphasizes writing and
illustrations, by Native People.

## California

## 0363 Recommendation: \$250,000

**Sweetwater Union High School District**

**1130 Fifth Avenue**

**Chula Vista, CA 91911**

**Barbara Wymer**

**619-397-2230**

Sweetwater Union High School District's project ensures that library
media teachers and classroom teachers create an integrated language
arts/ library media center program and collaborate on curriculum
strategies. The district will share resources with San Diego State
University, provide professional development to teachers and library
media specialists, and keep the library open during non-school hours.

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| **0096**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$24,536**              |   |
| **Los Angeles County Office of            |                         |   |
| Education**                               |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| 9300 Imperial Highway\                    |                         |   |
| Downey, CA 90242-4720                     |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Joyce Davis**                           |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **909-593-4926**                          |                         |   |
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| The Los Angeles County Office of          |                         |   |
| Education will employ a professionally    |                         |   |
| credentialed library media specialist to  |                         |   |
| work with over 200 adjudicated students   |                         |   |
| at Afflerbaugh-Paige High School. The     |                         |   |
| media specialist will assist students in  |                         |   |
| using the library, work with faculty to   |                         |   |
| integrate library and media sources into  |                         |   |
| classroom curricula, and train library    |                         |   |
| assistants to aid students with reading,  |                         |   |
| writing, research, and computer literacy. |                         |   |
| Additionally, the media center hours will |                         |   |
| be expanded, so that students may access  |                         |   |
| the facility during the school day and on |                         |   |
| evenings and weekends.                    |                         |   |
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## 0048 Recommendation: \$25,500

**Sacramento City Schools**

**Pacific Elementary School**

**6201 41^st^ Street**

**Sacramento, CA 95824**

**Lynnette Schoorl**

**916-433-5089**

Sacramento City Unified School District will focus this grant on its
Pacific Elementary School. The district intends to acquire books and
other library media, obtain advanced technology to use in integrating
information literacy skills into the curriculum, provide professional
development to foster collaboration between teachers and librarians, and
extend library hours.

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| **0478**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$224,619**             |   |
| **Department of Youth Authority**         |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| 4241 Williamsbourgh Drive\                |                         |   |
| Sacramento, CA 95823-2088                 |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Patsy Fine**                            |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **916-262-1500**                          |                         |   |
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| The Department of Youth Authority will    |                         |   |
| use grant funds to acquire books and      |                         |   |
| curriculum materials for use in eleven    |                         |   |
| comprehensive high schools that enroll    |                         |   |
| students who are wards of the court.      |                         |   |
| Additionally, the project will focus on   |                         |   |
| services and activities targeted at       |                         |   |
| improving student achievement and         |                         |   |
| learning. Library staff will actively     |                         |   |
| collaborate with classroom teachers       |                         |   |
| through a series of professional          |                         |   |
| development sessions.                     |                         |   |
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| **0356**                   | **Recommendation: \$238,960**          |   |
|                            |                                        |   |
| **Stockton Unified School  |                                        |   |
| District**                 |                                        |   |
|                            |                                        |   |
| 701 N. Madison Street      |                                        |   |
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| Stockton, CA 95202-1687    |                                        |   |
|                            |                                        |   |
| **Robert Sahli**           |                                        |   |
|                            |                                        |   |
| **209-953-3194**           |                                        |   |
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| Stockton Unified School    |                                        |   |
| District will improve the  |                                        |   |
| services of school library |                                        |   |
| media centers at 9         |                                        |   |
| elementary and 1 middle    |                                        |   |
| school. The goals of the   |                                        |   |
| project are: 1) to ensure  |                                        |   |
| the library media centers  |                                        |   |
| possess advanced           |                                        |   |
| technology so that         |                                        |   |
| students may access        |                                        |   |
| library resources in the   |                                        |   |
| classroom; and 2) to       |                                        |   |
| provide students with      |                                        |   |
| expanded access to the     |                                        |   |
| media centers.             |                                        |   |
| Additionally, grant funds  |                                        |   |
| will be used to purchase   |                                        |   |
| books and resources;       |                                        |   |
| foster collaboration       |                                        |   |
| between teachers and       |                                        |   |
| library media specialists; |                                        |   |
| and acquire information    |                                        |   |
| database and educational   |                                        |   |
| software to improve        |                                        |   |
| reading comprehension,     |                                        |   |
| language, and writing      |                                        |   |
| skills.                    |                                        |   |
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**Colorado**

**0440 Recommendation: \$ 41,540**

# Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind 

**33 N. Institute Street**

**Colorado Springs, CO 80907**

**Janet Rose**

**719-578-2206**

A collaborative effort with the library media specialist, teachers and
parents, the Family Literacy Pack Project will work towards the goal of
increased academic achievement for students who are deaf or visually
impaired statewide. The school serves approximately 230 students
on-campus. The project will assemble 80 activity packs including four to
five books, activities designed for family use, a sign language video
and a log. Cameras and video-editing equipment will be purchased to
produce sign language videos to be included in the packs. Families out
of the area can use the literacy packs in their homes.

**0111 Recommendation: \$ 248,252**

**Harrison School District Two**

**1060 Harrison Road**

# Colorado Springs, CO 80906

**Laurence R. Sargent**

**719-579-2067**

The Harrison School District of Colorado Springs, Colorado intends to
extend the Accelerated Reader (AR) program to seven more schools so that
all of its elementary schools are focused on increasing student
literacy. In order to effectively carry out this program, the district
will purchase more books, extend library hours in the evening and
summer, and provide more intensive one-on-one instruction for individual
students.

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| # 0321                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$25,000**              |   |
| # Fort Morgan School District RE-3        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **230 Walnut Street**                     |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Fort Morgan, CO 80701**                 |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Jody Florian**                          |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **970-867-5633**                          |                         |   |
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| Columbine Elementary School in Fort       |                         |   |
| Morgan, Colorado, serves students in      |                         |   |
| grades one through four. Library          |                         |   |
| personnel will actively collaborate with  |                         |   |
| instructional staff during weekly grade   |                         |   |
| level planning meetings, and full staff   |                         |   |
| collaboration will be facilitated by      |                         |   |
| weekly grade level planning meetings.     |                         |   |
| Also included are extended library hours  |                         |   |
| and the use of computer tutorials.        |                         |   |
| Additionally, books and library materials |                         |   |
| will extend existing efforts to improve   |                         |   |
| student achievement.                      |                         |   |
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**Florida**

**0573 Recommendation: \$ 121,884**

# Alachua County Schools 

**620 East University Avenue**

**Gainesville, FL 32601**

**Donna Omer**

**352-955-7605**

Alachua County will launch its Libraries Lead in Reading Program in five
elementary schools. The program will support collection development
aligned with the District's reading program, provide better access to
technology, and extend the operating hours of the library to before and
after school as well as evenings. The program will be coordinated with
the District's Title I program, Comprehensive School Reform project, and
Florida's Technology initiative.

## 

## 0404 Recommendation: \$233,368

# Putnam County School District

**3841 Reid St.**

**Palatka, FL 32177**

**Janet Valentine**

**386-329-3800**

The North East Florida Education Consortium serves 14 small, rural,
northeast Florida

School districts. This project will support nine elementary school
libraries in five of these rural school districts. Monthly meetings will
be held for professional development for librarians covering the
acquisition of materials and strategies for collaboration with teachers.
In addition, monthly meetings with teachers will be established to
implement the collaboration, and purchases made will reflect
school-based reading programs.

**Georgia**

**0259 Recommendation: \$ 241,690**

**Bulloch County Schools**

**150 Williams Road**

**Statesboro, GA 30458-0458**

**Dianne Bath**

**912-764-1601**

The Bulloch County School District will improve each of its 15 school
library media centers serving approximately 8,500 students. The District
intends to focus on the identified need for better collections in the
content areas, particularly science. By acquiring more books for
libraries, raising the level of cooperation between media centers and
the classroom, and increasing access to technology, the district intends
to help all students academically.

**Idaho**

**0230 Recommendation: \$155,736**

**Joint School District #241**

**714 Jefferson**

**Grangeville, ID 83530**

**Leann Wicks**

**208-983-9205**

The Idaho Joint School District #241 intends to update their outdated
library collection and provide increased professional development
opportunities to experienced media specialists in the hope of raising
low student achievement on standardized tests. The project will operate
in all seven libraries in the district.

**Illinois**

# 0080 Recommendation: \$62,459

**Alton Community School District**

**1854 East Broadway**

**Alton, IL 62002**

**Carolyn Irvin**

**618-463-2126**

Alton School District will target three schools. Funds will be used to
update book collections, add library media software, increase technology
software, expand library hours, and provide professional development for
library media specialists.

**0262 Recommendation: \$ 67,955**

# Unity Point School District

# 5234 South US Highway 51

**Carbondale, IL 62903-7609**

**Mary Jo Diamond**

**618-529-4151**

Unity Point School is a Pre-K-8 school of 735 students in rural southern
Illinois. A key component of its project will be to formalize teacher
collaboration with the library media specialist. Collaboration will
range from learning about available library resources and how to access
them through classroom implementation, where the library media
specialist will co-teach with the classroom teacher. A 3-credit graduate
course will be taught in the Spring 2003. Teachers will focus on the
diagnosis of reading needs, and then plan appropriate strategies to
improve student achievement.

**0391 Recommendation: \$ 250,000**

**Decatur Public Schools #61**

**101 West Cerro Gordo**

**Decatur, IL 62523**

**Donald Long**

**217-424-3201**

The Decatur Public Schools' grant focuses on ten elementary schools
within its jurisdiction that exhibit the greatest need for library
improvement. These ten elementary schools will receive more books and
other library resources (purchased through the District Learning
Resource Center), teacher development, and lengthened hours of
operation, which will include the "Summer Bridges" summer reading
program.

**Iowa**

**0206 Recommendation: \$ 64,744**

**Graettinger School District**

**PO Box 58**

**Graettinger, IA 51342-0058**

**Dan Mart**

**712-859-3286**

Serving 300 students in Northwest rural Iowa, the Graettinger
Consolidated School District will ask all staff to receive training in
reading strategies aligned with individual student needs. Parents will
also participate in the training, with access to materials in the
library on Saturdays and other designated times. Acquisition of books
and texts at all grade levels that meet the needs of the diverse student
population are planned. One hour before the day begins the library media
specialist will be available to students, parents, and teachers to
assist with learning software and curriculum integrating technology.

**0184 Recommendation: \$ 37,453**

**Mormon Trail Community School District**

**403 S. Front, Box 156**

**Humeston, IA 50123-0156**

**Richard Janson**

**641-877-2521**

The District will increase opportunities for student learning through
the expansion of topics at reading levels, and an increase in the number
of children's books to be used by classroom teachers at the elementary
level. At the high school level, funds will be used to purchase
software. Hours of access to the school library will be increased to
allow more opportunities by students to work on curriculum-based
classroom projects. In addition, automation will provide online access
to all school collections.

**0245 Recommendation: \$ 75,000**

# Central Decatur Community Schools 

**1201 NE Poplar Street**

**Leon, IA 50144**

**Patty Lindsey**

**641-446-6521**

Central Decatur Community School District consists of two elementary
schools and one junior/senior high school, which will use grant funds to
update their library collection and improve reading skills. In addition,
library hours will increase by opening earlier in the morning, selected
hours in the evenings and one Saturday per month. Funds will support
professional workshops for library media specialists and for teachers to
assist in the development of individual intervention strategies.

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| # 0086                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$31,164**              |   |
| # Villisca Community School District      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **406 E. Third Street**                   |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Villisca, IA 50864-1137**               |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Stacey Hornung**                        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **712-826-2552**                          |                         |   |
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| The Villisca Community School District    |                         |   |
| will implement a district-wide effort to  |                         |   |
| strengthen school media services and      |                         |   |
| ultimately improve achievement. Emphasis  |                         |   |
| will be placed on providing students and  |                         |   |
| staff with a wide selection of current    |                         |   |
| print materials that encourage reading    |                         |   |
| and support the district's curriculum,    |                         |   |
| building staff capacity to integrate      |                         |   |
| literacy skills into the curriculum,      |                         |   |
| increasing access to the media center     |                         |   |
| services, and researching and planning    |                         |   |
| for increased technology to access        |                         |   |
| collections.                              |                         |   |
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**Kansas**

**0290 Recommendation: \$ 349,028**

**Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools**

**625 Minnesota Avenue**

**Kansas City, KS 66101**

**Jill Shakelford**

**913-279-2259**

KCK Info Kids: Power Building for Reading Improvement will be
implemented in fifteen elementary schools to benefit 5,200 students. All
fifteen of the schools have not reached the State's adequate yearly
progress targets, four of the schools are in corrective action. The
project will focus on increasing the skills and knowledge base of
teachers and library media specialists by creating and field testing a
content based curriculum unit that will focus on reading comprehension
and research skills. The project will support release time for school
staff and collection development

**Kentucky**

**0349 Recommendation: \$ 74,865**

# Clinton County School District

# Rt. 4, Box 100

# Albany, KY 42602

**Paula Little**

**606-387-6480**

To improve K-12 student literacy for approximately 1,450 students, the
Clinton County School District in Kentucky's Appalachian Region will
acquire library materials, purchase and apply more advanced technology,
and provide professional development workshops for its library media
specialists. Both the library media specialist and the teachers at each
of the three schools will select resources that complement the
curriculum.

# 0344 Recommendation: \$24,576

**Cumberland County Schools**

**PO Box 420, 410 North Main St.**

**Burkesville, KY 42717**

**Margenia Keeton**

**270-864-1262**

Cumberland County Elementary School is the only elementary school in
Cumberland County, a rural school district in south central Kentucky.
The proposed program is composed of four critical elements: the library
media specialist will collaborate with teachers, up-to-date books will
be acquired, the media center will obtain technology to expand reach
into classrooms, and the media center will provide expanded hours to
students.

**Louisiana**

**0023 Recommendation: \$ 245,122**

**East Baton Rouge Parish Schools**

**P.O. Box 2950**

**Baton Rouge, LA 70821-2950**

**Phyllis Heroy**

**225-226-7610**

East Baton Rouge Parish School System proposes to serve 10 schools,
targeting at least two grades within each school. Teachers and library
media specialists will receive professional development in collaboration
and inquiry-based teaching units. Library media specialists will work
with students on the steps of the research process and design a
collection development plan for resource acquisition.

**Maine**

**0312 Recommendation: \$ 78,080**

**Maine School Administrative District #13**

**263 Main Street**

**P.O. Box 649**

**Bingham, ME 04920-0649**

**Martha Witham**

**207-672-5500**

Located in rural Maine, the Maine School Administrative District #13
will improve literacy among its students by purchasing books and other
library resources (such as audio/visual technology), modernizing their
catalogue, and extending library hours for the benefit not only of
students, but the community at large as well. The district serves four
schools: a one room school, a PK-3 school, one 4-6 and a high school.

# 0266 Recommendation: \$66,715

# School Union #60

# PO Box 100 144 Pritham Avenue

**Greenville, ME 04441**

**Steven Pound**

**207-695-3708**

The School Union district in Greenville, Maine, will focus on Greenville
Elementary School. The school will update its collection, acquire and
utilize advanced technology, facilitate Internet links and other
resource-sharing networks among schools, provide professional
development activities for library media specialists, and expand library
hours.

**0376 Recommendation: \$ 108, 172**

**Maine School Administrative District 03**

# 74 School Street

# Unity, ME 04988 

# Jeanne Pernice

**207-948-6136**

Maine School Administrative District 03, a rural school district that is
the second largest geographical district in the state, plans to acquire
materials to improve the library's collection of Natural Science,
Technology, Geography, and History resources at six elementary schools
and one high school. Two of the elementary schools will offer
after-school access, and the libraries will open during the summer. All
school library media specialists will attend at least one of the
professional development workshops for literacy and collaboration.

**Maryland**

**0231 Recommendation: \$ 250,000**

**Baltimore City Public Schools**

**200 East North Avenue**

**Baltimore, MD 21202-5910**

**Sheila Grap**

**410-396-8500**

The Baltimore City Schools will target 10 elementary schools to improve
collections and automate the libraries to meet state standards, and
achieve alignment with the content curricula. These funds will combine
with other funding sources, including other grants, business
partnerships, and local funds to achieve the transformation of the
library media center into a more inviting and vital part of the school
and community.

**Michigan**

**0535 Recommendation: \$ 280,125**

# Detroit City Schools

**5057 Woodward Avenue**

**Detroit, MI 48202**

**Angela McKissic-Samuels**

**313-494-1623**

Detroit Public Schools will reopen ten elementary school libraries
serving approximately 10,000 students. This grant will be used to
purchase fiction and non-fiction books for the school libraries and
provide the necessary technology to access classrooms and other
libraries. These ten school libraries have been part of a project
sponsored by the Institute for Museum and Library Services­--Kids Still
Need Libraries--to train teachers as certified school library media
specialists, and to evaluate the needs of school libraries that have
been closed for at least two years to prepare them for reopening.

**0017 Recommendation: \$ 141,828**

**Kalamazoo City School District**

**1220 Howard Street**

**Kalamazoo, MI 49008**

**Doug Wood**

**616-337-0422**

A total of 11,245 students in twenty-four buildings from K-12 are served
by the City of Kalamazoo in southwestern Michigan. The district plans to
update collections by giving students more high interest-low vocabulary
books, more Spanish materials, and current reference materials; A web
page that includes a 'library resource page' and a reference database
will increase access to resources, and an extension of library hours and
a collaboration between the school library and the public library will
encourage more parental involvement in reading.

# Minnesota

# 

# 0403 Recommendation: \$ 248,975

# Minneapolis Public Schools

# 807 NE Broadway

# Minneapolis, MN 55413

# Coleen Kosloski

# 612-668-0260 

The majority of the funds will be used to assist 12 schools to improve
their collections, which are 20 years outdated. The school system will
support the collaboration between teachers and library media specialists
to selectively acquire resources that reflect the demands of a diverse
student population, and to support curriculum. Teams of teachers,
library media specialists, parents/guardians and community professionals
will determine the needs to be addressed, and administer and evaluate
the program.

# 0135 Recommendation: \$24,950

# Skills for Tomorrow Charter High School

# 547 Wheeler Street North

**St. Paul, MN 55104**

**Tess Tierman**

**651-647-6000**

The Skills for Tomorrow Charter High School is one of Minnesota's oldest
outcome-based charter schools, designated as an LEA under Minnesota
Charter School Law. This project will: acquire age-appropriate reading
material, coordinate teachers and library specialists, extend library
hours, provide Internet access, and hold a monthly open house for
parents.

**Mississippi**

**0522 Recommendation: \$ 75,000**

**North Bolivar School District**

**PO Box 28, 700 Lauderdale**

**Shelby, MS** **38774**

# Casper Hall

# 662-398-4000 

## North Bolivar School District consists of three schools, an elementary, middle, and high school that serve more than 1000 students that will now be able to improve the quality and the number of library materials in their school library media center collections. The library will offer students opportunities to use the newly acquired resources and to benefit from newly established reading programs during extended hours in the afternoons and on Saturday mornings.

## 

## Missouri

## 

## 0062 Recommendation: \$31,350

**Dallas County R-1 School District**

**309 West Commercial**

**Buffalo, MO 65622**

**Tanna Wheeler**

**417-345-2222**

Dallas School District will focus on its elementary school. The funds
will be used for the following: 1) to acquire up-to-date books and other
library media resources; 2) to integrate the use of technology into the
curriculum through professional development for teachers; 3) to allow
student and parent access to Internet links; 4) and to extend library
hours for the elementary, middle and high schools.

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| **0487**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$24,993**              |   |
| **Hayti R-II School District**            |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| PO Box 469\                               |                         |   |
| Hayti, MO 63851-0469                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Kimberly Johnson**                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **573-888-5860**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| The Hayti R-II School District aims to    |                         |   |
| increase student achievement at Hayti     |                         |   |
| Elementary by providing students with     |                         |   |
| greater access to technology-based        |                         |   |
| resources and offering teachers and the   |                         |   |
| media specialist opportunities to attend  |                         |   |
| professional development activities       |                         |   |
| focused on improving reading achievement. |                         |   |
| The project will place networked          |                         |   |
| computers in the media center, provide    |                         |   |
| professional development and encourage    |                         |   |
| teachers to create curriculum in          |                         |   |
| conjunction with the media specialist.    |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

**Montana**

**0435 Recommendation: \$ 70,467**

**Wolf Point School Districts 45&45A**

**220 4^th^ Ave. South**

**Wolf Point, MT 59201-1538**

**Gen Beery**

**406-653-1200**

The Wolf Point School District will implement its BOOKS (Books Offer
Opportunities for Kids to Succeed) Program in three schools serving
almost 1,000 students. This program will serve to stock the district's
libraries with current books, improve the reading levels of students,
and allow access to school libraries during the summer.

# New Mexico

+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| **0085**                                  | **Recommendation:        |
|                                           | \$243,672**              |
| **Central Consolidated School District**  |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| **P.O. Box 1199**                         |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| **Shiprock, NM 87420**                    |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| **Ann Palmer**                            |                          |
|                                           |                          |
| **505-598-9684**                          |                          |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+
| Central Consolidated School District #22  |                          |
| will implement Project Excellence Through |                          |
| Literacy, a program aimed at providing    |                          |
| eleven elementary, middle and high        |                          |
| schools with up-to-date school library    |                          |
| materials and resources to improve        |                          |
| literacy. The project will purchase books |                          |
| and server and client software, extend    |                          |
| library hours, and provide opportunities  |                          |
| for teachers and library media            |                          |
| specialists to actively collaborate.      |                          |
+-------------------------------------------+--------------------------+

**New York**

**0157 Recommendation: \$221,011**

**Albany City Schools**

**Administration Building, Academy Park**

# Albany, NY 12209

**Terrance White**

**518-462-7288**

Albany City Schools will serve 12 schools. For this project, the
district will extend access to their library collections during the
summer months, and institute collaborative efforts between library media
specialists, teachers and administrators through research-based
professional development.

# 

# 0055 Recommendation: \$150,000

**Capitol Region BOCES**

**1031 Watervliet-Shaker Road**

**Albany, NY 12205**

**Linda Fox**

**518-786-3221**

The Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
School Library System will serve six schools in Watervliet City School
District -- an urban district -- and Cobleskill-Richmondville -- a rural
district. Staff training will be provided that focuses on strengthening
collaboration between librarians and teachers, materials will be
selected and purchased to support this work, and libraries will be kept
open an additional hour each school day.

# 0241 Recommendation: \$247,900

# Community School District #8

# 650 White Plains Road

**Bronx, NY 10473**

**Sandy Goodman**

**718-409-8192**

Community School District #8 will serve all 20 schools in its district.
The district intends to acquire up-to-date books and library resources,
and advanced technology incorporated into the curriculum with the
addition of a T1 line. Internet links will be facilitated and technology
resources will be integrated into the school and technology plan.
Professional development will be provided to 20 library media
specialists in early reading and development, consisting of six full day
workshops.

**0499 Recommendation: \$ 250,000**

**Community School District \# 18 (Brooklyn)**

**755 East 100^th^ Street**

**Brooklyn, NY 11236-2633**

**Geraldine Scotto**

5257. 

Students attending six elementary and four intermediate schools in
southeast Brooklyn will benefit from these grant funds. Librarians will
increase their ability to deliver instruction and facilitate student and
parent literacy skills. Library materials will be purchased after
consultation with the school literacy team and the School Leadership
team. Equipment and technology needed to provide Internet links and
other resource-sharing networks among schools and school library media
centers, and public and academic libraries will also be purchased.
Library hours will be extended to before- and after-school and weekend
and summer access.

**0155 Recommendation: \$ 137,950**

**Southern Westchester BOCES**

**2 Westchester Plaza**

**Elmsford, NY 10523**

**Pam Berger**

**914-723-1995**

Mount Vernon and Peekskill School Districts submitted a group
application to benefit five elementary school libraries through the
BOCES Southern Westchester School Library system. School librarians,
teachers, and administrators will learn new skills and strategies to
work together to improve student literacy. Creation of curriculum maps,
collaborative standards-based curriculum, use of best practices,
creation of a library-literacy web site, and parent workshops are some
of the planned activities. Teachers and the librarians will identify
print and Internet resources that support literacy development and other
English Language Arts content standards. Professional development will
be accomplished through workshops that provide opportunities for
observation, critique, and reflection, group feedback and feedback from
skilled practitioners.

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0118                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$243,486**             |   |
| # Freeport Public Schools                 |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **235 North Ocean Avenue**                |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Freeport, NY 11520-0801**               |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Carolyn Thompson**                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **516-867-5227**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| Freeport's "Improving Literacy through    |                         |   |
| the Library Program" aims to dramatically |                         |   |
| improve student achievement and student   |                         |   |
| literacy by providing elementary students |                         |   |
| in six schools with well-equipped,        |                         |   |
| technologically advanced school library   |                         |   |
| media centers and increased access to     |                         |   |
| up-to-date resources. Additionally, the   |                         |   |
| project will emphasize coordination       |                         |   |
| between school library media staff,       |                         |   |
| school administrators, technology         |                         |   |
| specialists, reading teachers, classroom  |                         |   |
| instructional staff, parents, and         |                         |   |
| community partners.                       |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| 0314                                      | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$222,500**             |   |
| Community School District #1              |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| 80 Montgomery Street, Room 210            |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| New York, NY 10002                        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Paul Loughran**                         |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **212-602-9771**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| Community School District #1 aims to      |                         |   |
| increase student achievement reading in   |                         |   |
| nine schools. The project will focus      |                         |   |
| on: 1) purchasing books; 2) creating an   |                         |   |
| On-line Public Access Catalog (OPAC)      |                         |   |
| accessible to parents, teachers, and      |                         |   |
| students via the Internet; 3) providing   |                         |   |
| professional development aimed to         |                         |   |
| increase knowledge of the use of print    |                         |   |
| and electronic tools to improve reading,  |                         |   |
| reasoning, writing and communication; 4)  |                         |   |
| encouraging parent involvement in a       |                         |   |
| variety of activities, including          |                         |   |
| workshops and trainings; and 5) expanding |                         |   |
| access to the library by increasing its   |                         |   |
| hours of operation.                       |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **0175 Recommendation: \$39,982**                                     |
|                                                                       |
| **Community School District #2**                                      |
|                                                                       |
| 333 Seventh Avenue---7^th^ Floor                                      |
|                                                                       |
| New York, NY 10001                                                    |
|                                                                       |
| **Carol Slocombe & Alice Hom**                                        |
|                                                                       |
| **212-330-9415**                                                      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Community School District #2 will upgrade the library media center    |
| and services at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School 131. Project Library    |
| M.E.D.I.A. (Meeting Educational Diversity through Increased Access)   |
| will address the academic challenges of its unique student population |
| by providing students with increased access to a well equipped        |
| technologically advanced school library media center with up-to-date  |
| school library resources and a professionally trained school library  |
| media specialist. Project funds will be used to purchase books and    |
| computer software, expand the hours of the library, and foster        |
| collaboration between the media specialist and teachers.              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

# 0166 Recommendation: \$ 149,233

# Poughkeepsie City School District

# 11 College Avenue

# Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

# Karen Markeloff

# 845-451-4982 

Six schools with enrollments of 4,400 students will launch collaborative
projects to enhance the Open Court Basal Reading program and Dimensions
of Reading. Project activities include co-teaching, co-selecting new
titles, professional development in concert with their Reading
Excellence grant, and extending their services to include a family
literacy component.

# 

# 0458 Recommendation: \$249,750

**Yonkers Public Schools**

**28 Wells Avenue, Bldg. 2**

**Yonkers, NY 10701**

**Fern Eisgrub/Fitzgerald Georges**

**914-376-8265**

Yonkers Public Schools will focus on five elementary schools and acquire
up-to-date books and library resources, incorporate technology into the
curricula through Accelerated Reader and the STAR literacy programs,
facilitate Internet links, offer professional development to library
media specialists and teachers, and provide access to libraries during
non-school hours.

# 

# North Carolina

# 

# 0193 Recommendation: \$ 50,000

**Edenton-Chowan Schools**

**113 East King Street, Suite 300**

**Edenton, NC 27932**

**Nancy Heiniger**

**252-221-4151**

Grant funds will allow the school library media specialists at two
elementary schools to begin to rebuild the library collections through a
collaborative process involving administrators, teachers, and
parents**.** One of the elementary schools has created and will expand a
resource room of materials for parents of children in grades 3-5. In the
months of June and July, traditionally months that are not active, the
media centers will be open part-time. Increased hours of operation in
the morning and afternoon during the school year will enable students to
routinely have more access.

**0490 Recommendation: \$126,185**

**Scotland County Schools**

**322 South Main Street**

**Laurinburg, NC 28352**

**Jeanie Freshcorn**

**910-276-1138**

Scotland Schools will improve the collections at two newly established
elementary schools. Funds from this grant will be used primarily for
collection building but will also support extended hours to correspond
with afterschool literacy programs, create an interlibrary network for
the entire district, and open one of school libraries to the public on
Saturday mornings.

# 

# 

# 0516 Recommendation: \$244,150

# Robeson County Public Schools

**410 Canton Road**

**Lumberton, NC 28359**

**Etta Marie Baldwin**

**910-671-6015**

Robeson County will serve nine schools. The project will: 1) to replace
6,000 outdated books with new volumes; 2) extend library hours; 3)
purchase a standardized testing program to provide diagnostics to be
used to create reading programs for at-risk children; 4) provide
professional development; 5) and provide collaborative activities for
teachers, media specialists, parents and students.

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0360                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$250,000**             |   |
| # Alleghany County Schools                |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **85 Peachtree Street**                   |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Sparta, NC 28675-9210**                 |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Karen Lowe**                            |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **366-667-2191**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| The Appalachian Literacy Partnership will |                         |   |
| serve students in 14 schools in three     |                         |   |
| districts: Alleghany County, NC, Ashe     |                         |   |
| County, NC, and Grayson County, VA. Grant |                         |   |
| funds will be used to: 1) acquire         |                         |   |
| up-to-date library books and materials;   |                         |   |
| 2) facilitate Internet links and other    |                         |   |
| resource sharing; 3) provide intensive    |                         |   |
| training in best practices to promote     |                         |   |
| literacy to 14 schools in the three       |                         |   |
| Appalachian school districts; and 4)      |                         |   |
| extend media services for students and    |                         |   |
| parents during non-school hours.          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

**0285 Recommendation: \$48,140**

# Edgecombe County Schools

**PO Box 7128, 412 Pearl Street**

**Tarboro, NC 27886**

# Steve Stone 

# 252-641-2631

## 

Phillips Middle School is a grade 4 through 8 school in rural Edgecomb
County, North Carolina. The project will focus on expanding the book
collection of the school by purchasing 1,900 books, thereby enhancing
the currency and relevancy of the volumes in the library. In addition,
the library media specialists will work in collaboration with teachers
and students, and the applicant's plan for the acquisition of books will
reflect this collaboration.

# 

# North Dakota

# 

# 0365 Recommendation: \$ 27,500

# Minnewauken Public Schools

# PO Box 348 

**Minnewauken, ND 58351**

**Jean E. Callahan**

**701-473-5306**

The main focus of this project is to build the elementary collection,
increase student access to technology, and open the school library as
part of the after-school program. Until two years ago Minnewauken, a
small rural district with 150 students, had no school library, only
classroom collections of books. At that time, the teachers voluntarily
put their books into a library collection and the district hired a
part-time certified media specialist.

**Ohio**

**0466 Recommendation: \$ 66,120**

# Campbell City Schools

# 280 Sixth Street

**Campbell, OH 44405**

**Margaret J. Ford**

**330-755-0162**

This project will focus on collection improvement, collaboration between
the library media specialist and the teachers, and extension of library
hours in the evening and during summer school to allow for student and
community use in three schools -- one elementary, one middle and one
high school. The district library media specialist will collaborate with
each teacher in the district at least once to create a research-based
project compatible with Ohio's information literacy skills model.

**0129 Recommendation: \$ 60,123**

**New Boston School District**

**522 Glenwood Ave.**

**New Boston, OH 45662**

**Lowell Howard**

**740-456-4626**

The New Boston School District will focus on its two elementary schools
serving approximately 250 students. Grants funds will establish a
project entitled "U.S.S. Librarian: A Voyage to Literacy Island" to
purchase books, the extend library operating hours, provide teacher
professional development, and acquire computers for students' library
use.

# Oklahoma

# 

# 0212 Recommendation: \$49,050

# Bristow Public Schools

**134 W. 9^th^ St.**

**Bristow, OK 74010**

**Jeanene Barnett**

**918-367-5555**

# Bristow Public Schools will serve two elementary schools. The district will replace outdated books, increase collection size, replace old computers and network new computers to increase access for students, and increase collaboration among library media specialists, teachers, parents, and university professors to facilitate incorporating technology into the curricula.

# 

# 0297 Recommendation: \$174,904

# Comanche School District I-2

**1030 Ash**

**Comanche, OK 73529**

**Morgan Mannen**

**580-439-2900**

# The Comanche School District is located in a rural area, with one-third of the students of Native American ancestry. This project proposes to create a model library media center at one elementary school. The district will acquire up-to-date books and library resources, obtain and use advanced technology and incorporate it into the curricula, facilitate Internet links and resource-sharing networks among school library media centers, to provide professional development, and to expand library hours.

# 

**0019 Recommendation: \$ 74,071**

**Drumright Public Schools, District I-39**

**PO Box 191**

**Drumright, OK 74030**

**Roxie Terry**

**918-352-4430**

# Drumright Public Schools will serve approximately 670 students in grades Pre-K through Grade 12 in three schools. Each site will purchase fiction, non-fiction, and reference works, and automate the libraries by acquiring computers, research-based computer assisted instruction, and assessment software. Card catalogs will be automated for access by computer anywhere in the district. A web page will be created and devoted to literacy activities, the card catalog, and the state's resource database, linkage to university libraries in the state and region, reading assessments and assignments. Hours of library operation will also be extended to 3-5 pm each day.

# 

**0583** **Recommendation: \$203,423**

# Durant Public Schools

# PO Box 1160 

**Durant, OK 74702**

**Duane Meredeth**

**580-924-1176**

# Durant Public will serve eight schools. The project will acquire up-to-date books and other library resources, acquire and use advanced technology incorporated into the curricula of the school -- including laptop cart setups, facilitate Internet links and resource sharing among schools, provide professional development for library specialists and activities that foster collaboration among teachers and librarians, and provide access during non-school hours.

# 

# 0500 Recommendation: \$50,000

# Shidler Public Schools -- Osage

**207 East Main Street**

**Hominy, OK 74035**

**Stephen Cargill**

**918-793-2021**

Shidler Public Schools will serve two schools. The library media
specialist will collaborate with teachers and work with students in
information literacy and other content areas. The library will acquire
resources to support instructional needs and obtain and use advanced
technologies. The staff will facilitate resource-sharing networks, and
receive professional development that will focus on areas of need.

# 0529 Recommendation: \$75,000

# Woodland Public Schools -- Osage

**207 East Main Street**

**Hominy, OK 74035**

**Phyllis Murphy**

**918-642-3297**

# Woodland Public Schools will serve three schools. Library media center staff will work with teachers to plan and cooperatively teach instructional units in information literacy as it applies to reading and use resources to provide students with the opportunity to use information literacy skills. The district will also acquire up-to-date books and resources, as well as technology that are incorporated into the curricula of the schools. Professional development for library media specialists and extended hours will also be provided.

# 

**0502 Recommendation: \$ 100,000**

**Pawhuska Public Schools -- Osage**

**207 East Main Street**

**Hominy, OK 74035-1511**

**Jack Miles**

**918-287-1281**

# The Pawhuska School District will work in four schools to improve literacy around three "Critical Elements:" collaboration, resources, and technology. Library media specialists will work with teachers and students to more fully integrate the use of libraries into the curriculum. To achieve this, the district will use funds to improve library resources (including books). Technology such as better online access to the Oklahoma Union Database will be used to expedite the entire process.

# 

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| **0503**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$49,687**              |   |
| **Wellston Public Schools -- Osage**      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| 207 East Main Street\                     |                         |   |
| Hominy, OK 74065-1511                     |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Dwayne Danker, Project Director**       |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **405-356-2234**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| Project SMILES (School Media for          |                         |   |
| Improving Literacy Experiences of         |                         |   |
| Students) is a research-based project     |                         |   |
| aimed at improving literacy in two rural  |                         |   |
| schools: Wellston Elementary and Wellston |                         |   |
| High School. The project will allow media |                         |   |
| staff to work with classroom teachers to  |                         |   |
| plan, develop, and cooperatively teach    |                         |   |
| instructional units in information        |                         |   |
| literacy as it applies to reading and     |                         |   |
| other core content areas. Additionally,   |                         |   |
| grant funds will be used to purchase      |                         |   |
| books and multimedia resources and to     |                         |   |
| extend the hours of the media centers.    |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

# 

**0002 Recommendation: \$ 79,624**

**Madill Public Schools**

**601 West McArthur**

**Madill, OK 73446**

**Judy McDaniel**

**580-795-3303**

# Madill Public Schools will implement Project CATT (Children Achieving Through Technology) in its three school library media centers. The district will purchase books and materials, computers, and the Fast ForWord literacy and reading skills program. The three school library media specialists will participate in professional development, expand access to library resources, and collaborate with classroom teachers.

# 

**0028 Recommendation: \$ 178,703**

**Western Heights School District I-041**

**8401 W. 44^th^ Street**

**Oklahoma City, OK 73179**

**Dianne Pridgen**

**405-350-3410**

# Located in the southwestern corner of Oklahoma County, the Western Heights School District consists of four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and one alternative academy. Funds will enable the district to acquire children's books that emphasize early childhood literacy for the elementary schools, science and social studies books for the middle and high schools, and fiction books and quality literature for all schools. Web-based, on-line subscriptions will be purchased to strengthen the web site. Computers for elementary student inquiry in the library will be purchased. Elementary schools will be open one day per week an extra hour. The high school library will be open after school for an hour and a half each day.

**0213 Recommendation: \$ 98,144**

**Poteau Public Schools, District I-29**

**100 Mockingbird Lane**

**Poteau, OK 74953-2602**

# Rick Peters

# 918-647-9357 

# Poteau Public School District serves 1,945 students in four schools that include grades Pre-K to grade 12. The district will emphasize completion of technological support to its elementary site. Each site will purchase fiction; non-fiction, reference works, and the middle school sites will acquire periodical, videos, audios, and professional books for teachers. In addition, a new web site will provide an active link for students and parents to literacy activities.

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0197                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$24,997**              |   |
| # Central Public Schools                  |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Route 1, Box 36**                       |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Sallisaw, OK 74955**                    |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Bert Corr**                             |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **918-755-5525**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| Project SCORE (Strategic Coordination of  |                         |   |
| Resources for Education) aims to increase |                         |   |
| literacy achievement of students at       |                         |   |
| Central Independent School by updating    |                         |   |
| the current book collection, upgrading    |                         |   |
| current technology in the media center,   |                         |   |
| and extending library hours.              |                         |   |
| Additionally, teachers and the media      |                         |   |
| specialist will receive professional      |                         |   |
| development on components of              |                         |   |
| scientifically based reading programs.    |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

# 

# 

# 0239

# North Rock Creek Schools Recommendation: \$ 24,727

**42400 Garrett's Lake Road**

# Shawnee, OK 74804-9301 

# Charla Owens

**405-275-3473**

# North Rock Creek Schools is a rural elementary school district with 512 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8. The book collection will be updated and technology will be acquired and integrated into the curriculum to assist students with their research skills. In addition, increased collaboration between the media specialist and classroom teachers and expanded hours for library use will help to increase student achievement.

# 

**0069 Recommendation: \$190,660**

# Tahlequah Public Schools

**PO Box 517**

**Tahlequah, OK 74465**

**Billie Jordan**

**918-458-4100**

# Tahlequah Public Schools will serve six schools -- three elementary, a 5^th^ and 6^th^ grade school, one junior high, and one senior high. For this project, library media specialists will work with teachers and integrate the curriculum, books reflecting this collaboration will be purchased, the media center will acquire technology to reach classrooms, and the media centers will expand their hours. In addition, professional development to support this collaboration will be provided.

# 

**0278 Recommendation: \$ 24,998**

**Briggs Public Schools**

**17210 South 569 Road**

**Tahlequah, OK 74464-1812**

**Speedy S. Chaffin, Jr.**

**918-456-4221**

# Briggs Public School District, which serves a rural region of Oklahoma, plans to implement the GET SMART Project in one elementary school serving 623 students. This project will acquire books and other library resources, increase library hours, incorporate library technology into the curriculum, and provide teachers with opportunities for professional development in the field of literacy improvement.

# 

# Pennsylvania

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0275                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$30,917**              |   |
| # Bradford Area Schools                   |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **150 Lorana Avenue**                     |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **P.O. Box 375**                          |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Bradford, PA 16701-1831**               |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Edith Urban**                           |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **814-362-3841**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| Bradford Area School District will        |                         |   |
| implement "Enhancing Literacy Through     |                         |   |
| Libraries," to promote increased student  |                         |   |
| achievement in its elementary and middle  |                         |   |
| schools. The program includes: 1)         |                         |   |
| collaboration between teachers and media  |                         |   |
| specialists in book selection; 2)         |                         |   |
| professional development addressing       |                         |   |
| reading research in the acquisition of    |                         |   |
| language and literacy skills for media    |                         |   |
| specialists; and 3) expanded hours at     |                         |   |
| elementary and middle school libraries.   |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

# 

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0423                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$70,506**              |   |
| # Clearfield Area School District         |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **438 River Street**                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **P.O. Box 710**                          |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Clearfield, PA 16830**                  |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Elizabeth Stumpf**                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **814-765-5302**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| The Clearfield Area School District aims  |                         |   |
| to improve student achievement for over   |                         |   |
| 3,000 students through an improved        |                         |   |
| library media program. Program funds will |                         |   |
| be used to purchase books to supplement   |                         |   |
| the Balanced Literacy Program and to      |                         |   |
| extend the library hours to allow more    |                         |   |
| student access for students in grades     |                         |   |
| K-12. Additionally, librarians will       |                         |   |
| collaborate with teachers to select       |                         |   |
| resources and will participate in         |                         |   |
| professional development for the Balanced |                         |   |
| Literacy Program.                         |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0368                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$53,387**              |   |
| # Brownsville Area School District        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **6353 National Pike**                    |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Grindstone, PA 15442**                  |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Gerry Grant**                           |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **724-785-2021**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| The Brownsville Area School District will |                         |   |
| implement a technology-driven learning    |                         |   |
| program to update its Cardale, Central,   |                         |   |
| and Cox-Donahey Elementary media centers. |                         |   |
| Grant funds will be used to expand the    |                         |   |
| hours of operation of the school          |                         |   |
| libraries and to purchase new books,      |                         |   |
| computer workstations and software that   |                         |   |
| will be utilized to improve student       |                         |   |
| performance in all curricular areas.      |                         |   |
| Additionally, teachers and media          |                         |   |
| specialists will receive professional     |                         |   |
| development that is focused on            |                         |   |
| scientifically-based reading research.    |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| **0393**                                   | **Recommendation:       |
|                                            | \$194,961**             |
| **Lebanon School District**                |                         |
|                                            |                         |
| 1000 South Eighth Street\                  |                         |
| Lebanon, PA 17042-6727                     |                         |
|                                            |                         |
| **Pamela Wentling**                        |                         |
|                                            |                         |
| **717-273-9391**                           |                         |
+--------------------------------------------+-------------------------+

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  The Lebanon School District will implement "Natural Partners: Reading
  and Science," a project that aims to increase reading achievement in
  its seven schools through improved science instruction. Grant funds
  will be used to provide increased access to the media center and to
  foster collaboration between the library media specialist and classroom
  teachers for the purposes of: 1) selecting library resources to
  supplement the science curriculum; 2) designing reading activities
  based on the Lab Science objectives; 3) planning lessons to use in the
  new wireless laptop computer labs; 4) planning lessons using new print
  materials; and 5) promoting new print materials via book talks, book
  displays, and bibliographies for students. Additionally, the program
  will offer Family Health night and Family Reading Night for parents and
  a summer science reading program.

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+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| # 0076                                    | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$30,100**              |   |
| # Midland Borough School District         |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **173 7^th^ Street**                      |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Midland, PA 15059**                     |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Nick Trombetta**                        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **724-643-8650**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| "Improving and Sustaining Literacy Skills |                         |   |
| through Technology-driven Media Center    |                         |   |
| Resources" is the Midland Borough School  |                         |   |
| District's effort to improve the literacy |                         |   |
| achievement of its approximately 350 K-8  |                         |   |
| grade students. The grant will focus      |                         |   |
| on: 1) purchasing up-to-date books; 2)    |                         |   |
| acquiring advanced technology; 3)         |                         |   |
| facilitating Internet links and other     |                         |   |
| networks among schools and library        |                         |   |
| centers; 4) providing professional        |                         |   |
| development for library media             |                         |   |
| specialists; and 5) offering access to    |                         |   |
| school libraries during non-school hours. |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

# 

## 0580 Recommendation: \$72,494

# East Allegheny School District

**1150 Jacks Run Road**

**North Versailles, PA 15137**

**Garrette Edmonds**

**412-824-8012**

The district will integrate new computers into media centers in two
schools, add up-to-date books for both centers, acquire the Accelerated
Reader Program to maximize the use of the new computers and books, and
offer professional development to media specialists, administrators,
teachers and parents.

# Rhode Island

# 0270 Recommendation: \$ 250,000

# Providence School District

**797 Westminster Street**

# Providence, RI 02903-4045 

**Marykay Schnare**

**401-456-9439**

# To improve student reading, Providence School Department plans to use about 75 percent of its funds to purchase library materials for 29 elementary school libraries. Library media specialists will participate in the ongoing professional development training on the Balanced and Disciplinary Literacy Frameworks. Library access will increase at four elementary schools where hours of operation will be extended beyond the school day.

# 

**South Carolina**

**0256 Recommendation: \$232,106**

**Edgefield County School District**

**P.O. Box 608**

# Edgefield, SC 29824

**David Mathis**

**803-275-4601**

# Providing STEPS to Literacy is a district-wide project for nine schools in rural South Carolina. The School District of Edgefield County will focus on a coordinated, collaborative approach to improve literacy by increasing the hours of the school library media centers and substantially increasing the book collections at each of the participating schools. The school library media specialists will also be provided with professional development in current literacy initiatives, scientifically based reading research, and resource alignment. 

# 

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| **0301**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$244,563**             |   |
| **Berkeley County Schools**               |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **P.O. Box 608**                          |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Monks Corner, SC 29461**                |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Joe Myers**                             |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **843-899-3373**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| The "Developing an Effective Media Center |                         |   |
| Program: A Novel Approach" project will   |                         |   |
| address the needs of students in ten      |                         |   |
| elementary schools in the Berkeley County |                         |   |
| School District. The project will: 1)     |                         |   |
| develop guidelines for collection         |                         |   |
| development that incorporate state and    |                         |   |
| national standards; 2) provide staff      |                         |   |
| development opportunities to all media    |                         |   |
| specialists; 3) upgrade technology,       |                         |   |
| affording students the opportunity to     |                         |   |
| access additional resources; and 4)       |                         |   |
| purchase new books and weed out dated     |                         |   |
| materials.                                |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

# 0324 Recommendation: \$113,927

**Marion School District Two**

**PO Box 689**

**Mullins, SC 29574**

**Susan Cotton**

**843-464-3764**

# Marion School District in South Carolina will serve six schools in its district. The district will focus on teacher and library media specialist collaboration, acquisition of resources to reflect this collaboration, technology expanded to reach classrooms or other libraries, and expanded hours.

**South Dakota**

**0463 Recommendation: \$ 26,145**

# Dupree School District

# P.O. Box 10

**Dupree, SD 57623**

# Gay Mraz

**605-365-5140**

# The Dupree School District will serve all 320 students in their K-12 district. They will model their program after the "Information-Powered School" with particular emphasis on collaborating with teachers and working with students to select materials aligned to instructional units and expand the summer hours of the school library media center. The school library media specialist will also work with the local YMCA to provide training to local literacy volunteers.

# Texas

# 

# 0127 Recommendation: \$149,940

# Canutillo Independent School District

# PO Box 100

**Canutillo, TX 79835**

**Pam Padilla**

**915-877-7445**

Canutillo Independent School District will serve six schools. The
district proposes to replace outdated library materials and have library
media specialists collaborate with teachers to work with students.
Outdated technology will be replaced with new equipment, and expanded
hours will be provided at three out of six campuses.

# 0431 Recommendation: \$ 149,870

# Educational Service Center Region VII

**1909 N. Longview Street**

**Kilgore, TX 75663-1622**

**Sharon Gullet**

6700. 

Six school districts serving more than 3,000 students will benefit from
funds that will be used to update print and non-print library resources,
and to provide professional development for librarians and teachers.
Collaborative projects among the library, staff, students, the
community, and the Education Service Center Region VII will increase
library use. Library hours will be extended before and after school, and
summer hours will be added when no public library is accessible.

# 

# 0455 Recommendation: \$ 232,660

# Lubbock Independent School District

**1628 19^th^ Street**

**Lubbock, TX 79401-4832**

**Carol Box**

**806-766-1131**

This project will serve approximately 3,700 students in ten district
schools who have scored in lower percentiles of the Texas Assessment of
Academic Skills. Collaboration training and planning meetings will
enable the teachers and library media specialists to improve integration
of information and literacy skills into current and future units of
study. Close to 90 percent of funding will be used to purchase
curriculum compatible resources, including books, audiovisual materials
and videotapes.

**Virginia**

**0379 Recommendation: \$ 94,400**

**Northampton County Schools**

**7207 Young Street**

**Machipongo, VA 23405**

**Richard Bowmaster**

**757-678-5151**

The four schools in rural Northampton County will expand their book
collections to meet the needs of an increasing population of Spanish
speaking students and for readers of all levels, purchase additional
computers, extend media center hours, implement family literacy events
and build a professional development library with a schoolwide focus.
Northampton County has neither a public library nor a bookstore; the
school library media centers serve as the community literacy resource.

# Washington

+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| **0177**                                  | **Recommendation:       |   |
|                                           | \$51,000**              |   |
| **La Conner School District #311**        |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **P.O. Box 2103**                         |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **La Conner, WA 98257-8257**              |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **Kathy Shoop**                           |                         |   |
|                                           |                         |   |
| **360-466-1529**                          |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+
| La Conner School District #311 will       |                         |   |
| implement Liaisons to Literacy at La      |                         |   |
| Conner Elementary. The program will       |                         |   |
| improve student literacy by: 1) providing |                         |   |
| opportunities for collaboration between   |                         |   |
| the library media specialist, teachers    |                         |   |
| and the community; 2) extending library   |                         |   |
| services before and after school; 3)      |                         |   |
| expanding web access to collection and    |                         |   |
| research tools; and 4) acquiring          |                         |   |
| additional library resources and          |                         |   |
| Accelerated Reader quizzes.               |                         |   |
+-------------------------------------------+-------------------------+---+

**0268 Recommendation: \$ 249,757**

**Yakima School District No. 7**

**104 North 4^th^ Avenue**

**Yakima, WA 98902-2698**

**Robin Glaspey**

**509-573-7015**

Yakima School District has eighteen school libraries serving 10,000
students in the state of Washington. The district will work to improve
each library's resource collection, update technology materials, ensure
that staff are well trained in the District's new reading adoption
program for elementary students, and strengthen collaboration of library
media specialists with teachers and with other library media
specialists. The hours of school library operation will also be
increased.

Outlying Areas Set Asides

# American Samoa \$17,000

American Samoa will use its funds to provide supportive reading
materials for its Reading First Project. Library media specialists will
collaborate with teachers and work with students to acquire materials --
textual and technological - and these materials will reflect and support
this collaboration.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) \$11,848

The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will use funds
for the purchase of up-to-date books and other school library media
resources. It will also acquire advanced technology to incorporate into
the curricula and increase internet access. The CNMI will work with its
Reading First initiative to determine the best allocation among its
school libraries.

# Guam Department of Education \$7,985

Guam will build the school library infrastructure through its Library
--Teacher-Parent program to build to develop literacy programs involving
teachers and parents collaborating to improve student literacy. The
program will be used to develop literacy programs, build partnerships
with school and community, and provide technology access to all students
on Guam. Proposals will be awarded that address the program goals and
objectives.

# Virgin Islands \$25,000

The Virgin Islands will expand their libraries by providing additional
resources, books and software, at the elementary level to reflect the
current curriculum. They will also integrate technology across the
curriculum areas and expand its use within the library media center.