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Monday,
September 26, 2011: Patricia Gallagher Book Award Presentation - from 4:30 - 6:00. McCornack Elementary. Karen Antikajian will present the five nominated books along with lots of ideas for using them in the classroom or library. A large packet of activities for using these and related books will be available for $5.00 to cover the cost of printing. Download flyer.
Friday,
October 14, 2011: 12th
Annual Literacy Conference - from 8:00-3:30 at Turston Middle School, 6300 Thurston Rd., Springfield. Many sessions
for K-12. Click here for
further information and session descriptions. CPDU's,
Refreshments and Door Prizes. Option for one graduate credit with extra work. Register by October 1 to have your name entered in a drawing for one of four $25 gift certificates for the Oregon Electric Station donated by the restaurant. Questions? Contact Karen Antikajian (see
above).
Monday,
October 31, 2011: RAW (Reading And Writing) Grant Applications Due
<Click here for information and instructions for applying. Must be an EERC member>
Tuesday, November 15, 2011: ORA Literacy
Grant Application Due
<Click here for information and to download an
application>
January 9, 2012 Program from 4-6pm: "Writing Workshop TBA" presented by Karen Antikajian. Location TBA. Social from 4:00-4:30. Program from 4:30-6:00. Refreshments and handouts. No registration required. No charge.
February 2011: Love
of Reading Month
Friday - Saturday,
February 10-11, 2012: ORA Winter Institute in Portland featuring Katie Wood Ray (elementary strand) and Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst (secondary strand). Crowne Plaza
Hotel, Portland.
Friday,
March 2, 2012: Celebrate Dr. Seuss'
Birthday - Read Across America
Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 1-3pm: Our
Annual B.E.A.R. (Be Excited About Reading) Faire at
the Springfield Public Library <see
photos of previous B.E.A.R. Faires>
May
1, 2012: Patricia
Gallagher Picture Book Award Ballots Due
May 7-13, 2012: Celebrate
National Children's Bookweek
May 18, 2012 from 4-6pm: Whine
and Wine End-of-Year Literacy Celebration at the
Oregon Electric Station Restaurant, Eugene. Please join us for a free program of book suggestions for summer reading. We will have refreshments and lots of door prizes. Social (refreshments, and door prizes) and Literacy Leader Award Presentation from 4:00 - 4:30. Program from 4:30 - 6:00. No charge and no registration required. Previous book lists are available at www.literacylane.org. Click on Books for Adults.
Business
meetings schedule: September 12, 2011, October 10, 2011, November 14, 2011, January 5, 2012, February 13, 2012, March 12, 2012, April 9, 2012, May 14, 2012. All interested
people are welcome. We
meet at 4:30 at the Oregon Electric Station Restaurant in
Eugene. Come for snacks and great conversation,
as well as a chance to help us promote literacy in
Lane County. Call Karen first
(998-6584) to make sure the meetings haven't been rescheduled.
Website: www.LiteracyLane.org
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Officers and Committee Chairs:
President: Kacey Kintscher, Third Grade, Garfield
Elementary, Corvallis
Vice President: Jan Brent, Substitute Teacher, Eugene 4J
Secretary: Nanci
Strickland, Second Grade, Bohemia Elementary, South Lane
Treasurer and Co-Membership: Barbara
McKillip, Founder and President of The Libri Foundation
Communications (newsletter/web/listserv) and Co-Membership: Karen
Antikajian, Language Arts Consultant
TAR
Groups and Families and Books Coordinator: Gayla
Clark, Retired Title I Teacher, Springfield
Patricia Gallagher Book Check-outs: Karen Antikajian
Additional
Board Members:
Carol Clemens, Retired Librarian, Fern Ridge
Sandy Coffin, Retired Teacher, Eugene 4J
Judy Davies, Second Grade, McCornack Elementary, Eugene4J
Sister Janet Marcisz, Retired Kindergarten Teacher, St. Paul School
Nathaniel
Teich, Retired English Professor, U of O
Karren Timmermans, Pacific University, Eugene
Merrill Watrous, Lane Community College, Eugene
Lynn Woodworth, Title I, Siuslaw Elementary, Siuslaw SD |
