District
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by Christine Ellington, District 3 Chairperson
Georgia Library Media Specialist of the Year applications are
due by March 31 to District Chairperson Christine Ellington, Upson-Lee
South Primary School, 172 Knight Trail, Thomaston, GA 30286
Upson-Lee North and South Elementary School and Spalding County
High School will participate in the state Helen Ruffin Reading
Bowl on March 27 in DeKalb County. The elementary bowl team is
advised by media specialists Hollie Barrow, Christine Ellington
and Rhonda Grubb. The high school team is advised by media specialists
Jimmie Stout and Beth Whitlock.
Pam Nutt, media specialist at Moore Elementary School in Spalding
County, has published an article entitled "School Library
Media Specialist/School Board Member: Two Sides of the Same Coin"
in Knowledge Quest, the AASL online journal.
Moore Elementary School media center was awarded a Spalding County
Hospital grant to improve reading literacy. The $3000 grant will
be used to purchase sets of AR books.