District
8 News
Rebecca Amerson, Millicent Flake
District 8 is invited to participate in two media consortia fall
meetings. Media specialists from the western counties may attend
the consortium meeting held at the Floyd College EdTech Center
in Rome on September 24. Highlights will include a presentation
by Judy Serritella from DOE Media Services and Jarrett Volzer
from Surpass. Media specialists from the eastern systems may participate
in the consortium at North Georgia RESA in Ellijay in late October.
For more information contact Lisa Smith at 706-276-1111.
The Gordon Central High School Media Center has been chosen as
the High School Exemplary Media Program for 2004. Media specialists
Sue Gable and Cawood Cornelius and paraprofessional Christi Gallman
have worked to ensure that their media program positively impacts
the learning of the students of Gordon Central High School in
Calhoun. Plan to visit their media center during the state open
house scheduled for October 20 from 1-4 pm. For driving directions,
see http://www.gcbe.org/gchs/GCHSHome/gchs_home.html
.
Wayne Smoot of Ashworth Middle School in Gordon County has been
selected as the Library Media Specialist of the Year for District
8. His media program is extensive and focuses on the promotion
of reading and the use of technology. Mr. Smoot’s sense
of humor and rapport with his faculty and students make his media
center a central part of Ashworth Middle School. Mr. Smoot will
be recognized at the GLMA Luncheon during COMO in Athens.
District 8 is invited to participate in the Library Luau hosted
by GLMA District 1 at COMO.
Cawood Cornelius, GLMA president-elect, has been selected as the
2004-2005 Teacher of the Year for Gordon Central High School in
Calhoun. He will also be representing Georgia in the Fulbright
Memorial Fund Teacher Program to Japan November 14 – December
3.
District 8 needs a contact person in the following systems: Chickamauga,
Dade, Fannin, and Gilmer. This person would encourage membership
and assist with communication. If you are interested, please contact
mflake@gcbe.org or rebecca.amerson@cherokee.k12.ga.us
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Summer Camp 2004 Hats Off to the
Participants
By Cindy Thompson
COMO XVI - October 13-15 in Athens,
Georgia
GLMA "Library Luau" in Athens
Contributed by Cawood Cornelius
2005 IASL Conference in Hong Kong
Courtesy of Dianne McKenzie through LM-Net
AASL offers over $54,000 in Awards,
Grants, and Scholarships
Submitted by Melissa P. Johnston, AASL Region V Director
36th Annual Children's Literature
Conference
Submitted by Ellen Gadberry
Capstone Press Sponsors Geography
Contest
Publisher Asks Students, "Where in the World is FactHound?"
Countdown to Pittsburgh!
Submitted by Melissa P. Johnston, AASL Region V Director
The deadline for the GLMA/PROQUEST/SIRS
Intellectual Freedom Award has been extended until September
18, 2004.
National Student/Parent Mock Election
Courtesy of the AASL Hotlinks for September 2004
LibrarySparks: Activities
to Encourage Lifelong Readers
$5000 National Library Week Grant Available
Submitted by Melissa P. Johnston, AASL Region V Director
Jolly Library Media Center
Dian Kuutti, Certified Library Media Specialist/Teacher-Librarian
Nancy Crawford, Library Media Clerk
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District 3 News
Find out what’s happening in Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee,
Clay, Coweta, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Lamar,
Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Newton, Pike, Quitman, Randolph,
Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumpter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson,
Webster Counties!
District 8 News
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