SAYL Mail    School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter   January 29, 2021   Author Barbara Jacko Atwater and Ethan Jacko Atwater are available for online readings. They have written two books based on stories from her great Uncle Walter Johnson. These Alaska Dena’ina fables, How Raven Got His Crooked Nose and Chia and the Fox Man are
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SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarians Newsletter     January 11, 2021   Upcoming events of interest Jan 12   3:00 pm AASL Townhall: Leading Learning   More info and registration Jan 12   3:45-5:15pm AKRISE monthly meetup chat for rural educators will include Martha Tomeo who will share “Strategies for reaching learners during the pandemic”. More info and registration   Jan 15 Jo Morse
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SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter    December 4, 2020   Around the State The 2020-21 Statewide Creative Writing Contest opened for entries on November 16th and will close on Monday February 15th, 2021. Winners are eligible for cash prizes ranging from $25-$50 dollars. Grant Prize $200 and Editor’s Choice Prize $100. K-12 levels are for
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SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter      November 20, 2020   Around the State Tuesday November 24th at 4:00pm “Alaska School Librarians Let Your Voice Be Heard. Join us. Meeting will focus on SMART goals for your school and community advocacy plan.” If this is your first meeting please REGISTER. Any questions contact: Deborah
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SAYL Mail   School and Youth Librarians Newsletter   October 30, 2020   AASL Town Hall   November 18, 2020    3:00 PM “Join us for a conversation with the AASL School Leader Collaborative. The superintendent and principals in the Collaborative will share their perspectives about the leadership of school librarians in these pandemic learning conditions and answer questions about how to best
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SAYL Mail      School and Youth Librarian’s Newsletter   October 16, 2020 Around the State Congratulations to AkASL school librarian awardees. 2020 School Librarians of the Year are Lisa Whip from West Homer Elementary and Shelly Logsdon from Wasilla High School. “For excellence in providing essential information and technology services to students and staff, while supporting the
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SAYL Mail     School and Youth Librarians newsletter    October 9, 2020   Around the state A warm welcome to Mary Everhart the new librarian at Hydaburg School. She is working on a DOE grant that aims to reopen and refresh the school library and two other school libraries in the area. Mary has many years of
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SAYL Mail            School and Youth Librarians newsletter          September 18, 2020 Best News The Alaska Board of Education adopted the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to update our school library standards from 1999. Progress!! Many thanks to those who served on the writing and review committees and spoke in support during the public comment at
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  SAYL Mail School and Youth Librarians newsletter              August 31, 2020 September 16, 2020   Alaska State Board of Education meeting The AASL Standards Framework for Learners will be considered for adoption! When agenda is available it can be found at https://education.alaska.gov/state_board/sept-2020   September 16  3:00PM     AASL Townhall: Leading Learning       Register Join AASL leadership and your
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