Good Morning!

We are currently accepting applications from students and school or public librarians who are interested serving on a 2018 Nutmeg Selection Committees.

These committees will start meeting in early 2016 and will be working together through early 2017.
Please forward this email to anyone who fits the criteria and who might be interested.

STUDENTS

If you know a student who would is interested in becoming a student reader on the Intermediate, Teen, or High School Selection Committees, please share the corresponding application listed below. Please make sure they read the requirements at the top of the application. It is a challenging but rewarding experience!

Student Applications:
Intermediate (students in grades 6 or 7): http://goo.gl/forms/TbTzxKvaSM

Teen (students in grades 8 or 9): http://goo.gl/forms/hSjtkGZElT

High School (students in grades 10 or 11): http://goo.gl/forms/oFD3pRlPsU

Please note, we are not accepting applications from high school seniors and will not have student readers on the Elementary Book Award Selection Committee.

We’d like to have the students submit the applications electronically but if needed, you can print out the form and attach the essays to be mailed to the chairperson(s).

LIBRARIANS

Please fill out an application for the committee that is your first choice:

Elementary: http://goo.gl/forms/hPR4yFx8L9

Intermediate: http://goo.gl/forms/uN9cXI4imq

Teen: http://goo.gl/forms/Bqfn8jPcuS

High School: http://goo.gl/forms/DNd2S6QN0C

Please take the time to read the requirements at the top of the application so you know what to expect if you are chosen to be a member of a Nutmeg selection committee.

All applications & recommendation letters must be received by Sunday, November 15^th.
You will be notified before the new year if you have or have not been selected to be on one of the Committees.

If you have any questions, please contact the corresponding Selection Chairperson:

2018 High School Selection Committee - JanMarie Weston janmarie.weston@ct.gov

2018 Teen Selection Committee - Dora Salm dsalm@bcds.org or Marie Aspinwall maspinwall@newcanaanlibrary.org

2018 Intermediate Selection Committee - Stefanie Bergstrom sbergstrom@nbpl.info  or Meg Schiebel mschiebel@coventryct.org

2018 Elementary Selection Committee - Anne Porier APorier@wallingfordschools.org or Katie Clancy kfinlan@yahoo.com

General questions can be sent to the steering chair – Heather Aronson haronson@biblio.org

Lisa Garofalo Polack

School Librarian

Ellington Middle School & Crystal Lake School

Ellington, CT

lpolack@ellingtonschools.net

Secretary, Nutmeg Book Award Steering Committee

Secretary, Ellington Education Association