[CASL-L] Nutmeg Book Award News!

[Garofalo Lisa]

The Nutmeg Book Award is pleased to announce some new and exciting
changes! 

 

The timeline of the Nutmeg Book Award is shifting to match the school
year instead of the calendar year. The new list will be announced to
CASL & CLA members on February 14th and to the public on May 1st; just
in time to kick off summer reading. Students will then read the nominees
throughout the summer and the following school year. Voting will take
place in April. With this change, students who are currently reading the
2013 nominees will have a few extra months to read before they have to
vote. Here is a breakdown of the new dates:

 

 

October 1st

Student & librarian selection committee applications are posted to
website

December 15th

Student & librarian selection committee applications due

February 14th

CASL/CLA top secret announcement of nominees

April (all votes in by April 30th)

Student Voting

May 1st  

Public announcement of nominated books

May 15th

Winning books from April voting are announced

 

 

We are also proud to share that The Nutmeg Book Award is growing! As you
may know, 2014 will be the start of a third level to the Nutmeg Award.
We currently have the Intermediate Award for students in grades 4-6, the
Teen Award for students in grades 7-8, and in 2014 there will be the
High School Award for students in grades 9-12. Starting in 2015, there
will be a fourth level to the award for students in grades 2-4. With
these additions, The Nutmeg Book Award will be an important part of
literacy from elementary school right through high school graduation!

 

If you have any questions about these changes, please contact Lisa
Garofalo lgarofalo at ellingtonschools.net or Joan Stokes
jrstokes at yahoo.com, Co-Chairs of the Nutmeg Steering Committee.   

 

 

Lisa Garofalo

School Librarian

Ellington Middle School & Crystal Lake School

Ellington, CT

lgarofalo at ellingtonschools.net 

 

Co-Chair, 2014 Selection Committee 
High School Nutmeg Book Award 

 

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