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IRA 2012 State and Local Council Awards

 | Jul 11, 2012

The International Reading Association gave awards to many state and local councils and affiliate organizations from around the world during the ceremony on Sunday, April 29, at the IRA 57th Annual Convention in Chicago. Below is a list of some of those awards.


Exemplary Reading Program Award Winners

The following schools were given these awards through their state councils.

Cullman City Primary School, Cullman, AL, Patricia R. Culpepper, Principal

Fountain Lake School District, Hot Springs, AR

Woodrow Elementary School, Modesto, CA, Vickie Briscoe, Principal

Staffordville School, Staffordville, CT, Dr. Maureen Ryan, Principal

Wilder Elementary School, Wilder, ID, Jeff Dillon, Principal

Augustus H. Burley Elementary School, Chicago, IL, Barbara Kent, Principal

Maize South Elementary School, Wichita, KS, Tyler Ewert, Principal

A. A. Songy Kindergarten Center, Luling, LA, Claire P. Brauninger, Principal

Wicomico Early Learning Center, Salisbury, MD, Maria Marshall, Principal

Anna Ware Jackson School, Plainville, MA, Anne M. Houle, Principal

Burke Elementary School, Kansas City, MO, Deborah Fortner, Principal

Pringle Elementary School, Salem, OR, Linda Dougherty, Principal

Elizabeth Scott Elementary School, Chester, VA, Joan Temple, Principal

 

Local Council Community Service Awards

First Place

Jefferson County Council, Arkansas, Susan Bitely, President

Second Place

Moore County Council, North Carolina, Mary Ellen Skidmore, President


Advocacy Awards

Connecticut Reading Association, Marilyn Scanlan-White, Legislative Chair

Illinois Reading Council, Mike Ellerman, Legislative Chair

Louisiana Reading Association, Gerri Settoon, Legislative Chair

State of Maryland IRA Council, Dr. Suzanne Clewell, Legislative Chair

Michigan Reading Association, Cynthia Clingman, Legislative Chair

Oklahoma Reading Association, Pamela Hammon, Legislative Chair

Virginia State Reading Association, Marilyn Schempf, Legislative Chair

 

Membership Achievement Awards

Gold

Alabama Reading Association

Alberta Provincial Council

British Columbia Literacy Council

Diamond State Reading Association

Georgia Reading Association

Idaho Council

Illinois Reading Council

Iowa Reading Association

Kansas Reading Association

Manitoba Reading Association

Michigan Reading Association

Minnesota Reading Association

Mississippi Reading Association

North of Sixty Council

Oklahoma Reading Association

Saskatchewan Reading Council

South Carolina State Council

Tennessee Reading Association

Utah Council

Vermont Council on Reading

Silver

North Carolina Reading Association

Virginia State Reading Association

Wisconsin State Reading Association

Bronze

Indiana State Reading Association

Ontario Reading Association

State of Maryland IRA Council

 

Student Membership Achievement Awards

Gold

Massachusetts Reading Association

Ohio Council

Rhode Island State Council

South Dakota State Council

Utah Council

 

IRA also congratulates the state councils who were given Awards of Excellence and the hundreds of local councils that were named Honor Councils, whether it was their first year or their 30th year! Read about these award winners in the article entitled "2012 IRA Award of Excellence and Honor Council Recipients" on Reading Today Online

Council Awards

 

This article is reprinted from the June/July 2012 issue of Reading Today. IRA members can read the interactive digital version of the magazine here. Nonmembers: join today

 

 

 


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