2016 Jan Stauber-Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant Awards
This year we provided grants of up to $500 to ten teachers and librarians to assist them in developing a teaching project to introduce more young people to Sherlock Holmes. Here are the winners for 2016:
1. Christa Bell
Lafayette County C-1 School District, Higginsville, MO. bellc@huskers.k12.mo.us “Sherlock Holmes and Critical Thinking and Forensic Science” (grades 6-8) |
2. Matthew Collier
Marmaduke School District, Marmaduke, AR. mcollier@msd.gaggle.net “An Evening with Sherlock Holmes” (grades 8-9) |
3. Virginia W. Everett & Helen Cauley
Cobb County Public Library, Kennesaw, GA.
“Monthly Sherlock Holmes Story Discussion” (teenagers-adults)
Cobb County Public Library, Kennesaw, GA.
“Monthly Sherlock Holmes Story Discussion” (teenagers-adults)
4. David Fake
Tulpehocken High School, Bernville, PA.
DFake@tulpehocken.org
“A Study in Scarlet” (grades 9-12)
Tulpehocken High School, Bernville, PA.
DFake@tulpehocken.org
“A Study in Scarlet” (grades 9-12)
5. L. V. Finnegan
Pillow Elementary, Austin, TX. victoria.finnegan@austinisd.org “Reading Detectives” (grades 3-5) |
6. Jnanama Ishaya
Bethel School, Sugar Grove, NC. ishayaj@watauga.k12.nc.us “An Introduction to Sherlock Holmes” (grades 3-8) |
7. Sarah Lawler
Fayetteville Free Library, Fayetteville, NY. slawler@fflib.org “Sherlock Holmes Forensic Camp” for grades 6-12 and “Sherlock Holmes Science and Book Club” (grades 3-5) |
8. Sandra Little
Region 9 Education Service Center, Wichita Falls, TX.
imkatherinealtimeter@gmail.com
“Expanding Literacy through ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’” for individuals seeking their Graduation Equivalency Diploma (GED)
Region 9 Education Service Center, Wichita Falls, TX.
imkatherinealtimeter@gmail.com
“Expanding Literacy through ‘A Scandal in Bohemia’” for individuals seeking their Graduation Equivalency Diploma (GED)
9. KT Lowe
Indiana University East, Richmond, IN. lowekat@iu.edu “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (grades 4-6) |
10. Susan Wilson
Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Natrona Heights, PA. myserk2@einetwork.net “Sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes” (ages 12-18) |