2016 Jan Stauber-Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant Awards

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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:

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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)                        

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2. Matthew Collier

Marmaduke School District, Marmaduke, AR.
mcollier@msd.gaggle.net

​“An Evening with Sherlock Holmes” (grades 8-9)

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3. Virginia W. Everett & Helen Cauley

Cobb County Public Library, Kennesaw, GA.

​“Monthly Sherlock Holmes Story Discussion” (teenagers-adults)

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4. David Fake

Tulpehocken High School, Bernville, PA.
DFake@tulpehocken.org

​“A Study in Scarlet” (grades 9-12)

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5. L. V. Finnegan

Pillow Elementary, Austin, TX.
victoria.finnegan@austinisd.org

​“Reading Detectives” (grades 3-5)

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6. Jnanama Ishaya

Bethel School, Sugar Grove, NC.
ishayaj@watauga.k12.nc.us

​“An Introduction to Sherlock Holmes” (grades 3-8)

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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)

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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)

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9. KT Lowe

Indiana University East, Richmond, IN.
lowekat@iu.edu

​“The Hound of the Baskervilles” (grades 4-6)

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10. Susan Wilson

Community Library of Allegheny Valley, Natrona Heights, PA.
myserk2@einetwork.net

​“Sleuthing with Sherlock Holmes” (ages 12-18)