2020 Jan Stauber-Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant Awards
This year we provided grants of up to $750 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 2020:
1. Flavia Bahena
Boronda Meadows Elementary, Salinas, CA
fbahena@salinascity.k12.ca.us
Mystery Study for Struggling Students. The teacher has designed a six week long mystery novel study for struggling 3rd and 4th grade students as a means to inspire them to read.
Boronda Meadows Elementary, Salinas, CA
fbahena@salinascity.k12.ca.us
Mystery Study for Struggling Students. The teacher has designed a six week long mystery novel study for struggling 3rd and 4th grade students as a means to inspire them to read.
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2. Aramis Bacallao
Lied STEM Academy, Las Vegas, NV bacala@nv.ccsd.net The project is inspiring students to read by providing books for them to check out. |
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3. Vickie Blankenship
East McDowell Middle School, Marion, NC vickie.blankenship@mcdowell.k12.nc.us Sherlock Holmes Digital Breakout. A project to introduce students to Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle, and inspire them to read and discover other books in the mystery genre. |
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4. Lynn Carney
Cleveland Metro School District, Cleveland, OH lynn.carney@clevelandmetroschools.org Meet Me on Baker Street. A project to inspire young fluent readers and introduce them to Sherlock Holmes and conclude the project with publishing stories the students have written. |
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5. Jil DeMasi
Essex Regional ED Services, Commission, Fairfield, NJ j.demasi@eresc.com The project is Sherlock Holmes the Teacher. The goal is to introduce 8th grade students to the stories of Sherlock Holmes and the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle. This will help them to develop critical thinking skills and keen observation skills while learning to work in teams. |
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6. Amanda Hall
High Point Academy, Spartanburg, SC ahall@hpaspart.org This project will be a multifaceted comparative literature unit. The capstone project will be a chance for students to reimagine a short story from the Holmesian world. The students are given the option to express their own unique vision by rewriting a story, changing the time line, inserting themselves in one of the stories, writing an original Holmes story, etc. |
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7. Elizabeth Hallermann
Talahi Community School, St. Cloud, MN elizabeth.hallermann@isd742.org "Sherlock Holmes Meets STEM" |
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8. Roberta Klein
Read With Me Volunteer Programs, Mirage, CA robertaklein@gmail.com This project is a literacy program whose mission is to assist local children from a low income, limited English speaking environment, to develop their full potential by leaning to read, comprehend, and speak English, while understanding that people care about then as individuals. This applicant would also like to encourage people to donate Sherlock Holmes books to give to the students, and to assist them to select age-appropriate Sherlock Holmes books to purchase. |
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9. Katie McKinney
Orrs Elementary Media Center, Griffin, GA katie.mckinney@gscs.org The goal would be to involve the students in project-based learning and expose them to the world of Sherlock Holmes, specifically through Sherlock Holmes graphic novels. Project Based Learning and the World of Sherlock Holmes. |
10. Bethany Sharkey
Hiwassee Dam High School, Murphy, NC
Bethany.sharkey@cherokee.k12.nc.us
Sherlock Holmes and Forensics
Hiwassee Dam High School, Murphy, NC
Bethany.sharkey@cherokee.k12.nc.us
Sherlock Holmes and Forensics