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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Congratulations to Carrie & West Maple Elementary!!! Very exciting news!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 20, 2023 6:08 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] West Maple Elementary Named AASL National School Library of the Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am so excited to share the great news that West Maple Elementary in Birmingham Public Schools has been selected as the AASL National School Library of the Year! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to Carrie Betts, School Librarian, at West Maple Elementary School!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can find Birmingham Public School's announcement here: <a href="http://bit.ly/3MXj9lb" target="_blank">
bit.ly/3MXj9lb</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Disclosure: I did not realize Carrie was applying for this award -- and AASL did not disclose to me that she was a finalist. The AASL National School Library of the Year Committee Chairs - Mary Woodard (Texas) and Phoebe Warmack (Virginia)
were able to visit West Maple Elementary and the other finalist library -- New Tazewell Elementary (New Tazewell, TN); Blake Hopper, -- and lead the NSLY committee in making the decision independent of the AASL Board.</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Carrie shared this website giving an overview of West Maple Library:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am so very proud that the NSLY is in Michigan! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All students in Michigan deserve the equity of access to this type of library.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations again to Carrie!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--Kathy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Advocacy Co-Chair, Past-President 2014, </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt">President, 2022-2023</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt">SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt">SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century 2019-2022</span></i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt">2012 State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:kathyL@mimasl.org" target="_blank">kathyL@mimasl.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LibraryL" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">--<a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/advocacy/tools/docs/AASL_Position_Statement_Effective_SLP_2018.pdf" target="_blank">American Association of School Librarians</a> (AASL)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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