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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">School librarians are invited to apply for a $5,000 award recognizing outstanding humanities programming in kindergarten through eighth
grade, the American Library Association (ALA) Pu<span style="background:#FEFEFE">blic Programs Office announced.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE">Nominations for the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/jaffarianaward"><span style="color:black;background:#FEFEFE">2022 Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award
</span></a><span style="color:black;background:#FEFEFE">will be accepted until May 5, 2022. In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on programming, submissions of virtual programs are highly encouraged.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applications, award guidelines, and a list of previous winners are available at
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/jaffarianaward"><span style="color:black">www.ala.org/jaffarian</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">School libraries, public or private, that serve K-8 students are eligible. Nominated programs must have taken place during the current
school year (2021-22). Programs that are still in <span style="background:#FEFEFE">
progress as of the award deadline are eligible, and librarians are encouraged to self-nominate.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FEFEFE">Eligible humanities programs may be focused in many subject areas, including social studies, poetry, drama, art, music,
language arts, foreign language and culture. Programs should focus on broadening perspectives and helping students understand the world and their place in it. They should be initiated and coordinated by the school librarian and exemplify the role of the library
program in advancing the overall educational goals of the school.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Recent Jaffarian Award-winners include:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2021/06/shawnee-okla-middle-school-wins-ala-s-2021-jaffarian-award-tulsa-race-massacre"><span style="color:#1155CC">Teaching
the Tulsa Race Massacre with Guided Inquiry Design</span></a><span style="color:black">, a program that taught students about how assumptions create conflict in society using the Tulsa Race Massacre as an example. Students then completed research projects
on assumptions causing conflict in the world today or in their own experience. Students chose a topic to research further.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/2020JaffarianAward/Batesville"><span style="color:#1155CC">Junior Ambassadors</span></a><span style="color:black">, a program
that brings a global perspective to students through a book club focused on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Named after the late Sara Jaffarian, a school librarian and longtime ALA member, ALA’s Jaffarian Award was established in 2006 to recognize
and promote excellence in humanities programming in elementary and middle-school libraries. It is presented annually by the ALA Public Programs Office in cooperation with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ericka Brunson-Rochette (she/her)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Community Librarian <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Deschutes Public Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">541.312.1057<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.deschuteslibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#4C4B44">Know More</span></b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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