ARA Committees  2017 - 2018

AR Children's Book Award Appointments

Community Projects

Exemplary Reading Program

Family Literacy (Parents and Reading)

• Carrie Sharpl carrie.sharp@arkadelphiaschools.org
• Family Literacy Resources

Intellectual Freedom

• Amy Castleberry 
  mrs.a.castleberry@gmail.com
• Banned Books Week handout

International Projects

• Tessa Dean 
  tessa.dean@greenwoodk12.com
• Click here for more information.
• Sample International Projects

Legislative

• Phyllis Bell
  phyllis.bell@nettletonschools.net
• For updates on legislative action:  http://www.apsrc.net/legislative

Literacy (Celebrate Literacy Awards)

• Rochelle Dalton 
  rochelledalton@sheridanschools.org

Forms: (email to Rochelle Dalton)

• Educator in Literacy 
• Community Leader in Literacy
• Agency in Literacy 
• Celebrate Literacy
• Celebrate Literacy Committee handout

Media Outlets in Education
(formerly Newspapers in Education)

• Wendy Burfeind wburfeind@flcobras.com

Nominations

• Dorothy Pollett dorothy@arareading.org
• Online Application

Editor, The Reader 
(formerly Publications)

• JimBob Turner jturner@batesvilleschools.org

Publicity

• Susan Bitely susan.bitely@gmail.com
• Arkansas Newspapers

Student Membership

• Susan Grogan  sgrogan@hsu.edu

School-based Literacy Grant
(formerly Studies and Research)

• Application
• Vicki King vicki@arareading.org