[Tasl] Teacher Awards and Letters About Literature

[Paul McCoy]

Hi Brenda,

Would you mind passing this along to the School Librarians listserv?

Thanks,

paul

 

Paul McCoy

Program Officer

Humanities Tennessee

 

Nominate your favorite teacher for 2009 Humanities Award

 

Contact:           Paul McCoy, Humanities Tennessee

615-770-0006, ext. 17

            paul at humanitiestennessee.org

            www.humanitiestennessee.org 

 

 

Humanities Tennessee seeks nominations for the 2009 Awards of
Recognition for Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities.  Full-time
public or private 3rd - 12th grade school teachers in Tennessee are
eligible, and any Tennessean may nominate a teacher.

 

This award is available to teachers who have demonstrated excellence in
teaching the humanities and make the humanities an important part of
their students' lives. 

 

Up to six teachers will receive a $2,000 fellowship to further their
professional development in the humanities. The teachers' schools will
also receive a $1,500 for humanities programs and materials.

 

"Teachers often tell us this award is a career highlight," says Paul
McCoy, Program Officer with Humanities Tennessee.  "Teachers have
followed the trail of Lewis and Clark, toured archaeological sites in
Mexico, visited European basilica mosaics, seeing for the first time
what they have long taught.  Simply put, this program changes lives."  

 

Since the Teacher Awards program began in 1985, Humanities Tennessee has
provided almost $400,000 to Tennessee teachers and schools.  The
humanities include, but are not limited to, the study and interpretation
of the following: language; literature; history; philosophy; archeology;
ethics; and the history and criticism of the arts.

 

Draft nominations must be postmarked by December 31, 2008.  Final
nominations must be postmarked by January 31, 2009.   Nomination packets
may be obtained by contacting Paul McCoy at 615-770-0006, ext. 17,
paul at humanitiestennessee.org, or by visiting www.humanitiestennessee.org
<http://www.humanitiestennessee.org/> .

 

 

 

Tennessee Students Eligible for Letters about Literature Contest

 

Contact:           Emily Masters, Humanities Tennessee

                        615.770.0006x15

                        emily at humanitiestennessee.org 

www.humanitiestennessee.org 

 

Students in grades 4-12 are invited to enter Letters about Literature
2009, a national reading and writing promotion program sponsored by
Humanities Tennessee in conjunction with the Center for the Book in the
Library of Congress and Target. The contest deadline is December 6,
2008.

 

The contest invites students to write letters to authors-living or
dead-explaining how their works affected them personally. The contest
has three competition levels. Level 1 is open to readers in grades 4-6;
Level 2 is open to readers in grades 7-8; Level 3 is open to readers in
grades 9-12.  

 

At the state level, the top essayist from each competition level will
receive a $100 cash award and a $50 Target GiftCard. Additionally, the
1st-place winner from Level 3 will receive a full scholarship to attend
the Tennessee Young Writers' Workshop for the summer of 2009. The
weeklong workshop is an intensive writing experience for high school
students, held each summer by Humanities Tennessee. The 2nd-place winner
from each level will receive a $50 cash award, and the 3rd-place winner
from each level will receive a $25 cash award.  

 

The 1st-place winners from each level will then advance for national
judging. Six national 

winners (two from each level) will each receive a $500 Target GiftCard
for personal use and a $10,000 LAL Reading Promotion Grant for his or
her community or school library.  

 

This year's esteemed panel of judges includes noted children's authors
Patricia and Fredrick McKissack and Director of the Center for
Appalachian Studies and Services Dr. Roberta T. Herrin.

 

Classroom teachers are encouraged to promote this contest to their
students as class or individual projects. An official entry coupon must
accompany each letter. Specific guidelines and entry coupons are
available at www.humanitiestennessee.org/youngwriters/letters.php.  For
further information, contact Emily Masters at
emily at humanitiestennessee.org or 615.770.0006x15.

            

Humanities Tennessee is a not-for-profit organization that provides
public education in the humanities for all Tennesseans. Among the
opportunities available statewide are grants for humanities projects to
non-profit organizations, the Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration
of the Written Word, and annual awards for outstanding teaching of the
humanities. For more information about Humanities Tennessee and its
programs, please visit www.humanitiestennessee.org.