Professional Awards and Recognition

Carole H. McGrath, Awards Committee chairperson 2008-2009

cmcgrath@hampton1.org

Is your school library an integral part of your school? If so we would like to honor those who have helped make it happen! The SCASL Awards Program includes five annual awards. Please consider nominating your exemplary school library media specialists and/or their supporters.

Media Specialist of the Year - honors a full-time media specialist on the basis of exemplary programs as well as active participation and service to SCASL and other related organizations.

Distinguished Service Award - recognizes an individual or an organization for contributions to SCASL and school media programs throughout the state of South Carolina.

Administrator of the Year - recognizes and thanks an exemplary administrator.

Nancy Jane Day Scholarship - provides an SCASL member with reimbursement for the cost of one successfully completed college course taken to improve job performance or complete a graduate degree in library science.

Margaret Ehrhardt Student Scholarship - provides a scholarship to a graduating media center volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to South Carolina school librarianship, school library services, and/or SCASL.

The deadline for submissions has been extended to October 15, 2008. Applications should be emailed or postmarked by that date. These awards will be presented at the SCASL Conference in Greenville, March 11-13 , 2009. The Awards Committee of SCASL is currently accepting nominations for these awards.

SCASL Honor Rolls

Honor Roll nominees are recognized in the Media Center Messenger and the conference program, they will receive a certificate of merit, and a letter of commendation will be sent to their supervisor, superintendent or school board.

Honor Roll of Administrators

Honor Roll of Paraprofessionals

Media Specialist of the Year Award Application and Criteria
Previous Media Specialist of the Year Award Recipients

Distinguished Service Award Application
Previous Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Administrator of the Year Award Application
Previous Administrator of the Year Recipients

Nancy Jane Day Scholarship Award Application
Past Nancy Jane Day Recipients

Media Paraprofessional Award Application
Media Paraprofessional Award History

The Margaret Ehrhardt Student Scholarship
Past Margaret Ehrhardt Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to the 2007-08 award winners!

Media Specialist of the Year - Elizabeth Betsy Long, Doby’s Mill Elementary School, Lugoff, SC

Distinguished Service Award - Martha Taylor

Administrator of the Year - Evie Hughes, Principal, Walhalla High School

Nancy Jane Day Scholarship - Noreen Hershelman

Media Paraprofessional Award - Janice McGriff

Margaret Erhardt Scholarship - Ashley Blum - Landrum High School
Nominated by Michelle Pope