Conference 2009:

Save the date!

October 26, 2009

Joint conference with CECA at the Hartford Convention Center!



Annual Calendar
May

Election of CASL officers

The results of the election of CASL officers for 09-10 are:

President: Lucia Rafala
VP: Mary Lou Cassatto
Recording Secretary: Chris Barlow
Treasurer: Martha Djang

Oct 7

Fall Festival 2009 - at Baci Grill in Cromwell

Oct 26

Joint Conference with CECA at the Hartford Convention Center

Click here to complete a pre-conference survey by June 15th!

Nov

Mentoring Matters

Dec 31 The deadline for submission for all 2010 awards, grant, and scholarship applications is December 31, 2009.
  Click here for the 2009 Awards Winners

Note - CASL Membership runs from Nov 1st to October 31st

Announcements

CASL Ning: Join CASL's Social Network on NING

CASL members are encouraged to join!


Workshop: Teaching w/ Primary Sources & GIS

A 21st Century Teaching Workshop

Saturday, May 2, 2009

 

The Fairfield Museum & History Center, CASL, and Fairfield University's Graduate School of Education & Allied Professions will offer a workshop on primary sources and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), sponsored by Document It! a grant from the Library of Congress. - Click here for more details!


The Site-of-the-Month for January is that of

Janet Kenney of Bristol Eastern High School.

LMC News

Congratulations to Simsbury High School for winning the SLMPY Award! Simsbury won the National School Library Media Program of the Year Award sponsored by
Follett Library Resources and granted by AASL.

Simsbury LMC website

Assured or guaranteed experiences are part of the Simsbury High School Library Media Center program. All freshmen and all sophomores participate in assured experiences in social studies and science. These assured experiences provide students with the opportunity to meet and master state and national standards in the content areas and in information and technology literacy and also help prepare students for the science test in CAPT. Maureen Snyder and Janet Roche, media specialists, and classroom teachers work together to assess that students have mastered the necessary skills to become productive members of the workforce in the 21st century .


AASL Ex. Director, Julie Walker's podcast on the "State of School Libraries" is an excellent overview to play to school administrators, school councils, legislators, etc.


Kathy Paquette from Wolcott Elementary School was named West Hartford "Teacher of the Year."
As part of her responsibilities this year she had the opportunity to speak at West Hartford Public School's New Teacher Orientation and at the Opening Day Convocation for all teachers and administrators in the district. Read her speeches by clicking the links above.