MSLA Awards
2025 Awards Timeline:
Friday, February 14, 2025 - Nominations Open
Friday, April 4, 2025 - Nominations Close
April 2025 - Awards Task Force meets to review nominations
Early June 2025 - Award Winners Announced
Friday, February 14, 2025 - Nominations Open
Friday, April 4, 2025 - Nominations Close
April 2025 - Awards Task Force meets to review nominations
Early June 2025 - Award Winners Announced
MSLA Awards Archives Organized by year and award, plus pictures
2024 Award Recipients
Award Ceremony is at the 2025 MSLA Conference
Award Ceremony is at the 2025 MSLA Conference
Gallagher Legislator Award: Recognizes a MA legislator demonstrating belief in the value of school libraries.
Julian Cyr, MA State Senator, Cape and Islands
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John Moran, MA State Representative, 9th Suffolk District
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Ellen Berne Innovation Award: Celebrates innovative school library programming.
Ariel Dagan, Tri-County Vocational Technical High School, Franklin
MSLA Super Librarian Award: Recognizes school library program excellence.
Karin Kugel,
Maria L. Baldwin School,
Cambridge
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Elizabeth Thompson, Cameron Middle School, Framingham
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MSLA President's Award: Honors new school librarians making an impact on student learning.
Tracey Newman,
Scituate High School,
Scituate
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Riley Curda, King Open School, Cambridge
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Annette Trossello, Barbieri Elementary, Framingham
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Sheila Magovern, Crisafulli and Robinson Schools in Westford
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Hadley Roberts
Fall Brook Elementary Leominster |
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Laura Brosnan
Bates Elementary Salem (awarded for her work in her previous Beverly Public School) |
Kay Kamiyama, Fuller Middle in Framingham
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Wendy MacArthur, Hopkinton Middle School
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Rebecca DeGrace, Wellesley High School
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Daisy Magner, Mattahunt Elementary in Boston
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Virtual Influencer: Recognizes excellence in a school library’s use of web tools.
Kate Funderbunk, Codman Academy Charter School in Dorchester
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Laurie Riley, Vassal Lane Upper School in Cambridge
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Alex Scarelli-Smith, Sharon High School
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Maria Sweeney, Boston Latin Academy in Boston
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Virtual Influencer Renewals: TBD
Judi Paradis Action Grant awarded to a librarian/library program for programming purposes which support making a positive impact
on a library program and/or school culture. Special consideration will be given to proposals demonstrating topics of
social justice, diversity/multiculturalism, and collaboration with teachers.
on a library program and/or school culture. Special consideration will be given to proposals demonstrating topics of
social justice, diversity/multiculturalism, and collaboration with teachers.
District Librarians of Northborough-Southborough Regional School District
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Carrie Mathias, Silver Lake Regional High, Kingston
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Donna Mason and Susan Mello,
Marathon Elementary School, Hopkinton 
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Audrey Friend Scholarship awarded to a MA student in a school library certification master's program.
Caroline McGillan Weisman,
Education and Library Media Studies, Salem State
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Page Editor: Ann Perham, MSLA Webmaster
Updated: January 26, 2025
Updated: January 26, 2025
