MSLA Region: Northeast

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Barb Fecteau bfecteau@maschoolibraries.org Beverly High School

 Laura Harrington
lharrington@maschoolibraries.org
North Andover High School

Hello Northeast Region Members!
We are glad you're part of the Massachusetts School Library Association. If you are interested in hosting an event or have topic ideas for the 2019-2020 school year please share!

"Local Events by Local Members" series
Presented by the MSLA Northeast Region (open to all MSLA members)

Our next PD offering -
"̶M̶S̶L̶A̶ ̶C̶o̶n̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶R̶o̶u̶n̶d̶-̶U̶p̶"̶

Unable to attend the conference? Need to process the wealth of information and ideas gained this year? Please join us to review, reflect, and celebrate all that happened in your school library this year.

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WHERE: Essex North Shore Agriculture & Tech Library

This year's professional development offerings began with "How to Survive a New Build or Refurbishment" hosted by Alix Woznick at Beverly Middle School. Due to strong interest in this topic we also set up a resources page with related articles. Thanks to Valerie Diggs, Kathy Cerrutti and presenter Alison Connelly for their help!

Our winter PD, co-sponsored with Metrowest, "Comics and Curriculum" was hosted by Alison Connelly at Stoneham High School. View Liza Halley's presentation Comics: Libraries & the Classroom. Additional presentations were made by Northeastern University political science professor Dr. Woody Kay and Tony Gangi from North Shore Community College.

Please reach out with questions and be sure to make good use of the listserv; it's one of the great benefits of being an MSLA member!

Members in Action!
Samplings from recent Northeast hosted professional development offerings:

Dr. Woody Kay shares depictions of the presidency through comics, March 2019.

Liza Halley advocates comics and graphic novels in the library and classroom, March 2019.

How to Survive the New Build and Refurb Process at Beverly Middle School, November 2018.

Awards!
Visit the Awards page for more information on each award.
Here's a history of MSLA Award Winners.

Lynda Moylan, Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, recipient of the President's Award

Sarah Woo, Holten Richmond Middle School, Danvers, recipient of the M.S.L.A. Award

Carrie Tucker, MSLA President, and Janice Alpert, Lynnfield High School, recipient of the Peggy Hallisey Lifetime Achievement Award

Updated: May 14, 2019 Page Editors: Barb Fecteau and Laura Harrington