KASL

District III

District III met at Cheney High School on March 31.

Breakfast Table

A workshop attendee visits with Carla Ewy (Cheney Elementary), who presented on SMART Boards and audiobooks/mp3 players.

Attendees look over the schedule and decide which sessions to go to.

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Cheryl Rife (Inman) and Linda Forfia (Derby) choose free books for their libraries.

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Sue Buhler (Pratt Skyline) and President-Elect Gwen Lehman (Larned) take in a session on Smart Boards.

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Outgoing District III Director Mary Butel relaxes at the end of a successful workshop.

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Photos by Amy Brownlee

 

District I

District I met at Olathe East High School on March 24.

Tracy Cook (right) checks out the free giveaway items showcased in the library.

Participants at a Session

Linda Corey, Patty Charlesworth, and Becca Munson enjoy time spent networking.

One workshop participants shares her experiences.

Workshop attendees visited vendor booths in the Olathe East Library.

Monica Hanson, whose mother is a school librarian in Chanute, provided soothing back and shoulder massages for participants.

Photos by Lori Franklin

District IV

District IV met at Riley County High School on March 3.

Photos by Brenda Lemon

District V

District V met at the Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, Garden City, KS on March 3.

Table decorations and gifts for attendees

Charlene Plett from Liberal High School and guest, Sister Mary Louise Pfannenstiel, a library para from Hays Holy Family Elementary School, prepare to share In the continental breakfast after registration

District V Director Sharon Parks greeted guests and called the meeting to order

Beverly Buller sold copies of her book during the breakfast time as guests were arriving. She also presented the William Allen White nominees for the upcoming selection and spoke about the award, as well as announcing the date for the 60^th award ceremony.

During breaks, guests were encouraged to select books to take home to their own libraries. The books were donated by Reading Circle, ABDO Publishing, and Gumdrop Books. 

Dan Verdick, Darth Vadar, and Chuck Sheppy were guests at the District V Workshop

Dan Verdick presented ‘Getting Boys to Read’

Tiffany Jarvis, 6^th grade teacher at Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center in Garden City, presented on technology sites with ideas for uses in our libraries.

New co-director, Julie Tucker, led the group in a discussion about Kan-Ed and the database issues

Peggy McGlynn, Dan, Julie Tucker, and Tammy Riggs choose their lunches

Carolyn King, Deb Yarnall, Angie Price

Darth Vader with Jane Richardson

Juanita Jameson, Chuck Sheppy, Dan Verdick

Photos by Kathy Frederking

District VI Registration

District III Registration

Breeze Into a March Workshop

Illustration by Ulana Zahajkewycz

•Connect with colleagues,

•Share ideas that work for you,

•See examples of exemplary practice,

•Listen to leading practitioners in the field

at a district workshop near you

on a Saturday morning in March.

District I Registration

Plan to Attend a District Workshop in March

Network with fellow school librarians at a district workshop near you! General information is posted under District Workshops. (Click on the jpgs below to make them bigger.)

District IV is on March 3 - Libraries: the Leading 21st Century Classroom
Riley County High School 
Director: Julie Doyen
Asst. Director: Brenda Lemon

Plan to Attend a District Workshop in March

Network with fellow school librarians at a district workshop near you! General information is posted under District Workshops. Detailed brochures will follow as they are published, and I will publish them on the blog as I receive them. Here is the first one. (Click on the jpgs below to make them bigger.)

District V is on March 3 - Librarian to the Corps
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, Garden City 
Director: Sharon Parks
Asst. Director: Kathy Frederking