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The Chickadee Award Committee |
Kelley Drisko has provided library services at Gilbert School in Augusta for 16 years. She has a teaching certificate in language arts and social studies, and taught high school English for 16 years.
Joanne Elwell has been a library assistant at the Pittsfield Public Library for the past two years. Being a mother of six has given her the experience to produce many children's programs at the library at little or no cost! She is currently working towards her BS in Information Services at UMA.
Chris Fricke has been a school librarian for 25 years in Indiana, Vermont and Maine. She has also taught French at both the elementary and high school levels. She currently is an elementary librarian in Portland.
Mary Hazelton, Committee Chair, has been an elementary school librarian at Miller School in Waldoboro and Warren Community School in Warren in SAD 40 for the past ten years. In a previous life, she worked as a special education teacher and Director for many years. She is a regular reviewer for School Library Journal.
Myrna Koonce, Committee Secretary, teaches nursery school in Harpswell and community college classes in South Portland and Auburn. Prior to that, she co-directed the Born to Read program at the Maine Humanities Council, and was a Head Start center director and administrator.
Kate McGowen is the children's librarian at the Topsham Public Library. She is responsible for programming, public relations, and acquisitions in the children's department. Kate holds a master's degree in elementary education from Smith College, and is pursuing a master of library science degree with the University of South Carolina.
Susan Pease, Committee Treasurer, is the coordinator of the elementary school libraries for the Auburn School District. In past years, she has been the head of the children's department at the Lewiston Public Library and she started her library career in children's services at the Boston Public Library. In addition, Susan is a storyteller.
Meg Rooks is a school librarian for the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf in Falmouth. She has previous experience in both elementary school and public libraries in Maine and Massachusetts. Meg holds a Master's in Library Science from Clarion University in Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the book selection committee for Maine's Raising Readers program
Jennifer Stanbro is an elementary school librarian in the South Portland School District. Previously she worked as a technology instructor and consultant for K-8 schools in Maryland and Texas. She holds a masters degree in library science from Texas Women's University and a masters of liberal arts degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland.
Lynn Young is currently librarian and technology assistant for the Drowne Road School in Cumberland. She has a B.S. in Child Development, having taught elementary grades in Maine and Vermont and also previously a Training Specialist for L.L. Bean. Her current project is developing a library for the Skyline Farm Museum in North Yarmouth, Maine.