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The annual conference of the Massachusetts School Library Association
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Sarah Wheaton

Monomy Regional High School
Library Media Specialist
Harwich, MA
Websitehttps://sites.google.com/a/monomoy.edu/monomoy-library/
Sarah Wheaton, a former English teacher of grades 7-9, has been a library media specialist for 22 years at the middle and high school levels on Cape Cod.   Currently, she is the Library Media Specialist at Monomoy Regional High School.
Sunday, May 7
 

7:30am EDT

Registration and Coffee Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:30am EDT

President's Welcome Grand Ballroom IIAnita Cellucci Building Community Grand Ballroom IILiz Phipps Soeiro DigCitKids: Amplifying Student Voice and Student Choice Grand Ballroom IICurran Dee Dreaming of Possibilities Grand Ballroom IIWendy Garland Giving Students a Voice with Touchcast Grand Ballroom IILaura Gardner

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Global Stories for Young Readers: Ten Questions about Race, Culture, and Power Grand Ballroom IIMitali Perkins

10:00am EDT

Creativity and the Writing Process: YA Author Panel OrleansCathy Collins, Ed.D • Kristy Acevedo • Kathleen Duble • Ife Oshun • Nancy Werlin

11:00am EDT

How to Teach the Tough Issues Through Literature and Enrichment Activities Grand Ballroom IIMitali Perkins

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Bass River Room

1:30pm EDT

Global Collaboration to Fit Your Needs Grand Ballroom IIPernille Ripp

2:30pm EDT

Beyond Inspiration: Middle Grade Author Panel OrleansChristi Farrar • Nate Ball • Megan Frazer Blakemore • Jennifer Jacobson • Dana Alison Levy • Lauren Wolk

3:30pm EDT

Bookstore Grand Ballroom I Exhibit Hall Opening. Click here for list of exhibitors Grand Ballroom I

4:30pm EDT

Author Meet & Greet Grand Ballroom FoyerMitali Perkins • Kristy Acevedo • Sarah Albee • Nate Ball • Megan Frazer Blakemore • Loree Griffin Burns • Kathleen Duble • Susan Hood • Jennifer Jacobson • Dana Alison Levy • Ife Oshun • Melissa Stewart • Nancy Werlin • Lauren Wolk • Ekua Holmes • Scott Magoon • Vita Murrow • Raul the Third

6:00pm EDT

MSLA Awards Dinner Ceremony Bass River Room

8:10pm EDT

Dinner Keynote: Passionate Readers - The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child Bass River RoomPernille Ripp
 
Monday, May 8
 

8:30am EDT

President's Welcome Grand Ballroom IIAnita Cellucci Changing school culture: How we got our students (and teachers!) to embrace the big ideas of creative credit, copyright, and fair use Grand Ballroom IIHeather Lobenstine Intertwining: A way to consider weaving value into information literacy instruction Grand Ballroom IIGeorgina Trebbe School Librarian Identity Crisis Grand Ballroom IISamantha Musher SEL- The Social-Emotional Library Grand Ballroom IIChani Craig

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Libraries are the Red Cross of the Soul Grand Ballroom IIKristina Holzweiss

10:00am EDT

Exclusive Exhibit Hall Time Grand Ballroom I

10:30am EDT

The Social Emotional Library OrleansChani Craig

11:30am EDT

My Favorite Things: Celebrating Good News and Innovation in Libraries Grand Ballroom IIShannon Miller

12:30pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grand Ballroom I

1:30pm EDT

Raising the Voices of School Librarians: The Massachusetts School Library Study Grand Ballroom IIRobin Cicchetti • Judi Paradis • Greg Pronevitz • Liz Phipps Soeiro • Dr. Carol Gordon

2:30pm EDT

IdeaLab Table 02: Cast Away Traditional Summer Reading...or, How to Survive the First Month of Middle School Hyannisport East & WestBonnie Echmalian • Elizabeth Stockwood IdeaLab Table 08: The Making of Makerspaces at Lynnfield Public Schools Hyannisport East & WestJanice Alpert • Alex Caram IdeaLab Table 13: Reading for a Cause: How Your Students Can Help End World Hunger with Authentic Learning Hyannisport East & WestHeifer International • Laurie Wodin IdeaLab Table 14: Future Ready Librarians Hyannisport East & WestShannon Miller Playground Table 06: Creating, and Embracing, Your HS Makerspace Hyannisport East & WestCharleen Belcher • Kirsten Fournier