Great Mini-Grant Programs

After the Mini-Grants are awarded and the projects completed, recipients send us a Final Report, chronicling their program’s development, presentation and community response. Their photographs, clippings, DVDs and other documentation tell a story of enthusiasm and success. The most impressive reports we send on to the Keats Archive, to be preserved along with Ezra’s artwork. Then, sometimes, a report will positively blow us away! Below, a selection of programs we found to be original, creative, often informative, and just as often, a pure delight.

Laura Silver, Teacher
Julie Schildkraut, Teacher
MS 88
Brooklyn, NY

Kaina Boyd, Librarian
LaFourche Parish Public Library, Raceland Branch
Raceland, LA

Aidé Villalobos, Teacher
Evergreen Elementary School
Shelton, WA

Stefanie Abbey, Art Teacher
Eve Davis, Librarian
High School for Law Enforcement and Public Safety
Jamaica, New York

Kimberly Powers
Lead Children’s Librarian
Englewood Public Library
Englewood, Colorado

Liz Fox
IB Research & Curriculum Assistant
Newport High School
Newport Oregon

Heather Thompson
Youth Services Program Librarian
Kenosha Public Library
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Mary Jenkins
Project Director
Clarksdale Carnegie Public Library
Clarksdale, Mississippi

Esmeralda Cruz, Health and Human Sciences Educator
Jeanna Johnson, ELL teacher
Community Schools of Frankfort
Frankfort, Indiana

Mamie Anthoine Ney, Director
Deb Cleveland, Head of Children’s Services
Auburn Public Library
Auburn, Maine

Alexis Starke
Art Teacher
Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library
Piermont, New York

Maryann Milewski-Moskal, Teacher
Penn Alexander School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Micha Rademacher
Young Adult Librarian
Blue Island Public Library
Blue Island, Illinois

Marie Myers, Art Educator & Library Associate
Jacksonville Public Library
Jacksonville, Florida

Kathy Larson, Teacher
Forest Lakes Elementary
Oldsmar, Florida

Julie Stratton, Teacher
Cape May County Technical School
Cape May, New Jersey

Mary Blieka, Children’s Librarian
Queens Library, South Hollis Branch
St. Albans, New York

Michelle Myler, Extended Learning Coordinator
Concord School District
Concord, New Hampshire

Jenn Carter, 21st Century Program Director
Lewiston Middle School
Lewiston, Maine

Karen Bell, Media Specialist
The Library at the Ruby C. Hunt YMCA
Shelby, North Carolina

Elizabeth Thompson, Library Director
Gorham Public Library
Gorham, New Hampshire

Irena Just, Children’s Librarian
Herrin City Library
Herrin, Illinois

Nettie Moore, Youth Specialist
M.R. Davis Public Library
Beaver Lake Education Center
Southaven, Mississippi

Ruth Paisley, Supervisor
Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
Beaver Lake Education Center
Maplewood, Minnesota

Steven Flanagan, Teacher
Sunnyside Elementary School
San Francisco, California

Jennifer Smith, Teacher
Carlin Springs Elementary School
Arlington, Virginia

Kate Terney, Teacher
Brock Road Elementary School
Spotsylvania, Virginia

Helen Geglio, Teacher
McKinley Primary Center
South Bend, Indiana

Cole Zrostlik, Youth Services Librarian
St. Croix Falls Public Library
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Stanley Steele, Principal
Pocantico Hills School
Sleepy Hollow, New York

Jill Waltz, Teacher
Geeter Middle School
Memphis, Tennessee

Susan Gerhart, YA Librarian
Calcasieu Parish Public Library
Summer Teen Reading Program
Lake Charles, Louisiana

Robert Devich, Principal
Pacific Rim Elementary School
Carlsbad, California

Bonnie Reeves, Children’s Librarian
Township Library of Lower Southampton
Feasterville, Pennsylvania

Dr. Meredith St. Clair, Program Administrator
Boise Public Schools
Boise, Idaho