<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-7d3ddd1c-7fff-dd73-5bc5-5b28517c1589"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is our pleasure to announce the 2020 AISLE Award winners who will be honored at the Virtual Awards Ceremony during the Conference. Please join us in offering our congratulations to:</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Anna Kim</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Library Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator, Chappell Elementary School, Chicago</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presented with the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE Past-President Pin</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to recognize her leadership and service to the organization during her tenure as President.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beverly Frett</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bylaws and Policy Function Representative, Association of Illinois School Library Educators</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Winner of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Polestar Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> recognizing a member of the Association who has made outstanding contributions to school library media programs in Illinois.</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Honor Award Recipients</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These special honor awards are designed to honor and recognize individuals for distinguished and exceptional service or contributions to AISLE and/or the library community. The awards are unique in that they are initiated by a member of the Board, are highly selective, and given only at the discretion of the Board. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lou Ann Jacobs</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Legislative Advocacy Function Representative, Association of Illinois School Library Educators</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipient of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE Lifetime Membership Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> honoring an individual for faithful and exceptional service to the Association.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Rhonda Jenkins</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LMC Director, Kendall Elementary School, Naperville</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipient of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE School Librarian of the Year Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> recognizing outstanding service and leadership contributions to the organization, the school library profession or a school library in Illinois during the previous school calendar year.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jana Bayne</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Title Teacher, Palestine Grade School, Palestine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipient of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE First Page Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> recognizing the contributions of a member within the first five years of membership for service to the organization and contribution to librarianship in Illinois.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chris Graves, LBSS Endowment Fund</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President, LBSS Endowment Fund</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipient of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE Pillar Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> recognizing an exhibit vendor for their continued support of the organization, of school libraries or of school library professionals.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ellen Popit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Associate Director, Illinois Heartland Library System</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recipient of the </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AISLE Crystal Honor Award</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Georgia;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> recognizing distinguished support of/or contributions to the school library profession, school libraries in Illinois, and/or contributions to the Association.</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="27"><col width="166"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:164px;height:57px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/TmAVuWy9S8nmIEfAkuvk3pHcVTE-tIt0WOqr4qHSmAs1pEDG5RsAp18VMwJeoF-toGJ4WTD96SR3QCeLbhgXx-FZqX8FaEuc9VxWHRJ0fmgf25V7vtprNAfKYabsvohTkix6GF5f" width="164" height="57" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nicolle Mazzola</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1">Awards Function Representative</font></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Cabin,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1"><a href="mailto:awards@aisled.org" target="_blank">awards@aisled.org</a></font></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/AISLEd_org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:16px;height:17px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9XW9B3QYJWl4cTTumfnSIXp6URcF1GjRz3ALIBPVSRlC5xPdx-Bryc7Kc48H-0u22ysR8H7SZPsmRGFKG2WRO0_wzMp5zpYaAVDWHas31TgnPpK3KOcwGAd_pc_U3nNEkWPXpyff" width="16" height="17" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-right:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-bottom:solid #ffffff 1pt;border-top:solid #ffffff 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt 0.07200000000000001pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/33728298686/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:16px;height:16px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/A3cRNH-xrxSdxCENUSPD46qEa4TfZZXVnA5bvfnTI1cTE61AlZ-G-QvFRhBFCyxO06BKUrbGXPhB4pwOZl69_J5-6yBwkY1WYh7UJvbp27Hwr9yGJw6AO6A1X4I2i_fDJBHxO8-G" width="16" height="16" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></div></div>