<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f1fcfe6b-7fff-7db3-1a25-ea8132c19786" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The application period for the AISLE Polestar, Innovative Programming, and Administrator of the Year Awards is now open! More information about the awards can be found at </span><a href="http://www.aisled.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.aisled.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Polestar Award is given to honor members of AISLE who have made outstanding contributions to school library media programs in Illinois. More information can be found at: </span><a href="https://www.aisled.org/polestar.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.aisled.org/polestar.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Innovative Programming Award is given annually to recognize a school library’s achievement in planning and implementing an innovative or creative event or service which has made a measurable positive impact on its users. More information can be found at: </span><a href="https://www.aisled.org/innovative-school-library-program-award.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.aisled.org/innovative-school-library-program-award.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Administrator of the Year Award is given to recognize the support of a school library program by a building or district level school administrator during the previous school calendar year. More information can be found at: </span><a href="https://www.aisled.org/administrator.htm" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.aisled.org/administrator.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">awards@aisled.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with any questions.</span></p></span>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Miriam Rosen</span></font><div><font color="#073763" face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Awards Function Rep</span></font></div><div><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/TmAVuWy9S8nmIEfAkuvk3pHcVTE-tIt0WOqr4qHSmAs1pEDG5RsAp18VMwJeoF-toGJ4WTD96SR3QCeLbhgXx-FZqX8FaEuc9VxWHRJ0fmgf25V7vtprNAfKYabsvohTkix6GF5f" width="96" height="33" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.666666984558105px;white-space:pre-wrap;margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"><font color="#222222" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span><br></span></font></div></div></div></div>