District 54 board honors teachers who have 1,000-book classrooms

The District 54 school board is visiting 13 teachers across the district to praise them for filling their classroom libraries with more than 1,000 books.

The goal in District 54 is for every classroom to have 1,000 books in order to meet the wide range of abilities and interests of the children.

With this in mind, the district embarked on a campaign in 2006 to fill the bookshelves in each of its rooms. With new teachers joining our district every year, the commitment is ongoing.

Although District 54's SuperKids: Powered by Books Committee raises funds to buy books for teachers, many of the teachers being recognized have assembled these large classroom libraries on their own - by purchasing the books themselves, scouring garage sales, placing Scholastic book orders, receiving some as gifts, etc.

The teachers listed below join 290 other District 54 teachers who had previously been recognized for achieving this milestone - for a grand total of 303 teachers.

• Christina Beck, Early Learning Center

• Megan Larsen, Early Learning Center

• Dawn Marshall, Early Learning Center

• Kristin Peterson, Early Learning Center

• Natasha Sharma, Blackwell Elementary School

• Lauren Nicoll, Campanelli Elementary School

• Kristin Johnson, Churchill Elementary School

• Jill Peterson, Churchill Elementary School

• Andrea Smith, Hoover Math and Science Academy

• Courtney Battaglia, Lakeview Elementary School

• Megan Maize, Lakeview Elementary School

• Jamie Logan, Link Elementary School

• Jenna Carlson, Stevenson Elementary School

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