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Willesden Lane, West Virginia
Click here to read about how West Virginia's Putnam County became the latest community to embrace The Children of Willesden Lane
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Latest News
The Children of Willesden Lane is on the recommended Holiday Reading List for the entire state of Indiana.
- Click here to read a press release about the reading lists from the Indiana Department of Education.
- Click here to download the Indiana Reading Lists for both the regular school year, the summer and the December holiday. (The Children of Willesden Lane is listed on page 4 of the holiday list, under Grades 4-8.)
New Children of Willesden Lane Teaching Resources Now Available at Annenberg Media's Learner.org Web site
Annenberg Media's Learner.org Web site has created a wide-ranging series of brand new video and Web-based resources for teaching The Children of Willesden Lane. These resources are designed to complement the curriculum guide developed by the Milken Family Foundation in partnership with the nonprofit organization, Facing History and Ourselves.
Click here to learn more.
The Children of Willesden Lane is now on the Summer Reading List for Intermediate and Middle School students for the entire state of Indiana. It will also be included in the updated Indiana Reading List for Level 3 (Grades 6-8).
- Click here to read a press release about the reading lists from the Indiana Department of Education.
- Click here to download the Indiana Reading Lists for both the regular school year and the summer.
Read entries about The Children of Willesden Lane from the official blog of the 2006 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference at AOL Journals:
The Children of Willesden Lane
by Jane Foley (IN '94)
Scranton Reads The Children of Willesden Lane
by Christopher Mazzino (PA '03)
Three distinguished civic leaders have written letters of endorsement praising the The Children of Willesden Lane and what it has meant to their respective cities. Click on a name to read that person's letter:
 Due to the leadership of Daphne Draa (IN '03) (pictured, left) and Matt Walsh (IN '03) (pictured, center, standing), Mona Golabek (pictured, center, sitting) performed for 900 Indiana students and then for families and community members in Indianapolis, Indiana. Special thanks to Cathy Danyluk, education consultant at the Indiana Department of Education and the state's Milken Educator Awards coordinator, for all her work in helping to organize this performance. (Also pictured: Jane Foley, right)
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Connections Scranton Reads The Children of Willesden Lane
Click here to read an article from the Milken Family Foundation's publication Connections about The Children of Willesden Lane in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Due to the leadership of Denise Hershberger (MD '96), Queen Anne's County, Maryland approved the book and study guide for use in 8th Grade Reading, Language Arts, and Music.
Due to the leadership of science teacher Sherry Annee (IN '01), Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, Indiana has the book as required reading for incoming freshmen.
Sarah Powley (IN '93) and Sarah Fronczek from the Indiana Department of Education are presenting a series of full-day workshops across Indiana between October 2005 and March 2006, with one segment of each workshop devoted to The Children of Willesden Lane and the companion study guide.
Thomas Kelchner (PA '01) coordinated a cross-curricular unit which culminated in a play for his entire school. Thomas and his students then presented and performed "The Children of Willesden Lane: An Interdisciplinary Experience" at the National Art Education Association Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, in March 2005. He also presented at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference in State College, Pennsylvania, in October 2005.
Mona Golabek and Jane Foley delivered the opening keynote presentation at the National Media Market in Las Vegas on September 28, 2005.
The State of Idaho has added the book and study guide/CD to the state's list of recommended resources for social studies.
Sarah Powley (IN '93) presented news from The Children of Willesden Lane project at a meeting of the Indiana Milken Educator Network (IMEN) on September 11, 2004, with Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Suellen Reed in attendance.
Janice Smith (MA '99) has created a Web site about her Children of Willesden Lane project at http://home.earthlink.net/~jesmith/WillesdenLane.html
Cynthia Montoya (NV '90) published an article in the May 2004 issue of School Librarian's Workshop.
With the leadership of Chris Mazzino (PA '03), The Children of Willesden Lane has been chosen for Scranton Reads: One City One Book for Fall 2004, along with a district-wide pilot in Scranton middle and high schools (www.scrantonreads.org).
Click here to read a Scranton Times Tribune article (March 18, 2004) about Scranton Reads and The Children of Willesden Lane.
Photo of train tracks by Andrew Sanderson. Copyright Trevillion Picture Library
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