Projects and Activities
| Due to the leadership of Matt Walsh (IN '03), The Children of Willesden Lane has been adopted into to the sixth-grade curriculum at Brownsburg West Middle School and the seventh-grade curriculum at Brownsburg East Middle School. Both schools are in Brownsburg, Indiana, where Matt is an assistant principal. |
| Due to the leadership of Karen Teff (MN '05), The Children of Willesden Lane has been adopted into the seventh-grade curriculum at Deer River High School. |
Jane Foley and Mona Golabek gave a featured presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention in Nashville. Click here for PDF of Convention Preview.
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| Jane Foley and Mona Golabek (pictured, right) presented the project at the 2006 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Washington, D.C.
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| Chris Mazzino (PA '03) (pictured, right) presented a Models of Quality breakout session on the application of project materials at the 2006 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Mona Golabek and Jane Foley were general session presenters at the 3rd Annual Cultural Competency Summit in Indianapolis, sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education and the Fort Wayne Community Schools.
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Indiana Milken Educators Theresa Knipstein Meyer (IN '00), MiSang Han (IN '02) and Sarah Powley (IN '93) with Mona Golabek and Jane Foley
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Mona performs at the Cultural
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Sarah Powley delivers a presentation at the Cultural
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Jane Foley also presented The Children of Willesden Lane to university deans in Virginia at the Virginia Milken Educators Teacher of Promise Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation donated $25,000 to Hold On To Your Music to gift books and study guides to urban schools in the Los Angeles area. In February 2006, Nancy Florez-Muro (CA '03) was awarded funds from the Gilbert Grant for a school-wide and community read at Lake Center Middle School in Santa Fe Springs, California.
Canton, Ohio was the site of a citywide read that culminated with Mona performing for the community and 1,000 students.
Jane Foley and Mona Golabek gave the keynote presentation at the 27th National Media Market in Las Vegas.
Jane Foley (IN '94) and Mona Golabek presented the project at the 2005 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Washington, D.C. (Click here to view photos)
Jane Foley (IN '94) and Mona Golabek presented the project at the National Council for the Social Studies and the Council of State Social Studies Specialists (CS4). (Click here to view/download a PDF of the program.)
Jane Foley (IN '94) and Mona Golabek presented the project at the 2004 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Washington, D.C. (Click here to view photos)
Sarah Powley (IN '93) presented a Models of Quality breakout session on the application of project materials at the 2004 Milken Family Foundation National Education Conference in Washington, D.C. (Click here to view photos)
With the leadership of Alice Bertels (KS '00), Accelerated Reader added a Children of Willesden Lane test to its inventory.
With the leadership of Linda Fisher (CA '98), the San Diego County of Education added The Children of Willesden Lane to its library list.
Jane Foley (IN '94) and Mona Golabek conducted a workshop for Idaho teachers in Boise, Idaho. Ms. Golabek performed at a community concert to culminate a city-wide read of The Children of Willesden Lane.
Pamela Gardner (CT '01) presented at Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies in New Haven, Connecticut.
Jane Foley (IN '94) and Mona Golabek presented at Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) annual conference in New Orleans (www.ascd.org/cms/
index.cfm?TheViewID=2144&topnav=1#learn).
Jane Foley (IN '94), Sarah Powley (IN '93), and Mona Golabek presented at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention in San Francisco (download PDF of program at www.ncte.org/library/files/profdev/conv/
program03/friday.pdf)
Jane Foley (IN '94), Cynthia Montoya (NV '90), and Mona Golabek presented at American Association of School Librarians (AASL) national conference in Kansas City, Missouri (https://cs.ala.org/aaslconf/2003/planner/
sessions.cfm?time=7&day=24&sort=title)
With the leadership of Sarah Powley (IN '93), Tippecanoe School Corporation in Lafayette, Indiana, added the materials to the curriculum at six middle schools for accelerated 7th grade English.
Photo of train tracks by Andrew Sanderson. Copyright Trevillion Picture Library
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