Exemplary Reading Program Award
The Exemplary Reading Program Award recognizes outstanding reading and language arts programs at all grade levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding programs in schools throughout Canada and the United States. Each participating state and provincial council, with an active ERPA committee chair, may choose one winning school a year.
All public, private, charter, and parochial schools in the United States and Canada are eligible for the award provided
- The state or province in which the school is located has an Exemplary Reading Program Award Committee currently in place to judge program applications from that state or province
- At least one faculty or staff member of that school is a current IRA member
Applications must be postmarked no later than November 15 and received at IRA Headquarters no later than November 28. Headquarters will then forward applications to the state/provincial Exemplary Reading Program Award Committees for review. Application and Guidelines
For additional information, contact Council Services.
2011-2012 State/Provincial ERPA Chairpersons
United States
Alabama
Sandy Luster
210 Blue Creek Drive
Wetumpka, AL 36093
sandra.luster@elmoreco.com
Arkansas
Julie Huskey
430 E. Chestnut
Batesville, AR 72501
kathydemarie@yahoo.com
Colorado
Paula Mooney
845 Kings Deer Pt. E3
Monument, CO 80132
mooneysriverwalk@comcast.net
California
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra
4801 Hillsboro Circle
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Connecticut
Dr. Karen Costello
7 Oak Stree, PO Box 3393
Groton Long Point, CT 06340
karen.costello@eastlymeschools.org
Diamond State Reading Association
Kathy Demarie-Churchey
DE
kathydemarie@yahoo.com
Idaho
Maggie Chase
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
maggiechase@boisestate.edu
Illinois
Helen Bryand
9028 South Cregier Ave
Chicago, IL 60617
hebryant5@sbcglobal.net
Indiana
Amy Catania
9936 Covington Blvd.
Fishers, IN 46037
alm62@juno.com
Kansas
Dr. Kathleen Barrett-Jones
Kansas Wesleayn University
100 E. Claflin
Salina, KS 67401
kbj@kwu.edu
Kentucky
Alison Critchfield
139 Hamilton Park
Lexington, KY 40504
acritchfield@midway.edu
Louisiana
Marilyn Westfall
598 Tanglewood Dr.
Slidell, LA 70458
mcw3_31@yahoo.com
State of Maryland International Reading Program Council
Susan Abramson
1905 Welsch Court
Finksburg, MD 21048
abramson1905@comcast.net
State of Maryland International Reading Program Council
Christine Sparr
306 Winsome Drive
Finksburg, MD 21048
sparrel@aol.com
Massachusetts
Yvonne Gunzburger
29 Frederick Street
Netwon, MA 02460
yvgunz@aol.com
Michigan
Mary Howell
1489 Westbury Dr.
Davison, MI 48423
msehowell@aol.com
Minnesota
Julie Scullen
1431 154th Lane NW
Andover, MN 55304
j.scullen@mnreading.org
Missouri State Council of IRA
Barbara Hiles
312 SE Gingerbread Lane
Blue Springs, MO 64014
bhiles24@msn.com
New York State Reading Association
Patricia Shea Bischoff
165 Kennington St.
Staten Island, NY 10308
patsb@aol.com
North Carolina
Dr. Jane Kline
6409 Pernod Way
Raleigh, NC 27613
jkline11@yahoo.com
North Dakota
Cheryl Fredenburg
Box 465
Edgeley, ND 58433
cherylf@drtel.net
Oregon Reading Association
Renee Derbach
3215 NE Fremont
Portland, OR 97212
mdernbach@comcast.com
Keystone State Reading Association
Lynn Morley
30 Sandown Rd
Audobon, PA 19403
morleyrl2@verizon.net
Michael Williams
8149 Spruce Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111
mjw231vc@hotmail.com
Spartanburg - South Carolina State Council
Dolly Blackwood
10 W. Miler Street
Inman, SC 29349
dolly.blackwood@spartl.org
South Carolina State Council
Stacey Reaves
13615 N. Brewington Rd
Gable, SC 29051
staceyreaves@yahoo.com
Tennessee
Mary Pullen
2245 Willow Wood Avenue
Memphis, TN 38127
mpullen@stmarysschool.cdom.org
Virginia
Kimberlyn Lancaster
Millboro Elementary School
411 Church St.
Millboro, VA 24460
kiml@bath.k12.va.us
Washington Organization for Reading Development
Cheryl Vance
622 NW Pennsylvania Ave.
Chehalis, WA 98532
cvance@esd113.org
West Virginia
Kim Copley
2488 James River Tpke
Ona, WV 25545
copleykim.21@gmail.com
Canada
British Columbia Literacy Council of the International Reading Association
Honey Halpern
3952 West 13 Avenue
Vancouver, BC
hhalpern@interchange.ubc.ca
Saskatchewan
Lynda Gellner
1316 Smishek Drive
Regina, SK S4X 4M3
lynda.gellner@rbe.sk.ca