In April Dr. Melinda Hammerschmidt, first grade instructor at Greenwood Lab School, and Dea Borneman, head of Haseltine Library in Greenwood, will receive the Missouri Association of School Librarians TLC (teacher/librarian collaboration) Award.

Melinda and Dea reimagined a traditional study of famous Americans in order to explore a more diverse group of individuals and then implemented the project with Greenwood first grade students last year.

An article, “Inspiring Americans: Creating a Community of Engaged Citizens in the First Grade,” and a related pullout activity about this project was published in the 2018 Nov./Dec. issue of the journal, Social Studies and the Young Learner.