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Text Box: will be prepared and submitted to journals. Mrs. Young will travel to Florida to receive the award and will be presented with a check for $2,500.00 on June 28, 2004. The money will be used to purchase graphic novels for the library collection. As part of the grant, Mrs. Young and Dr. Irwin are required to present the findings of the research at the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago in June of 2005.

Text Box: Robyn Young has received the national AASL Highsmith Research Grant for her work with students and graphic novels. Working in conjunction with Dr. Marilyn Irwin, Director at the Center for Disability Information and Referral, the research attempts to prove that reading graphic novels will increase the ISTEP scores and overall academic achievement of lower ability readers. Mrs. Young and

Text Box: Dr. Irwin have been working with the students in Barbara Cox’s and Angie Williams’s classrooms. According to the teachers, the students that are reading graphic novels have shown overall academic improvement. The study will continue until December 2004. At the conclusion of the formal study, the data will be analyzed and a paper

Text Box: Avon High School Media Center Annual Report

Multimedia success	2
Teen Read Week	2
Collaboration	3
New Check-in	3
Video Collection	4
By the Numbers	4

Text Box: On Saturday, April 17th, over 1,000 parents and student participants came together to compete for the State

Text Box: Media Fair sponsored by the Association of Indiana Media Educators. Students competed in ten different events ranging from multimedia presentations to photographic essays. To participate at the state level, students first had to win at one of nine regional media fairs that were held this winter. Over seventy judges from around the state also helped to make this event successful (including Denise Brinker, AMS, Dennis

Text Box: LeLoup, Sycamore, Elizabeth Winningham, AIS, and Amy Keller, AHS). Working in a team approach, it was their responsibility to determine the Best in Category for each division. Students were then awarded with ribbons and plaques to commemorate their achievement. The Band Boosters also ran a concession stand throughout the day. This was very helpful for visitors who traveled from all over the state. It wasn’t necessary to leave the

Text Box: Student Ambassadors were extremely helpful in getting participants to their room assignments.

building; the Band Boosters took care of everyone’s needs!

Thank you to all who helped make this event a huge success.

Robyn Young, MLS

Media Specialist