Awards & Grants
Andrea spent five weeks immersed in the culture of East Africa, learning Kiswahili and teaching secondary students in three different schools in rural Tanzania and Kenya.
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Frances Henne Award 2020
Deerfield Education Foundation Grant Winner for Parrot Drone
Fulbright-Hays Scholar 2022--Northern Illinois University Educate Global trip to Tanzania and Kenya
Illinois Retired Teachers’ Association Grant Winner for Makerspace Items
Library Book Selection Service (LBSS) Endowment Fund Read for Information Grant Winner 2018
Library Book Selection Service (LBSS) Endowment Fund Feed the Need Grant Winner 2021
Library Book Selection Service (LBSS) Endowment Fund Feed the Need Grant Winner 2023
Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) My Library Is… Grant Winner 2021
Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) My Library Is… Grant Winner 2022
Andrea won the RAILS My Library Is... Grant in 2021, which allowed her to create a digital twin, or 360-degree view, of her school library using Matterport.