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Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA)

Region 2
Regional Directors: Mary Grom and Amy Zaher


CARA Officers

Veronica Robinson, President
(773) 233-7403

Margaret Richek, Co-President-Elect

Becky McTague, Co-President-Elect

Gloria Pleasont, Vice President

Jennifer Dixon, Corresponding Secretary

Joyce Jennings, Recording Secretary

Michelle Keller, Treasurer

Gloria Pleasont, Membership

Amy Zaher, Past President


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Mary Hicks
Gloria Pleasont
Joyce Jennings
Helen Bryant
Lita McClinton
Anne Grossman
Carole Patton
Becky McTague


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Upcoming Events

February 11, 2012:  Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA) will host a Common Core Standards:  Knowing, Understanding, Doing with Laura Beltchenko from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Northeastern Illinois University Recital Hall, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.  Registration is due by February 3, 2012.  Cost is $30 for CARA members and NEIU Alumni, $20 for NEIU students.  CPDU credits are available. 

March 15-17, 2012:  Illinois Reading Council will host the 44th Annual IRC Conference, Literacy in the Land of Lincoln, in Springfield, Illinois.  Please take a moment to peruse the Conference Preview. Housing and Registration forms will be available in October 2011!

April 12, 2012:  Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA) will hold a board meeting at 5:00 p.m.  For more information, please contact Veronica Robinson. 

April 29-May 2, 2012: International Reading Association will host the 57th Annual Convention, Celebrating Teaching, in Chicago, Illinois.  To find out more about this convention, check out the Annual Convention section at www.iraconvention.org.

May 5, 2012:  Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA) will host a Spring Conference from 9:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Midway Marriott Hotel, 6520 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 

June 18, 2012:  Chicago Area Reading Association (CARA) will hold a board meeting at 5:00 p.m.  For more information, please contact Veronica Robinson. 

 

 

 

 


 

 



Illinois Reading Council
an affiliate of the
International Reading Association

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