ILLC Officers
Leslie Forsman, President (217) 457-2394
Melanie Koss, Vice President
Sharon Ball, Secretary
Heather Van Meenen, Treasurer
Ruth Stevig, Membership
Carole Pelttari, Past President
ILLC Newsletters
October 2008
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| Upcoming Events
February 7, 2009: Illinois Language and Literacy Council will hold a Board Meeting at 10:30 AM at National Louis University, North Shore Campus, Skokie, Illinois. The ALA Booklist and Booklinks Editors' Review 2008 will be held at this location on the same day from 2:00 to 4:00 PM for anyone interested in attending. For more information, please contact Leslie Forsman.
February 21-25, 2009: International Reading Association will host its 54th Annual Convention Beyond the Horizon featuring Two Great Events in Two Great Cities. In February, IRA will host Multiple, Pathways to Literacy in Phoenix, Arizona. IRA will host Reading, Writing, and Conversations from May 3-7, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To find out more about these exciting conventions, check out the Annual Convention section at www.reading.org.
March 19-21, 2009: IRC Conference, Reading! Engage! Excite! Ignite!, in Springfield, Illinois. Please take a moment to peruse the Preliminary Program highlighting
the ENGAGING authors and EXCITING speakers awaiting you at the 2009
Conference that are sure to IGNITE your passion for reading! The early Registration deadline is February 1, 2009. The Housing Form is due to the Springfield Convention Vistors Bureau (SCVB) by February 15, 2009.
May 16, 2009: Illinois Language and Literacy Council and Illinois State Board of Education will cosponsor the Illinois Young Authors Conference at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. Registration materials will be available soon at the ISBE Website. Volunteers are needed!!! If you can help in any way, please contact Christina Podraza.
June 1, 2009: Illinois Language and Literacy Council will host a Board Meeting and Book Talk from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Lou Maltani's, Naperville, Illinois.
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