Exemplary Reading Program Award
The Exemplary Reading Program Award recognizes outstanding reading and language arts programs at all grade levels (elementary, middle, and high school). Its purpose is to call the public’s attention to outstanding programs in schools throughout Canada and the United States. Each participating state and provincial council, with an active ERPA committee chair, may choose one winning school a year.
All public, private, charter, and parochial schools in the United States and Canada are eligible for the award provided
- The state or province in which the school is located has an Exemplary Reading Program Award Committee currently in place to judge program applications from that state or province
- At least one faculty or staff member of that school is a current IRA member
Applications must be postmarked no later than November 15 and received at IRA Headquarters no later than November 28. Headquarters will then forward applications to the state/provincial Exemplary Reading Program Award Committees for review. Application and Guidelines
For additional information, contact Council Services.
2012-2013 State/Provincial ERPA Chairpersons
United States
Alabama Reading Association
Sandy Luster
210 Blue Creek Drive
Wetumpka, AL 36093
sandra.luster@elmoreco.com
Arizona Reading Association
Gudrun Godare
ggodare@aol.com
Arkansas Reading Association
Julie Huskey
430 E. Chestnut
Batesville, AR 72501
julie@arareading.org
California Reading Association
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra
4801 Hillsboro Circle
Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Colorado Council
Alison M. Lund
1896 Southard St
Erie, CO 80516-7502
alisonmlund@gmail.com
Connecticut Reading Association
Dr. Karen Costello
7 Oak Stree, PO Box 3393
Groton Long Point, CT 06340
karen.costello@eastlymeschools.org
Diamond State Reading Association
Kathy Demarie-Churchey
DE
kathydemarie@yahoo.com
Georgia Reading Association
Ann Marie Johnson
99 Brown School Drive
Grantville, GA 30220
aejohnson@garesa.org
Idaho Council
Maggie Chase
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
maggiechase@boisestate.edu
Illinois Reading Council
Helen Bryand
9028 South Cregier Ave
Chicago, IL 60617
hebryant5@sbcglobal.net
Indiana Reading Association
Amy Catania
9936 Covington Blvd.
Fishers, IN 46037
alm62@juno.com
Kansas Reading Association
Carolyn R. Doolittle, Ed.D.
Baker University
P.O. Box 65
Baldwin City, KS 66006
Carolyn.Doolittle@bakeru.edu
Kentucky Reading Association
Alison Critchfield
139 Hamilton Park
Lexington, KY 40504
acritchfield@midway.edu
Louisiana Reading Association
Marilyn Westfall
598 Tanglewood Dr.
Slidell, LA 70458
mcw3_31@yahoo.com
Maine Reading Association
Linda B. Crumrine
40 Hamblet Avenue
Portland, ME 04103
lcrum@maine.rr.com
Maryland IRA Council
Susan Abramson
1905 Welsch Court
Finksburg, MD 21048
abramson1905@comcast.net
Massachusetts Reading Association
Yvonne Gunzburger
29 Frederick Street
Netwon, MA 02460
yvgunz@aol.com
Michigan Reading Association
Delores Halstead
1642 Greencrest,
East Lansing, MI 48823
deemra@gmail.com
Minnesota Reading Association
Julie Scullen
1431 154th Lane NW
Andover, MN 55304
j.scullen@mnreading.org
Missouri State Council
Barbara Hiles
312 SE Gingerbread Lane
Blue Springs, MO 64014
bhiles24@msn.com
Nebraska State Reading Association
Julie Agard
2911 Country Club Lane
Kearney, NE 68845
agardj@unk.edu
New York State Reading Association
Patricia Shea Bischoff
165 Kennington St.
Staten Island, NY 10308
patsb@aol.com
North Carolina Reading Association
Dr. Jane Kline
6409 Pernod Way
Raleigh, NC 27613
jkline11@yahoo.com
North Dakota Reading Association
Cheryl Fredenburg
Box 465
Edgeley, ND 58433
cherylf@drtel.net
Oregon Reading Association
April Hoy
840 N Morrison
Coos Bay, OR 97420
aprilhoy@charter.net
Keystone State Reading Association (PA)
Lynn Morley
30 Sandown Rd
Audobon, PA 19403
morleyrl2@verizon.net
Michael Williams
8149 Spruce Drive
Harrisburg, PA 17111
mjw231vc@hotmail.com
South Carolina State Council
Jane J. Harrison
101 Bennington Court
Easley, SC 29642
harrisoj@anderson1.k12.sc.us
South Dakota State Council
Ronda R. Price
16044 Sulphur Cut Off Rd.
Mud Butte, SD 57758
ronda.price@k12.sd.us
Tennessee Reading Association
Randall Kincaid
Sevier County Reading
226 Cedar St
Sevierville, TN 37862-3803
randykincaid@sevier.org
Texas Association for Literacy Education (TALE)
Kim R. Skinner
302 Cape May Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-2638
kskin41208@aol.com
Virginia State Reading Association
Charles Richards
4140 JAI Valley Road
Roanoke, VA 24014
quietnva@aol.com
Washington Organization for Reading Development
Cheryl Vance
622 NW Pennsylvania Ave.
Chehalis, WA 98532
cvance@esd113.org
West Virginia Reading Association
Kim Copley
2488 James River Tpke
Ona, WV 25545
copleykim.21@gmail.com
Wisconsin State Reading Association
Joyce Uglow
909 Rock Ridge Road
Burlington, WI 53105-7230
jpuglow@gmail.com
Canada
British Columbia Literacy Council of the International Reading Association
Honey Halpern
3952 West 13 Avenue
Vancouver, BC
hhalpern@interchange.ubc.ca
Northwest Territories - North of 60 Council
Pamela J. Walsh
Box 510
Fort Smith, NT X0E 0P0
pwalsh@ssdec.nt.ca
Saskatchewan Reading Association
Lynda Gellner
1316 Smishek Drive
Regina, SK S4X 4M3
lynda.gellner@rbe.sk.ca