Community Collaboration - Patricia Hermes

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,304

Project of

Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2012 - SFY 2013

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient

Stewartville Public School Library

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

March 2013

End Date

March 2013

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Dodge

Mower

Olmsted

Project Overview

Patricia Hermes presented to students and staff at the Stewartville Elementary, Middle, and Intermediate Schools. She also presented at Kasson-Mantorville, and Austin Public Schools, and the Austin and Stewartville Public Libraries. The program was to broaden the horizons of the participants and engulf them in the desire and thrill of reading. Award-winning author Patricia Hermes has written forty books for young adults as well as a funny and up-beat series for grades K-2. A former teacher, her books have been awarded Children's Choice Awards, ALA Best Book, SLJ Best Book, C.S. Lewis Honor Book and Smithsonian Notable Book. Her combination of humor and poignancy gives her books, as well as her presentations, a special flair and sensitivity to which teachers and students respond enthusiastically. And her keen and sympathetic memories of what it is truly like to be a child enthrall students of all ages, from kindergarten through high school.

Project Details

1208 attended

Competitive Grant Making Body

Board Members and Qualifications

THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS OF THE SELCO/SELS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE LOCALLY BY LEGALLY CONSTITUTED GOVERNING AUTHORITIES: LIBRARY BOARDS, CITY COUNCILS, AND/OR BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS. Leo Aeikens - Albert Lea, Sally Baker - Austin, Martha Hauschildt - Brownsdale, Liz Wanschura - Caledonia, Carol Price - Cannon Falls, Denise Mullen - Chatfield, Nancy Smith - Dodge Center, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Mary Jane Holland - Faribault, Judy Webster - Harmony, Kurt Carlson - Hokah, Marilyn Frauenkron Bayer - Houston, Lori Hopkins - Kasson, Rhana Olson - Kenyon, Robin Yaffe Tschumper - LaCrescent, Andru Peters - Lake City, Barb Payne - LeRoy, Robert Elliott - Lonsdale, Deanna Larson - Mabel, Robert Bruce - Northfield, Thomas Sherman - Olmsted County, John Pfeifer - Owatonna, Kim Aarsvold - Pine Island, Mary Schneider - Plainview, Charles Sparks - Preston, Sara Hoffman - Red Wing, Galen Malecha - Rice County, Diane Moench - Rochester, Valerie Hasleiet - Rushford, Jill Mueller - St Charles, Pat Falbo - Spring Grove, Carol Gross - Spring Valley, Janice Welch - Stewartville, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha, Dave Harms - Wabasha County, Judy Rusert - Winona County, Ann Goplen - Zumbrota

Advisory Group Members and Qualifications

THE LEGACY REVIEW COMMITTEE SERVES AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF 11 MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH COUNTY WITHIN THE SELCO/SELS REGION, WITH A MAJORITY BEING CURRENT OR RECENT MEMBERS OF THE SELCO/SELS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE REMAINING COMING FROM THE ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMUNITIES. Diane Moench - Olmsted County, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Gretchen Schade - Fillmore County, Pat Mulso - Freeborn County, Don Regelman - Goodhue County, Drue Ferguson - Houston County, Scott Anderson - Mower County, Marcy Irby - Rice County, Sharon Stark - Steele County, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha County, Jill Mueller - Winona County

Conflict of Interest Disclosed

Project Details: 2013 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 4

2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$10,304

Other Funds Leveraged

$2,247

Direct expenses

$12,551

Administration costs

$264

Number of full time equivalents funded

0.033

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Classroom teachers will be asked to have discussions in their classrooms about what the students learned about the author and her writing.
Historical fiction will be compared to general fiction and to historical facts.
Students will be ask to complete a short story about something in their life that could be written by using the information they gathered from Patricia Hermes.

Measurable Outcome(s)

The students enjoyed learning the difference between historical fact and historical fiction, as well as historical fiction vs fiction. They also enjoyed how the "1,000 year old lady" could relate to them, tell stories about herself at their age, and tell the students about writing stories based on their lives. The students were then given assignments to write a story of their own, based on what they learned from Patricia Hermes. The overall opinion of the teachers was positive, both about the presentation and the increased proficiency of their students writing after the presentations.
Many of the students wished for more time to talk to the author and several students were interested in writing their own books and were excited to discuss the publishing process with Patricia.

Source of Additional Funds

Austin Public Library, Austin Public Schools, Kasson-Mantorville Public Schools, Stewartville Public Library, Southeastern Libraries Cooperating

Recipient Board Members

THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS OF THE SELCO/SELS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ALL APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE LOCALLY BY LEGALLY CONSTITUTED GOVERNING AUTHORITIES: LIBRARY BOARDS, CITY COUNCILS, AND/OR BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONS.
Leo Aeikens - Albert Lea, Sally Baker - Austin, Martha Hauschildt - Brownsdale, Liz Wanschura - Caledonia, Carol Price - Cannon Falls, Denise Mullen - Chatfield, Nancy Smith - Dodge Center, Clint Patterson - Dodge County, Mary Jane Holland - Faribault, Judy Webster - Harmony, Kurt Carlson - Hokah, Marilyn Frauenkron Bayer - Houston, Lori Hopkins - Kasson, Rhana Olson - Kenyon, Robin Yaffe Tschumper - LaCrescent, Andru Peters - Lake City, Barb Payne - LeRoy, Robert Elliott - Lonsdale, Deanna Larson - Mabel, Robert Bruce - Northfield, Thomas Sherman - Olmsted County, John Pfeifer - Owatonna, Kim Aarsvold - Pine Island, Mary Schneider - Plainview, Charles Sparks - Preston, Sara Hoffman - Red Wing, Galen Malecha - Rice County, Diane Moench - Rochester, Valerie Hasleiet - Rushford, Jill Mueller - St Charles, Pat Falbo - Spring Grove, Carol Gross - Spring Valley, Janice Welch - Stewartville, Judith Schotzko - Wabasha, Dave Harms - Wabasha County, Judy Rusert - Winona County, Ann Goplen - Zumbrota