South Dakota Golden Seal Award
All items (with labels attached) should be sent to (unless otherwise noted) to:
Cheri Isaacson
61 Taylor Avenue
Deadwood, SD 57732
cheryllynn.isaacson@meade.k12.sd.us
(W)347-3704
Nine Required Items:
Item: 2: At least two local officers or designees must attend both days of Summer
Leadership (July 22-23) and Winter Leadership (Jan. 21 or 28) meetings.
Attendance is monitored.
Item 3: Submit the plan developed at Summer Leadership for promoting member-
ship and council activities by July 22-23, 2005.
Item 4: Submit 4 copies of your image brochure or video that includes your local
council’s mission statement, activities, calendar of events or program by
September 15, 2005.
Item 5: Email your membership list and snail mail membership report form and
Check showing State and IRA dues, using format given by the State
Membership Director. Mail these to Nancy Stephenson, 5704 Pioneer
Circle, Rapid City, SD 57702 by October 1, 2005.
Item 6: Submit a name to preside at the SD Reading Conference or a door prize to
Dr. Maurine Richardson at Winter Leadership, January 21, 2006.
Item 7: Submit a door prize for the Membership Booth at the SDRC Conference to
Nancy Stephenson at Winter Leadership, January 21, 2006.
Item 8: Submit at least one relevant article for the state newsletter to Gloria Keck
by Winter Leadership, January 21, 2006.
Item 9: Submit minutes of two local council meetings held between August 2005
and January 2006. Submit by January 21, 2006.
Please be sure to attach the correct label to each item you submit.
OPTIONAL ITEMS: Councils must complete seven of the following items.
Opt. 1: Commit to provide 1 dozen decorations for the SDRC Christmas Tree at
the State Capitol (July 22-23, 2005). Send to Pierre Area Reading Council
by November 1, 2005.
Opt. 2: Submit a copy of your local council’s newsletter by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 3: Submit a local project that encourages reading on an international level by
January 21, 2006.
Opt. 4: Submit one name in nomination for a SDRC Literacy Award. Send to
Candace McKay, 20725 Oak Ridge Road, Sturgis, SD 57785 by
January 21, 2006.
Opt. 5: Submit one name in nomination for the SDRC Reading Teacher Award to
Candace McKay, 20725 Oak Ridge Road, Sturgis, SD 57785 by January
21, 2006.
Opt. 6: Submit your reading log for “Between the Covers” to Judy Gram by
January 21, 2006.
Opt. 7: At least one local council member must submit a presentation/session for
The SDRC Conference to Dr. Maurine Richardson, 902 Ridgecrest Drive,
Vermillion, SD 57069 by January 9, 2006.
Opt. 8: Submit up to three regular and three modified local winners for the Young
Authors Award to Cheri Isaacson, 61 Taylor Ave., Deadwood, SD 57732
by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 9: Submit three local winners for the Young Illustrators Award to Janet
Vansickel, 2402 Fox Rd, Sturgis, SD 57785 by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 10: Submit three local winners for the Reading Challenge Award to Sandra
Weismantel, PO Box 331, Herreid, SD 57632 by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 11: Submit at least one nominee for a SDRC State Committee to Dr. Lila
Morris, 815 S. State St. #7, Aberdeen, SD 57401 by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 12: Submit at least one nominee for a SDRC State Office to Candace McKay,
20725 Oak Ridge Road, Sturgis, SD 57785 by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 13: Submit a summary of a poetry writing project at the local level to Cheri
Isaacson, 61 Taylor Ave., Deadwood, SD 57732 by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 14: Participate in a Literacy Day Activity and display at the State Conference
in Pierre (International Literacy Day, Sept. 8, 2005; SD Literacy Day, Jan.
27, 2006; Read Across America Day, March 2, 2006).
Opt. 15: Provide a speaker for a parent or professional organization meeting or
conference as a representative of the SDRC by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 16: Provide a summary of a politically pro-active project by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 17: Submit your plan in forming a partnership with an organization to promote
literacy by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 18: Submit OR use at least one appropriate name (not a repeat of previous
years) for the SDRC Literacy Resources and Speaker’s Bureau. Send to
Dr. Margaret Miller, PO Box 482, Vermillion, SD 57069 by January 21,
2005.
Opt. 19: Participate in the Prairie Pasque or Prairie Bud Reading Contest (submit
Approval by January 21, 2006 and exhibit at the State Conference in
Pierre.
Opt. 20: Submit a project of your choice that is not included above. This needs to
Be approved by the SDRC Executive Board. Contact Dr. Lila Morris or
Dr. Maurine Richardson by January 21, 2006.
Opt. 21: Participate in the Teachers as Readers Project. Submit results to Dr. Vicki
Sterling, 524, Ashmount Rd, Madison, SD 57042 by January 21, 2006.
The items that are due on January 21, 2006 may be brought to Winter Leadership in Chamberlain on that date. In the event of bad weather, the items may be brought to the meeting, which will be held the following Saturday, January 28, 2006, same time and place, or the entries may be mailed to the Committee Chairperson.
Be sure to attach the correct label on each item you submit. This will eliminate confusion as to what has been turned in.