School Library Journal, SLMath select 36 Title I School Libraries as Winners
December 3, 2024 – View on SLJ website
The Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) and School Library Journal (SLJ) have announced 36 winners of the 2024–25 Mathical Collection Development Awards.
The winning school libraries, all representing Title I schools, will each receive grants of $850 to purchase titles from the Mathical Book Prize list. In this sixth cycle of the funding program, the Mathical Collection Development Awards are presented by SLMath in partnership with SLJ and aim to get literary fiction and nonfiction inspiring a love of math into the hands of K–12 students in Title I schools.
The Mathical Book Prize is awarded annually by SLMath in partnership with the National Council of Teachers of English and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and in coordination with the Children’s Book Council. The prize is made possible with support from the Firedoll Foundation, the Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF), and the Luce-Fahey Family Foundation.
The following school libraries will receive 2024–25 Mathical Collection Development Awards:
- Agnes B. Hennessey Elementary, East Providence, RI
- Atkinson Elementary School, North Andover, MA
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage (AK) High School Library
- Burlington County Institute of Technology–Medford (NJ)
- Clinton (IA) High School
- Columbia (MS) Primary School Library
- Delta Elementary, Bay Minette, AL
- Dorothea Lange Elementary School, Nipomo, CA
- Dr. Dixie Melillo Middle School, Houston
- Escamilla Elementary, Houston
- George Junior Republic, Freeville, NY
- George T. Daniel Elementary School Library, Kent, WA
- Hebbville Elementary School, Windsor Mills, MD
- Indiantown (FL) Middle School
- Jefferson Middle School, Columbia, MS
- Kent Heights Elementary School, East Providence, RI
- L.R. Appleman Elementary, Benton, PA
- Mira Loma High School, Sacramento, CA
- Newton (MS) Elementary School
- North Nimishillen Elementary School, Louisville, OH
- Otto-Eldred Junior/Senior High School Library, Duke Center, PA
- Our World Neighborhood Charter Schools, Long Island City, NY
- Puckett (MS) Elementary School
- PS 1X, Bronx, NY
- Riverside Elementary School, Avon, MS
- Science Park High School, Newark, NJ
- Slate Hill Elementary, Worthington, OH
- South Shore Educational Complex, Brooklyn Community High School for Excellence and Equity, Brooklyn, NY
- Southwest Edgecombe High School, Pinetops, NC
- Springbrook Elementary, Kent, WA
- Stephens Elementary, Shady Shores, TX
- Summit (MS) Elementary
- T.G. Scott Elementary School, Forsyth, GA
- Van Ness Elementary, Washington, DC
- West Aurora High School, Aurora, IL
- Yazoo County High School, Yazoo City, MS
The 2024–25 Mathical Collection Development Awards are generously supported by the Guru Krupa Foundation, which follows a holistic approach to charitable giving, addressing a range of issues from education to basic sustenance, arts and culture, and the environment. In particular, organizations that focus on delivering complementary or supplemental programs for younger children, designed to enhance the learning experience and outcomes, form a core component of many of the Foundation’s initiatives.