School Library Journal, SLMath select 32 Title I School Libraries as Winners of 2023-24 Mathical Collection Development Awards
32 Title I school libraries to receive grants to purchase $850 in Mathical Prize-winning books
Thirty-two schools have been selected to receive 2023–24 Mathical Collection Development Awards.
Announced today by the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath), in partnership with School Library Journal (SLJ), the Awards grant $850 to each of the winning Title I U.S. schools to purchase Mathical Book Prize–winning titles for their libraries.
In its fifth cycle, the Mathical Collection Development Awards strive to deliver quality fiction and nonfiction inspiring a love of math to 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 and the Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF).
Winners of the 2023–24 Mathical Collection Development Awards:
- Alcott Middle School, Norman, OK
- Belle Heth Elementary Schol, Radford, VA
- Benjamin T. Bullock Elementary School, Sanford, NC
- Bixby Central Intermediate, Bixby, OK
- Castro Valley Elementary School, Castro Valley, CA
- Central Elementary, Moundsville, WV
- Conrad Fischer Elementary School Library, Elmhurst, IL
- Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School, Bloomfield, NM
- E.B. Ellington, Ravenel, SC
- Eastern Elementary School, Georgetown, KY
- Excelsior Elementary School, Garden Grove, CA
- Griffin Middle School, The Colony, TX
- Harmony Hills ES / MCPS, Silver Spring, MD
- Helen Anderson Toland International Academy, Las Vegas, NV
- J Larry Newton School, Fairhope, AL
- JHS226 Virgil I. Grissom, Queens, NY
- JoAnn Leleck Elementary School at Broad Acres, Silver Spring, MD
- Lake Seneca Elementary, Germantown, MD
- Magnolia Woods Elementary, Baton Rouge, LA
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School, Brooklyn, NY
- Mosaic Preparatory Academy, New York, NY
- New Hampshire Estates Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
- North Calloway Elementary School, Murray, KY
- North Side Elementary School, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary, Fridley, MN
- Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Takoma Park, MD
- Sanders Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School, Charleston, SC
- Sargent Shriver Elementary School, Silver Spring, MD
- Sheridan Elementary School, Junction City, KS
- Sonny Carter Elementary School, Macon, GA
- Watkins Mill Elementary School, Montgomery Village, MD
- Whetstone Elementary School, Gaithersburg, MD
The 2023-24 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 to younger children, designed to enhance the learning experience and outcomes, form a core component of many of the Foundation’s initiatives.
