MASL's Current and Past Award Winners Follow these links to see more extensive information about MASL's current recipients for each award. MASL Administrator of the Year Walter J Taranko Library Media Specialist of the Year MASL Support Staff Award of the Year Or scroll down the current page to find a complete list of past winners for all three awards. | 2017 MASL Award Winners |
MASL's Honor Roll of Library Media Specialists of the Year
Established 1979
| Year | Recipent | School |
|---|---|---|
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1979 |
Jane Anne Cooper |
Asa Adams Elementary School |
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1980 |
Betty Pettis |
Auburn Middle School |
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1981 |
None given (Special Awards) |
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1982 |
Ken Patten |
Auburn Schools |
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1983 |
Jeff Small |
University of Maine Presque Isle |
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1984 |
Shirley Helfrich |
SMLD |
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1985 |
None given (Special Awards) |
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1986 |
Jeanne Pernice |
Winslow High School |
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1987 |
Janet Anderson |
Mt. Ararat High School |
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1988 |
Jo Hipsher |
Brunswick High School |
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1989 |
Diane Barth |
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1990 |
Jo Coyne & Linda Lord |
Medomak HS/Mt. View HS |
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1991 |
Deborah H. Davis |
Sedamocha/ Dover Foxcroft |
| 1992 | Gail Garthwait | Asa Adams Elementary School |
| 1993 | Thomas G. Peterson | Windham High School |
| 1994 | Linda Hazzard | Belfast |
| 1995 | Karen Guter | Yarmouth High School |
| 1996 | Jodi Breau | Messalonskee High School |
| 1997 | Susan Leiter | Connors Emerson Elementary School Bar Harbor |
| 1998 | David Anderson | Thornton Academy |
| 1999 | Toni Buzzeo | |
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Award renamed Walter J Taranko LMS of the Year |
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| 2000 | Dr Tamara Blesh | Gardiner Area High School |
| 2001 | Pam Goucher | Freeport Middle School |
| 2002 | Francine Aley | Boothbay Harbour High School |
| 2003 | Deborah Locke | Westbrook High School |
| 2004 | Kathy Foss | |
| 2005 | Kelley McDaniel | King Middle School |
| 2006 | Mary Moore | Freeport High School |
| 2007 | Nancy Grant | Penquis Valley |
| 2008 | Betsy York | Central Aroostook High School |
| 2009 | Debbie Gahm | Lake Region High School |
| 2010 |
No Award Given |
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| 2011 | No Award Given | |
| 2012 | Fred Weinberg | Mt. Ararat High School |
| 2013 | Joanna Bachelder | Halldale Middle High School |
| Award renamed Walter J. Taranko Award | ||
| 2014 | No Award Given | |
| 2015 | Peggy Stevens-Becksvoort | Falmouth Middle School |
| 2016 | Lynn Mayer | Old Town Elementary School |
| 2017 | Cathy Potter | Falmouth Elementary School |
| 2018 | Debra Butterfield | Gardiner Area High School |
| 2019 | Laura Phelps | Phippsburg Elementary School |
MASL's Honor Roll of Library Support Staff of the Year
Established 2014
| Year | Recipent | School |
| 2014 | Patricia Jenkins | Bangor High School |
| 2015 | No Award Given | |
| 2016 | Charlotte Violette | Piscataquis Community Elementary School |
| 2017 | Becky Casey | Foxcroft Academy |
| 2018 | No Award Given | |
| 2019 | No Award Given |
MASL's Honor Roll of Administrators of the Year
| Year | Recipent | School |
| 1989 | Rufus Ainsley | |
| 1990 | J. Duke Albanese | |
| 1991 | Paul Johnson | |
| 1992 | ||
| 1993 | Mark C. Flight | |
| 1994 | ||
| 1995 | ||
| 1996 | ||
| 1997 | Barbara Neilly | |
| 1998 | ||
| 1999 | Jay B. Bartner | |
| 2000 | ||
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| 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Geraldine Massey | Cony High School |
| 2005 | Jan Breton | Westbrook School System |
| 2006 | ||
| 2007 | Mark Hatch | Messalonskee Middle School |
| 2008 | ||
| 2009 | James Anastasio | Cony High School |
| 2010 | Anne Chamberlain | Rumford Elementary School |
| 2011 | ||
| 2012 | Arnold Shorey | Foxcroft Academy |
| 2013 | ||
| 2014 | Andy Wallace | South Portland Schools |
| 2015 | Janet Adams & Rick Hogan | Falmouth Middle School |
| 2016 | Suzanne Day | SAD 55 |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Fowler | Dyer Elementary School, South Portland |
| 2018 | Kelli Crosby | Wentworth Intermediate School |
| 2019 | Dr. Josh Ottow | Mt. Ararat Middle School |
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