ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Larry Slanovich, a teacher from the Yorkshire Pioneer Central School District, to receive the 2003 Bruce W. Dearstyne Annual Archives Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by an Educator.
The award will be presented to Mr. Slanovich at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on November 13, 2003. The Dearstyne award is named for a former member of the State Archives' staff who was a staunch advocate for using historical records in the classroom.
The award recognizes Slavonich's work using primary source materials to help
students become engaged in historical research and to delve deeper into local,
state, and national issues. It also commends his efforts to help students improve
their performance by researching in local government records and integrating
historical records with current technologies.
Previous winners of the Dearstyne Award include Marilou Abramshe of St. Columbanus
School in Cortlandt Manor (2001), Sherry Tu of Liberty High School in New York
City (2001), and Mary Borden/Ruth Shippee of the Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex
BOCES (2002).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year's award recipients follows:
William Hoyt Advocacy Award
Thomas G. Clingan, Albany County Clerk
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program
Development
Ulster County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Niagara County
Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development
Binghamton University
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History
Consumer/Expatient/Survivor Oral History Project
Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research
Ludlum Elementary School, Hempstead School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 4-5
Kamisha Anderson, Izeele Riojas, Charisse Strong, Derrick Brown, Luchen Thomas,
Kiarivel Peralta, DeQuan Mitchell, Peter Collins, Stephanie Custillo, Norma
Rivera, Davine Nichols
Joshua Rivera, Gabriel Devoe, fifth graders at P.S. 197 M, Manhattan.
Teacher: Joan Weisberger.
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 6-8
Daniel Mann, 8th grader at Felix Festa Middle School, Clarkstown School District.
Teachers: Barbara Kalmar and Laura Padilla
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 9-12
Laura Caccavo, 9th grader at Clarkstown High School North
Teachers: Penelope Macias and Christina Teresa Vickery
Bruce W. Dearstyne Educator Award for Excellence in the Use of Local Government
Records
Larry Slanovich, Yorkshire-Pioneer School District, Yorkshire, New York