BTSB Travel Grants
Past Recipients

AASL Group Photo with Bob Sibert

At the AASL Conference in Phoenix, AZ past and present BTSB Travel Grant Recipients took the time to pose for a big group photo with
BTSB President Bob Sibert.  © 2017

Oct. 19-21, 2023

Immerse Yourself

Tampa Bay, FL

• Brooke  Adams, Kersey Creek Elementary, Mechanicsville, Kentucky
• Rebeka Barringer, Mary Scroggs Elementary, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Cindy Bigelow, J.P. Miller Elementary School, Bradenton, Florida
• Hailey Kay Burton, Norman High School, Norman, Oklahoma
• Charlotte Chung, Suncrest Elementary School, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Amy Di Dario, Lincoln Middle School, Santa Monica, California
• Tara Donnelly, Foreman College and Career Academy, Chicago, Illinois
• Meredith Felton, Trickum Middle School, Lilburn, Georgia
• Rachel Gallagher, Horizon High School, Thornton, Colorado
• Stephanie Galvan Russell, Pflugerville Middle School, Austin, Texas
• Hattie Garrow, Smithfield High School, Suffolk, Virginia
• Candice Godfrey, Plainview Elementary School, Mount Groghan, South Carolina
• AnaCena Hinterman, Santa Catalina Lower and Middle School, Monterey, California
• Naomi Hughes, Byron Primary School, Rochester, Minnesota
• Tamara Ingalls, Rippon Middle School, Woodbridge, Virginia
• Janice Jackson, Browns Mill Elementary, Stone Crest, Georgia
• Kelly Jahng, South Park Elementary School, Deerfield, Illinois
• Melissa James, Mattawoman Middle School, Waldorf, Maryland
• Shelley  Kappeler, Westgate Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida
• Athena  Michael, John Kerr Elementary School, Winchester, Virginia
• Lauren  Mobley, North Clayton Middle School, Jonesboro, Georgia
• John Pahls, Taos High School, Taos, New Mexico
• Andrea Pollard, Fowler High School, Syracuse, New York
• Julia Reynolds, West Ottawa Public Schools, Allendale, Michigan
• Wamecca Rodriguez, Yorkville Middle School, Yorkville, Illinois
• Lynn Silbernagel, Billings Public Schools, Billings, Montana
• Jamie Smith, River Bend Elementary School, Durham, North Carolina
• Suzanne Sutton, Classen SAS High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Tara Sylvester, Faubion School, Portland, Oregon
• Allyssa  Zoller, Countryside Elementary, Olathe, Kansas

Oct. 21-23, 2021

Transforming Learning

Salt Lake City, UT

• Patrick Adams, Early Learning Center South/Keller ISD, Fort Worth, TX
• Faith Johnston, Holy Ghost Catholic School, Albuquerque, NM
• Kari Edgens, East Nashville Magnet Middle School, Nashville, TN
• Karina Quilantan, Jaime Escalante Middle School/Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD, McAllen, TX
• Emily Hersh, Navarro Early College High School, Austin, TX
• Adriana White, South San Antonio ISD, San Antonio, TX
• Ingrid Eliasson, Lammersville Unified School District, Mountain House, CA
• Amanda Turkie, Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Sacramento, CA
• Wenndy Pray, Sharyland Independent School District, McAllenm, TX
• Rebecca Caufman, Radford City Public Schools, Blacksburg, VA
• Kelsey Klug, McClure Middle School/Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
• Laurie Ann Riley, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge, MA
• Emily Golightly, Newport Elementary School, Pine Knoll Shores, NC
• Glori Vela, Good Elementary, Hurst, TX
• Kelly Delaney, Maitland Middle School (OCPS), Orlando, FL
• Anna Musselman, Dorchester District 2 Schools, Summerville, SC
• Yahtina Macali Soto, Sotomayor Magnet at Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies, LAUSD, LaHabra, CA
• Hannah Luce, MSAD #59, Norridgewock, ME
• Ashley Sherman, Cobb Schools, Frey ES, Acworth, GA
• Julie Hewitt, Plateau Valley School District 50, Collbran, CO
• Margie Wells, Orange County Public Schools, Sanford, FL
• Latasha McKinney, Emerson North Alternative High School, Oklahoma City, OK
• Marti Parker, Suwanee Elementary School, Suwanee, GA
• Elizabeth Barbour, Oswego City School District, Liverpool, NY
• Kristen Brennan, Gideon Welles School/Glastonbury Public Schools, Newington, CT
• Melody Riggs, Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati, OH
• Carolyn Slavin, Reed Elementary / Leander ISD, Austin, TX
• Annie DiPietro, Swallow School District, Sussex, WI
• Dawn Shirk, Mineral Springs Middle School, Greensboro, NC
• Brandi Veal, Plumas County Office of Education, Sacramento, CA

Nov. 14-16, 2019

Immerse Yourself

Louisville, KY

• Alice Robinson, West Babylon High School, West Babylon, NY
• Jessica Caldwell-Lehr, Canal Winchester High School, Canal Winchester, OH
• Wendy Sowden, Bethel School District, Puyallup, WA
• April Wallace, Pelham Park Middle School, Pelham, AL 
• Jessica Moody, Olympus Junior High / Granite School District, Holladay, UT
• Cristin Dillard, Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE), Montgomery, AL
• Maria Flack, Showalter Middle School, Tukwila, WA
• Michelle Kenley, Sunset Elementary School, Brentwood, TN
• Paul Flagg, Dunbar Elementary Magnet School, Tampa, FL
• Chelsea Brantley, Nags Head Elementary School, Nags Head, NC
• Mary Weaver, Carver Middle School, Chester, VA
• Julie Jamieson, Flint Hill Elementary/Fort Zumwalt, Wentzville, MO
• Carrie Allen, Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES, Olean, NY
• Mitzi Mack, Young Middle Magnet School, Tampa, FL
• Astreia Yates, Atwood McDonald Elementary School, Fort Worth, TX
• Molly Moore, Beaumont Magnet Academy, Knoxville, TN 
• Sally Helton, Pi Beta Phi Elementary School, Gatlinburg, TN
• Janel Grider, Burnside Elementary, Burnside, KY
• Carrie Bresnehen, Jim Plain Elementary/Leander ISD, Leander, TX
• Kate Peterson, Helena High School, Helena, MT
• Anne Bozievich, Friendship Elementary School, Glen Rock,  PA
• Sarah Hubbard, Elmore Park Middle/ Bartlett City Schools, Bartlett, TN
• Becca Chen, Antioch High School/Metro Nashville Public Schools, Antioch, TN 
• Jacqueline Gregory, Metro Nashville Public Schools/Glenview Elementary, Nashville, TN
• Tracy Bulot, Press Elementary School, McKinney, TX 
• Joanie Alexander, Rockcastle County High School, Mount Vernon, KY
• Victoria Calarco, Owasco Elementary School, Auburn, NY
• Kristina Pierce, Arcade Elementary School, Arcade, NY 
• Kate Rojas, Walter M. Senkow Elementary School - Upper Darby School District, Glenolden, PA 

Nov. 9-11, 2017

Beyond the Horizon

Phoenix, AZ

• Lisa Beal, West Liberty Elementary, West Liberty, IA
• Susan Bloom, Peabody Primary School, Washington D.C.
• Sherri Bryan, San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, CA
• Tracey Cain, Reams Road Elementary School, Midlothian, VA
• Janet Hamilton, K-8, Hampden Wilbraham Regional School District, Wilbraham, MA
• Amy DeNomme, Harrisburg Explorer, Sioux Falls, SD
• Melanie Downie, Auburn Elementary, Auburn, KS
• Christine Drysdale, Somers High School, Lincolndale, NY
• Valerie Ehlers, Gladbrook-Reinbeck/Grundy Center, Reinbeck, IA
• Terri Gaussoin, Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts, Albuquerque, NM
• Susannah Goldstein, Bronx School for Law, Government & Justice, Bronx, NY
• Brenna Greer, Robertsville Elementary, Morganville, NJ
• Rebecca Gullans, Albert Einstein Academies Elementary School, San Diego, CA
• Anastasia Hanneken, Indian Mills Memorial School, Shamong, NJ
• Julie Hengenius, Pembroke Jr./Sr. High School, Corfu, NY
• Erica Leu, Pflugerville Elementary, Pflugerville, TX
• Joan Maybank, Lynnwood High School, Bothell, WA
• Christina Northrup-Thompson, Ritenour High School, St. Louis, MO
• Alexandra Quay, Sinai Akiba Academy, Los Angeles, CA
• Emily Ratica, Arroyo Valley High School, San Bernardino, CA
• Kate Ricter, Bridge Point Elementary, Austin, TX
• Lea Roberts, Hollywood Hill Elementary, Woodinville, WA
• Camille Rodgers, Pontotoc High School, Pontotoc, MS
• Alicia Rogers, Christensen Elementary, Tacoma, WA
• Leslie Roy, Maury High School, Norfolk, VA
• Jennifer Sharp, John Overton High School, Nashville, TN
• Georgina Trebbe, Minnechaug Regional High School, Wilbraham, MA
• Paula Tonn, Lodi Middle School, WI
• Stacy Udo, Tumwater High School, Tumwater, WA
• Laurie Vitt, Firgrove Elementary School, Puyallup, WA

Nov. 5-8, 2015

Experience Education Evolution

Columbus, OH

• Joanna Gerakios, Pitt County Schools, Greenville, NC
• Ellen Ketchum, Santa Fe Trail Middle School, Olathe, KS
• Josephine Crenshaw, Ripley High School, Ripley, TN
• Amanda McCoy, Pauline Central, Primary School, Topeka, KS
• Margaret Alice Donahue, Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head, MY
• Cherity Pennington, Shawnee Middle School, Shawnee, OK
• Heather Lister, Hershey Middle School, Hershey, PA
• Emmie Stuart, Percy Priest Elementary, Nashville, TN
• Maria Muhlbauer, Pioneer Middle School, Yorkshire, NY
• Lea Michelle Porter, West Fork Elementary School, West Fork, AR
• Lisa Manganello, South Brunswick High School, Monmouth Junction, NJ
• Lisa Bates Hightower, Riser Middle School, West Monroe, LA
• Rosan Cable, Pacifica High School, Garden Grove, CA
• Kristy Buchanan, Castro Elementary School, Denver, CO
• Jamie Rivers, Mansfield High School, Mansfield, LA
• Nancy Jo Lambert, Reedy High School, Frisco, TX
• Crystal Ann Puryear, Wilkerson Traditional Elementary, Louisville, KY
• Barbara Mason, Antioch High School, Antioch, IL
• Jennifer McDonald, C. Grant Grimshaw Elementary School, LaFayette, NY
• Leah Bishop, Freedom Middle School, Franklin, TN
• Stephanie Stieglitz, The Lane, Hinsdale, IL
• Elizabeth D. Graham, Woodland Heights Elementary School, Spartanburg, SC
• Denise Higgins, Pinebrook Elementary School, Aldie, VA
• Michelle Lynn Carter, Kitley Elementary School, Indianapolis, IN
• Jessica Lynn Thompson, Tye River Elementary School, Arrington, VA
• Bethany Thornton, Indian Head Elementary School, Indian Head, MD
• Crystal Steele Joyce, Old Richmond Elementary School, Tobaccoville, NC
• Mary Morgan Ryan, Oak School, Hinsdale, IL
• Angela Maria Hunt, Minnieville Elementary School, Woodbridge, VA
• Angie Woods, Station Camp Elementary, Gallatin, TN

Nov. 14-17, 2013

Rising to the Challenge

Hartford, CT

• Molly Ann Bates, Russellville Middle School, Russellville, AL
• Ellen Sue Baum, Middleton High School, Middleton, WI
• Deven Black, Castle Hill Middle School 127, Bronx, NY
• Sandra Bucher, Sequoya Middle School, Holtsville, NY
• Rebecca Buerkett, L.P. Quinn Elementary School, Tupper Lake, NY
• Melissa Jane Chiti, Glenn Elementary School, Durham, NC
• Tracy Lynn Cline, Butterfield Trail Middle School, Van Buren, AR
• Mary Ann Cole, Houston Middle School, Germantown, TN
• Cynthia Curtis, Hanes Magnet School, Winston-Salem, NC
• Sarah DiLorenzo, Wilson Elementary, Norman, OK
• Bonnie Lynn Eiche, John Thomas School of Discovery, Nixa, MO
• Teralee ElBasri, Fla. State University, Tallahassee, FL
• Stacy Ford, John F. Kennedy Elementary, Norman, OK
• Daniel Gattuso, Daniel of Saint Thomas, Jenifer Elementary School, Waldorf, MD
• Teresa Gilham, Browning High School, Browning, MT
• Martha Hickson, North Hunterdon High School, Annandale, NJ
• Mary Johnson, South Dakota State Library, Pierre, SD
• Leticia Kalweit, Richard Mann Elementary School, Walworth, NY
• Christina Knight, Zachary High School, Zachary, LA
• Soraya Laboy, Robison Middle School, Las Vegas, NV
• Theresa Mai, Truscott Elementary School, Loveland, CO
• Adrienne Matteson, White River Elementary, Noblesville, IN
• Michelle Miller, Gorham Intermediate, Gorham, NY
• Susan Marie Nickel, Capital High School, Boise, ID
• Nikki Robertson, Auburn High School, Auburn, AL
• Carrie Shoolbred, Jesse Boyd Elementary School, Spartanburg, SC
• Darshell Silva, Rocky Hill School, East Greenwich, RI
• Amy Jo Southworth, Bay Shore High, Sayville, NY
• Roz Thompson, Tumwater High School, Tumwater, WA
• Gretchen Zaitzeff, University High School, Normal, IL

Oct. 27-30, 2011

Turning the Page

Minneapolis, MN

 Kenya Arrants
Jennifer Baltes
Christine Banuls
Bonnie Benkard
Heather Brown
Jane Brown
Susan Bullard
Jenny Cox
Heather Dahl
Suzanne Dix
Danielle Du Puis
Erin Feingold
Charles Fontz
Anne Hoffman
Emily Hofher
Susan Hubbard
Jennifer Kelly
Karen Kliegman
Helen Kline
Jane Martellino
Barbara Mierlak
Autumn Myers
Rebecca Perkins
Hazel Smith
Sherry Turnbull
Elizabeth Ullrich
Tiffany Whitehead
Konda Wightman
Karen Wilson
Honor Zalewski
 

Nov. 5-8, 2009

Rev Up Learning @ your library

Charlotte, NC

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Oct. 25-28, 2007

The Future Begins @ your library

Reno, NV

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Oct. 6-9, 2005

Every Student Succeeds @ your library

Pittsburgh, PA

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Oct. 22-26, 2003

Information Matters

Kansas City, MO

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Nov. 14-18, 2001

Coming Together as a Community of Learners

Indianapolis, IN

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Nov. 10-14, 1999

Unleash the Power! Knowledge, Technology, Diversity

Birmingham, AL

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

April, 2-6, 1997

Learning: Continue the Adventure!

Portland, OR

 
 
 
 
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Prior AASL Conferences: Date, Theme & Location

Nov. 9-13, 1994

Shape the Vision: Focus on Learning

Indianpolis, IN
Oct. 21-25, 1992

Challenges, Choices, Connections, Change

Baltimore, MD
Oct. 18-22, 1989

Access to Excellence

Salt Lake City, UT
Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1984

Challenge '84: Mission Possible

Atlanta, GA
Sept. 25-28, 1980

'80s and Beyond

Louisville, KY
Oct. 21-24, 1982

'82 A New Emphasis

Houston, GA