Clapp Award Helps Educators
The Dr. Kay Clapp Children’s Literacy award was recently awarded to Mary Lynn Greenley and Kaelene Leppanen. Pictured, from left: Melissa Vannoy, elementary principal at Knox County R-I School District, Greenley, Leppanen and Jocelyn Stevens, association professor of music education.
This year’s recipients for the Dr. Kay Clapp Children’s Literacy Award from Truman are Mary Lynn Greenley and Kaelene Leppanen.
The Dr. Kay Clapp Children’s Literacy Award was endowed in 2006 to honor the professor emeritus who taught in the Department of Education. Clapp is a powerful proponent of literacy and children’s literature. Hundreds of students and practicing teachers have been influenced by her dedication and careful mentoring.
The fund provides a cash award to a Master of Arts in Education student and a northeast Missouri teacher which can be used to purchase children’s literature for their professional practices.
Greenley has been in education for 13 years and currently works at the Knox County elementary school. She is passionate about teaching students to read and to love reading in the process.
Leppanen recently graduated with a Master of Arts in Education from Truman and will start as a second grade teacher at Rebecca Boone Elementary this fall. She is excited for her new role and is committed to making a difference in the education of all students.
