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CRA Award and Grants 2025

The Connecticut Reading Association, Inc. is proud to recognize dedicated educators across Connecticut who are advancing literacy in their communities. Each fall, CRA, Inc. opens nominations for its annual Awards and Grants program, inviting colleagues, professors, and organizations to be honored for their contributions to the field of literacy. Submissions are carefully reviewed, and top individuals are selected to receive recognition and/or grant funding to support ongoing literacy initiatives.

Award and Grant Winners

We proudly congratulate the 2024–25 CRA Awards and Grants recipients for their commitment to implementing current literacy research, inspiring students, and promoting innovative practices in classrooms across the state.

2024-25 Award Winners

Outstanding Leader of Literacy Educator Award

Sandra Zuccarello

Literacy Specialist, Greenwich, CT

Excellence in Literacy Advocacy for Administrators Award

Mary Schaefer

L.A. Coordinator, Rocky Hill, CT

University Literacy Trailblazer Award

Dr. Kristin Rainville

Professor, Sacred Heart University, CT

Community Literacy Champion Award

Lois Dreyer

United Jewish Foundation, Herbert & Sarah M. Gibor Reading Partners, Stamford, CT

2024-25 Grant Winners

Anna Carnavale

Killingly Intermediate School, Killingly

Sandra Felicissimo

West Hartford Public Schools

Christina Herrick

Ellington Middle School, Ellington

Sarah McNamar

Coventry Grammar School, Coventry

Jenifer Russell

East Windsor Middle School, East Windsor

Patricia Williams

Crosby High School, Waterbury

The Connecticut Reading Association, Inc. is a professional literacy organization.

Membership is open to all educators, classroom teachers, reading specialists, administrators, paraprofessionals, college/university professors and students, and anyone interested in promoting literacy.

Contact us at cra@ctreading.org

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