An Incubator for Literacy Education

Degree, Conference, Writing Project and Student Writing Effort Combine To Create a Culture of Literacy Education In Northern Virginia at Shenandoah University

June 26, 2018

For a few special moments on the afternoon of May 31, the entire student body of Winchester’s Garland R. Quarles Elementary School (GQES) celebrated inside…

A Shenandoah Story to Remember

Shenandoah's 32nd Annual Children's Literature Conference Explores The Enduring Power of Tales Well-Told

July 13, 2017

Children’s book author and the nation’s first Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka kicked off Shenandoah University’s 32nd Annual Children’s Literature Conference on June…

Literacy Culture Inspires Book Dedication

Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference, the university-housed Shenandoah Valley Writer’s Project and a school devoted to literacy combine to create a story that must be told

July 13, 2017

It just had to happen at Garland R. Quarles Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. And it just had to be connected to Shenandoah University’s annual…

Second-ever ‘Rockin’ the Library’ Event Kicks Off 32nd Children’s Literature Conference, June 26-30

Public event features food, DJ and special guests on the steps of Handley Library

June 20, 2017

Shenandoah University will kick off its 32nd annual Children’s Literature Conference “Once Read, Never Forgotten: Creating Readers One Book at a Time,” by inviting the…