I wanted to be a teacher forever! I played school in our basement in Pennsylvania when I was a little girl. School is my work, my passion and my hobby. When I graduated high school, I attended Kent State University and double majored in elementary and special education. I backpacked through France, Belgium, England, Wales and Scotland while working with emotionally disabled children in residential treatment facilities before I graduated college. I have been married for 35 years and have three daughters. I taught for three years after we married and then I became a mom. For nine years I stayed at home and taught my three lovely daughters about books, the love of reading, the importance of play and instilled family rituals. When my girls were all in school, I went back to teaching in South Carolina. I taught in the OASIS program for Charleston County in summers (a systems approach to learning about a topic of study) as well as taught at Christ our King, Mt. Pleasant Academy and Whitesides Elementary. During these years, I received my first Masters at The Citadel and served as a Title I Consultant with C.C.S.D. working closely with Fraser, Sanders Clyde and Stono Park Elementary for three years. I also completed my 2nd masters degree program in Elementary Supervision and Administration from The Citadel. I was asked by the district to take over Mt. Zion Elementary on John's Island. While there, I learned how to be a great principal with the help of the children, their parents, the dedicated teachers and a wonderful community. I was the lucky winner. In 1999, I applied for principalship at W. B. Goodwin Elementary and was appointed administrator of this school. I served the Goodwin school community for 6 years as principal. The school was selcted to be the state's IRA Exemplary Reading Winner. I was asked by the district to accept the principalship of Malcolm C. Hursey - My new journey puts accountability at the forefront - it is about keeping your "eye on the prize". I continue to broker services for the good of the school. The ramifications of servicing a school community is the most important work I have ever done. I respect the children and their families as well as the teaching staff and the community who dedicate themselves in serving our school. I have completed a decade as principal and will continue to work in schools to turn them around. I am most proud of my three daughters. They all serve children and families as teachers in the Charleston County School System. Amy Conroy, teaches 3rd grade at St. Andrews Magnet for Math and Science; Eve Conroy, serves as Lead Teacher at Pepperhill and Ann Conroy Johnson, is married and teaches second grade at James B. Edwards Elementary.