Principal
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- two of them serve children and families in Charleston County School District (Amy, my youngest, teaches 3rd grade at St. Andrews Magnet for Math and Science; Eve, serves as a Literacy Coach at Pepperhill and the third daughter, Ann, is married, lives in Florida and teaching first grade.