I came to Prep in January, 1982, intending to stay for a semester to finish out the year for a teacher who had resigned. Obviously, I found something I liked! Prep provides a stimulating environment for both students and faculty, and I am sure that is much of what has held me here for more than two decades.

My present job in the Howell Library is an active one, and I enjoy the variety of the work. One day it’s physics, next day it’s artists. But the passion of my intellectual life is British Literature, and I feel that the twenty-five years I spent as an English teacher have been excellent preparation for the variety of the work in the library.

I hold a B.S. in English with a minor in history, and an M.A. in British Literature with a minor emphasis in American Literature. I have certification in English, social studies, and school librarianship. I am a perennial student, having finished my most recent college class in May, 2003. I have taught English, speech, and American Film, and served for more than a decade as Chair of the Prep English Department. I have also worked with National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society (I was the founding sponsor of this one), Debate Team, Junior High Student Council, Computer Club (again, founding sponsor), and several others across the years. I teach classes designed to help students enhance their performance on the verbal sections of standardized tests, especially the PSAT and SAT.

Another of my passions is travel: I organize a yearly trip to Britain, embarking early in the summer. Travel shows the world and its people in an immediate, first-hand way. Teachers benefit from travel in subtle ways, and their classroom is enlarged by the experience of visiting other countries and sampling other cultures.

My personal passions are my faith—which I would like to have infuse every aspect of my life—and my family. I spend my leisure time reading, gardening, sewing, playing the mountain dulcimer (badly, I might add) and watching old movies. Of great value to me are the friendships of my former students and my fellow teachers.