About+the+teacher

I am a National Board Ceritified Teacher, and this is my eleventh year to teach at Arthur W. Edwards. My parents are still in my home state of Alabama, my oldest son, Michael and his wife, Erin, live in Vancouver, Wa. my daughter, Melinda, is in Ft. Myers, Florida, and most of my in-laws are in Pennsylvania. My son Matthew, his wife Marissa, and my beautiful granddaughter Abigail live in New Bern. My husband, Jim, is a retired Marine and still works on base. I gradutaed from the College of Education at ECU, and love ECU football and the Pirates, but as anyone born in Alabama knows, you MUST be an Alabama or Auburn fan, no matter how far you roam. The Crimson Tide of Alabama runs through my veins! Growing up, I spent most of my summer days on the cool marble floors of the air-conditioned library! ( believe it not; not everywhere had AC back then!). The experience fostered in me a deep love of reading and books. If my students leave me at the end of a school year, excited about reading books, I have accomplished my mission.