I am excited to be the Literacy Coach for Sporting Hill Elementary.  To me literacy skills are the keys to a bright and interesting future with many oppportunities. 

My educational experience has been rich and varied.  I have been a literacy coach, elementary principal, reading supervisor K-8, reading specialist and classroom teacher.  In 2007-08 as a principal, my school was chosen as an Exemplary School by IU 15 for the academic improvement students achieved.  That same year, I was selected as an Outstanding Educator in my district. 

I graduated magna cum laude from Messiah College as an education major and from Shippensburg University with a Master in Education.  I have taken 72 credits of graduate credit beyond my master's degree from Shippensburg, Millersville and Temple University.  I am certified as a Reading Specialist, Reading Supervisor K-12, Elementary Teacher, Elementary Principal and Curriculum and Instruction Supervisor. 

My hobbies include reading, photography and travel.  Our family has visited all 50 states and fifteen major league ball parks.  My daughter lives in Washington D.C. where she is working on her masters degree.  My son graduated for New York University and is currently interviewing at medical schools.  My husband and I live in Mechanicsburg where we enjoy gardening.