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Everett Jordan Elementary School |
| A school of caring and successful learners |
| Education | UNCG: B.S. Early Childhood Education (1988). NC Principal Fellow 1994-1996.(first class). M.S.A 1996. Currently writing dissertation Ed.D completion, May 2002. |
| Current Job | Principal at I.E... Elementary, Alamance-Burlington School System |
| Other Jobs | Assistant Principal at Eastlawn Elementary, Alamance-Burlington School System, 1997-1998. Ed.D student 1996-1997. Elementary Teacher, Guilford County Schools, 1988-1996. Teacher Assistant, Guilford County Schools, 1980-1986. |
| Passions | My family (Johnny-husband, Nikki
(daughter), Lucas (son), 4 grandchildren (Maria, Beatriz Carrie, Ana, and
Andrew [twins], Philip, (dog). Reading, especially
biographies, history, and "Oprah" selections. Traveling,
writing, political discussions, movies(1930's to 1960's), researching popular culture,
school. Below: L to R, Andrew & Ana (5), Maria (8), Carrie
(6) |
| Must Reads | The School Home by Jane Roland Martin. Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke. Democracy in America by Alexis DeTocqueville. Where the Girls Are by Susan J. Douglas. On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis. Race Matters by Cornel West. Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol. The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery. A Recipe for Bees by Gail A. Dargotz. The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts. Organizing the Creative Person by Lehmkuhl & Lamping. The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd. The Million Dollar Mermaid by Esther Williams. Currently reading: John Adams by David McCullough, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton |
| Quotes | "If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams and endeavors to lead a life which they have imagined, they will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Henry David Thoreau. "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year." John Foster Dulles. " Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains." Helen Gahagan Douglas. "The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average t4eachers approximate the performance of good teachers." Margaret Mead. "In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, t he opportunity for man (people) to learn anything." J. Robert Oppenheimer. "Kissing your hand may make you feel very very good but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever." Anita Loos. "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." Albert Einstein. "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful." Mae West. "It's hard to sit still for so long grandma, it's so hard being good for all day" Andrew Shropshire, age 5, explaining to (me) why he can't get a "smiley" everyday. |
| last modified: 6/20/01 |