Librarian+Biographies

A few lines on who we are:

__Falls Church City Public Schools__ Donna Viscardi - Jennie Ehrenzeller - Adele Eskin - Lisa Johnson -

__Manassas Park City Public Schools__ Sue Rydbom -

Theresa Hayden - I am originally from Pennsylvania and graduated from Kutztown University with a B.S. Ed (Library Science) degree in 2002. I spent one year with the U.S. Customs Service as a cataloger for their law library. From 2003 to 2005, I was in Vermont and split my time between two elementary schoos. In 2005, I moved back to Virginia and spent one year at Manassas Park High School. From 2006 on, I have been the librarian at Manassas Park Elementary School. My school is grades 3-5 and we have about 750 students.

Beth O'Connell - I'm originally from Maryland and moved to Virginia in the '70s. I commuted to George Mason University to get my BS in Education, but instead of going into the classroom I worked in bookstores as a children's book specialist and assistant manager for quite a few years. After staying home with our daughter for her first 10 years, I started working on my M.Ed. through James Madison University. I was able to take almost all of my classes in Manassas with a cohort group with whom I developed close ties. I've been a librarian at Mountain View Elementary in Haymarket, Woodbridge Middle School in Woodbridge, and Osbourn Park High School in Manassas. I've been at Manassas Park Middle School since 2006. We have around 650 students in grades 6-8. Our population is roughly 40% White, 40% Latino, 10% Black and 10% Asian. Our free/reduced lunch rate is around 50%.

Carolyn Frankeberger - I graduated from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) in Westminster, Maryland with a Masters in School Library Media. In 2006 my family and I moved from Taneytown, a small town about 7 miles from the Pennsylvania border, to Gainesville,Virginia in Prince William County. I was hired as the high school librarian at Massass Park and am beginning my 6th year. The grade levels are 9-12 and we have between 750 to 800 students.