It has been such a wonderful experience getting to interview and do a Zoom Virtual Tour of many libraries within my district. I was able to walk through our largest high school in our district, Sumter High School. I was able to speak with head librarian Ronda Speed and was able to ask her what her life is like being in a large high school and here is what she had to say.
Mrs. Speed has been a librarian for the past fourteen years. She has been in education for over 19 years. She enjoys reading and helping other students. Her favorite part of her library is her collection of over 25, 000 books and her technology area upstairs full of technology for students to use. She is an avid love of teaching students how to find a just right book. Within the shared foundations, INCLUDE is one that Mrs. Speed and I talked about. We talked about how to create an enviroment where students could learn more about different cultures through stories and books. She does a Book Taste PreCovid where she has different snacks she gets from grant from other countries and uses Books by Authors and Books about different countries to get her students involved and include all students. Through the books and taste of snacks, students get involved in learning about traditions and how others are different and live different in their culture. She has normally a speaker from Zimbabwe which talks about his culture and how he includes others in the learning process.
As I virtually Zoomed with Mrs. Speed, I could see the love on the walls she had from others making different things from around the world. I love her use of flags hanging around the library to give the students a sense of many different cultures and loves.
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