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BAEd, Secondary English Education, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina Teaching Fellows MSILS, Library Information Science, UNC Chapel Hill NBCPTS, National Board Certification for Professional Teaching Standards, Library Media K-12

Mrs. Amelia Swenby

I am happy to come back to eastern North Carolina after traveling the country with my husband, who finally retired.  I grew up a Marine Corps kid near Camp Lejeune and graduated from Dixon.  As a North Carolina Teaching Fellow, I went to UNC Chapel Hill for a Bachelor's in Secondary English Education, and followed that with a Masters in Library and Information Science, also at UNC Chapel Hill.  I began my teaching career as a High School Library Media Coordinator in Hickory, NC in January 2000.  In 2004, I earned my National Board Certificate in School Library Media, renewed in 2013, and again in 2022-23. I worked as an SLMC at a middle school in Fairbanks, Alaska, for three years and learned about Native culture.   Then I worked at the public library in Kansas as a Reference Specialist and marketing, as well as in the school system there.

"A library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world." ~Rita Dove

  • Our list has special supplies for the media and yearbook programs.  Library Amazon Wish List
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  • Guess What?

    No late fees!  Have you got books borrowed from another school?  We can send them back.

    Bring your books with you to homeroom and drop them off.  We will get them checked in and off your record.  No late fees.

    If you are staying home, have someone swing by and drop them off for you.  Or, drop them at any school, or the district site, and our inter-library system will get them to the right place.

    We are working on clearing out those records of "old" stuff, and will be sending out emails and reminders of overdues you may have checked out.  Don't worry about the dates, just get them back in.

    :)
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