Librarian: Mrs. Kathleen Wirth
Librarian: Mrs. Kathleen Wirth
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I am so happy to be at SMS! I love working with all our students and teachers- I have the best job ever! Before I came to SMS I was a librarian at Dyer Library. Before I had my two sons I was a middle school teacher. I earned my master’s in Education in North Carolina, not far from where I grew up. For most of my teaching years, I taught middle schoolers and we focused on language arts and social studies.
I took some time off from teaching when my first son, Jack, was born and began working part-time in a large public library system in Anne Arundel County, Maryland as a reference librarian. I had loved teaching but I found that I really liked working with people of all ages in the public library system. Plus, I was learning something new every day because when you are a reference librarian you spend your days helping people find answers to their questions- and there are an infinite number of questions to be asked! We moved to northern New York after my second son, Sam, was born. Once Sam began kindergarten, I knew it was time to pursue my future in librarianship. I enrolled in Syracuse University’s iSchool and began earning my master's in Library and Information Science. Meanwhile, the Army moved us to North Carolina, so I ended up taking quite a few online distance classes. Distance education is not new to me!
When my husband was getting ready to retire from the army in 2015 we began thinking about what we wanted to do next and where we wanted to live. I knew I was going to begin working in a library and my husband, who had always loved to make things, decided he wanted to learn how to make boats. We had always loved visiting Maine and my husband’s parents had lived in Bangor once upon a time, when his father had been the ROTC instructor at the University of Maine in Orono. We already had a lot of happy ties to Maine and when my husband decided to attend The Landing School in Arundel we made the move and found a place to live in Kennebunk. My son Jack graduated from Kennebunk High School and my son Sam is a senior at KHS. We also have two dogs, Ivy and Tova, and two cats, M’jeek and Pandora. We are also beekeepers and have five honeybee hives. I’m looking forward to seeing you all in the library sometime soon!
Here are some of Mrs. Kathleen's Favorite Books!
Here are some of Mrs. Kathleen's Favorite Books!
Two teens must learn the "art of killing." A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life-and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. When her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, she sneaks out to join him. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime?
Jarrett's family is complicated. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along. Hey, Kiddo is a profoundly important memoir about growing up in a family grappling with addiction, and finding the art that helps you survive.
Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost. In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires.
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