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OUR LIBRARIANS

Jacque Abshier

Boone Librarian

This is Jacque's first year in Highland Park ISD, first year in the library, and 7th year teaching. After teaching music in Fayetteville for 4 years, she moved to Texas to teach music in Waxahachie. She graduated with a Bachelors in Music Education and a Masters in Library Media and Information Technologies from the University of Central Arkansas. Jacque loves all sports, especially basketball, and her favorite player is Daniel Gafford.

April Penman

Bradfield Librarian

April is a lifelong learner with a passion for books and literacy. She has been a classroom teacher for 23 years and have had the opportunity to teach all ages from secondary to preschool. She is so happy to be the librarian at Bradfield Elementary where she had been teaching 4th grade for the 13 years.

Rebecca Strickland

Hyer Librarian

Rebecca has always loved school and anything related to education. Rebecca is excited about being the librarian at Hyer Elementary. She began her teaching career as a Kindergarten teacher, middle school teacher, and coached girls high school teams. Then she moved into the librarian position in 2019. When she is not at school she loves finding her next read for her personal reading challenge and spending time reading with her precious grandbabies.

Lori Riley

Armstrong Librarian

Lori has worked in both public and school libraries for a total of 25 years. Her interest for libraries was sparked by working as a page in a public library during college. She received her Masters in Library Science from Texas Woman’s University. Prior to becoming a librarian, she taught first grade. She loves connecting kids with their imaginations through books, reading, and puppets.

Mary Valuck

University Park Librarian

This will be Mary's 11th year in education and 8th year in Highland Park ISD. She earned both Bachelor of Science and Master of Education degrees in Elementary Education from Texas Christian University and earned her Certificate of School Librarianship from Texas Woman's University. When not in the library, you will find her reading, traveling, spending time with friends and family, and playing mahjong. Ms. Valuck believes the library is the heart of UP and can't wait to help the Panther readers develop a deep love of reading and find many great books to enjoy.

Standards for Libraries and Library Programs

The School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas were revised and adopted by the Texas State Library and Archives Commissioners in March of 2018. The revised standards establish guidelines for school library programs at five levels: distinguished, accomplished, proficient, developing, and improvement needed.

The American Association of School Librarians created the AASL Standards Integrated Framework within the National School Library Standards to guide school library practice. The framework connects learners, librarians, and school library programs around the six shared foundations of:

- Inquire
- Include
- Collaborate
- Curate
- Explore
- Engage

The standards are built upon six core common beliefs that are central to the profession:

The school library is a unique and essential part of a learning community.
Qualified school librarians lead effective school libraries.
Learners should be prepared for college, career, and life.
Reading is the core of personal and academic competency.
Intellectual freedom is every learner’s right.
Information technologies must be appropriately integrated and equitably available.

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