SME Mr. Chris: A Visit to the Fairlee Public Library

Both the 3rd and 4th Grade classes have had incredible field trips to the Fairlee Public Library to meet the librarian and explore our phenomenal public library. For some of us, it was our first trip. For a kid getting their own library card is like their first driver’s license. It allows their mind and imagination to travel freely. Think of it as that first driver’s license that gives the responsibility, a sense of independence and freedom to choose books when and where they want. A weekly visit to the town library can begin a life-long relationship that supports personal, academic and professional growth. Please plan ahead for a weekly reading routine during the winter months. Tucking away, getting lost in a book and sipping some cocoa while hidden from the winter wind can be perfect alternative to a screen. Need a cure for that “we’re not reading enough…” No worries - there’s a book in the library on the shelf, or an book online for your tablet - just waiting for you.

Meet Mr. Chris

CHRIS CASSELL taught 2nd graders at SME during the 2007-2008 school year and has rejoined the faculty after teaching overseas for several years. After earning a BA from Bowdoin College, he worked for L.L.Bean for several years before serving the Peace Corps in Armenia from ’97-’99 and then earning an MA in Applied Anthropology from Oregon State University, which became a teaching certificate from the Upper Valley Educators Institute. His family lived on the Red Sea campus of Saudi Arabia’s first co-educational university where Chris taught (and his two children studied) in an international school with students from over 80 nations. Chris enjoys traveling with his family, and their biggest trip was an 11,000 mile, six week cross-country adventure in a VW Camper