Hello, 

My name is Mrs. Valgenti and I have been a School Library Media Specialist for 16 years.  I am starting my first year at Elms Elementary School, before that I was at Christa McAuliffe Middle School.

I believe that literacy is the foundation of learning and opens up doors to all career and life paths.  My goal is to guide students to love reading and learning, which will allow them to figure out how to do or be anything they want.  

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.  

Mrs. V

The Reading Mother
by Strickland Gillilan

I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath.

I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.

I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.

I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings--
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!

You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be--
I had a Mother who read to me.