KRISTI THOMPSON
Currently @ Wildwood as the Library Media Specialist
Position/Representing - Specialist

What am I most looking forward to at Edgerton?
I believe a team dedicated to opening a school will have a positive energy and outlook. It will be exciting to create a new learning environment with a group of professionals dedicated to education. I am looking forward to the new technology which will challenge and enable us to work with our “digital-natives.” And, of course, LOTS of new books =)
Activities I enjoy when not spending time with work:
Spending time with my family, camping, reading and golf. Bob is the sales manager for Miles Sand & Gravel, Alex is 14 and attending Stahl Jr. High, Hannah & Jessica are 11 and attending Pope @ ERHS. We love to camp “Down Home” on the Columbia River every summer where I have time to read all twenty Sasquatch and Young Reader’s Choice Nominees for the year. I enjoy my monthly book club where I get to read a book for big people, but I also like to try to read the “latest and greatest” in the 4th-6th grade fiction. Golf is something I think I’d be good at if I played more than once or twice a year----maybe in retirement?
Places I enjoy traveling (or want to travel) to:
Hawaii or anywhere warm. I also have enjoyed going to Ashland, Oregon for the Shakespeare Festival with friends. I look forward to someday traveling to Europe. I would especially like to go to France, Italy and Greece.
A few of my favorites (movies, food, restaurants, etc.):
Music: jazz/blues
Favorite food: Italian, authentic Mexican
Favorite restaurants: From the Bayou, Marzanos, Beach House
Favorite TV shows: Lost, ER, CSI Las Vegas, The Daily Show
A book I would recommend:
Book for adults: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Kids books: Artemis Fowl series by Owen Colfer
A quote that has personal meaning to me:
“We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” B.F. Skinner
“Knowledge is knowing --- or knowing where to find out.” Alvin Toffler
“Those who don’t read have no advantage over those who can’t.” Mark Twain
Something interesting that others may not know about me:
I hiked over the Cascade Mountains for the first time when I was 8 years old and climbed Mt. Adams when I was 12.