There exists a necessary sort of madness

to believe that precisely you can change the world;

madness that borders on genius

and that is also the simplest every day wisdom.

-Bernt Rosengren

Carol has lived in Louisville since 1989.  She is married and has two daughters, ages 19 and 21.  After graduating from California State University, Sacramento, with a BS in nursing, she practiced for 30 years in Hospice, Visiting Nurses Association, Cardiac Care, Obstetrics, and Newborn Nursery.  She is a certified childbirth educator and taught classes for new parents at Baptist Hospital East.  In 2000 Carol helped to develop and teach a training program for clinical assistants at University Hospital.  At the Home of the Innocents, she taught life and parenting skills to parenting teens.  Retiring from the healthcare field, Carol enrolled at Spalding University, where she earned a Master of Teaching degree in Middle School Language Arts and Science.  She has been a substitute teacher at Walden, KCD, Sacred Heart Academy and Model School, as well as here at St. Francis School.  In the spring of 2005, Carol joined St. Francis to teach 3rd grade language arts and social studies for 12 weeks. In January of 2006, she became the 6th grade social studies teacher. Last year she taught science to both 6th and 7th grades. Carol is highly motivated and enthusiastic about teaching 4th, 5th, and 6th grade science curriculum this year!