Credentials

   I am the K-12 Librarian for the Beaverton Rural School District where I have been an educator since 1974.  I received my Master of Science in Librarianship degree from Western Michigan University in 1980 and my Bachelor of Science in Education degree in 1974 from Central Michigan University.  You can contact me at (989) 246-3308 or by email at dsherrod@mail.brs.cgresd.net .

A Little More about Ms. Sherrod

I was born in 1952 and raised in a small southwestern Michigan town, Paw Paw.  People my age and older will remember a Detroit Tiger named Charlie "Sunday" Maxwell from the Paw Paw area who played in the 50's and 60's and was known for hitting homers during Sunday games. It is also the home of Michigan's oldest wineries, St. Julian and Warner's, and, no, I never have stomped grapes! The beginnings of my career as a librarian started here in Paw Paw when my family was named the "readingest family in town" due to all the library books we checked out! This picture shows that life's plans begin at a very early age. This is a picture of my younger sister, Bailey, and me as we enjoy what is apparently a very funny book.

My older sister is also a librarian at a college in Arizona and our mother was a library aide in the Paw Paw school system and then she began working in the Paw Paw Public Library until her retirement. To complete the circle, my older brother and younger sister have also worked in book stores during their careers.  So, you see that I come by my career naturally!

Since I turned 50, I have also taken up running (okay, jogging) for fitness and have entered a few races to keep things interesting. Here I am in Bradenton, Florida, two days after Christmas, 2003, in my first and only 5 mile run (I usually run in 5K
races). It was a really pretty run along the Manatee River and to the Gulf shore and back. I finished at a run (always my main goal) and got a really cool t-shirt.

In July, 2006, I tried my hand at throwing the javelin at the Michigan Senior Olympics held in Kalamazoo and qualified for the National Senior Games to be held in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2007 where I took 5th place in my age group.  Also, in July 2006 I got notification that I was one of 300 runners across the state who were lucky enough to win a lottery drawing to join Governor Granholm in running across the Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day.  What a thrill that was!  I carried a disposable camera on the run and snapped some pretty fuzzy pictures while grinning for the entire 4.5 mile run.  I love the Bridge was excited to have my name drawn once more to run in the 50th anniversary of the Bridge on Labor Day of 2007.

                  
       Javelin Competition Kalamazoo, MI  2006                                        Labor Day Bridge Run, Mighty Mac 2006