RHONDA SPRAU

Rhonda Sprau graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She has been teaching at Birchwood School since 2002. Her classroom exudes her love of reading with a library of hundreds of books, two listening centers and multiple learning activities. She is certified by the Junior Great Books Foundation as a Great Books Basic Leader. Mrs. Sprau created and maintains her own blog, www.mrstreasures.edublogs.org, which helps parents choose appropriate, quality books for their children. Her students have had poetry published in Spider Magazine and have won honorable mention awards in WVIZ's Young Authors and Illustrators Contest. Since joining Birchwood School, she and her husband, Mike, have greatly strengthen the school’s sense of community and family.