Virginia Beach Friends School: School Committee -
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Published on: 10/18/2006
Last Visited: 8/25/2009
Linda Smith
Linda was born in New Jersey.
She attended Glassboro State College (now Rowan University) and graduated with a B.A. in Elementary Education and a Reading Specialist Certification.
In 1995 she graduated from Beaver College, PA (now Acadia University) with a masters in Early Childhood Education and Supervision.
She has over 25 years of experience teaching elementary aged children.
She came to Quakerism in 1985 at Gwynedd Meeting in Pennsylvania and taught at Abington Friends School (and her two daughters attended there) for several years before moving to Connecticut, where she transferred her membership to the Hartford Monthly Meeting.
She and her husband moved to Chesapeake in September 2007 and Linda has transferred her Meeting membership to VBFM.
She has a strong commitment to Quaker education, its principles and philosophy.