COALGATE

Welcome To the Coalgate Hig School/ Middle School Library

            My name is Carrie Walkup.  I am the Library Media Specialist in the high school and have been teaching at Coalgate for 10 years.  I got my Batchelors degree at Southeastern in 1990.  The following year I married Brian Walkup and moved to Ft. Smith, AR. where I taught homebound for Ft. Smith Schools and worked at Sylvan Learning Center in the evening.  Three years after being married we had our first child Brianna.  After she was born I quit work and stayed home with her.  Three years later we had our son Seth.  When Brianna was 5 and Seth was 2 we moved back to Coalgate after Brian was laid off from his job.  I subbed for a couple of years, then was offered a job as Library Media Specialist.  I acquired my Masters Degree in the Fall of 2004 at East Central University.  I love working here and hope to retire here.  The students and staff are wonderful.