Page 46 March 2012 Woolsey encourages experimentation and advancement at the school. “I have seen her expertly navigate any number of politics - internal, external, parental, staff, etc. - and always triumph because her only concern is what is best for the students at Arcadia,” Maxwell said. “She has been a tremendous and inspirational administrator, and I am proud to call her a friend.” One example of the sense of community that the Titans feel occurred in the recent past when a troubling video surfaced on YouTube. The video showed high-school aged girls making racially insensitive remarks. One rumor linked the girls to Arcadia High School. The community rallied around the school to right its reputation, Woolsey said. The students and community members publically stood up for their school and let their acquaintances know the video did not represent their values. “We are a better school because of it,” Woolsey said. “Our students stand up for our environment of togetherness.” Woolsey did not always work in education. After graduating from Kent State with a degree in marketing, she went to the university’s career placement center to fi nd a job. Instead of taking one of the many opportunities in Ohio, Woolsey decided she wanted to fi nd her career elsewhere and took a job with McLean Trucking in Arizona. After working for McLean, Woolsey began working for a recycling company, where she would meet her husband. She found success in recycling and many opportunities to travel when the company opened up of fi ces across the United States. Despite the success, “big business” eventually took over recycling, and the company suffered, Woolsey said. “Our world came crashing down,” she said. Woolsey turned the disappointment into an opportunity and changed her career path. “I’ve always had a passion for education,” Woolsey said. “I was at a crossroads in my life and so I decided to go into education and never looked back.” The Arcadia principal credits her mother with promoting the importance of education. “We grew up in a low socio-economic status, and she always said that this is the way you better yourself,” Woolsey said. Woolsey earned a master’s degree in education from the University of South Florida in the early 1990s. She recently received her doctorate in education administration from Arizona State University. Her dissertation was on leadership and new mentoring programs. She began her teaching career in the Jobs for America’s Graduates program at Coronado High School in 1992. The program helps students who have barriers in life and may not do well academically. Woolsey eventually brought the program to Arcadia High School. She then moved on in 1993 to Saguaro High School, where she taught math for six years. “I just loved teaching math because there are so many people with a math phobia,” Woolsey said. “I just loved when the light bulb would go on and people in my class just started loving and having a passion for math because it made sense.” After teaching math, Woolsey entered the administration at Desert Mountain High School in 1999 as an assistant principal. There she introduced the International Baccalaureate program and new teacher mentoring programs. 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