Hawley Library Mission Statement: Our Mission is to help “all students to be critical thinkers, responsible decision makers, and creative problem solvers.”

Email the Library Staff at librarydepartment@winnacunnet.org
Or call: 603-758-9397

Hawley Library Staff

Dorothy Grazier has been a public librarian (Boston Public Library and Peabody Institute Library in Danvers), school librarian (Salem High School, Mount Desert Island High School, Oxbow High School, Fall Mountain High School and Winnacunnet High School) and Director of Technology for Fall Mountain School District. She holds a Master’s Degree in Library Science from the University of Rhode Island. She has held the offices of president of the New England Educational Media Association and the New Hampshire Educational Media Association, as well as vice-president of the New Hampshire Society of Technology. Ms. Grazier has presented at numerous conference in the New England area on library and technology topics, and was awarded the 2008 Excellence in School Library Service Award by the NH Educational Media Association.

Dott Ferrari is a Seacoast native and a graduate of UNH with a B.A. in English. She enjoys travel, and spent 4 years living in Australia. She was the founder/owner of Celebrity Sandwich for 16 years before joining the WHS staff in 2007. She lives in Portsmouth with her husband, Tom, children Steve and Gina, and family dog, Trixie. She loves cool cars and drives a convertible Porsche Boxster in the summer.

Simone Knowles Pyle holds a B.A. in English from Dickinson College and a Master of Library Science from Simmons College. She has worked in part-time positions at the Manchester City Library and Northern Essex Community College libraries while raising two young children (and chickens) with her husband, Steve.

Joanna Cyrus is a University of Maine at Orono graduate with a B.A. in Music Education for grades K-12. Joanna plays violin and viola in several area professional orchestras, and is the conductor of the Great Bay Youth Orchestra. She enjoys working as a library aid here at Winnacunnet High School, and also enjoys family life with her husband, Tony Cyrus, and two sons.