Collingsworth Chronicles

Wellington's book whisperer

  • Betty Welch, 1967
    Betty Welch, 1967
  • Betty Workman, Decatur Baptist College, 1932
    Betty Workman, Decatur Baptist College, 1932
  • B & B News
    B & B News
  • Mrs. Welch inspires students at Wellington High School.
    Mrs. Welch inspires students at Wellington High School.
  • Her last year teaching at Wellington High School, Mrs. Welch motivated many students to love reading.
    Her last year teaching at Wellington High School, Mrs. Welch motivated many students to love reading.
    A book whisperer is a teacher with the rare ability to inspire and foster a lifelong love of reading and learning. Betty Welch was just such a teacher. For over two decades, Mrs. Welch taught Wellington children—from first grade to seniors in high school—that “books don’t just tell stories, they hold on to pieces of us, quietly waiting on a shelf to remind us of who we were, and w...

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