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Lowell Area Schools
Christine Beachler has been a teacher with Lowell Area Schools for 37 years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business education from CMU and a Master of Business Administration and Master of Library Science degrees from GVSU. Christine’s career in education began as an Accounting Teacher and for the past 23 years she has served as the Library Media Director & School Librarian in Lowell. Christine’s passion for literacy and fostering a love of reading in students is her primary focus. She works tirelessly to develop high quality, diverse, relevant, inclusive, and comprehensive library collections in all six of her school libraries. Christine has been a member of the Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL) for over 20 years serving in various leadership positions and is currently the 2025 MASL President. In 2022, she was recognized by her MASL colleagues with the Roger Ashley Freedom to Read Award for demonstrating exemplary support for First Amendment rights. Christine was again honored by MASL in 2023 as District Library Director of the Year for providing exemplary leadership and direction to an overall district program. Finally, Christine was honored in 2023 as Kent District Library’s Literacy Champion award for having a positive impact on literacy and defending the right to read throughout all of Kent County. In addition to her teaching roles, Christine has served on the Lowell Education Association (LEA) executive board as Treasurer and Bargaining Team member for over 25 years. Christine and her husband, Phil, also a lifelong teacher with Lowell Area Schools, live in Shelby. They have two children, Kortney and Matthew, both graduates of Lowell.
