Lilia: Congratulations!! You've done amazing work! I appreciate your friendship and mentorship. I wish you all the best on the next chapter!

Gretchen McLaughlin: Our REFORMA Group is lucky to have been a part of your leadership journey! It's been a pleasure working with you, Cybele. Congratulations!

Gina Cohen: Congratulations on your Master’s Degree! My Jackson kiddos are so blessed by your dedication to the library and helping foster a love of reading!

Jennifer Birnbryer-Lao: Congratulations, Ms. Garcia! Your students and us parents are so lucky to have such a caring and inspiring role model to look up to! Here’s hoping your celebration of this exciting milestone is as lovely as you!

Kellan Thurston: Hello I am so very sad that I am leaving Jackson leaving your library and you. I want to thank you for being so nice and always letting me borrow so many books. I will miss you.

Caterina and Marc Sotiriou: Congratulations Ms. Garcia! You have made our visits to the library so exciting and inspiring. We can’t wait to see what new books we’ll get to borrow next year!

David Bridel: Bravo Ms Garcia!!!

Erica Nellessen: Congrats!! Librarian, Mom and Masters student all at once. Very impressive. Impressed by your hard work and your kind, caring spirit always. Hope you are able to relax a little bit now. You deserve it!

Alejandra Jimenez: Congratulations Ms. Garcia!!!

Genise Easter: Congrats on your accomplishment! Thanks for all you do with our kids. (London & Skylar grade 4)

Matt Cobleigh: Congratulations on your achievement! Thanks for helping all our kids too!

Jenny Jakubiak: Congratulations Cybele! Woo hoo! Rock star! So happy for you and your fam and us! :). Kellan's comment above says it all- thank you for being you. Dealing with students, parents and staff with grace and excellence and being willing to make our library experiences lovely (whether for books or meetings ;)). Much love!

Tiffany Ross-Triplett: Congratulations, Cybele! We are so lucky to have you at Jackson, you are truly a gem. The best to you always.

Sara Pellegrini: Congratulations, Ms. Garcia! You are incredible!

Blanca Montes: Congrats, Cybele!!! And thank you for being an awesome librarian to all of our kiddos!

Dawn Beck: Congratulations! What an amazing achievement! We are so grateful to have your support at Jackson.

Maggie Aranda: Congrats! You are amazing! Our students at Jackson are lucky to have you thank you for caring and all your support!

Whitney Reese: Great Job! You have done an amazing job with our Jackson Library! I appreciate all that you !

Jamie Ray: What a huge accomplishment! We are lucky to have such an academic at our school. Congratulations!

Jocelyn Strickland: Congratulations, Ms. Garcia! We are all so proud of you! Thank you for all you do for Jackson; your cheerful and gentle spirit make our school a better place. Congratulations to you!

Oscar Thompson: Thats a great accomplishment! I know how hard you've been working at the library. your books are the best! You're always so kind.

Jasper Thompson: I'm so happy for you to graduate! :) And trust me, I've seen the extra mile you have done every day! That's why I try to help you at the used book sale. :) I can understand that 5th graders miss you after they go to middle school, they must be sad. :(

Jasper thompson: Plus, you are the best librarian!You make Thursdays so special. :)

Jenny Weisbart: Yahoo! You did it! So excited for you, and grateful to have such a stellar librarian at our school!

Norman P.: “good job buen trabajo congratulations felicidades… i wanted to say all 4!”

Sandie: So awesome - I’m very proud of you superwoman! Make sure to go out and celebrate. Then let’s go out and celebrate again!

Simon, Finley, Laura & Peter: Congratulations on this magnificent milestone! We are so grateful to have you at Mary W. Jackson, you have creative such a special place of discovery! Thank you so much for sharing your passion with our community!

Brandon Hernandez: Muchas felicidades Ms. García, por darnos el ejemplo y ayudarnos simpre en la biblioteca. Mis mejores deseos!!.

Allison Law: Congratulations Cybele! Thank you for your leadership with REFORMA! I wish you the best of luck on your next chapter!

Jim Kohel: Congratulations, this is tremendous and I’m so happy to see your hard work rewarded! Time to celebrate!

Mylene Mesa: Congratulations on earning your Masters degree!! What a great achievement...all while sharing your time with our kids at Jackson. Thank you for your kindness and inspiration you give to Livia and Kaleya. They love their library days with you!

Maureen Shay: Wow, Congratulations! What a massive achievement! The Jackson community is so very lucky to have you with us! We so appreciate you and all your work! Thank you for making the library such a wonderful, inspired place for all our students.

Bethany Winslow: Congratulations Cybele! You've been a great student leader at the iSchool and leave big shoes to fill! I wish you all the best in your future!

Cybele Garcia Kohel

The degree of

Master of Library and Information Science

Virtual Convocation
2024