Susan Nickel, Teacher Librarian
This is Susan Nickel’s fifth year at Capital, and she enjoys working with the wonderful students, faculty, staff and parents of the Capital high learning community. Ms. Nickel is co-advisor to National Honor Society.

Ms. Nickel grew up in Montana and attended Montana State University where she earned a B.S. in Home Economics with a minor in Library Science. She spent the first 8 years of her teaching career in rural Montana education as a consumer and family sciences/junior high science teacher and a K-12 library media specialist.

In the late 80’s Ms. Nickel was ready for a new adventure. She moved to Washington where she was a junior high teacher librarian in the Kent School District. In 1996 she earned her M.Ed. in Educational Technology at City University. In 2003 Ms. Nickel earned her National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification.

Ms. Nickel enjoys golfing, bicycling, hiking, traveling, and cooking. Reading, gardening, and textile crafts are her other passions. Her family is very important to her.

Clarisse Tate, Library Assistant
This is Clarisse’s 15th year working as a library assistant in the Boise School Dist. and her 4th year at Capital. She has enjoyed her time here, making new friends and meeting the great staff and students that attend our school. Clarisse has been married 32 years and has four children and eight grandchildren, all of whom live locally. She enjoys traveling, reading, needlework and teaching cooking classes. She also loves spending time with her family playing games, camping and just hanging out playing the Wii or Rock Band. She is almost finished writing her first book and hopes to submit it to a publisher by the first of the year.

Roberta Hurtt, Library Assistant
Roberta Hurtt is married, a mother of two sons, and a grandmother of one grandson, and one granddaughter. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, scrapbooking, and traveling. She is a long time Boise resident and enjoys the area.