Faculty and Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Instructional Support Staff

Gifted Teacher-Mandy LeFevre

Number of years in education

  • 6

Educational background / degrees received

  • B.A. in Elementary Education
  • M.A. in Elementary Education

Outside interests

  • Spending time with my husband and daughter
  • Reading
  • Traveling

Learning Center-Amanda Sarver

Number of years in education

  • 2

Educational background / degrees received

  • B.S. in Elementary Education-Northern Illinois University
  • Pursuing masters degree in Instructional Technology-Northern Illinois University

Outside interests

  • Reading
  • Painting
  • Swimming
  • Playing with my dog

Learning Center Clerk- Rebecca Mok  

Learning Center Clerk- Amber Rather  

Technology Assistant-Mary Jane Johnson

Title I Reading Specialist-Melissa Bennett

Number of years in education

  • 13

Educational background / degrees received

  • B.S. in Elementary Education with a minor in Social Science-Northern Illinois University
  • Masters in Reading and Literacy-Benedictine University  
  • Reading Recovery Certified-National Lewis University

Outside interests

  • Reading
  • Cooking
  • Scrapbooking
  • Music
  • Movies
  • Swimming

Title I Reading Specialist-Cheryl Hoey 

Title I Reading Specialist-Tanya Hulstedt 

Number of years in education

  • 11

Educational background / degrees received

  • Bachelors degree in Child Development-Rockford College

  • Masters degree in Reading-Rockford College

  • Currently in Reading Recovery Training

Outside interests

  • Spending time with husband and daughters

  • Reading

  • Gardening 

Title I Reading Specialist-Barb Swick

Number of years in education

  • 4

Educational background / degrees received

  • B.S. in Business Management-Goucher College in Towson, Maryland

  • M.A. in Teaching-Rockford College with 36 credit hours in Reading  

  • Reading Recovery-National Louis University

Outside interests

  • Reading, especially fantasy and historical fiction

  • Camping

  • Swimming

  • Raising my 3 children

Title I Paraprofessional-Gretel Baird

Title I Paraprofessional-Angie Silis

TPI Teacher-Rachel Braun

Number of years in education

  • 2

Educational background / degrees received

  • Bachelors degree in Elementary Education with a minor in Spanish-University of Arizona

Outside interests

  • Running

  • Hiking

  • Learning and practicing languages (Spanish and French)

  • Travel