Twin Cities German Immersion School | Charter School St. Paul
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  • HOME
  • About
    • Welcome to TCGIS
    • Our School
    • School Campus
    • Our Team
    • School Board
    • Join our Team!
    • Internships
    • Org Chart
  • Family Resources
    • E-Learning Plan
    • Rundbrief 2025-26
    • Infinite Campus Parent Portal
    • School Safety
    • Host an Intern
    • Student and Family Wellness
    • All Resources
  • Enroll
    • Apply Now!
    • Prospective Families
    • Admitted Families
    • School Tours
    • Virtual School Tour
    • Transportation
    • FAQ
  • School Life
    • Food Service
    • Enrichment Classes
    • Summer Camps
    • Library
    • Intern Program
    • Kinderclub
    • Athletics
  • Community
    • Family Groups
    • Fundraising
    • Volunteer
    • Alumni
    • PTO
    • In the Media
    • Exhibits
    • Playground
  • Academics
    • Pedagogical Concept >
      • K-8 Curriculum Maps
    • Elementary School
    • Middle School
    • New to German
    • Special Education

Our Team 2025-26

Please review our communication guidelines before reaching out to teachers and staff. ​ View the Organizational Chart here. 

School Leadership

Faculty

Executive Director/Principal: Elizabeth Zehnpfennig

Administrative Team

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 
Assistant Principal: Catherine Radecki
Dean of Data and Compliance; Literacy Lead: Esther Neu
Dean of Student Support: Nina Azo
Assistant Special Education Director: Katie Gogo

OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP
Director of Operations: Kim Hackett

Operational Support Staff
​Director of Facilities & Grounds: Andy Nesset
Front Office and Business Manager: Isabel Vollenweider
​Human Resource Manager: Kim Hackett
​
Communications and Community Outreach Manager: Paige Yurczyk
​
Food Service and Substitute Coordinator:  Alexandra Weeding
Student Enrollment and Attendance Coordinator: Nicole Crashell
J1 Intern Coordinator: Nina Azo
Title IX Coordinator: Elizabeth Zehnpfennig
​504 Coordinator: Catherine Radecki
Library Coordinator: Heidi Scholtz

Front Office Support Staff

Front Office Manager: Isabel Vollenweider
Front Office Receptionist: Scott Meyer
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Communications and Community Outreach Manager: Paige Yurczyk
​
Food Service and Substitute Coordinator:  Alexandra Weeding
Student Enrollment and Attendance Coordinator: Nicole Crashell​​​
​​Health Service Associate: Monika Avery​

Food Service & Facilities

Food Service Coordinator: Alexandra Weeding
Lunch Room & Asst. Food Service Coordinator: Jinhee Randolph
Lunchroom Assistants: Jennifer Nylander, Christine Hafner, Paula Hill, Andrew Johnson, Tom Feri
Custodians: Adrian Nopala Ortega, Cooper Zehnpfennig

MARRS Coordinator

MARSS Coordinator: Esther Neu

Special Education

Director of Special Education: Tammy Stahl
Assistant Special Education Director: Katie Gogo
Special Education Teachers:
Kimberly Michlin
Mary Snow
Kallie Orlova
Chinell Blount
​
School Psychologist: Carol Mecklenburg
Social Worker: Lori Kaplan
​Registered Behavior Technician: Vanessa Koehler
Occupational Therapy: ​​Lori Erickson
Speech Pathologist: Hannah Flottmeyer
Special Education Administrative Assistant: Birgit Binkowski
For records requests: email Nicole Crashell at [email protected]​​

Educational Assistants

Noah Brentlinger
Emma Theis
Adriana Wenberg
Nia Gogo
Phillip Johnson
Em Knoer
Lisa Sindel
Jim Parsons
Timothy Singleton
Lucy West
Heno Mohamed
Heran Moma
Charles Buckner
Sam Rogde
Larissa Gollas

Interns

Elementary School Interns:

Lisa Wingen
Felix Spitz
​Luca Bussemas


Special Education Interns:
Julia Funck
Middle School Interns:
​
Laurine Bludau
Elena Volkert
Yarah Kunert
Franziska Koller
​Lennart Howe

Elementary School Teachers

Kindergarten
KA: Frau Korin Henrickson
KB: Frau Juliane Stolzenbach
KC: Frau Stephanie Puestow

1. Klasse (1st Grade)
1A: Frau Anke Krug
1B: Frau Esther Goodell
1C: Herr Scot Stephenson

2. Klasse (2nd Grade)
2A: Frau Jill Keller
2B: Frau Allyn Schwaan​

3. Klasse (3rd Grade)
3A: Herr Andrew Lubben
3B: Frau Valerie Hartley
3C: Herr Tobias Schupp​ 

4. Klasse (4th Grade) 
4A: Frau Courtney Beckmann
4B: Herr Stefano Cretone
4C: Frau Margaret Sims 
Drama (Performing Arts)
Frau Eliza Coats

Kunst (Fine Arts)

Frau Amy Lenburg 

Sport (P.E.)
Herr Jason

English Humanities
4: Frau Emily Albers 

Middle School Teachers

Deutsch (German)
5-6: Herr Kevin Eberhard
5 & 8: Frau Kathrin Gillhoff
7: Frau Anja Kapllani
7-8: Frau Claudia Mueller

​
Naturwissenschaft, NaWi (Science)
​5: 
Frau Kathrin Gillhoff
5, 7: Frau Evelyn Stillwell
6, 8: Frau Kat Sweeney

Sozialwissenschaft (Social Studies)
5, 6: Herr Chris Tabisz

​English Humanities:
​5: Frau Emily Albers
​
5: Ginger Sanford

5-6: Frau Rachael Schlee
7-8: Frau Chloe Braunmiller
Drama (Music & Performing Arts)
​5-8: Frau Anja Kapllani
​
Math
5: Frau Emily Albers
​
5: Frau Ginger Sanford
​5-6: Frau Rachael Schlee

​6: Frau Roxanne Cornell
7-8: Herr Sam Graf

Kunst (Fine Arts)
5-8: Tilde Hamer

Sport (P.E.)
Frau Michelle Loken Price

Spanish (Grades 7-8)
Frau Julissa Ballon

Intensive German:
8: Tilde Hamer

Yearbook: Frau Claudia Müller

Specialized Instructional Services

Assessment & Intervention Screening Coordinator: Jessie Kember
English Literacy Interventionist for 2nd-8th grade: Ginger Sanford
​ELL/English Language Learners: Heidi Scholtz
German Literacy Support: Eva Schneider-Baumeister
Math & English Literacy Support: Merryn Flavell
Math Support: Roxanne Cornell

Behavior Intervention: Natalie Kaplan
Literacy Lead: Esther Neu


After School

Kinderclub

Kinderclub Director: Deysi Gerding-Futagaki
Kinderclub Activity Coordinator:
 Brianna Wiemann
Joey Anderson
Louise Brask
Charlotte Carlyle
Alexandru Cernea
Sarah Erwin
Mimi Feilmeyer
Riley Huesman
Andrew Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Mathias Kreuziger
Nadia Lanz
Lucas Ludwig
Landon Sanchez
Nathan Vielmetti
We acknowledge and appreciate that TCGIS is located on Waȟpékhute (wah-PEH-koo-tay) Dakota traditional, ancestral, and contemporary homeland, near Lake Medewaka, in the land now known as Minnesota (Mni Sota Makoce). Read our full TCGIS Indigenous Land Acknowledgement here.
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Hours

Office Hours
School Year: Mon.-Fri.​ 8:00am-4:00pm
Summer: Mon.-Fri.
​9:00am-12:00pm

Contact

Phone: 651.492.7106
Fax: ​651.330.2270
Email:​ ​[email protected]

Address

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103

Directions
Authorizer: 
University of St. Thomas Charter Authorizing Program
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105

Danielle Miller, Program Manager 
Authorizer Website
Phone: 952-649-1694