Twin Cities German Immersion School | Charter School St. Paul
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  • About
    • Our School
    • Our Team
    • School Board
    • Join our Team!
  • Family Resources
    • E-Learning Plan
    • Rundbrief 2025-26
    • Infinite Campus Parent Portal
    • Language Access Resources
    • School Safety
    • All Resources
  • Enroll
    • Apply Now!
    • Prospective Families
    • Admitted Families
    • School Tours
    • Virtual School Tour
    • Transportation
    • FAQ
  • School Life
    • Food Service
    • Enrichment Classes
    • Summer Camps
    • Intern Program
    • Kinderclub
    • Athletics
  • Community
    • Fundraising
    • Volunteer
    • Alumni
    • PTO
  • STUDENT SUPPORT
    • Pedagogical Concept
    • Student and Family Wellness
    • New to German
    • Special Education

Our Team 2026-27

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

School Leadership

Faculty

Interim Executive Director: Kim Hackett

Administrative Team

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 
Principal: Catherine Radecki
Director of Academics: Esther Neu
Dean of Students: Haleigh Stephen
Assistant Special Education Director: Katie Gogo

OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP
Interim Director of Operations: Isabel Vollenweider

Operational Support Staff
​Director of Facilities & Grounds: Andy Nesset
Operations Manager: Isabel Vollenweider
​Human Resource Manager: Kim Hackett
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Communications and Community Outreach Manager: Paige Yurczyk
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Food Service and Substitute Coordinator:  Alexandra Weeding
Student Enrollment and Attendance Coordinator: Nicole Crashell
J1 Intern Coordinator: Isabel Vollenweider
Title IX Coordinator: Kim Hackett
​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
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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, Andrew Johnson, Ismael Gomez Lopez
​Custodians: Adrian Nopala Ortega

MARRS Coordinator

MARSS Coordinator: Esther Neu

Special Education

Director of Special Education: Tammy Stahl
Assistant Special Education Director: Katie Gogo
Licensed School Nurse (evals)​: Mariah Schoonover
Admin Assistant: Birgit Binkowski
Special Education Teachers:
Kimberly Michlin
Mary Snow
Kallie Orlova
Denise Stegmann
​
School Psychologist: Connor Born
Social Worker: 
​Registered Behavior Technician: Vanessa Koehler
Occupational Therapy: ​​Lauren Erickson
Speech Pathologist: Hannah Flottmeyer
Special Education Administrative Assistant: Birgit Binkowski
DAPE Teacher: Wendy Toops-Lauer
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Teacher​: Jason Milano​
Due Process Coordinator​: Kim Michlin
BCBA: Dominique Schnell 
RBT: Vanessa Koehler
RBT: Sam Rogde
RBT: H
aley Mccallum
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For records requests: email Nicole Crashell at [email protected]​​

Educational Assistants

Adriana Wenberg
Arlette Atencio
Chyna Davis
Tonya Gerhart
Andrew Ha
​Jim Parson
Nia Gogo
Courtney Ives
Asha Pani
Evangeline Krohnfeldt
Diane Archer

Interns

Elementary School Interns:
Middle School Interns:

Elementary School Teachers

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

1. Klasse (1st Grade)
1A: 
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: Frau Anja Kapllani​ 

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

Kunst (Fine Arts)

Frau Amy Lenburg 

Sport (P.E.)
Herr Jason

English Humanities
4: 

Middle School Teachers

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

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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: 
​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 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)

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 Support: Roxanne Cornell
Behavior Intervention: 
Literacy Lead: Esther Neu

After School

Kinderclub

Kinderclub Director: Deysi Gerding-Futagaki
Kinderclub Activity Coordinator:
 Brianna Wiemann
Charlotte Carlyle
Alexandru Cernea
Sarah Erwin
Riley Huesman
Andrew Johnson
Mathias Kreuziger
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.-Thurs.
​9:00am-1:00pm

Contact

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

Address

1031 Como Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55103
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Directions
Authorizer: 
University of St. Thomas Charter Authorizing Program
2115 Summit Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
Sean Sonderman

Authorizer Website
Phone: 952-649-1694