Our Team 2022-23

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School Leadership

Faculty
Executive Director: Dr. Kirsten Christensen 

Administrative Team

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP 
K-8 Principal: Elizabeth Zehnpfennig  
Dean of Students: Michael White
Dean of Academic Support: Esther Neu
Lead Special Education Coordinator: Andrew Haugen

OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP
Director of International Programs & Communications: Katharina Schirg ​​

Support Staff

​Director of Information Technology: Jesse Whitney
​Director of Facilities & Grounds: Andy Nesset
J1 Intern Coordinator: Katharina Schirg
​Human Resource Manager & Title IX Coordinator: Nicole Sveen
Communications & Library Coordinator: Mary Zimmerman
Library Assistants: Christine Walz, Denise Stegmann

Front Office Staff

Front Office Manager: Isabel Vollenweider​​​
Front Office Coordinator :  Alexandra Weeding
Data & Student Affairs Coordinator: Nicole Crashell
​​Health Service Associate: Monika Avery​
Executive Assistant: Julia Henriksen

Food Service & Facilities

Food Service Coordinator: Alexandra Weeding
Lunch Room & Asst. Food Service Coordinator: Jinhee Randolph
Custodians: Jim Luger, Pat Moreno

MARRS Coordinator

MARSS Coordinator: Esther Neu

Special Education

Head Special Education Coordinator: Dr. Royond Hendrix​
Lead Special Education Coordinator​: Andrew Haugen
​Special Education Compliance Coordinator: Christine Lusignan
Special Education Teachers:
Luc Janssen
Cindy Kittok
Kimberly Michlin
Jenna Powell
​Alexandra Buchartz
School Psychologist: Carol Mecklenburg
Occupational Therapy: Natalie Voxland
Speech Pathologist: Leslie Ugoretz
ADSIS Support and Educational Assistant: Aviva Quant
Special Education Administrative Assistant: Birgit Binkowski
For records requests: email Nicole Crashell at enrollment@tcgis.org​​

Educational Assistants

Laura Berger
​Emily Richardson
Chyna Davis
Yvonne Ellis-Hammel
Heather Gauthier
Kallie Orlova
Preston Parker
Elizabeth Spafford
Isaiah Terveen
Steven Fay
Maya Davis
Martha Elliot
Paul Ihlenfeld
​Mikel Smallwood

Interns

Elementary School Interns:
Marie Schaefer
Marie Schaaf
Katja Burger
Anna Schwerdfeger
Middle School Interns:
Phil Habel
Ecem Üzüm
Minel Timucin
​Jannik Hehemann

Elementary School Teachers

Kindergarten
KA: Frau Esther Goodell
KB: Herr Steven Presuhn
KC: Frau Stephanie Puestow

1. Klasse (1st Grade)
1A: Frau Katrin Zinnow
1B: Frau Juliane Stolzenbach
1C: Frau Gabi Uitto​

2. Klasse (2nd Grade)
2A: Frau Anke Krug 
2B: Frau Delaney Jacobson
2C:  Frau Kirsten Koehler

3. Klasse (3rd Grade) 
3A: Herr Scot Stephenson
3B: Frau Nina Maslofski
3C: Frau Margaret Sims

4. Klasse (4th Grade)
4A: Herr Andrew Lubben
4B: Herr Tobias Schupp
4C: ​Frau Leonie Manus
Drama (Performing Arts)
K-3: Frau Suzanne Hall
4: Frau Desdamona Racheli

Kunst (Fine Arts)
K-4: Frau Amy Lenburg 

Sport (P.E.)
Frau Lydia Spading

English Humanities:
​3: Frau Emily Albers 
4: Frau Ginger Sanford

Middle School Teachers

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

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

Sozialwissenschaft (Social Studies)
5: Frau Claudia Müller
5-6: Herr Chris Tabisz

​English Humanities:
​5: Frau Emily Albers
5: Herr Keith Encalada
5-6: Frau Rachael Schlee
7-8: Frau Ren Melk
8: Frau Ginger Sanford
Drama (Music & Performing Arts)
​5-8: Frau Desdamona Racheli​
​
Math
5: Frau Emily Albers
​5: Frau Rachael Schlee
5-6: Herr Keith Encalada
​7: Frau Roxanne Cornell
7-8: Herr Sam Graf

Kunst (Fine Arts)
5-8: Frau Esther Kaiser

Sport (P.E.)
Frau Sue Samuelson 

Spanish (Grades 7-8)
Frau Lara Hammer​

Support German:
7: Frau Peterschmidt
8: Tilde Hamer

Yearbook: Frau Claudia Müller
School Newspaper: Herr Kevin Eberhard

Specialized Instructional Services

Assessment & Intervention Screening Coordinator: Jessie Kember
​
ELL/English Language Learners: Frau Birte Fretwell
German Literacy Support: Eva Schneider-Baumeister
​Literacy & Math Interventionist: Emily Richardson
K-2 German Literacy & Math Support: Scot Stephenson
3-4 Math & 3-8 English Literacy Support: Merryn Flavell
5-8 Math Support: Roxanne Cornell
Behavior Intervention: Margaret Kaufman
Behavior Intervention: Natalie Kaplan
School Social Worker: Diana Erwin​

After School

Kinderclub

Kinderclub Director: Michaela Bromenschenkel
Kinderclub Supervisor: Andrew Mangan
Emilia (Mimi) Feilmeyer
Angelina Gasparov
Andrew Mangan
Becky Molin
Owen Sayre
Paige Yurczyk
​Paul Koehler
Megan Diller
Hans Haenicke
GaoFoua Her
Katarina Kocher
Vanessa Koehler
Arianah Mozingo
​Anika Weeding