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Our Team 2020-21

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School Leadership

Faculty

Executive Director & Superintendent : Ted Anderson

Administrative Team

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM
Elementary School Dean: Michael White
Middle School Dean: Elizabeth Zehnpfennig
Dean of Academic Support: Esther Neu
Dean of German Immersion (ZfA Teacher): Beate Simon

OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP TEAM
Director of Operations & HR: Ashley Weston Miller
Director of International Programs & Outreach: Tina Haarbusch

Support Staff

Director of Information Technology: Jesse Whitney
Facilities Manager: Andy Nesset
Community Relations (Capstone, Volunteers, Fundraising): Katharina Schirg
Administrative Assistant (Administration/School Board): Nicole Crashell
Library Coordinator: Mary Zimmerman

Front Office Staff

Front Office Manager: Nicole Sveen

Front Office & Student Data Coordinator: Clarissa Herman
Front Office Coordinator : Alexandra Weeding
Health Service Associate: Monika Avery

Food Service & Facilities

Food Service Coordinator: Alexandra Weeding
Lunch Room & Asst. Food Service Coordinator: Sandra Schuster
Custodian: Patrick Moreno
Custodian: Jim Luger

MARRS Coordinator

MARRS Coordinator: Esther Neu

Special Education

Director Special Education: Emily Cooley
Assistant Director Special Education: Stephanie Betley

Special Education Teacher: Joshua Ashton
Special Education Teacher: Nico Dornemann
Special Education Teacher: Karen Markert
Special Education Teacher: Kimberly Michlin
Special Education Teacher: Jenna Powell
Special Education Teacher: Katharina Sweeney
Occupational Therapy: Natalie Voxland
Speech Pathologist: Leslie Ugoretz

Due Process Coordinator: Aviva Quant

Educational Assistants

Beth Scherer
Chyna Davis
Cindy Kittok
Hugh Brown
Kelly Freshwater
Luc Janssen
Nawal Mohamed
Steven Fay
Zach Porwall
Laura Berger
Tilde Hamer
Erik Peterson
Markus Hoeckner

Homeroom Teachers

K-A Frau Thies
K-B Frau Hayes
K-C Herr Heimerl
1-A Frau Zinnow (ES Co-Coordinator)
1-B Frau Stolzenbach
1-C Frau Uitto
2-A Frau Krug
2-B Frau Koehler
2-C Frau Jacobson
3-A Herr Lubben
3-B Frau El-Amatoury
3-C Frau Kulhanek (ES Co-Coordinator)
4-A Frau Müller
4-B Frau Maslofski
4-C Frau Solberg

Specialists

3, 5-English Humanities: Frau Albers
4 -English Humanities: Frau Sanford (Q Comp Coordinator)
7-8 English Humanities: Frau Jacobs
5-6 English Humanities: Frau Schlee (MS Co-Coordinator)
5 German, ELL: Frau Scholtz
5-6 Social Studies: Herr Tabisz
5 Social Studies, 7 German, UD: Frau Root-Joswig (DaF Coordinator)
8 German Humanities, Support German: Frau Simon
6, 8 German: Herr Eberhard (MS Co-Coordinator)
7-8 Spanish: Frau Domínguez
5, 7 Science: Frau Stillwell
6, 8 Science: Frau Schecker (PD Coordinator)
6, 8 Math: Herr Kunkel
5, 7 Math: Herr Prater
K-4 Fine Arts: Frau Lenburg
5-8 Fine Arts: Frau Henry
K-2 P.E: Frau Fretwell
3-8 P.E: Herr Tocko
4-8 Performing Arts: Herr Dahl
K-3 Performing Arts: Frau Hall
7-8 Robotics: Frau Bilbro
Yearbook: Frau Jacobs
Immersion and Language Specialist (K-2): Frau Getaz, Frau Fretwell

Specialized Instructional Services

School Psychologist: Carol Mecklenburg
Psych Intern: Tara Kulkarni
Assessment & Intervention Screening Coordinator: Jessie Kember

Literacy Support: Eva Schneider-Baumeister
Literacy Support: Merryn Flavell
K-2 Math Support: Scot Stephenson
5-8 Math Support: Roxanne Cornell
Behavior Intervention: Diana Erwin