Our teachers and staff are the heart of St. Therese. Many have known their students since kindergarten; they know each child’s story, the challenges and the gifts that make every student unique. Alongside our lay faculty, the Franciscan Sisters have served this community since 1969.
School leadership and office
- Adam Groebner, Principal • agroebner@st-therese.org
- Clarey McInerny, Assistant Principal • cmcinerny@st-therese.org
- Grace Gasperich, Office Manager • ggasperich@st-therese.org
- Vicky Lincoln, Front Desk • vlincoln@st-therese.org
- Annie Lynch, Marketing & Enrollment Coordinator • alynch@st-therese.org
- David Bruns, Director of Operations • dbruns@st-therese.org
K-8 faculty
- Sadie Kitzmann, Kindergarten Teacher • sadiek@st-therese.org
- Nicole Nicpon, Kindergarten Teacher • nnicpon@st-therese.org
- Molly Murphy, 1st Grade Teacher • mmurphy@st-therese.org
- Mary Kate Seedorf, 1st Grade Teacher • mkseedorf@st-therese.org
- Hayley Birklid, 2nd Grade Teacher • hbirklid@st-therese.org
- Matty McGarvey, 2nd Grade Teacher • mmcgarvey@st-therese.org
- Mary Bielski, 3rd Grade Teacher • mbielski@st-therese.org
- Emily Boyle, K-5 Science Teacher • eboyle@st-therese.org
- Paul Schmidt, 4th Grade Teacher & Athletics Director • pschmidt@st-therese.org
- Megan Gateman, 4th Grade Teacher • mgateman@st-therese.org
- Kellen Gill, 5th Grade Teacher • kgill@st-therese.org
- Clare Judge, 5th Grade Teacher • cjudge@st-therese.org
- Theresa Endris, Middle School English Teacher • tendris@st-therese.org
- Andy Lopahs, Middle School Religion & Math Teacher • alopahs@st-therese.org
- Katarina Zenda-Johnson, Middle School Math Teacher and Technology Specialist • kjohnson@st-therese.org
- Susan Huschke, Middle School Math & History/Geography Teacher • shuschke@st-therese.org
- Michelle Campbell, Middle School Math and Science • mcampbell@st-therese.org
- Emily Rohla, ELC Director • erohla@st-therese.org
- Chris Mayer, Middle School Art Specialist • cmayer@st-therese.org
- Teresa Peters, K-5 Art Specialist • tpeters@st-therese.org
- Katie McCrea, Music Specialist • kmccrea@st-therese.org
- Tori Sweeney, Band Director • tsweeney@st-therese.org
- Thomas Gorrilla, Physical Education Teacher • tgorrilla@st-therese.org
- Sherry Carroll, Media Center Specialist • scarroll@st-therese.org
- Jenny Cleveland, Spanish Specialist • jcleveland@st-therese.org
- Heather Faber, Academic Enrichment Coordinator • hfaber@st-therese.org
- Jessi Majestic, Reading Interventionist • jmajestic@st-therese.org
- Elle Stefan, Learning Specialist • estefan@st-therese.org
- Kerry Fox, School Counselor • kfox@st-therese.org
Student support
- Sr. Pranitha, Kindergarten Para • srpranitha@st-therese.org
- Sr. Sancta, Kindergarten Para • srsancta@st-therese.org
- Nicolle Thies, Paraprofessional • nthies@st-therese.org
- Denice Burbach, Paraprofessional • dburbach@st-therese.org
- Elouise Hollenkamp, Paraprofessional • ehollenkamp@st-therese.org
- Eileen Beckman, Paraprofessional • ebeckman@st-therese.org
- Kathy Cleveland, Paraprofessional
- Danielle Thelen, Health Paraeducator/School Nurse • dthelen@st-therese.org
- Bob Hughes, Elementary Support
- Shaun Koelsch, Recess Supervisor • skoelsch@st-therese.org
- Stephanie Begalke, Spirit Club Lead Teacher • sbegalke@st-therese.org
- Ethan Barsness, Spirit Club Support
- Laura Allen, School Programs Assistant • lallen@st-therese.org
Food, nutrition and facilities
- Debbie Trent, Food & Nutrition Manager • dtrent@st-therese.org
- Kevin Smith, Chef • ksmith@st-therese.org
- Tiffany Kokal, Assistant Food & Nutrition Manager
- Aaron LeMay, Maintenance • alemay@st-therese.org
- DJ Joarnt, Maintenance • djoarnt@st-therese.org
Early Learning Center staff
- Brigitte Welaze, Lambs Teacher • bwelaze@st-therese.org
- Rohin Sehler, Lambs Teacher • rsehler@st-therese.org
- Tina Lindberg, Lambs Teacher • tlindberg@st-therese.org
- Paula Stevens, Lambs Teacher • pstevens@st-therese.org
- Arlene Bates, Elephants Teacher • abates@st-therese.org
- Laura Miller, Elephants Teacher • lmiller@st-therese.org
- Soua Thor, Zebras Teacher • sthor@st-therese.org
- Margaret Halloran, Zebras Teacher • mhalloran@st-therese.org
- Anna Barsness, Kangaroos Teacher • abarsness@st-therese.org
- Erin Hennessy, Kangaroos Teacher • ehennessy@st-therese.org
- Stephanie Begalke, Bears Teacher • sbegalke@st-therese.org
- Rachel McElwain, Bears Teacher • rmcelwain@st-therese.org
- Alicia Rhodes, Giraffes Teacher • arhodes@st-therese.org
- Oanh Duong, Giraffes Teacher • oduong@st-therese.org
- Rachel Walder, Giraffes Teacher • rwalder@st-therese.org
- Stephanie Pieper, Owls 1 Teacher • spieper@st-therese.org
- Gretchen Hill, Owls 1 Teacher • ghill@st-therese.org
- Traci Farniok, Owls 2 Teacher • tfarniok@st-therese.org
- Joan Casey, Owls 2 Teacher • jcasey@st-therese.org
- Ashley Kleist, ELC Float Teacher • akleist@st-therese.org
- Joan Sanaker, ELC Float Teacher • jsanaker@st-therese.org
- Tammy Thomson, ELC Float Teacher • tthomson@st-therese.org
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