Staff Directory

Chris Bede, Principal 

Richard Snyder, Associate Principal

Ann Swiftney, Associate Principal

Julie Hornung, Dean of Students

Marlene Vacknitz, Office Manager 

Mini Chugh, School Registrar / Counseling Office Professional 

Cheyanne McCarley-Schuler, Attendance Office Professional 

Rachel Cady, ASB / AP Office Professional, Bookkeeper

Amy Williams-Hunthausen, Health Room Office Professional 

Daryl Yao, School Nurse 

Tony Minaglia, Counselor (A-H) 

Wendy Bertram, Counselor (I-O) and Department Head

Kaitlyn Bradley, Counselor (P-Z) 

Randy Neish, Y.E.S. Counselor

Latu Wanjalatan, Communities in Schools

Amy Fields, Librarian 

Katarina Pokludova, Librarian Secretary 

Michael Beshures, Robotics, Wood Tech, Design & Modeling

Greg Flint, Visual Art, Digital Media, Grizzly Experience

Dena Kernish, Yearbook

Kass Morris, Leadership 1 & 2, Grizzly Prep

Amanda Murillo, Art/CTE Department Head & Culinary Arts

Rachel Craig, French

Caleb Fleming, Spanish

Suely Valls, Spanish 

Carson Fenwick, 7th & 8th Grade Fitness, Health and Department Head

Jeni Larson, 6th Grade Fitness

Rathan Mahendran, 6th & 7th Grade Fitness

Oscar McCoy, 7th & Grade Fitness, Health

Jacob Schwindt, 7th & 8th Grade Fitness

Tim Bartlett, Orchestra

Melissa Headrick, Choir and Music Elective Wheel

Ashlyn Stoddard, Department Head, Band and Grizzly Time

Shannon Nelson, Music Tutor

Oleg Ruvinov, Music Tutor

Brooke Beckman-Rader, Transition Room

Sarah Bond, MLL (Multilingual Learner Teacher)

Leah Cardinell, Resource Room

Mary Chandler, Special Education Department Chair

Rachel Craig, MLL (Multilingual Learner Teacher)

Thomas Gangle, Special Education

Lisa Lange, Transition Room 

Esther Manlapaz, Occupational Therapist 

Keenyn Odom, Psychologist 

Nora Ryan, Speech Language Pathologist 

Edie Shepherd, Speech Language Pathologist

Margot Schuller, MLL (Multilingual Learner Teacher) and Department Head

Shelina Williams-Martinez, Physical Therapist 

Mark Anthony, 6th Grade English

Madison Bailey, 8th Grade English  

Sarah Bond, 6th Grade English (Dual Language Program)

Rene Dolbec, 8th Grade English (Quest)

Bruce Ford, 7th Grade English

Denise Gross, 6th Grade English 

Dena Kernish, 6th Grade English (Quest)

Paul Neet, 8th Grade English

Zack Palmer, 8th Grade English

Kaylie Piver, 6th, 7th, 8th Grade English

Jeff Russell, 7th Grade English

Rebecca Spector, 8th Grade English

Caitlin Swenson, 7th Grade English and Department Head

Jessica Wassman, 6th Grade English

Brie Wattier, 6th and 7th Grade English

Sarah Bond, 6th Grade Math (Dual Language Program) and Department Head

Mary Chandler, 7th & 8th Grade Math, Algebra

Chris Fleharty, Algebra / Geometry

Ashleigh Frix, Algebra / Geometry 

Laura Hunter, Algebra

Laurie Line , 6th Grade Math (Quest)

Trevor Long, 7th Grade Math, Algebra

Rathan Mahendran, 6th & 7th Grade Math 

Hattie Midboe, 6th & 8th Grade Math

Adam Wujick, 6th & 7th Grade Math

Doug Allen, 6th Grade Science

Nicole Austin, 8th Grade Science

Carlene Dowling, 6th & 7th Grade Science 

Kelli Jaeger, 7th Grade Science and Department Chair

Susan Jester, 6th Grade Science

Brenna Nelson, 8th Grade Science

Shin Park, 7th & 8th Grade Science

Mark Anthony, 6th Grade Social Studies 

Sarah Bond, 6th Grade Social Studies (Dual Language Program)

Caleb Fleming, 7th Grade Social Studies

Denise Gross, 6th Grade Social Studies and Department Head

Dena Kernish, 6th Grade Social Studies (Quest)

David Knox, 8th Grade Social Studies

Janae Lindahl, 7th Grade Social Studies

Zack Palmer, 7th Grade Social Studies

Gracie Read, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies (Quest)

Jeff Russell, 8th Grade Social Studies

Deepa Agarwal, Instructional Assistant

Rachel Cady, Instructional Assistant, Building Use Coordinator

Tenzin Dargyal, Instructional Assistant

Cindy Deffe, Instructional Assistant

Shelly Kono, Instructional Assistant

Kellie Shafer, Instructional Assistant & Para Educator (SPED)

Divya Aiyyappan, Para Educator (SPED)

Brittany Bloomstine, Para Educator (SPED)

Nadine Bolliger, Para Educator (SPED)

Laura Drover, Para Educator (SPED)

Claudia Garcia, Para Educator (SPED) & Instructional Assistant

Valerie Hunter, Para Educator (SPED)

Monique Ibsen, Para Educator (SPED)

Chao Jia, Para Educator (SPED)

Pepa Kostova, Para Educator (SPED)

Ally Lange, Para Educator (SPED)

Sandhya Madaradi, Para Educator (SPED)

Leona Materna, Para Educator (SPED)

Jocelyn Nie, Para Educator (SPED)

Susan Swaii, Para Educator (SPED)

Andrew Downard, Technology

Scott Hagerman, School Safety and Prevention Specialist

Sophia Keefer, Head Custodian

Melissa Martinez, Nutrition Service Manager 

Mickey Rantala, Custodian

Sam Yu, Custodian