Thirty-five educators including teachers and teaching assistants have earned tenure this school year after successfully completing a four-year probationary period of effective instruction and evaluation. They each were recognized at Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting in the Columbia High School auditorium.
Congratulations!
- Kelly Aldinger, English as a New Language Teacher, Genet
- Alyssa Andresen, Elementary Teacher, Red Mill
- Sarina Biski, Math Teacher, Goff
- Sharon Bowen, Teaching Assistant, Columbia
- Jessica Cartwright, Teaching Assistant, DPS
- Lauren Castellana, Special Education Teacher, Bell Top
- Caroline Colwell, Special Education Teacher, Green Meadow
- Rebecca Cook, Elementary Teacher, Green Meadow
- Michaela DeThomasis, Social Worker, Bell Top
- Alicia Edick, Elementary Teacher, Genet
- Eileen Fish, Special Education Teacher, Columbia
- Dana Freemantle, Teaching Assistant, Goff
- Jacqueline Gould, Teaching Assistant, Columbia
- Zachary Hutson, Science Teacher, Goff
- Megan Kenney, Elementary Teacher, Genet
- Nathaniel Koester, World Language Teacher, Goff
- Megan Lasch, Teaching Assistant, Green Meadow
- Kelly Laughlin, Teaching Assistant, Bell Top
- Andrea Lubbers, Music Teacher,
- Caterina Marra, Elementary Teacher, Red Mill
- Allison McArdle Avery, Special Education Teacher, Bell Top
- Kathryn Miecznikowski, Art Teacher, Genet/Red Mill
- Sarah Murchison, Teaching Assistant, Goff
- Melissa O’Brien, Math Teacher, Goff
- Jacob Preston, Physical Education Teacher, Green Meadow/DPS
- Lisa Rayno, Elementary Teacher, DPS
- Lisa Rust, Elementary Teacher, DPS
- Kelly Sanborn, Special Education Teacher, Goff
- Jennifer Shoemaker, Teaching Assistant, Green Meadow
- Jessica Slawson, Teaching Assistant, Genet
- Tara Smades, Social Worker, Columbia
- Coleen Spath, Teaching Assistant, Bell Top
- Erin Upson, Music Teacher, Goff
- Terri Walsh, Science Teacher, Columbia
- Rebecca Wilson, Social Studies Teacher, Columbia