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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 28, 2014
New staff members at Mount Ayr Community Schools include (L-R) Brandon Pearce, custodian; BreeAnn
Barrons, second grade; Melanie Knapp, special education; Katie Larsen, SFL coordinator; and Dylan Lame, special education
associate. (Not pictured: Tim Horn, hearing impaired interpreter.)
Mount Ayr enrollment totals 646 students
The Mount Ayr Community school welcomed students on Tuesday, August 19 to open the 2014-15 school year.
This year's enrollment totalled 64 students, including pre-school. The individual grades numbered as follows: morning
pre-school - 17; afternoon pre-school - 16; kindergarten - 43; first grade - 51; second grade - 54; third grade - 42;
fourth grade - 61; fifth grade - 38; sixth grade - 48; seventh grade - 52; eighth grade - 52; ninth grade - 49; 10th
grade - 42; 11th grade - 38; and 12th grade - 43.Sarah Mathany was hired by MATURA for Head Start. With the opening
of the new school year, district personnel and their assignments are as follows:
| Certified personnel | | | |
Adams, Courtney
| - Resource Elem.
| | Adams, Sherry
| - Second Chance Read
English/Sociology |
Barrans, BreeAnn
| - 2nd Grade
| | Budach, Betsy | -4th Grade
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Bucach, Mark
| - Bus Ed/BPA/MS/FB
| | Carson, Carol
| - K-6 Vocal/5-6 Band
Cheer Coach |
Castreje, Gilberto
| - Spanish
(Bedford p.m.)
| | Catanzareti, Joe
| - Lang. Arts/MS/
Baseball, Track Coach |
Catanzareti, Susie
| - VocAg/FFA
| | Christner, Beth | - Little Raider Pre-school |
Coulson, Katie
| - Kindergarten
| | Curry, Kim
| - Technology Director
Librarian |
Drake, Joe
| - Superintendent
| | Elwood, Chris
| - Elem. Principal
MS FB & boys BB |
| Esch, Madison | - 2nd Grade | | Frost, Jessica | - 5th Grade |
Geist, Jodie
| - Special Ed/TAP
grant writer
| | Gerber, Barb
| - FACS/Elem. Guidance
Prom Coordinator |
Giles, Scott
| - MS/HS Ind. Arts
B-G Golf | | Giles, Tracy
| - 1st Grade
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| Graham, Kristen | - 1st Grade | | Greene, Jody | - 4th Grade |
| Greenland, Dara | - Title I | | Howie, Fay | - Science |
Klinkefus, Ranae
| - 5th Grade
HS SB, Asst. GBB | | Knapp, Melanie | - Resource Elem.
|
Kniep, Shaun
| - English/Drama
Publications/Speech | | Knox, Bethany | - Kindergarten
|
Lambert, Derek
| - HS P.E./Co-Head FB
Strength & Conditioning | | Larsen, Debbie | - Elem. PE/G Track
MS/HS XC coach |
| Larsen, Tori | - HS Special Ed | | Levine, Amy | - Resource Elem. |
Lynch, Debra
| - 4th Grade
| | McCabe, Bryant | - 6th Grade
MS BBB coach |
Mueller, Frank
| - HS Special Ed.
| | Nary, Danielle | - Resource Elem.
|
Nickle, Stasia
| - 1st Grade
| | Poore, Chandra | - HS Special Ed
Spec. Olympics |
Quick, Kris
| - Early Childhood/SPED Coord/Asst. Drill Team | | Riley, Aaron
| - Art/Drivers Ed.
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Ruggles, Brandie
| - HS Spec Ed
MS VB & G Track Coach | | Ruggles, Bret
| - MS Sciene/Math
TAG/BBB Coach |
Shields, Melissa
| - Self-Contained Elem.
| | Showalter, Delwyn
| - HS History
Alternative School AD/Co-head FB Coach |
Smith, Valle
| - Title 1/School Improvement Coord. | | Sobotka, Darla
| - 3rd Grade
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Stephens, Abby
| - 8th grade social studies
HS social studies | | Stewart, Julie
| - 6th Grade
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Storoff, Crystal
| - Kindergarten/Flags
| | Storhoff, Greg | - Instrumental Music
Band/Vocal |
Streit, Thad
| - Health & MS PE
HS Science/GBB Coach | | Taylor, Karen
| - 2nd Grade
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Taylor, Karen
| - 2nd Grade
| | Uhlenkamp, Jane
| - K-6 Art/Title 1 Math
TAG |
Wallace, Kurt
| - Math/Asst B Track Coach
HS Wrestling/Drivers Ed | | Wallace, Lynn | - 7-12 Principal
|
Weehler, Jill
| - 3rd Grade
| | Young, Sally
| - MS Math/7th Grade social studies |
| Nurse | | | | |
| Andresen, Stacy | - Elem/HS Nurse/CNA | | | |
| Non-certified personnel | | | | |
Albaugh, Heidi
| - Para/Elem.
| | Arends, Diana | - HS principal secretary
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Belzer, Barb
| - Voc. Rehab.
SPED Assoc./HS | | Braby, Tori
| - Para/HS/MS GBB
Head VB Coach |
| Campbell, Janette | - Board Sec-Treas.
| | Drake, Andrew | - Para/HS
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Elliott, Brad
| - Track Coach
Asst. FB Coach | | Ford, John
| - HS Wrestling Coach
&nbs; |
| Gregg, Radonda | - Par/HS | | Groves, Betty | - Guidance secretary |
Hayse, Kyle
| - MS Wr. Coach
| | Horn, Tim
| - Interpreter for deaf/
heard of hearing |
| Lame, Dylan | - Para/Elem. | | Larsen, Katie | - SFL |
| Leonard, Daniel | - Vol. FB | | Levine, Jeff | - Asst. BBB Coach |
| Lyden, Annette | - Para/Elm | | Main, Annie | - Para/Elm |
Martin, Heather
| - Para/Elem
| | Minnick, Colleen | - Para/Elem.
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| Minnick, Nicole | - Para/Elem. | | Moon, Gayla | - Para/Elem. & HS |
| Overholser, Amanda | - Para/HS
| | Pitt, Sam
| - Vol. XC & B Track
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Rinehart, Tanner
| - Baseball Coach
| | Schafer, Sarah | - Para/HS
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Shields, Christi
| - Para/HS/HS Cheer Coach/MS VB Coach | | Shields, Tara
| - Para/Elem.
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Smith, Kaliam
| - Drill Team
| | Stephens, Cindy | - Elem. principal secretary |
| Still Bonnie | - Para/HS | | Taylor, Anne | - Para/Elem |
| Triggs, Kathy | - Para/Elem. | | Trujillo, Mabel | - ELL/Para/Elem. |
Warin, Donna
| - Special Ed secretary
Court Liaison | | Weeda, Nathan | - Vol. FB
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| Whittington, Aleha | - Clerical Assoc/Library | | Willis, Elaine | - Para/Elem. |
Wimer, Tiffany
| - Flags
| | Yoder, Debbie | - Superintendent/
Transportation sec. |
| Zarr, Mike | - HS Bowling | | | |
| Mechanic/Bus Drivers | | | | |
Groves, David
| - Route driver
| | Knox, Mike
| - Mechanic/Trans. Coord/Route driver |
| Marley, Ken | - Route driver | | Shields, Bart | - Route driver |
| Sickels, Ron | - Route driver | | Smith, James | - Route driver/Asst. FB |
| Stull, Faye | - Route Driver | | | |
| Maintenance personnel | | | | |
Blades, Dean
| - Custodian HS
| | Hanawalt, Josh | - Custodian Lead Elem.
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Minnick, Todd
| - Custodian HS
| | Pearce, Brandon | - Custodian Elem.
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Poore, Clint
| - Head Custodian
| | Schafer, Allan | - Custodian HS
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| Cooks | | | | |
Constant, Lisa
| - Cook
| | Jones, Tawnya | - Head Cook
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| Concessions | | | | |
Kemery, Pat
| - Cook
| | Shields, Debbie | - Cook
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| Swank, Cathy | - Cook | | Wilson, Lori | - Cook
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Wimer, Shelley
| - Cook
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Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2014
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