Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, August 20, 2015, Pages 1 & 7
New staff at MACS
New staff in the Mount Ayr schools for 2015-16 include (front row, L-R) Heather Buckner, elementary paraprofessional; JoAnn Sheil,
third grade; and Courtney Tingwald, vocational agriculture and FFA advisor; (back row) Christy Still, elementary paraprofessional and
Ron Sickels, elementary paraprofessional and bus route driver.
School starts Monday
The Mount Ayr Community schools will welcome students on Monday, August 24 to open the 2015-2016 school year.This year's enrollment totals
676 students in grades K-12. The individual grade levels number as follows: kindergarten - 47; first grade - 52; second grade - 53; third grade - 59; fourth
grade - 45; fifth grade - 58; sixth grade - 39; seventh grade - 56; eighth grade - 52; ninth grade - 64; 10th grade - 58; 11th grade - 50; and, 12th grade - 43.
District personnel and their assignments for 2015 - 2016 are as follows: Certified personnel
Adams, Courtney - Elem. Resource | | Adams, Sherry - 2nd Chance Read/English/Sociology |
Budach, Betsy - 2nd Grade | | Budach, Mark - Bus Ed/BPA/MS FB |
Cason, Carol - K-6 Vocal, 5-6 Band, Cheer Choach | | Castreje, Gilberto - Spanish (Bedford p.m.) |
Catanzareti, Joe - Lang. Arts, MS Baseball/Track Coach | | Christner, Beth - Little Raider Preschool |
Coulson, Katie - Kindergarten | | Curry, Kim - Tech Director/Librarian/Drill Team |
Drake, Joe - Superinendent | | Elwood, Chris - Elem Principal/Ms FB & boys BB coach |
Esch, Madison - 2nd Grade | | Frost - Jessica - 5th Grade |
Geist, Jodie - Special Ed/TAP/grant writer | | Gerber, Barb - FACS, Elem. Guidance, Prom Coordinator |
Giles, Scott - MA/HS Ind. Arts, B-G golf | | Giles, Tracy - 1st grade |
Graham, Kristen - 1st Grade | | Greene, Jody - 4th Grade |
Greenland, Dara - Title I | | Howie, Fay - HS Science |
Klinkefus, Ranae - 5th Grade | | Knapp, Melanie - Elem. Resource |
Kniep, Shaun - English/Drama/Publications/Speech | | Knox, Bethany - Kindergarten |
Lambert, Derek - HS PE/Co-Head FB/Strength & Conditioning | | Larsen, Debbie - Elem. PE/G Track/MS HS XC coach |
Larsen, John - HS Guidance/Math/HS Asst G Track & VB Coach | | Larsen, Tori - HS Special Ed |
Levine, Amy - Elem. Resource | | Lynch - Debra - 4th Grade |
McCabe, Bryant - 6th Grade | | Mueller, Frank - HS Special Ed |
Nary, Danielle - Elem Resource | | 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 | | Ruggles, Brandie - HS Spec Ed/MS VB/GBB/SB/Girls Track |
Ruggles, Bret - MS Science/Math/TAG/BBB Coach | | Sheil, JoAnn - 6th Grade |
Shields, Melissa - MS SelfControl | | Showalter, Delwyn - HS History/Alter. School/AD/Co-head FB Coach |
Smith, Valle - Title I/School Improv Coord. | | Sobotka, Darla - 3rd Grade |
Stephens, Abby - 8th Grade social studies/HS social studies | | Stewart - Julie - 6th Grade |
Storhoff, Crystal - Kindergarten/Flags | | Storhoff, Gregg - Instumental Music/Band/Vocal |
Streit, Thad - Health/MS PE/HS Science/GBB coach | | Taylor, Karen - 2nd Grade |
Tingwald, Courtney - Voc Ag/FFA advisor | | Uhlenkamp, Jane - K-6 Art/Title I Math/TAG |
Wallace, Kurt - Math/Asst B Track/HS Wrestling/Drivers Ed | | Wallace, Lynne - 7-12 Principal |
Weehler, Jill - 3rd Grade | | Young, Sally - MS Math/MS social studies |
Nurse
Andresen, Stacey - Elem/HS Nurse/CNA | | |
Secretaries/aids/assistants/ non-certified personnel
Albaugh, Heidi - Elem. Para | | Arends, Diana - HS principal secretary |
Belzer, Barb - Voc. Rehab./SPED Assoc./HS | | Bolles, Tiffany - Flags |
Braby, Tori - HS Para/MS GBB/Head VB Coach | | Buckner, Heather - Elem Para |
Campbell - Janette - Board sec/treasurer | | Drake, Andrew - HS Para |
Elliott, Brad - Track Coach/Asst. FB | | Ford, John - HS Wrestling Coach |
Gregg, Radonda - HS Para | | Grose, Brenda - HS Para |
Grose, Tara - SFL | | Groves, Betty - Guidance secretary |
Hayse, Kyle - MS Wrestling Coach | | Larsen, Amanda - HS Para |
Leonard, Daniel - Vol. FB | | Levine, Jeff - Asst. BBB Coach |
Lyden, Annette - HS Para | | Main, Annie - Elem Para |
Minnick, Colleen - Elem Para | | Minnick, Nicole - Elem Para |
Moon, Gayla - Elem & HS Para | | Overholser, Amanda - HS Para |
Pitt, Sam - Vol. XC 7 B Track | | Rinehart, Tanner - Baseball Coach |
Schafer, Sarah - HS Para | | Shields, Christi - HS Cheer Coach |
Shields, Tara - Elem Para | | Smith, Kalian - Drill team |
Stephens, Cindy - Elem Principal secretary | | Still, Christine - Elem Para |
Taylor, Anne - Elem Para | | Triggs, Kathy - Elem Para |
Trujillo, Mabel - ELL/Elem Para | | Warin, Donna - Special Ed Secretary/Court Liaison |
Weeda, Nathan - Vol. FB | | Whittington, Aleha - Chemical Assoc/Library |
Willis, Elaine - Elem Para | | Yoder, Debbie - Superintendent & Trans. Secretary |
Zarr, Mike - HS Bowling | | |
Mechanics/bus drivers
Brown, Allan - Route driver | | England, Tammy, Route driver |
Groves, David - Route driver | | Hanawalt, Josh - Route driver |
Shields, Bart - Route driver | | Sickels, Ron - Route driver |
Smith, James - Route driver/Asst. FB | | Still, Adam - Mechanic/Trans. director |
Stull, Faye - Route driver | | |
Maintenance personnel
Drake, Robin - HS Custodian | | Hanawalt, Josh - Lead Elem. Custodian |
Minnick, Todd - HS Custodian | | Pearce, Brandon - HS Custodian |
Poore, Clint - Head Custodian | | Schafer, Allan - HS Custodian |
Cooks
Constant, Lisa - Cook | | Jones, Tawnya - Head Cook/Concessions |
Kemery, Pat - Cook | | Shields, Debbie - Cook |
Swank, Cathy - Cook | | Wilson, Lori - Cook |
Wimer, Shelley - Cook | | |
Photograph courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2015
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