🐾 Ms. Jessica Booker (ML)
🎂 Birthday: March 14
🎨 Favorite Color: Yellow
🌷 Favorite Flower: All
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Caramel Iced Latte
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Dr. Pepper
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chex Mix Cheddar
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: M&M's
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Chili's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Baking, cooking, reading
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Starbucks
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Working with a great community
🐾 Mrs. Emily Cory (Resource SPED)
🎂 Birthday: November 23
🎨 Favorite Color: Blue
🌷 Favorite Flower: Lilac
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Mocha
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Cherry Pepsi
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: BBQ Chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Reese's
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Chipotle, Culvers
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Camping, biking, reading
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Being with my students!
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🐾 Ms Tabitha Coffey (School Psychologist)
🎂 Birthday: June 24
🎨 Favorite Color: Purple
🌷 Favorite Flower: Lily
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Iced Chai Tea
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Root Beer
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Anything Chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: N/A
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Plants, reading, crafts
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: N/A
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Supporting the students.
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Miss Drew DeCorsey (SPED)
🎂 Birthday: August 23
🎨 Favorite Color: Green
🌷 Favorite Flower: Lily
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Sparkling Water
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chex Mix or Popcorn
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Starburst
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Golden Kitchen or Winchester and Rye
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Sports, Golden Gophers, and Golf
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Amazon, Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Building relationships with students and watching them grow!
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Mrs. Darcy Holter (Speech/Language)
🎂 Birthday: September 15
🎨 Favorite Color: Orange and pink
🌷 Favorite Flower: Lilac
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Matcha Latte or Chai Latte
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Dr. Pepper or 1919
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Pretzels or Sour Cream & Onion Chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Chocolate with caramel
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Southern Social, Buddy Boy BBQ
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Crafts (embroidery, sewing), keychain library, reading
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: N/A
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Getting to know students & seeing them make progress and feel good about their work!
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Mrs. Darla Huaman (Deaf and Hard of Hearing)
🎂 Birthday: August 16
🎨 Favorite Color: Bright Green
🌷 Favorite Flower: Daisys
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Dark Hot Chocolate
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Pepsi
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chex Mix
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: M & Ms
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Jimmy John's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Reading, gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: My students and their parent!
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Mrs. Megan Koch (SPED Teacher)
🎂 Birthday: February 6
🎨 Favorite Color: Yellow
🌷 Favorite Flower: Daisies
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Decaf coffee or latte (hot or iced), I am pretty open :)
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Sparkling Water
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Popcorn, pretzels, nuts
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Chocolate, Starburst
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Coalition, Tavern 4&5, Kona Grill
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Reading, Pickleball, Crafting, Cooking
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target, Amazon, coffee
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: Candles
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: MY STUDENTS!
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🐾 Mrs. Lyndsey Kolesar (Gifted & Talented)
🎂 Birthday: July 11
🎨 Favorite Color: White
🌷 Favorite Flower: Peonies
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Vanilla Latte
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Coke
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: None
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Anything Chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Lola's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Travel
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: The students!
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Mr. Mark Kuske (Digital Learning Coach)
🎂 Birthday: May 18
🎨 Favorite Color: Green
🌷 Favorite Flower:
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Coffee- any kind
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Pepsi
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Dots Pretzels
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Laffy Taffy
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Winchester and Rye
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Fishing, Traveling, Camping
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Any
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Experiencing the joy of students learning new skills
🐾 Ms. Laura Miller (Paraprofessional)
🎂 Birthday: October 2
🎨 Favorite Color: Blue
🌷 Favorite Flower: Rose
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Smoothie
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Mountain Dew
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Kit Kat
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Culver's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Sitting; napping; reading; gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: Allergic to all nuts
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: The kids, getting summers off
🐾 Mrs. Tanja Rissel (SPED Para)
🎂 Birthday: N/A
🎨 Favorite Color: Orange, golden yellow
🌷 Favorite Flower: Sunflower
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Earl Grey Tea
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Dr. Pepper
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Pringles Original Chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Solid Chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: El Loro, Buffalo Tap
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Painting and crafting, creating stuff, and gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Kwik Trip
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: No strawberries, nuts, or coconut
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Connecting with and helping students learn
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
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🐾 Ms. Christy Rotunda (School Nurse)
🎂 Birthday: August 4
🎨 Favorite Color: Purple
🌷 Favorite Flower: Sunflower
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Chai Tea Latte
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: San Pellegrino sparkling water
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Pecans
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Fruit, Dark Chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Chick-fil-A
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Reading, hiking, gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Amazon
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: I avoid a lot of gluten/food dyes and dairy. I prefer Coconut milk instead of creamer
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Working with kids of all ages.
🐾 Mrs. Dawn Steinbrueck (Title 1)
🎂 Birthday: March 3
🎨 Favorite Color: Purple
🌷 Favorite Flower: Hydrangea
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: N/A
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Sparkling Water
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Kettle Corn
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Swedish Fish
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Qdoba
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Gardening, reading, playing games, hanging out with my family
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Dairy Queen, Target, Aldi
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: No
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Seeing kids smile and when they are proud of themselves
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Ms. Jenni Streed (SPED Para)
🎂 Birthday: July 3
🎨 Favorite Color: Blue
🌷 Favorite Flower: Rose orTulip
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Nonfat Mocha
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Root Beer
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chicago mix popcorn (caramel/cheese)
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Dark Chocolate Anything
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Zuppa Cucina (Shakopee); Southern Social
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Journaling, puzzles, writing letters
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target, Loft, Old Navy
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Building a relationship with students and drawing out their strengths and unique personalities; seeing growth
🐾 Ms. Donita Stusse (Paraprofessional)
🎂 Birthday: October 14
🎨 Favorite Color: Orange
🌷 Favorite Flower: Tulip
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Iced Chai
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Coke
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Popcorn
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Sour gummy worms
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Bravi's, Mizzy's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: 1000-piece puzzles, reading
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Barnes & Noble, Target
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: No
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Helping the kiddos I work with learn they have a superpower knowing multiple languages.
🐾 Mrs. Jillian Tenwinkel (Paraprofessional)
🎂 Birthday: December 9
🎨 Favorite Color: Greens
🌷 Favorite Flower: All
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Chai latte, oatmilk, salted caramel
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Dr Pepper, but especially Dr Pepper creamy coconut
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Chips, or Trader Joe’s plantain chips
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Sour Skittles
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: N/A
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Baking sourdough bread, chasing my children to sports activities, Pilates crafting, especially embroidery
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target, Amazon
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: No
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Everything
🐾 Mrs. Sandi Vermeulen (SPED)
🎂 Birthday: November 29
🎨 Favorite Color: I love all colors
🌷 Favorite Flower: Yellow Rose
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Iced Latte with Almond Milk
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi (no sugar)
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Popcorn
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Anything Chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: Qdoba, DQ, Turtle's, Pablos, Applebee's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Reading, listening to music, watching sports, games, puzzles
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Amazon, Target, Caribou, Starbucks
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: Dairy and things with high sugar
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: I love just chatting with the kids and helping them learn
🔗 Classroom Wishlist: N/A
🐾 Dana Vickmark (Kitchen staff)
🎂 Birthday: March 8
🎨 Favorite Color: Green
🌷 Favorite Flower: All flowers
☕ Favorite Drink: Juice or Lemonade
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Mountain Dew
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Cheetos
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Candy
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: N/A
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Holiday, Kwik Trip, Amazon
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: I love being able to see and connect with most of the kids in the school.
🐾 Ms. Shannon Wentz (Social Skills Services Paraprofessional)
🎂 Birthday: May 28
🎨 Favorite Color: Yellow
🌷 Favorite Flower: Sunflower, Rose, Daisy
☕ Favorite Coffee Drink: Latte
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Bubblr- any flavor
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: Popcorn
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: Tootsie Rolls, dark chocolate
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: None
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Crafting
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Coffee places
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Student growth and my team
Mrs. Joan Wright (Gifted & Talented)
🎂 Birthday: April 26
🎨 Favorite Color: Pink and black
🌷 Favorite Flower: Lilacs
☕ Favorite Drink: None
🥤 Favorite Soda/Sparkling Water/Tea: Diet Pepsi
🍿 Favorite Salty Snack: N/A
🍫 Favorite Sweet Treat: N/A
🍽️ Favorite Restaurant: North Coop, Maynard's
📚 Hobbies & Interests: Boating, dog, family, gardening
🎁 Favorite Gift Cards: Target, Amazon
🚫 Allergies / Things to Avoid: None
❤️ What I Love Most About Teaching: Seeing kids understand something that they thought they couldn't do
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