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Lower School Faculty

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Director

Debbie Ford, dford@usjbruins.org

Assistant Director

Beth Hudson, bhudson@usjbruins.org

Secretary

Lisa Cates, lcates@usjbruins.org

Receptionist

Sylvia Bell, sbell@usjbruins.org

Enrichment

Elizabeth Atkins, eatkins@usjbruins.org

Mary Ann Giampapa, mgiampapa@usjbruins.org

Stacey Glover, sglover@usjbruins.org

Jeff Johnson, jjohnson@usjbruins.org

Veronica Kurth, vkurth@usjbruins.org

Heidi McDaniel, hmcdaniel@usjbruins.org

Jenny Pritchett, jpritchett@usjbruins.org

Tony Shutes, tshutes@usjbruins.org

Michelle Steen, msteen@usjbruins.org

Darlene Tanner, dtanner@usjbruins.org

Kay Thomson, kthomson@usjbruins.org

Kim Yelverton, kyelverton@usjbruins.org

Junior Cubs

Star Mansfield, smansfield@usjbruins.org
Faith Dixon

Cubs

Leslie Scott, lscott@usjbruins.org
Louise Rudesill, lrudesill@usjbruins.org (assistant)

Cori Rose, crose@usjbruins.org
Sara Kazempour

Junior Kindergarten

Amber Anderson, aanderson@usjbruins.org
Sue Ward

Hayley Haynes, hhaynes@usjbruins.org
Karen Harris

Karen Morganti, kmorganti@usjbruins.org
Elizabeth Orr

Cindy Wyatt, cwyatt@usjbruins.org
Melanie Merhar

Kindergarten:

Sarah Pate, spate@usjbruins.org

Jennifer Sammons, jsammons@usjbruins.org

Vicki Wilson, vwilson@usjbruins.org

Kindergarten Assistant:

Joanne Latimore, jlatimore@usjbruins.org

First Grade:

Wendi Cates, wcates@usjbruins.org

Linda Grimm, lgrimm@usjbruins.org

Patsy Hollman, phollman@usjbruins.org

Ann Iott, aiott@usjbruins.org

Second Grade:

Phyllis Gayton, pgayton@usjbruins.org

Lisa Marley, lmarley@usjbruins.org

Regina Sills, rsills@usjbruins.org

Linda Yates, lyates@usjbruins.org

Third Grade:

Tina Anderson, tanderson@usjbruins.org

Kelly Barnes, kbarnes@usjbruins.org

Jenny Carey, jcarey@usjbruins.org

Elizabeth Maloan, emaloan@usjbruins.org

Fourth Grade:

Sherri Brauss, sbrauss@usjbruins.org

Amanda Bullion, abullion@usjbruins.org

Sherry Fesmire, sfesmire@usjbruins.org

Cindy Fisher, cfisher@usjbruins.org

Laura Moore, lmoore@usjbruins.org

Fifth Grade:

Cindy Bell, cbell@usjbruins.org

Judy Cooper, jcooper@usjbruins.org

Kathy Davis, kdavis@usjbruins.org

Emily Richards, erichards@usjbruins.org


Administration

Upper School Faculty

Middle School Faculty

More about Lower School

Teacher web sites

• Malea Mullins, Upper School chemistry
• Anna McPeake, Middle School art
• Linda Truex, Middle School computer
• Band Program, under direction of Tom Grant

Teachers attend cconference

Wanting to keep up with new teaching methods, 10 pre-kindergarten teachers attended a conference that featured nationally-known consultant, author and singer Dr. Jean Feldman. With music, stories, and audience participation, she demonstrated activities that combine music, rhyme, and body movement that findings have shown help build brain synapses and develop better reading and math skills. Pictured above, from left to right, are Sara Kazempour, Amber Anderson, Star Mansfield, Dr. Feldman, Cori Rose, Sue Ward, and Leslie Scott. Also attending the conference, but not pictured, are Karen Morganti, Karen Harris, Faith Dixon, and Zeina Sofa.