Rachel Alexander

Rachel is joining the Middle School as Dean of Students. She has spent time travelling and been overseas to Germany and Rome. U.S. travels have included California, Portland, D.C. Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Florida, Ohio as well as other destinations. When not traveling she enjoys writing, poetry, music, football and basketball.

Marque Capadagli

Marque is looking forward to being at Randels Elementary this year as school counselor. As a graduate of C-A she is looking forward to coming home and giving back to the community where she grew up. She fills her spare time with scrapbooking, gardening, basketball, and walking. She remarked that her best vacation was to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. She also enjoys spending time in Traverse City with her family.

Kristi Cross

Kristi is excited to start teaching at C-A Middle School. She is a Sports Mom and loves to cook. She especially enjoys spending time with family and friends; even more while attending U of M Football games. She is looking forward to building positive relationships with students, their families, and the staff at CAMS.

Emily Ebe

Emily’s favorite time of the year is the beginning of a new school year. She is a first-grade teacher at Dillon. Emily had a busy summer; she just returned from her honeymoon with Justin in Italy where they found a favorite place in the small town of Calle of Gaville in Tuscany. Other hobbies include reading and going backpacking. Last year they went to Zion National Park.

Cassidy Elmer

Cassidy is from Fenton and joins us as a third-grade teacher at Randels. She has spent time traveling internationally and has visited France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Honduras and Belize. When not traveling she can be found reading.

Megan Felisky

Megan is a Speech-Language Pathologist and will be at Dye Elementary this year. She studied abroad for a month in grad school and was able to visit London, England; Dublin, Ireland and Edinburgh, Scotland. She would love to return for another visit to Ireland one day. She fills her spare time with reading, fishing, and long walks with her puppy, Waylon. Megan is looking forward to collaborating with parents, teachers, and staff at Dye to create individualized plans to help students succeed in the classroom and to build confidence in their speech and language skills.

Kristen Gabany

Kristin will be teaching first grade at Rankin this year. She spends her spare time with her family, husband Brandon and son Greyson, going boating and kayaking while exploring Michigan. She loves the beach and has been to Maui, Florida and Texas.

 

Don Gleesing

Don will be at the Responsibility Room in the Middle School. His time away from work is spent camping with family and friends and enjoying outdoor activities. He also enjoys football, baseball and hockey. He can also be found helping his students and family as well as fixing things around the house. He is excited to be at CAMS and in a role that will allow him to make a positive difference with students.

Stacy Jaksa

Stacy did her student teaching at Dye Elementary and CAMS in 2017 and is excited to be an active member of the Middle School staff. Her goal is to make a positive influence on every student’s life and to encourage love for learning for years to come. Stacey enjoys hiking, biking, and swimming with her family. One day she would love to travel to Ireland and Italy to learn more about her ethnic descent.

Beth Kendrick

Beth has lived in the Flint/Flushing area and attended both C-A and Flushing schools. She is the Guidance Secretary at the Middle School and is thrilled to be back to her ‘old stomping grounds’ to be able to support students, staff, and parents. She is looking forward to building relationships all while providing the best possible support, advice, and guidance to each and every student to prepare them for their futures.

 

Kasie Johnson

Kasie is from Flint and is excited to join C-A and help students and their families be the change in the world. She enjoys singing, theatre, MSU Spartans, and making people laugh.  Kasie has traveled to Paris and Ireland in 2007 and would love to visit Italy next. She is honored to be entrusted with students’ social-emotional growth.

Michael Lynn

Michael is teaching 2/3 split at Dye Elementary. He is a foster parent and a Big Brother for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Travels have taken him all over the United States, into Mexico and to China. His spare time is filled with bike riding, boating, and traveling.

 

Samuel Machinski

Samuel joins the High School staff as an English teacher. Fun note about him – he kissed the Blarney Stone while in Ireland a few years ago. He’d love to visit Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Northern Africa at some point. When not dreaming of travel time is spent with family, wife Kathleen and their young daughter. They are all currently awaiting a baby due at the first of the year. As a teacher, his students “can expect reflective and creative writing assignment, deep analysis of literature and a foray into sociolinguistics with numerous semantic arguments.”

 

Andrea McCullough

Andrea will be Middle School ELA this year. She and husband Chad have two children to keep them busy – Jaylee and Liam. They enjoy camping and attending sporting events. This past summer Andrea traveled to Punta Cana for her cousin’s wedding. She is looking forward to instilling a love for learning with her students. She is excited to be a part of the Cavalier family.

 

Amanda Miller

Amanda joins the high school this year. She loves to fill her spare time with cooking, baking, reading, camping, traveling, and volunteering. That is when she is not busy being a Band Mom and Treasurer for the Cavalier Band Boosters. Amanda has traveled all over the Eastern Coast and Southern U.S. She has also been to Canada, Spain, and Saint Maarten. She dreams of one day exploring the West Coast as well as going on a cruise. Amanda is excited to join C-A and share her passion for English Language Arts and more importable share her passion for providing special education services and helping students find their own path to success.

Zachary Nash

Zachary is a music teacher at both the Middle and High School. He has traveled throughout the U.S. and one day hopes to see Italy, Germany, and France. He looks forward to working with our students and said “Music is a great outlet for the body and the mind. Choir should be a place where someone can sing and express who they truly are.”

 

Emily Opper

Emily will be teaching at Atlantis. She enjoys horseback riding, gardening, reading, camping, and beach “sitting”. She loves spending time in Northern Michigan and the UP with her family. They are hoping to take a family vacation to Yellowstone next summer. Emily is thrilled to be a part of the District and looks forward to making this a great year.

Victoria Seitz

Victoria is teaching Kindergarten at Dye Elementary this year. Her hobbies include crafting and scrapbooking as well as some sports. She enjoys traveling and has been to a different big city each year – New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, Toronto. Victoria travels to Florida at least once a year and would like to someday visit Boston and Los Angeles. She is “excited and grateful for the opportunity to make as big of an impact on my students that my teachers made on my life.”

 

Andrea Sutherland

Andrea will be teaching Kindergarten at Randels Elementary. She loves traveling around the state with her family – husband, Brian, and sons Duncan and Thomas. She has also been to Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., San Antonio, and Niagara Falls.

Halee Sutton

Halee is teaching fifth grade at Randels. She is “excited to work with such an amazing team of educators, especially my fifth-grade partners.” She looks forward to assisting students to grow and learn as much as they can.

Yvonne VanBeveren

Yvonne will be Middle School LD Resource teacher. She is ‘easily distracted’ by all dogs and anything vintage. Yvonne has also traveled to England, Ireland, China, Belgium, and Sweden.  She is looking forward to working with all the students at CAMS.

Michelle Walther

Michelle has taught at schools in the suburbs of Boston, offered tutoring and classes to prepare students for the SAT and ACT and is excited about teaching near her roots in Birch Run. She is eager to become involved in this community as an English teacher at the High School. When not exploring things with her kids, Dominic, Eliana, Chris and Joe she is focused on training for a 200 mile, 12-person relay in Kentucky this October. She also loves to ‘get away’ to Northern Michigan although her top favorite places are Maine and Vermont

 

Marissa Winn

Marissa joins the staff at Dye Elementary this year. She enjoys dancing, horseback riding and spending time with family and friends.