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Current Faculty and Staff | 2025-2026

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Elementary School Staff and Preschool Administration

Mary Johnson – Principal
MJohnson@mcginniswoods.org
elementaryschool@mcginniswoods.org

Amy Williams – After School and Summer Camp Director
AWilliams@mcginniswoods.org

Lisa Aber – Curriculum Director
LAber@mcginniswoods.org

Carolyn Colon– Preschool (Infants through older 3s) Director
CColon@mcginniswoods.org
preschool@mcginniswoods.org

Jason Santimore – Preschool (Infants through older 3s) Assistant Director
JSantimore@mcginniswoods.org
preschool@mcginniswoods.org

Kara Canon – Preschool (Infants through older 3s) Assistant Director
KCanon@mcginniswoods.org
preschool@mcginniswoods.org

Kelly Cissell– PreK4 Teacher
KCissell@mcginniswoods.org

Angela Taylor– PreK 4
ATaylor@mcginniswoods.org

Natascha Snoddy– PreK4 Teacher
NSnoddy@mcginniswoods.org

Valorie Williams – PreK4
VWilliams@mcginniswoods.org

Abby Matthews– PreK5 and Administration
AMatthews@mcginniswoods.org

Liz Roozitalab – PreK5
LRoozitalab@mcginniswoods.org

Christy VanderWeele –Kindergarten Teacher
CVanderweele@mcginniswoods.org

Peggy Sejdi–Kindergarten
PSejdi@mcginniswoods.org

Dajla Kurbegovic– Kindergarten Teacher
Dkurbegovic@mcginniswoods.org

Diane Erdenberger– Kindergarten
DErdenberger@mcginniswoods.org

Kristen Hollister– First Grade Teacher
KHollister@mcginniswoods.org

Dee Godfrey– First Grade
DGodfrey@mcginniswoods.org

Kimberly Atterholt– First Grade Teacher
katterholt@mcginniswoods.org

Brooke Anderson– First Grade
BAnderson@mcginniswoods.org

Joan Phillips– Second Grade Teacher
JPhillips@mcginniswoods.org

Susan Shirley– Second Grade
SShirley@mcginniswoods.org

Isabelle Richardson– Second Grade Teacher
IRichardson@mcginniswoods.org

Lisa Giri–Third Grade Teacher
LGiri@mcginniswoods.org

Roshen Jacob– Third Grade
RJacob@mcginniswoods.org

Trish Haugaard–Third Grade Teacher
PHaugaard@mcginniswoods.org

Felicity Wells-Coates– Third Grade
FWells-Coates@mcginniswoods.org

Wendy Hamann– Fourth Grade Teacher
WHamann@mcginniswoods.org

Daniel Snoddy– Fourth Grade
DSnoddy@mcginniswoods.org

Anne Schauer– Fourth Grade
ASchauer@mcginniswoods.org

Kirsten Jones– Fourth Grade
KJones@mcginniswoods.org

Nicole Seltzer –5th Grade Homeroom and Middle Grades Social Studies Teacher
Nicoleseltzer@mcginniswoods.org

Jaime Espinel-8th Grade Homeroom and Middle Grades Language Arts Teacher
JEspinel@mcginniswoods.org

Lauren Walraven – 7th Grade Homeroom and Middle Grades Science Teacher
LWalraven@mcginniswoods.org

Pam Charlton –6th Grade Homeroom and Middle Grades Math Teacher
PCharlton@mcginniswoods.org

Angela Darragh– Middle School Math Assistant Teacher and School Nurse
Adarragh@mcginniswoods.org

Neelu Chawla – Math Specialist
NChawla@mcginniswoods.org

Francella Perryman– School Counselor
FPerryman@mcginniswoods.org

Trish Haugaard– Academic Support and Enrichment
PHaugaard@mcginniswoods.org

Katherine Feeney – Academic Support and Enrichment
KFeeney@mcginniswoods.org

Leah Downs– Library/Media Center and Administration
LDowns@mcginniswoods.org

Tanya Sinke– Art Teacher
TSinke@mcginniswoods.org

Ricky Gross – Physical Education and Athletics
RGross@mcginniswoods.org

Bryant Curtis– Music Teacher
BCurtis@mcginniswoods.org

Caitlan Kaufman– Spanish
CKaufman@mcginniswoods.org

Elizabeth Silva- STEM
ESilva@mcginniswoods.org

Alden Watson- IT Specialist
AWatson@mcginniswoods.org

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