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Rhoades Foundation Room Parent Liaisons: Sarah Arthur and Jen Boyer
Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5-9, 2025
Your head camp counselors for the week are Jennifer Boyer & Carrie Cappiello
Monday
Door Decorating - Please see additional documentation below.
Tuesday
Bring a Flower for Your Teacher - Foundation will provide vases this year, we will have extra flowers out front for those who may have forgotten.
Wednesday
Wear your teachers favorite colors, and Middle School wear Rhoades gear.
Thursday
Bring a Thank You note from home. We will be provide a template that matches the theme and will have extras out front of the school, or students are welcome to create their own thank you.
Friday
Dress like you are at camp, camping or wear rhoades gear. Foundation will provide a wearable take home gift this day.
Teacher’s Favorite Things
This year, the foundation has collected the teacher’s favorite things electronically prior to school starting. Please use these links to pull any list you need, or would like to send out to parents in your grade.
Don’t forget the admin, staff and specialty teachers!
**Please note that the school provides most of the items listed under “Classroom Wish List”, and many have already been purchased. Please check with Mrs. Pate and Mrs. Lester directly before providing any of those items.
Administration & Staff
Leda Lester, Lower School Principal
Joanne Pate, Middle School Principal
Nicole Hazim, Preschool Principal
Priscilla Drew, Enrollment Director
Diane Garcia, Preschool School Front Office
Vanessa Hansen, Wellness & Student Support
Aaron Johnson, Extended Day
Kim Kelley, IT
Victor Nunez, Middle School Facilities
Diane Price, Lower School Front Office
Nicole Rollinson, Extended Day Coordinator
Danene Schott, Business/Finance Office
Armondo Sessom, Lower School Facilities
Mai Vang, Lower School Office
Mayia Victoria, Middle School Front Office
Preschool Teachers
Ashley Corbin, Preschool
Roseanne McCann, Pre-K
Danielle Rogel, Pre-K
Richard Miller, Music
Middle School Teachers
Mary Bologna, Math
Siobhan Crews, Theatre
Nick Dei, PE
Bob Ellison, Math
Ron Florentine, Music
Kris Gray, Spanish
Roxanne Hunker, Science
Julianne Loly, English
Jeff Major, STEM
Paul Ruppert, Math
Wendy Schramm, Social Studies, ELA, Film
Julie Watts, Social Studies
Lower School Teachers
Kimberly Cirillo, Kindergarten
Mary Ruppert, Kindergarten
Jessica Cascell, First Grade
Sheryl McLellan, First Grade
Miranda Garcia, Second Grade
Paige Wade, Second Grade
Ansuya Bose, Third Grade
Kelsey Brinkley, Third Grade
Rebecca Kappedal, Fourth Grade
Linda Sullivan, Fourth Grade
Julie Gunther, Fifth Grade
Syd Molenkamp, Fifth Grade
Trinity Castaneda, Floater Teacher
Lower School Specialty Teachers
Maggie DiGrazia, Art
Ron Florentine, Music
Ev Lafferty, TK-3rd PE
Richard Miller, TK-2nd Music
Erika Magner, Spanish
Michael Magner, Math & Science
Jeff Nolan, 4th-5th Science & PE
Kate Walsh, Technology & Engineering
Combined Files
When sending these out to parents, please come back to check out this page and download the most updated version of each list. We are updating these as needed.
Birthday List Current as of 10/29/24
All Admin & Staff (combined as 1 PDF)
All Lower School Teachers (combined as 1 PDF) Current as of 11/1/24
All Lower School Specialty (combined as 1 PDF) Current as of 10/21/24
All Lower School (combined as 1 PDF) updated 11/1/24
All Middle School Teachers (combined as 1 PDF) Current as of 10/20/24
All Middle School (combined as 1 PDF) Current as of 11/1/24
All Preschool (combined as 1 PDF) Current as of 10/29/24
'24-'25 Room Parent Assignments
Rhoades Foundation Room Parent Liaisons: Sarah Arthur and Jen Boyer
Preschool: Jordan & Aubrey Reich, Christina Hepburn, Cecelia Doshi
TK Cooksey: Alanna Tobias, Daniel Vance and Yolanda Hernandez Wong
Kinder Ruppert: Reepa Shroff and Athena Schmid
Kinder Cirillo: Faviola Bakhtiari and Robyn Holmquist
1st Grade Cascell: Mallory Cheng
1st Grade McLellan: Diana Gomez Sanchez
2nd Grade Garcia: Ashley Sobek
2nd Grade Wade: Jennifer Boyer
3rd Grade Bose: Maria Hitraya-Low
3rd Grade Brinkley: Emily Boniface
4th Grade Kappedal: Melissa McCulloch
4th Grade Sullivan: Jeane Quentin
5th Grade Molenkamp: Veronica Villasenor, Gillian Khawar, Eric Burns, and Jennifer Janzen-Botts
5th Grade Gunther: Colleen Walseth, Div Bhan, and Sonia Sethee
6th Grade: Zehra Rizvi-Sayed
7th Grade: Carrie Capiello
8th Grade: Gillian Khawar
'24-'25 Specialty Teacher Appreciation Assignments
TK: Mr. Miller (TK-2nd Music)
Kinder: Mrs. DiGrazia (Art) & Lee (Floater Teacher)
1st: Mrs. Walsh (Tech)
2nd: Mrs. Magner (Spanish)
3rd: Mrs. Lafferty (TK-3rd PE)
4th: Mr. Florentine (3rd – 5th Music) & Mr. Magner (Math and Science)
5th: Mr. Nolan (4th and 5th Science & PE)
Volunteer Info
The school Volunteer Handbook is the most current & up to date place to find the volunteer requirements.
Questions on requirements should be directed to Mrs. Price at the Lower School, and Mrs. Garcia at the Middle School.
Our current understanding of the requirements is as follows:
All volunteers need to have a TB test on file (good for 4 years).
All volunteers need to review and sign the Volunteer Handbook.
All “occasional“ volunteers need to have completed the Child Abuse Prevention Training (good for 2 years). This includes Room Parents.
All “regular“ (weekly or more) and overnight volunteers need to have a background check and to be fingerprinted via LiveScan. This includes Foundation Members and Special Lunch leads.
