Manistee Area Public Schools Faculty & Staff
On the Leading EDGE
Our students are engaged by educators that empower and inspire their students to recognize their potential, dream big, and make a difference in the world around them.
With a strong desire to rise to the needs of each and every student, the MAPS Administrative Team ensures the campus and faculty offer a diverse and expansive learning environment incorporating innovation in all facilities and programming with strong fiscal management.
Chips Lead!
Central Office & Administration
Location: 550 Maple St, Manistee, MI 49660 | Map
Telephone: (231) 723-3521
Fax: (231) 723-1507
Central Office Hours: M-F: 8am – 4:30pm
Superintendent: Ronald Stoneman
Board of Education President: Paul Antal, MD
Central Office Staff
Ronald Stoneman
Superintendent - rstoneman@manistee.org
Howard Vaas
Business Manager - hvaas@manistee.org
Sue Gustad
Assistant Business Manager - sgustad@manistee.org
Sara Schubert
Payroll/Insurance/Lunch - sschubert@manistee.org
Nancy Day
Administrative Assistant - nday@manistee.org
Amber Kowatch
Curriculum Director - akowatch@manistee.org
E – Enrichment– Driving all students toward their full potential
D – Diversity– Providing opportunities meeting the goals of every student
G – Goal-centered– Focusing on individualized ambitions and achievement
E – Endurance– Equipping all learners with physical, emotional and academic skills for success
Our Staff
View MMHS Staff
| MMHS Staff | ||
| Name | Title / Grade / Content Area | |
| Administrative Staff | ||
| Andy Huber | HS/MS Principal | ahuber@manistee.org |
| Ken Kott | HS/MS Assistant Principal | kkott@manistee.org |
| Denise Slonecki | Administrative Assistant | dslonecki@manistee.org |
| Kasandra Johnson | Administrative Assistant | kkjohnson@manistee.org |
| Guidance | ||
| Paul Howes | Guidance Counselor | phowes@manistee.org |
| Penny Kiss | Guidance Secretary | pkiss@manistee.org |
| Todd Garber | Student Recovery Classroom | tgarber@manistee.org |
| Karen Sundbeck | Student Recovery Classroom | ksundbeck@manistee.org |
| Kelsey Rhodes | MCAN College Adviser / Credit Recovery Coordinator | krhodes@manistee.org |
| Activities | ||
| Matt Kieffer | Athletic Director | mkieffer@manistee.org |
| Beth Forbes | Activities Secretary | bforbes@manistee.org |
| District Technology | ||
| Kenneth Blakey-Shell | District Technology Director | kblakeyshell@manistee.org |
| Gabe Delgado | Elementary Device Support | gdelgado@manistee.org |
| Matt Froncek | Apple Certified Technician | mfroncek@manistee.org |
| David Gagstetter | Data & Device Systems | dgagstetter@manistee.org |
| SafeNet | ||
| Sonya Broadbent | sbroadbent@manistee.org | |
| MMHS School Instructional Staff | ||
| Stacey Andrews-Ramsey | Spanish | sandrews@manistee.org |
| Gregg Bennett | Social Science | gbennett@manistee.org |
| Dan Burns | Language Arts | dburns@manistee.org |
| Troy Bytwork | Social Science | tbytwork@manistee.org |
| Amanda Clemons | English | aclemons@manistee.org |
| Rachel Edmondson | Language Arts | reedmondson@manistee.org |
| Cindy Erdman | Special Education | cerdman@manistee.org |
| Amanda Feyen | Choir | afeyen@manistee.org |
| Joe Hendges | Social Science | jhendges@manistee.org |
| Marcy Huber | Math | mhuber@manistee.org |
| Kristen Johnson | Special Education | kjohnson@manistee.org |
| Sam Joseph | Language Arts | sjoseph@manistee.org |
| Monte Klein | Art | mklein@manistee.org |
| Brooke Koller | Special Education | bkoller@manistee.org |
| Michelle LaPrad | Science | mlaprad@manistee.org |
| Andrea Mack | Instrumental Music | amack@manistee.org |
| Chelsea Matley | PE/Health | cmatley@manistee.org |
| Cassie Miller | PE/Health | cmmiller@manistee.org |
| Troy Nezki | Math | tnezki@manistee.org |
| Morgan Nowicki | Language Arts | mnowicki@manistee.org |
| Cheryl O'Connor | Social Studies | coconnor@manistee.org |
| Ryan O'Donnell | Science | rodonnell@manistee.org |
| Wendy Orton | Family & Consumer Science, Special Education | worton@manistee.org |
| Matt Phillips | Science | mphillips@manistee.org |
| Kevin Postma | Science | kpostma@manistee.org |
| Dan Saylor | Social Science | dsaylor@manistee.org |
| Polly Schlaff | Language Arts | pschlaff@manistee.org |
| Devin Schweigert | Science | dschweigert@manistee.org |
| Joel Smith | Social Studies | smithj@manistee.org |
| Kathy Smith | Math | ksmith@manistee.org |
| Hannah Starmann | Language Arts | hstarmann@manistee.org |
| Michael Swanson | Math | mswanson@manistee.org |
| Eric Thuemmel | Math | ethuemmel@manistee.org |
| Michael Tilmann II | PE/Health | mtilmann@manistee.org |
| Brian Veine | Video/Math | bveine@manistee.org |
| Bridget Warnke | Science | bdontz@manistee.org |
| Amy Watkins | Math | awatkins@manistee.org |
| Sara Workman | Special Education | sworkman@manistee.org |
| Paraprofessionals | ||
| Ingrid Bond | Band Paraprofessional | ibond@manistee.org |
| Nina Bromley | Paraprofessional | nbromley@manistee.org |
| Kristen Mezeske | One to One Paraprofessional | kmezeske@manistee.org |
| Cindy Sheathelm | One to One Paraprofessional | csheathelm@manistee.org |
| Sarah Wallett | One to One Paraprofessional | swallett@manistee.org |
| Jennifer Williams | MS Activities Director | jwilliams@manistee.org |
| MMHS School Custodial | ||
| Lori Hansen | Custodian | lhansen@manistee.org |
| Dan Lloyd | Head / Day Custodian | dlloyd@manistee.org |
| James Kropacek | Evening Custodian | jkropacek@manistee.org |
| Mark Thrailkill | Evening Custodian | mthrailkill@manistee.org |
| Nutrition Service | ||
| Keri Carlson | Nutrition Service Director | kcarlson@manistee.org |
| Stacy Applegarth | Nutrition Service | bapplegarth@manistee.org |
| Melissa Gutowski | Nutrition Service | mgutowski@manistee.org |
| Kendra Mikolajczak | Nutrition Service | kmikolajczak@manistee.org |
| Ray Summers | Nutrition Service | rsummers@manistee.org |
| Linda Wandrych | Nutrition Service | lwandrych@manistee.org |
| Facilities | ||
| Don Olk | dolk@manistee.org | |
| Jeff Bowerman | jbowerman@manistee.org | |
| Paine Aquatic Center | ||
| Corey VanFleet | cvanfleet@manistee.org | |
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Administrative Team
Principal: Kevin Schmutzler | kschmutzler@manistee.org
Assistant Principal: Kenn Kott | kkott@manistee.org
Administrative Assistant: Holly Dahlquist | hdahlquist@manistee.org
Instructional Staff
Wendy Adamski
Specials - PE/Health wadamski@manistee.org
Jennifer Abel
3rd Grade Teacher jabel@manistee.org
Leah Antal
3rd Grade Teacher lantal@manistee.org
Laura Brown
4th Grade Teacher lbrown@manistee.org
Dana Dobis
Resource Room ddobis@manistee.org
William Edmondson
5th Grade Teacher wedmondson@manistee.org
Amanda Feyen
Elementary Music afeyen@manistee.org
Tanya Hunter
5th Grade Teacher thunter@manistee.org
Amanda Johns
4th Grade Teacher ajohns@manistee.org
Taylor Johnson
5th Grade Teacher tjohnson@manistee.org
Andrea Mack
Specials - Instrumental Music amack@manistee.org
Emily Noteware
Resource Room enoteware@manistee.org
Josh Smith
4th Grade Teacher jsmith@manistee.org
Scott Solberg
SafeNet ssolberg@manistee.org
Kayla Szokola
3rd Grade Teacher kszokola@manistee.org
Jaclyn Trahan
5th Grade Teacher jtrahan@manistee.org
Mary Wahr
Specials - Art mwahr@manistee.org
Andrea Wegener
Resource Room awegener@manistee.org
Jane Wojciechowski
3rd Grade Teacher jlwojciechowski@manistee.org
Kelly Zimmerman
4th Grade Teacher kzimmerman@manistee.org
Para-Professionals
Johanna Beverly jbeverly@manistee.org
Ingrid Bond ibond@manistee.org
Alysha Heck aheck@manistee.org
Karla Lidtke klidtke@manistee.org
Tara Lange tlange@manistee.org
Tiffany Nitz tnitz@manistee.org
Amy Rankin arankin@manistee.org
Beryl Salzman bsalzman@manistee.org
Nutrition Services
Carol Hansen chansen@manistee.org
Terri Morski tmorski@manistee.org
Julie Polcyn jpolcyn@manistee.org
Custodial Staff
Clarence Schultz cschultz@manistee.org
Don Froncek dfroncek@manistee.org
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Administrative Staff
Julia Raddatz, Principal raddatzj@manistee.org
Kenneth Kott, Assistant Principal kkott@manistee.org
Connie Miller, Administrative Assistant camiller@ manistee.org
Instructional Staff
Elizabeth Adams, Kindergarten eadams@manistee.org
McAnn Bradford, Second Grade mbradford@manistee.org
Daniel Brown, Second Grade dbrown@manistee.org
Linda Coyle, Special Education lcoyle@manistee.org
Andrea Dejong, Second Grade adejong@manistee.org
Deb Erdman, First Grade derdman@manistee.org
Amanda Feyen, Music afeyen@manistee.org
Debbie Forward, First Grade dforward@manistee.org
Staci Johnson, First Grade sjohnson@manistee.org
Cindy Lundberg, Kindergarten clundberg@manistee.org
Tracy Shimel, SafeNet tshimel@manistee.org
Ruth Simoneau, Title I, Literacy Coach rsimoneau@manistee.org
Christine Slawinski, Kindergarten cslawinski@manistee.org
Bryan Tomaszewski, Second Grade btomaszewski@manistee.org
Allison Veine, Kindergarten aveine@manistee.org
Mary Wahr, Art mwahr@manistee.org
Michelle Wilson, First Grade mwilson@manistee.org
Para-Professionals
Mary Chick mchick@manistee.org
Sheila Kaminski skaminski@manistee.org
Rachel Lindeman rlindeman@manistee.org
Randee Oleniczak roleniczak@manistee.org
Connie Rybicki crybicki@manistee.org
Laura Savela lsavela@manistee.org
Jan Wills jwills@manistee.org
Anna Wojcik awojcik@manistee.org
Julie Zajac jzajac@manistee.org
Custodial Staff
Tom Madsen tmadsen@manistee.org
Nutrition Services
Laura Olk lolk@manistee.org
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Little Chips Instructional Staff - 231-398-3758
Sandy Ludwig - Pre-School Teacher & After School Program - sludwig@manistee.org
Amber Hiipakka - Pre-School Teacher Assistant ahiipakka@manistee.org
MAPS Great Start Readiness Program Staff - 231-398-3757
Amy Brown, Lead Teacher abrown@manistee.org
Guiding Our Philosophy
Mission
“Chips lead by providing an inclusive, high-quality, diverse educational environment that inspires and fulfills the goals of all learners at every stage of their journey.”
Vision
“Leading a connected Manistee learning community, which supports the educational journey of each individual student, delivering The Chippewa Edge.”
MAPS Leading-Edge Promise
We provide every student with the knowledge and values necessary to become productive and successful citizens of our world. With innovation, dedication, and integrity, we create a learning environment that inspires every student and educator to reach their highest potential.
Goals
– Deliver on our promise to help every student learn
– Support a collaborative learning and working environment
– Bring focused and positive energy to everything we do
– Minimize behaviors/actions/decisions that drain our resources
Guiding Principle: We believe all students can learn.
Non-Negotiable: Achievement – We will find the potential in each student and create an environment that supports their learning.
Definition
- Every child that enters our school district will receive our attention and dedication to finding the keys to their personal success.
Guiding Principle: All decisions we make are based upon impact to effect learning.
Non-Negotiable: Impact– We will focus all efforts on seeking ways to support and extend learning.
Definition
- Our focus is always on student learning.
- We are open-minded, lifelong learners who stay in touch with, share, and use research-based practices.
- We identify and revise practices that do not help students learn.
Guiding Principle: We focus on goals that drive achievement.
Non-Negotiable: Results– We will set measurable goals, identify improvement strategies, and skillfully adapt instruction to meet student needs.
Definition
- Assessment results are used to inform us about the effectiveness of curricular and instructional decisions.
- We analyze assessment results hold data-driven discussions and make impactful decisions for improved student achievement.
- We establish attainable goals for specific measurables, in both instructional efforts and individual student progress.
Guiding Principle: We are committed to an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust.
Non-Negotiable: Accountability– We will lead by example and take responsibility for the energy we bring to all that we do.
Definition
- We reflect the values of our Mission & Vision in our daily practice. When our actions match our words, we build trust and respect with each other, our students, and our support community.
- We work together to establish an atmosphere of trust and respect, in which we can all feel safe to communicate.
- Our interactions with students and each other are characterized by the tenets of TRACK.
- We allow individuals to feel comfortable discussing their observations or concerns with one another because they know they will not be judged or punished.
- Disagreements are treated with respect and acknowledged as an opportunity to learn and grow.
- Each individual is given equal time to express an opinion or share an idea.
Guiding Principle: We believe that all students belong to all of us.
Non-Negotiable: Guidance– We will hold ourselves responsible for supporting the educational experience of all MAPS students throughout our district.
Definition
- We accept and act on the belief that all students belong to all adults.
- We are committed to working beyond the boundaries of our classrooms and buildings to serve the needs of every student.
- We work together for the success of all students, there is no blame when things do not go well, but instead we are committed to seeking solutions to problems or setbacks in the interest of each and every student’s achievement.
Guiding Principle: Working together enables us to attain our desired outcomes.
Non-Negotiable: Collaboration-We will reach beyond our classrooms and work with each other to identify and support the strengths of every student.
Definition
- We work together to positively impact student achievement and deliver the Leading-Edge Promise.
- We focus on and speak only in solutions.
- Participation in culture building is both a right and a responsibility.
- TRACK guides the development of character and a positive school environment and is primary to our success as individuals and our ability to instill these values in our students and each other.
- Our commitment to communication allows for a productive work environment and therefore student success.
- We put education first, and we know we can deliver on this when we encourage each other to share our best ideas and work collaboratively.
- Ideas which lead to increased student learning are recognized and praised by peers.
Staff Resources
Strategic Plan
Letter from Board President and Superintendent
Manistee Area Public Schools 2012-2017 Strategic Plan: Participants Help Shape Vision and Goals for Future of MAPS
- While much more work needs to be done, MAPS is headed in the right direction with positive momentum behind the academic growth, instruction reforms and innovative new school choices.
- The future of growth and success of MAPS must be a top community priority that requires support from all stakeholders (students, parents, taxpayers, businesses, non-profits, foundations, government agencies, etc.).
- As a district, we must do a better job of positively engaging and aligning internal (students, parents, staff and the school board) and external (taxpayers, community organizations, businesses, non-profits, government agencies, elected officials) stakeholders around common goals and strategies to significantly improve academic achievement and high school graduation rates.
Manistee Area Public Schools Employment Postings
Manistee Area Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer.
District Policy: Nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, gender, age, disability, height, weight or marital status in all activities and employment.
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