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
Amber Kowatch
Curriculum Director - akowatch@manistee.org
Sue Gustad
Assistant Business Manager - sgustad@manistee.org
Sara Schubert
Payroll/Human Resources/Insurance/Lunch - sschubert@manistee.org
Nancy Day
Administrative Assistant - nday@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
DISTANCE LEARNING SUPPORT
Care Connect Resources
Emergency Referrals: If any student or family member is experiencing a mental health crisis they can reach out to Centra Wellness Network at 1-877-398-2013. Centra Wellness has Therapist available and provides crisis services 24/7.
Our MAPS Care Connect team is working alongside you in providing services. They are continuing to do outreach with their caseload. Sonya, Cheryl and Priscilla are actively working with students and families and are available for new referrals. They would also like to provide clarity regarding the types of services that they are able to offer. Please remember that these services are available by referral for our students and their families, but you are also welcomed to reach out with any individual concerns that you have or support you may need.
- Stress or Trauma Screening– Emergent issue screening and coordination with supportive services.
- Resource Insecurity – Resource connections for families with community agencies providing healthcare, food, insurance, housing, and more.
- Serious and/or Chronic Mental Illness – Home based services for students/families can be provided. Video interactions available where appropriate and applicable.
Feeling anxious about COVID-19 is a normal reaction that many of us are currently managing. Under these circumstances our anxieties can motivate us to take steps for staying safe. For some, however, managing this anxiety can feel uncontrollable. This is when we know to take action. Understanding that distance learning may create challenges in understanding what a student might be experiencing, the MAPS Care Connect Team wanted to provide some guidelines for what to listen or watch for when interacting from a distance with students and families:
- Mention of strong fear and anxiety about the COVID-19 outbreak. Understanding that prolonged fear can trigger existing or underlying panic, anxiety, or depression.
- Any mention of not feeling safe in current environment or strained relationships.
- References to extreme stress and inability to manage responsibilities of work, distance learning, and home.
- Comments about loneliness and isolation that exceed sharing about missing friends.
- Reference to lack of resources causing family stress.
- Comments regarding fear of losing home or inability to support family.
Referrals can be made using this form, link is also available on the Care Connect page of our website.
Referral Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUYUG2SeYQ3E9rzQtMjXHEhY3CgW5z4SnGaGsKnDqndG9U0w/viewform
The health and wellbeing of every member of our MAPS family will remain our first concern. Behavioral Health Therapist, Sonya Broadbent can be reached during the school closure by calling 231-655-3744 from 8:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. We encourage you to reach out to the MAPS Care Connect Team with any questions or concerns you may have during this time. They are here to provide any level of support necessary.
Our Staff
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| MMHS Staff | ||
| Name | Title / Grade / Content Area | |
| Administrative Staff | ||
| Andy Huber | HS/MS Principal | ahuber@manistee.org |
| Kenn Kott | Assistant Principal | kkott@manistee.org |
| Kevin Schmutzler | Assistant Principal / Athletic Director | kschmutzler@manistee.org |
| Matt Kieffer | Student Support | mkieffer@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 | ||
| Kevin Schmutzler | Athletic Director / Assistant Principal | kschmutzler@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 |
| 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 |
| Tobia Purple | Long Term Substitute - Special Education | tpurple@manistee.org |
| Dan Saylor | Social Science | dsaylor@manistee.org |
| Polly Schlaff | Language Arts | pschlaff@manistee.org |
| Devin Schweigert | Science | dschweigert@manistee.org |
| Whitney Simic-Finch | Math | wsimicfinch@manistee.org |
| Joel Smith | Social Studies | smithj@manistee.org |
| Kathy Smith | Math | ksmith@manistee.org |
| Hannah Starmann | Language Arts | hstarmann@manistee.org |
| Eric Thuemmel | Math | ethuemmel@manistee.org |
| Michael Tilmann II | PE/Health | mtilmann@manistee.org |
| Bridget Warnke | Science | bdontz@manistee.org |
| Amy Watkins | Math | awatkins@manistee.org |
| Sara Workman | Special Education | sworkman@manistee.org |
| Sonya Broadbent | Safenet | sbroadbent@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 |
| Jennifer Williams | MS Activities Director | jwilliams@manistee.org |
| MMHS School Custodial | ||
| Lori Hansen | Custodian | lhansen@manistee.org |
| James Kropacek | Custodian | jkropacek@manistee.org |
| Dan Lloyd | Custodian | dlloyd@manistee.org |
| Steve Sciba | Custodian | ssciba@manistee.org |
| Mark Thrailkill | Custodian | mthrailkill@manistee.org |
| Nutrition Service | ||
| Keri Carlson | Nutrition Service Director | kcarlson@manistee.org |
| Stacy Applegarth | Nutrition Service | bapplegarth@manistee.org |
| Courtney Gibbs | Nutrition Service | cgibbs@manistee.org |
| Melissa Gutowski | Nutrition Service | mgutowski@manistee.org |
| Kendra Mikolajczak | Nutrition Service | kmikolajczak@manistee.org |
| Richard Koon | Nutrition Service | rkoon@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: Joanie Wiersma | jwiersma@manistee.org
Administrative Assistant: Holly Dahlquist | hdahlquist@manistee.org
Instructional Staff
Jennifer Abel
3rd Grade Teacher jabel@manistee.org
Wendy Adamski
Specials - PE/Health wadamski@manistee.org
Leah Antal
3rd Grade Teacher lantal@manistee.org
Krista Bennett
Math Coach kbennett@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
Jaclyn Kaminski
5th Grade Teacher jkaminski@manistee.org
Andrea Mack
Specials - Instrumental Music amack@manistee.org
Tina Mannon
Long Term Substitute - 4th Grade tmannon@manistee.org
Taylor Mellon
5th Grade Teacher tmellon@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
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
Ingrid Bond ibond@manistee.org
Karla Lidtke klidtke@manistee.org
Tara Lange tlange@manistee.org
Julie Martin jmartin@manistee.org
Stacey McIntosh smcintosh@manistee.org
Amy Rankin arankin@manistee.org
Beryl Salzman bsalzman@manistee.org
Austin Slawinski aslawinski@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
Connie Miller, Administrative Assistant camiller@manistee.org
Instructional Staff
Elizabeth Adams, Kindergarten eadams@manistee.org
Krista Bennett, Math Coach kbennett@manistee.org
McAnn Bradford, Second Grade mbradford@manistee.org
Dan 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
Monte Klein, Artmklein@manistee.org
Cindy Lundberg, Kindergarten clundberg@manistee.org
Tracy Shimel, SafeNet tshimel@manistee.org
Christine Slawinski, Kindergarten cslawinski@manistee.org
Bryan Tomaszewski, Second Grade btomaszewski@manistee.org
Allison Veine, Kindergarten aveine@manistee.org
Michelle Wilson, First Grade mwilson@manistee.org
Para-Professionals
Mary Chick mchick@manistee.org
Rachel Lindeman rlindeman@manistee.org
Amy Miller amiller@manistee.org
Randee Oleniczak roleniczak@manistee.org
Connie Rybicki crybicki@manistee.org
Laura Savela lsavela@manistee.org
Kristie Schlafley kschlafley@manistee.org
Sara Schultz sschultz@manistee.org
Clayton Slawinski cbslawinski@manistee.org
Anna Wojcik awojcik@manistee.org
Julie Zajac jzajac@manistee.org
Custodial Staff
Thomas Madsen tmadsen@manistee.org
Robert Jacobs rjacobs@manistee.org
Nutrition Services
Laura Olk lolk@manistee.org
Terri Morski tmorski@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
Brenda Struble, GSRP Teacher Assistant bstruble@manistee.org
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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
CareConnect
MAPS CareConnect provides coordinated community services for our students and their families. Learn about the services available on the CareConnect page.
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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