STEM Center

Staff

2010-11

6th Grade Core Team
7th Grade Core Team
8th Grade Core Team
Encores/Specialists
Counseling

	Name: Michelle Weber Profession/specialty: Environmental Specialist (School Counselor) Room location: Office Motto: "Make your own Magic!" Hopes for the year: To create an environment that invites school success. Email: weber@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
6th Grade Core Team
	Name: Gretchen Peterson Profession/specialty: 6th Grade Mathematics Educator Room location: 221 Quotable Quote: "Those who strive to succeed will feel success." Goals for the year: To relate standards based math curriculum to real life applications using the Engineering Design Process.. To see students excited, eager, and rigorous about math. Email: gpeterson@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Mrs. Molly J. Bestge Profession/specialty: 6th grade Reading/Writing Educator and Technician Room location: Room 220 Quotable Quotes: "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly." -Robert F. Kennedy "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" -Robert F. Kennedy Special interests/projects/hopes for the year: That's a loaded question! Some things you'll want to know about me: We will have one big, audacious goal for the year: To become better readers and writers. Be prepared to be pushed and stretched in a bunch of different directions. If your brain doesn't hurt at the end of the day, I haven't done my job! I have the opportunity to share with you a completely technology integrated language arts classroom, and that's so exciting! It's something that I've only dreamed about!! Now it's happening at the STEM Center! My hope for the year is that as students and teachers, we will ask "Why not?" way more than "Why?" This is going to be the biggest and most exciting adventure that we have ever had the opportunity to experience. Let's make it spectacular! Email: bestge@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Gretchen Stafslien Profession/specialty: 6th Grade Science and Social Studies education Room Location: 219 Quotable Quote: "A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions." - Anonymous Hopes for the year: This year I hope that my students and I can explore Science and Social Studies together. I anticipate that we will discover new information and technology in each of these subjects and connect them to real world concepts. Email: gstafslien@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
7th Grade Core Team
	Name: Jane Laux Profession/specialty: 7th grade Inquiry Specialist/Language Arts Instructor Room location: 223 Quotable Quote: "Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is not a preparation for life-education is life itself." -John Dewey Hopes for the year: Our hope for the year, as 7th grade teachers, is that our students will develop a passion for life-long learning. Email: jlaux@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Adam Gehlhar Profession/specialty: 7th Grade International Development Specialist (Social Science Educator) Room location: 226 Quotable Quote: "The mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions." -Oliver Wendall Holmes Hopes for the year: Our hope for the year, as 7th grade teachers, is that our students will develop a passion for life-long learning. Email: agehlhar@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Eric Dobervich Profession/specialty: 7th grade life science instructor Room location: 226 Quotable Quote: "Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire." -Yeats Hopes for the year: Our hope for the year, as 7th grade teachers, is that our students will develop a passion for life-long learning. Email: edobervich@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Holly Erickson Profession/specialty: 7th grade mathematics instructor Room location: 225 7th Grade Moto: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence" -Helen Keller Hopes for the Year: Our hope for the year, as 7th grade teachers, is that students will develop a passion for life-long learning Email: herickson@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
8th Grade Core Team
	Name: Candida Braun Profession/specialty: Science Educator Room location: 133 Quotable Quotes: "The only constant is change itself." Email: cbraun@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: RaeAnne Galbreath Profession/specialty: Social Studies Educator Room location: 128 Quotable Quotes: "You miss 100% of the shots you never take." -Wayne Gretzky Email: rgalbreath@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Dan Syvertson Profession/specialty: 8th grade language arts educator Room location: 131 Quotable Quotes: "Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." -Sir Richard Steel Hopes for the year: To help students grow as robust readers, writers, and critical thinkers. Email: dsyvertson@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Katie Larson Profession/specialty: Mathematics Educator Room location: 130 Quotable Quotes: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG difference." Hopes for the year: My hopes for this year are that students will be able to relate math concepts to the real world and that I will get to know the students. Email: klarson@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
Encores/Specialists
	Name: Maren Wright Profession/specialty: Special Education Strategist Quotable Quotes: "Our greatest glory is not ever failing but in rising up every time we fail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson Hopes for the year: To help students become advocates for themselves as well as creative, independent contributors to society and have a little fun along the way! Email: mwright@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Danielle Kamrud Profession/specialty: Computer Technology Specialist Room location: 231 Quotable Quote: "One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man." -Elbert Hubbard Hopes for the Year: Students will be excited about computer technology Email: dkamrud@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
	Name: Paula Roers Profession/specialty: Administrative Specialist (assistant) Room location: Office Quotable Quote: "Logic will get you from a to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." -Albert Einstein Hopes for the Year: My hope is for every student to embrace education with excitement! Email: proers@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
N/A	Name: Timothy Wegscheid Profession/specialty: Creative Production Enthusiast (Visual Arts Educator) Room location: 224 Quotable Quote: "Creatyivity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." -Scott Adams Hopes for the Year: I hope that our students will enjoy and better understand the visual arts. When students can take something that they have learned through art and use it in other classes or in real world experiences, then I have succeeded. Art is all around us so let's learn to enjoy it! Email: twegscheid@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
N/A	Name: Amos Condley Profession/specialty: Physical Education Guru J/K (Just put PE teacher) Room location: 129 or gymnasium Quotable Quote: "If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing." -Will Rogers Hopes for the year: As the STEM PE teacher, I hope our students stay physically active and appreciate the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. This will allow them to lead a productive and healthy life. Email: acondley@west-fargo.k12.nd.us
Counseling
N/A	Name: Linda Fisher Profession/specialty: Environmental Specialist (School Counselor) Room location: Office Motto: N/A Hopes for the year: N/A Email: lfisher@west-fargo.k12.nd.us