Administrative Staff

Morgan Nowicki, HS/MS Principal,mnowicki@manistee.org
Bridget Warnke, Assistant Principal, bwarnke@manistee.org
Mitch Mast, Assistant Principal, mmast@manistee.org
Karen Beldo, Administrative Assistant, kbeldo@manistee.org

Guidance

Chelsea Hammer, Guidance Counselor, chammer@manistee.org
Tara Lange, Guidance Administrative Assistant/Registrar, tlange@manistee.org

Student Activities

Kenn Kott, Athletic Director, kkott@manistee.org
Kendra Mikolajczak, Activities Secretary/Athletics Administrative Assistant, kmikolajczak@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 Manager, dgagstetter@manistee.org

MMHS School Instructional Staff

Gregg Bennett, Social Science, gbennett@manistee.org
Ryan Biller, Instrumental Music, rbiller@manistee.org
Kylee Bohle, PE/Health, kbohle@manistee.org
Sara Boone, Science, saraboone@manistee.org
Michael Castaneda, Special Education, mcastaneda@manistee.org
Amanda Clemons, Special Education Teacher Consultant, aclemons@manistee.org
Heather Dean, Language Arts, hdean@manistee.org
Jane Deising, Special Education, jdeising@manistee.org
Kari Eastway, Language Arts, keastway@manistee.org
Rachel Edmondson, Language Arts, reedmondson@manistee.org
Sarah Eix, Math, seix@manistee.org
Amanda Feyen, Choir, afeyen@manistee.org
Rebecca Frederick, Science, rfrederick@manistee.org
Shane Harrigan, Social Science, sharrigan@manistee.org
Michael Harrington, Language Arts, mharrington@manistee.org
Joe Hendges, Social Science, jhendges@manistee.org
Mackenzie Houston, PE/Health, mhouston@manistee.org
Marcy Huber, Math, mhuber@manistee.org
Sam Joseph, Language Arts, sjoseph@manistee.org
Stephen Knewtson, Math, sknewtson@manistee.org
Brooke Koller, Special Education, bkoller@manistee.org
Erryn Moore, Math, emoore@manistee.org
Troy Nezki, Math, tnezki@manistee.org
Mary Olson, Science, molson@manistee.org
Amber Poortvliet, Science, apoortvliet@manistee.org
Amber Puchtel, Art, apuchtel@manistee.org
Tobia Purple, Special Education, tpurple@manistee.org
Lucas Quakkelaar, Language Arts, lquakkelaar@manistee.org
Cole Rens, Social Science, crens@manistee.org
Dan Saylor, Social Science, dsaylor@manistee.org
Polly Schlaff, Language Arts, pschlaff@manistee.org
Devin Schweigert, Science, dschweigert@manistee.org
Joel Smith, Language Arts, smithj@manistee.org
Hannah Starmann, Language Arts, hstarmann@manistee.org
Robert Von Herbruck, PE/Health, rvonherbruck@manistee.org
Amy Watkins, Math, awatkins@manistee.org

Paraprofessionals

Ingrid Bond, Band Paraprofessional, ibond@manistee.org
Alyssa Dewitt, One to One Paraprofessional, adewitt@manistee.org
Ethan Lavender, One to One Paraprofessional, elavender@manistee.org
Donna Williams, General Supervision, dwilliams@manistee.org
Jennifer Williams, MS Activities Director / Sensory / Library, jwilliams@manistee.org
Jack O’Brien, Paraprofessional, jobrien@manistee.org
D’Anna Basil, Paraprofessional, dbasil@manistee.org
Sarah Wallett, Paraprofessional, swallett@manistee.org
Candace Wittlief, Paraprofessional, cwittlief@manistee.org
Katilynn McDowell, Paraprofessional, kmcdowell@manistee.org
Dave Vincent, Paraprofessional, dvincent@manistee.org\
Michelle Rondell, Paraprofessional, mrondell@manistee.org

Nutrition Service

Haleigh Savage, Nutrition Service Director, hsavage@manistee.org
Samantha Long, Nutrition Services, slong@manistee.org
Sara Froncek, Nutrition Service (Meals on Wheels Assistant), sfroncek@manistee.org
Cheryl Kamin, Nutrition Services, ckamin@manistee.org
Richard Koon, Nutrition Service (Driver), rkoon@manistee.org
Laura Olk, Nutrition Services, lolk@manistee.org
Aryn Kasarskis, Nutrition Services, akasarskis@manistee.org
Jennifer Rogers, Nutrition Service (Senior Meals Program), jrogers@manistee.org
Linda Wandrych, Nutrition Service, lwandrych@manistee.org

Facilities

Josh Schubert, Facilities Director, jschubert@manistee.org

MMHS School Custodial

Jeff Bowerman, Head Custodian, jbowerman@manistee.org
Steve Sciba, Custodian, ssciba@manistee.org
Nick Shedd, Custodian, nshedd@manistee.org
James Kropack, Custodian, jkropack@manistee.org

Maintenance

Dave Rutowski, drutkowski@manistee.org
Mike VanDyke, mvandyke@manistee.org
Don Olk, dolk@manistee.org

Buildings & Grounds

Nate Cole, ncole@manistee.org

Pool Custodial

Larry Froncek, lfroncek@manistee.org

Custodial Substitute

Gary Sielski, gsielski@manistee.org

Paine Aquatic Center

Chris Zehner, Coordinator, czehner@manistee.org

Administrative Team

Principal: Shelly VanVoorst | svanvoorst@manistee.org
Assistant Principal: Beth Adams | eadams@manistee.org
Secretary: Kasandra Johnson | kkjohnson@manistee.org
Office Assistant/Secretary: Carly Liston | cliston@manistee.org

Instructional Staff

First Grade

Deb Erdman, derdman@manistee.org
Josh Smith jsmith@manistee.org 
Anna Thompson, athompson@manistee.org
Michelle Wilson,  mwilson@manistee.org

Second Grade

McAnn Bradford, mbradford@manistee.org
Cindy Matthes, cmatthes@manistee.org
Sarah Padgett, spadgett@manistee.org
Bryan Tomaszewski, btomaszewski@manistee.org

Third Grade 

Kelly Petersen, kpetersen@manistee.org
Tristan Baller, tballer@manistee.org
Kayla Szokola, kszokola@manistee.org
Leah Antal, lantal@manistee.org

Fourth Grade

Tina Mannon, tmannon@manistee.org 
Nicole Weaver, nweaver@manistee.org
William Edmondson, wedmondson@manistee.org

Fifth Grade

Rose Savela, rsavela@manistee.org 
Jaclyn Kaminski, jkaminski@manistee.org
Taylor Mellon, tmellon@manistee.org 
Tanya Hunter, thunter@manistee.org

Special Education

Emily Noteware, Special Education enoteware@manistee.org  
Jennifer Abel, Resource Room jabel@manistee.org
Chasity Gouker, Special Education  cgouker@manistee.org

Academic Support

Krista Bennett, Math Coach, kbennett@manistee.org
Cate Hollenback, 1-2 Interventionist, chollenback@manistee.org
Kelly Zimmerman, 3-5 Interventionist, kzimmerman@manistee.org
Deb Forward, Academic Specialist, dforward@manistee.org
Tamara Jackoviak, Academic Specialist tjackoviak@manistee.org

Specials

Sam Zeller, Elementary Coding szeller@manistee.org
Cassie Miller, Elementary PE/Health    cmmiller@manistee.org
Michael Rosteck, Elementary Art mrosteck@manistee.org
Amanda Feyen, Elementary Music afeyen@manistee.org
Ryan Biller, Instrumental Music rbiller@manistee.org

Parapros

Teri Barkholz tbarkholz@manistee.org
Vanessa Bergeman vbergeman@manistee.org
Ingrid Bond, ibond@manistee.org
Christina Delacruz, cdelacruz@manistee.org
Mirage DeLing  mdeling@manistee.org
Alyssa Hendges ahendges@manistee.org
Stephanie Johnson stephaniejohnson@manistee.org
Natalie Knickerbocker nknickerbocker@manistee.org
Sara Papes, spapes@manistee.org
Meredith Rose, mrose@manistee.org
Clay Slawinski, cslawinski@manistee.org
Stacey Smith ssmith@manistee.org

Behavioral Health Team

Olivia Nichols-Lenon, Behavioral Specialist, olenon@manistee.org
Stephanie Johnson, Behavioral Specialist, stephaniejohnson@manistee.org
Theresa Patnoude, Therapist, tpatnoude@manistee.org

School Custodial Team

Sue Steinberg, Head Custodian, ssteinberg@manistee.org
Sarah Picklesimer, Custodian, sspicklesimer@manistee.org
Avery Cook, Custodian, acook@manistee.org

Manistee Early Childhood Center Staff 

Andy Huber, Interim Principal, ahuber@manistee.org
Amy Miller, Secretary, amiller@manistee.org

Kindergarten Teachers

Crystal Harthun, charthun@manistee.org
Megan Lowe, mlowe@manistee.org
Cindy Lundberg, clundberg@manistee.org
Allison Veine, aveine@manistee.org
Jordan Riley, jriley@manistee.org

Student Services Teacher

Chastity Gouker, cgouker@manistee.org

Specials

Amanda Feyen, Music, afeyen@manistee.org
Cassie Miller, Physical Education, cmmiller@manistee.org
Kaitlyn Duke, Art, kduke@manistee.org
Laura Miller, Health/Wellness, lmiller@manistee.org

Parapros

Tiffany Bottrell, tbottrell@manistee.org
Kaitlyn Duke, kduke@manistee.org
Ashlee Gazda, agazda@manistee.org
Macie Miller, mgoodspeed@manistee.org
Rachel Lindeman, rlindeman@manistee.org

Behavioral Health Team

Stephanie Johnson, Behavioral Specialist, After School Care Assistant

Early Childhood Substitutes

Flynn Anderson, fanderson@manistee.org
Sadie Verheek, sverheek@manistee.org

Nicole Anisco, Manistee Early Childhood Program Director, nanisco@manistee.org

MAPS Great Start Readiness Program Staff - 231-398-3757

GSRP 1

Amy Brown, Lead Teacher, abrown@manistee.org
Brenda Struble, Associate Teacher, bstruble@manistee.org
Courtney Chandler, Assistant Teacher, cgibbs@manistee.org
Courtney Gibbs, Assistant, cgibbs@manistee.org

GSRP 2

Renee Turmel, Lead Teacher, rturmel@manistee.org
Nancy Zatarga, Associate Teacher,  nzatarga@manistee.org
Ashley Johnson, Assistant Teacher, akjohnson@manistee.org

GSRP 3

Lead Teacher: Posted 

Mini Mariners (age 3-4) - 231.398.3758

Sandy Ludwig, Lead Teacher, sludwig@manistee.org
Julie Zajac, Lead Teacher, jzajac@manistee.org
Shyan Mauntler, Assistant, smauntler@manistee.org
Natalie Beldo, Assistant, nbeldo@manistee.org

Infant Toddler (birth to age 2.9)

Amber Hiipakka, Lead Teacher, ahiipakka@manistee.org
Associate Teacher: TBD

Morning Care Staff - 231.723.9285

Ashley Johnson, Morning Care Lead, akjohnson@manistee.org
Brenda Struble, Morning Care Lead, bstruble@manistee.org
Ashley, Johnson, Associate Teacher, akjohnson@manistee.org
Tiffany Bottrell, Assistant, tbottrell@manistee.org
Rachel Lindeman, Assistant, rlindeman@manistee.org

After School Care Staff - 231.723.9285

Nicole Anciso, Lead Teacher, nanciso@manistee.org
Amber Hiipakka, Lead Teacher, ahiipakka@manistee.org
Ashlee Gazda, Assistant, agazda@manistee.org
Katie Henne, After School Care Assistant, khenne@manistee.org
Katilynn McDowell, Associate, kmcdowell@manistee.org
Jordan Riley, Associate, jriley@manistee.org
Donna Williams, Assistant, dwilliams@manistee.org

Summer Care - 231.723.9285

Nicole Anciso, Lead Teacher, nanciso@manistee.org
Amber Hiipakka, Lead Teacher, ahiipakka@manistee.org
Flynn Anderson, Care Associate, fanderson@manistee.org
Ashlee Gazda, Assistant, agazda@manistee.org
Katilynn McDowell, Associate, kmcdowell@manistee.org
Jordan Riley, Associate, jriley@manistee.org
Sadie Verheek, sverheek@manistee.org

School Custodial Team

Don Froncek, Head Custodian, dfroncek@manistee.org
Johnny Skocelas, Custodian, jskocelas@manistee.org

Nutrition Services

Bonnie Kruse, bkruse@manistee.org
Rich Koon, rkoon@manistee.org

Cecilia Lester,Licensed Masters of Social Work. Cecilia provides individual services at Manistee Middle & High School. Cecilia has experience supporting students in crisis and linking students to resources. This is Cecilia’s third year working with MAPS. clester@manistee.org

Katie Petoskey, Limited Licensed Masters of Social Work with School Social Worker Certificate. Katie is supporting Kennedy Elementary school students by providing individual therapy and leading Social Emotional Learning (SEL) groups. Katie completed an internship with the MAPS ISD and has a history of working with individuals in a school setting. kpetoskey@manistee.org

Theresa Patnoude, Licensed Professional Counselor.Trese Patnoude is a mental health therapist at both Kennedy Elementary and MMHS.  At Kennedy she works with children who are struggling with anger issues,  impulse control, self esteem, grief and loss, and relational aggression.  At MMHS she does a Vaping Education Group which is an alternative to suspension days.  In that group the students address peer pressure, the dangers of nicotine and THC in vapes, and how to overcome abuse and addiction.  She also sees students individually for counseling, and is trained in suicide prevention and CPI.  tpatnoude@manistee.org

Jordan Riley (formerly Jordan Johnson), Masters in Applied Behavioral Analysis. Jordan supports Jefferson Elementary school students with their skill development, collects data, manages crisis, and trains staff in evidence-based practices. Jordan has over 8 years of experience working with individuals with moderate to severe behavioral concerns. jordanriley@manistee.org

Julia Newell Behavioral Specialist at MMHS Julia supports the students of MMHS by analyzing data to create support plans, collaborating with teachers to establish sustainable solutions, and working with students individually to build key skills. All of her work is focused on developing skills for student growth and success. jnewell@manistee.org

Olivia Lenon Behavioral Specialist at Kennedy Elementary Olivia supports students at Kennedy with skill building, implementing behavior plans, collecting data, and managing crises. Olivia works with students both one-on-one and in SEL skills groups. Before joining the MAPS Behavior Team last year, Olivia was the SafeNet Prevention Specialist at Kennedy for several years. olenon@manistee.org

Stephanie Johnson Behavioral Specialist at Jefferson Elementary Stephanie is new to the team She is transitioning from 1:1 Paraprofessional to becoming a Skill Building Technician. She has experience with students needing extra support and she is working on obtaining my RBT Certification to better serve students at MAPS. stephaniejohnson@manistee.org

Chris Bigelow, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Licensed Professional Counselor.  Chris is the Director of the Behavioral Health Team and supports MAPS by providing case consultation, data analysis, developing behavior plans, assessing threats, providing Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training, and coordinating care. cbigelow@manistee.org

Cheryl Wolfram, Community Health Worker, Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc, cwolfram@nmhsi.org

Derrick Martinez, LLMSW, Behavioral Health Specialist, Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc, dmartinez@nmhsi.org

Alicia Harmon, Clinical Services Manager, Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc,  aharmon@nmhsi.org

Facilities Director

Josh Schubert, jschubert@manistee.org

Manistee Middle High School Custodial Team

Jeff Bowerman, Head Custodian, jbowerman@manistee.org
Steve Sciba, Custodian, ssciba@manistee.org
Nick Shedd, Custodian, nshedd@manistee.org
James Kropack, Custodian, jkropack@manistee.org

Manistee Elementary Custodial Team

Sue Steinberg, Head Custodian, ssteinberg@manistee.org
Sarah Picklesimer, Custodian, sspicklesimer@manistee.org
Avery Cook, Custodian, acook@manistee.org

Manistee Early Childhood Custodial Team

Don Froncek, Head Custodian, dfroncek@manistee.org
Johnny Skocelas, Custodian, jskocelas@manistee.org

Maintenance

Dave Rutowski, drutkowski@manistee.org
Mike VanDyke, mvandyke@manistee.org
Don Olk, dolk@manistee.org

Buildings & Grounds

Nate Cole, ncole@manistee.org

Pool Custodial

Larry Froncek, lfroncek@manistee.org

Custodial Substitute

Gary Sielski, gsielski@manistee.org