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"...good teaching involves five dimensions: entering the child's world, exploring that world with the child, introducing the child to the adult world, "working" in the world, and searching for meaning." (George)

Wendy Winchel (Ms. J)
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Wendy is the administrator of WVMS and she is also a main facilitator. She leads the South Community with Ms.P, helps facilitate and creates the school's curriculum. She and Ms. P have worked together for many years along with several of the other staff. The two started the ideas we use here at WVMS seven years before we achieved magnet status and moved to Kingston.
Lisa Peterson (Ms. P)
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Lisa is a main facilitator for the South Community. She assists in school wide curriculum development. She also supports the center kids and the cafe/garden exploratory. She and Ms. J have been working together for approximately 13 years. They started a K-5 community that existed as a school within a school at the old Kenwood building before moving to the WVMS site.
Lisa Connolly (Mrs. Connolly)
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Lisa is a support specialist and also assists the office team. She works with both the North and South Communities. She is also a long time parent, her three daughters have attended WVMS. If you have any questions, Lisa is the lady to talk to!
Bart Marckette (Bart)
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Bart is the engineer at WVMS.
Colleen Dempsey (Ms. D)
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Colleen is a facilitator (inclusion specialist) in the North & South Communities. She helps facilitate and create school wide curriculum. Her other focus areas include the the emergent students ages 5-8 (Center Kids), technology and school wide assessment.
Leslie Freeman (Mr. Freeman)
Contact Leslie Freeman
Leslie is a support facilitator for both the North and South Communities. He specializes in school wide technology and our amazing garden. He is a 'jack of all trades', spending much of his day supporting all students with many different tasks.
Greg Bueker (Mr. Bueker)
Contact Greg Bueker
Greg is a facilitator in the North & South Communities. He spends most of his day with the elder students. His specialty is in science, which he helps implement along with the design technology curriculum. He also leads many of the school exploratories, which include backpacking and mountain biking.
Wanda Wenick (Ms. Wanda)
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Wanda, known by the kids as Ms. Wanda is part of the WVMS support staff. She is always out and about helping everyone.
Patrick Bluhm (Mr. Bluhm)
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Patrick facilitates in the South Community. He focuses his time on school wide community service the adventure learning program.

Jill Moore (Ms. Jill)
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Jill is a facilitator for the North Community.

Teri Johnson (Ms. Teri)
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Teri is a facilitator for the North Community. She helps support school wide curriculum and fitness. Teri started just as a parent with her two kids in Ms. P and J's classroom and has now joined the team as a facilitator.
Anne Thom (Ms. Anne)
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Anne runs the school office and answers questions from families and the local community. She spent her childhood in Bend and graduated from Mountain View High School. Outside school Anne enjoys roller derby, creative writing, cooking, making jewelry, and several outdoor activities.
Leah Parsons (Ms. Leah)
Contact Leah Parsons
Leah is a facilitator for the North & South Communities. She spends most of her day with the elder students. She specializes in math and science. She supports fitness and exploratories such as mountain biking.
Rebecca Easton (Ms. Rebecca)
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Rebecca designs and implements the school-wide Spanish program, and supports literacy development, especially among emergent readers. She also supports curriculum in both the north and south communities, working with students at all levels.
Gabe Linn (Mr. Gabe)
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Gabe is a facilitator for the North Community.
Maggie Harlow (Ms. Maggie)
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Maggie is a facilitator for the South Community.
Matt Price (Mr. Matt)
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Matt is part of the WVMS support staff.
Felicia Anderson (Ms. Felicia)
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Felicia is the media manager at WVMS.
Trish Morse (Ms. Trish)
Contact Trish Morse
Trish is a facilitator (inclusion specialist) in the North & South Communities. Her focus area is the emergent students ages 5-8 (Center Kids).
Jennifer Edwards
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Jennifer runs the preschool program at WVMS.
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