Meet Plum City schools’ new staff members

Posted 9/27/22

PLUM CITY – Plum City School District has welcomed  several  new  stau  members  in  the  first  few  weeks of the 2022-23 school year. Learn more about them here: Annita Cripe Position: …

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Meet Plum City schools’ new staff members

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PLUM CITY – Plum City School District has welcomed  several  new  stau  members  in  the  first  few  weeks of the 2022-23 school year. Learn more about them here: Annita Cripe

Position: Middle/high school special education paraprofessional Experience: This is my first  year  with  Plum  City  or  in a school position.

Hobbies/interests: We like to go camping, hunting, fishing and taking in the rest  of the outdoors. I also enjoy watching my children play sports for our very own EPC  Wolves, gardening, reading and spending time with our dogs.

Family: I am a wife and mom of four.

What are you most looking forward to this year?

I am very excited and can’t wait to meet all the students.

Kevin Fosado

Position: PK-12 choral music teacher

Hometown: Fond du Lac Education: UW-Eau  Claire. This will be my first  year teaching music as I just graduated in May 2022.

Hobbies/interests: Music has always been a huge part of my life as long as I can remember. I started playing the violin when I was 12 and joined choir when I was in high school. When I was in high school, I discovered that my passion for music was more than just singing in a choir, but to teach others to see the beauty in learning about music. My main instrument is my voice, but I also love to perform with my violin for concerts and at church.

In my free time I like working on home projects, cooking and spending time with my family. I also sing in a choir called Chorale a Nouveau, where I can continue to share my love of singing.

What are you most looking forward to this year? I am so thrilled to teach music here at Plum City and share my love of music with the community!

Julie Gore

Position: Fourth grade teacher

Experience: I’ve been a teacher of third, fourth and fifth-graders  (all  the  best  ages!)

Hobbies/interests: I love to ride horse, camp, travel, garden, swim and spend time with my two ridgeback dogs. I also love to hang out with my nieces and nephews and grandkids. I live on a farm, so I have the opportunity to see lots of wildlife and birds!

What are you most looking forward to this year? I’m very excited to join the Plum City teaching team and can’t wait to meet students and families!

Becky Hudson

Position: K-12 art teacher Hometown: Presently live in Spring Valley

Experience: I have been in the teaching field for sev eral years and I come with a wide variety of experiences. I have taught in California and Oregon, as well as Baldwin, Boyceville and Spring Valley.

Hobbies/interests: We enjoy bike riding, camping, gardening and creating. We live on a small hobby farm with goats, chickens, ducks, dogs, cats and a donkey.

Family: My husband and I have two elementary-aged daughters.

What are you looking forward to most this year? What I can tell so far, Plum City seems like a great place to be!

Haley Huppert

Position: 4K teacher Experience: This will be  my  first  year  teaching  in  Plum City; last year I was in New Richmond as a longterm sub in a kindergarten classroom and teaching in special education rooms as well.

Hobbies/interests: I enjoy gardening, reading books, hunting, snowmobiling and spending time with family and friends.

Family: I have two younger brothers and a sister and I have a cat named Bandit.

What are you most looking forward to this year? I look forward to being a part of the community and School District of Plum City and making  a  diuerence  in  stu dents’ lives!

Lauren Johnson

Position: Third grade teacher

Hometown: Hudson Education: UW-Eau 

Claire

Hobbies/interests: In my free time I enjoy anything outdoors. On the weekends, I love to go camping and spend time at my cabin.

Family: I have two brothers and am recently engaged.

What are you most looking forward to this year? I am so excited to create lifelong relationships.

Angie Laehn

Position: 6-12 Dean of Students/district assessment coordinator Hometown: Pepin Education: UW-River Falls, College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.

Experience: I was the middle  level  ELA  teacher  here for 29 years then spent two years the last two years in Durand teaching writing to sixth and eighth graders.

Hobbies/interests: My husband and I enjoy camping, traveling, reading, the Brewers and time with family and friends.

Family: We have two daughters who are both nurses. One is married and we are looking forward to adding another son this February.

What are you most looking forward to this year? I am looking forward to reconnecting with students, families, colleagues and the community in Plum City.

Leah Milliren

Position: Paraprofessional

Hometown: Plum City Debra Ottman

Position: Food and consumer science teacher

Hometown: Ellsworth

Renee Peterson

Position: District bookkeeper

Hometown: Ellsworth

Education: Minnesota State College Southeast, Winona Experience: Prescott School District, St. Croix and Pierce counties What drew you to the field of education? I wanted to be a teacher when I was younger but I liked numbers more.

Wayne A. Radle

Position: Middle/high school special education teacher Hometown: Arkansaw Education: UW-Eau 

Claire

Hobbies/interests: I love the outdoors and watching all kinds of sports.

Family: I love to be living with and taking care of my 89-year-old father.

What are you most looking forward to this year? Since I used to teach here years ago teaching fifth  grade, and now I’m MS/HS sped, I’m looking forward to learning this new position.