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Staff Bios
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Our Staff:
| Principal Maggie Geilenfeldt Mrs. Geilenfeldt recieved her BS in Physical Education/Health from Minnesota State University. She taught five years in North Carolina and Minnesota, and then spent twenty years in government service in education. She also has spent five years as an administrator/teacher in Ohio. Also, twenty-five years in coaching soccer and softball in numerous leagues. |
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| Office Manager Michelle Zulfer Mrs. Zulfer currently serves as the school's office manager as well as Spanish instructor for the 1st-4th grade students. Mrs. Zulfer is married and has two daughters who both attend Bethlehem. |
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| Preschool Teacher Darlene Pluger Mrs. Darlene Pluger has over 20 years experience as a preschool teacher. Mrs. Pluger is a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She lives in Beavercreek and enjoys reading and antiquing but her favorite pastime is being with her 2 grandchildren, Sean & Shelby. Mrs. Pluger is looking forward to a wonderful year here at Bethlehem. |
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| Preschool Aide Bonnie Fugate Mrs. Fugate graduated from Sinclair Community College with an AA in Manual Communication (Sign Language). She has worked as an interpreter for deaf students in Dayton Public Schools for four years. She also worked as secretary at Bethlehem Lutheran Church for nine years and in 2000 started working at Bethlehem as a preschool aide. She also taught Sign Language in 2003 and most recently in the current school year added Art. She is married with a son and a daughter. What she says about working at Bethlehem, "After working in the public school system I felt the need to work in a Christian environment. I truly felt that God was leading me to Bethlehem and when a position became available I applied." |
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| Kindergarten Teacher Carol Houtler Mrs. Houtler attended Lutheran College in Bronxville, New York and Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia where received a BS in Elementary Education. Her initial teaching experience was in a Private Academy and then taught many years at Trinity Lutheran School in Norfolk, Virginia (fourth/fifth/sixth grades) as well as obtaining additional experience with second grade, preschool and kindergarten. This is the second year of teaching kindergarten at Bethlehem. She is married and has family in Virginia. She enjoys reading and taking care of her birds. What she says about working at Bethlehem: "I chose to be at Bethlehem because I feel spreading the news of Jesus is so important." |
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| 1st Grade Teacher Paula Versen Mrs. Versen attended Concordia Lutheran College in Austin, Texas and received an Associates Degree. Then attended Concordia Teacher's College in Seward, Nebraska and received a BS in Education with a major in Mathematics. Before she came to Bethlehem she worked as a second grade teacher in two schools, Admissions Counselor, Third/Fourth Grade Teacher, Kindergarten Teacher, Substitute Teacher, and First/Second Grade Teacher positions. She is married and has been blessed with four children. What she says about working at Bethlehem, "I enjoy teaching in a Lutheran School and when my past school closed I applied and was accepted here at Bethlehem." |
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| 2nd Grade Teacher Diane Pitstick Mrs. Pitstick grew up in a small town in southern Indiana in a family of which she was one of five daughters. She met her husband Jeff at college and they are the very proud parents of two beautiful daughters as well as being blessed with a large extended family with lots of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Mrs. Pitstick graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown College (Ky.) and received a Masters degree from Indiana University Southeast. She first began her career at Cedar Cliff Elementary as a Remedial Reading teacher with Kindergarten through sixth grade students. Since then, Mrs. Pitstick has taught second grade at St. Mary’s (New Albany, Indiana), St. Peter School (Huber Heights), and spent many years at Mary, Help of Christians School. While at Mary Help, she taught second grade, first grade, and a combined first and second grade classroom. She is a member of Mary, Help of Christians Church. Mrs. Pitstick is an avid reader. She enjoys traveling around the country with her family and collecting antiques. She also loves to spend time working outside with her flowers or just sitting outside with her numerous cats and dogs enjoying a beautiful sunset. Mrs. Pitstick feels privileged to be able to work with children and to have a job that is a new and different adventure every day, helping students as they become more productive in living their faith. She is excited about having the opportunity to be a part of the Bethlehem Lutheran community and she looks forward to meeting new people and making lasting friendships. |
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| 3rd Grade Teacher Stacy Popp Ms. Popp received her Associates of Arts in 2006 and her Bachelors of Science in Early Childhood Education in June of 2010 from the University of Cincinnati. As a part of the University of Cincinnati’s teaching program, Ms. Popp had the wonderful opportunity to student teach for three different school districts in Cincinnati. Her experiences included working one quarter at Holly Hill Elementary as a preschool teacher, Seipelt Elementary as a kindergarten teacher, and Indian Hill Primary School as a 1st grade teacher. While enrolled in college full-time, Ms. Popp was a nanny for seven years. She has also coached Junior Olympic volleyball for the Mizuno Cincy Classics for the past five years. Ms. Popp is currently pursuing an endorsement to teach 4th and 5th grade through the University of Cincinnati’s online program. In addition, she has applied to Wright State University and intends to pursue her Master’s Degree in Early Intervention. She is very excited to be here and is looking forward to a fantastic school year. |
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| 4th Grade Teacher Betsy Hulslander Mrs. Hulslander graduated from Augustana College with majors in Accounting and English. After working as an accountant, full time mom, classroom volunteer, and library clerk, she returned to school at the University of Dayton to get her teacher’s license. Starting in 1996 she taught at the Lutheran School of the Miami Valley for 12 years and is currently the fourth and fifth grade teacher. A longtime member of Peace Lutheran Church, Betsy also enjoys reading, sewing, traveling with her family, and playing Wii Fit. Mrs. Hulslander is delighted to be part of Bethlehem’s Christian family as well as to join in continuing the school’s academic success. |
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| 5th-8th Grade Math and Social Studies Teacher Kate Duncan Mrs. Duncan will be the 5th-8th Grade Math and Social Studies teacher.Mrs. Duncan has been married for 5 years and has been teaching for 6 years. She has a BA in Elementary/Middle Education from Concordia University Wisconsin. She also holds a Masters of Science in Integrating Technology in the Classroom through Walden University. Mrs. Duncan and her husband have 2 dogs named Sue and Thor. They are the stars of her story "The Adventures of Thor the Thunderdog and Sue-Sue the Great" which was published this past summer. Mrs. Duncan says that she feels so blessed to have the privilege to teach at Bethlehem Lutheran School and to share the Gospel and the Grace we live in every day with her students. |
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| Language Arts/Reading/Music/Band/Yearbook Teacher Heather McGee Mrs. McGee will be the Reading/Language Arts teacher for the 8th grade and the language arts teacher for the 6-7 grade. She will also teach all music, band, and yearbook classes. Mrs. McGee was born and raised in Titusville, Pennsylvania. She headed to Alliance, Ohio, to attend Mount Union College; graduating in 1983 with her bachelor’s degree in communications and English. Heather says she was sure she was going to be the next great investigative journalist. Woodward and Bernstein, step aside! After a strong dose of reality and months of soul searching, she says she had the good sense to do what her heart had been insisting on all along. She returned to Mount Union and earned her teaching certification. She began her public school teaching career at Piqua High School, teaching English and journalism. Three years later, she followed her sweetheart to San Antonio, Texas. There, she enjoyed five years teaching English at Southwest High School to freshmen and juniors, regular, honors, and gifted & talented classes. She then served as the writing specialist at McAuliffe Middle School in the same school district. When Heather's husband, Bill, took a position at Wright Patterson AFB in early 1999, she found herself back in a familiar part of the country. She had the rare and wonderful opportunity to be the Director of Operations at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery in Dayton. After a few years, Heather decided to stay at home with her children, a chance she knew she'd only get once. Once her children were both in school, Heather decided that it was time for her to get back into the classroom every day. She is the current language arts teacher for the 6/7/8 grades as well as the music teacher and band teacher for grades 4-8. Squeezed into all of this, she still finds a bit of time to be an educational consultant for Usborne Books. Heather and her family are members of Peace Lutheran Church in Beavercreek. She participate in weekly women’s Bible studies and is active in both children’s and music ministry. One of her favorite and most fulfilling events is their annual Vacation Bible School for which she is the storyteller. She also loves playing French horn in her church's brass choir. I am looking forward to my time at Bethlehem Lutheran School. My prayer is that we face hard work with perseverance and that we experience and learn together with joy. |
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| 6th/7th/8th Grade Science Teacher Mary Lou RizzotteMrs. Rizzotte received her BS in Biology at Wright State University. Her teaching licensure is from Antioch-Mcgregor. She has four years experience teaching 7-10 Science and Biology. Mary Lou is married to Sam and has four children. She is an active member of Risen Christ MS Lutheran Church. “I look forward to sharing with young adults God’s daily miracles of life such as photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and the creation of Earth.” |
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| Art Teacher Teresa RothMrs. Roth is the K-8 grade art teacher. She grew up in Beavercreek Ohio and graduated from there in 1981. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Mitch, for 29 years. They have two daughters who are 26 and 28 years old. They have a grandson who is 5 and a granddaughter who is 2 years old. Mrs. Roth has an Associate degree in Fine and Performing Arts from Sinclair Community College where she received numerous art awards. She is currently a senior at Wright State University with a goal of obtaining a B.A. degree in art education. Before coming to Bethlehem, Mrs. Roth worked as an administrative assistant at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery. Along with creating artwork, she enjoys gardening, reading, hiking, and bike riding. Mrs. Roth says she is excited, thankful, and blessed to have this opportunity to enhance and learn from the young creative minds of Bethlehem Lutheran School. |
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| 5th grade Reading & Lang. Arts/6-7 grade Reading/SigmaTeacher Susan BlackmanMrs. Blackman is our 5th grade reading and language arts teacher, our 6-7 grade reading teacher, and our Sigma Teacher. She is entering her 21st year of teaching, and has held several positions as a K-8th grade teacher. Mrs. Blackman received her Bachelor of Arts degree in education from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. After receiving her degree, she worked for the Gig Harbor, Washington School System for 9 years as a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher. She married her husband, Jim, at that time, and lived in Tacoma for several more years while her husband was stationed at McChord AFB as a C-141 pilot. During that time her daughters, Rebecca and Amy were born and she decided to take a short break from teaching to stay home and raise her daughters. During this time the family also spent several years living in Fairfield, California, and Susan became very active in PTO and other school and church-related volunteer activities in the community where their lived. The family was transferred to WPAFB in 1998 and currently live in Beavercreek. They are members of the St. Luke Catholic Church in Beavercreek, where Mrs. Blackman spent 5 years teaching 3rd grade catechism classes. Her daughters are now in college, and Rebecca (22) is a recent graduate of the University of Dayton and is planning to attend Wright State Graduate School to pursue studies to become a nurse practitioner. Amy (19) will be a sophomore at the University of Cincinnati this fall, and is studying education. Her husband Jim is retired from the Air Force after serving for 37 years, and is now a volunteer docent at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patt. Mrs. Blackman has worked as a teacher in the Beavercreek City Schools for the past 11 years and held several long-term substituting positions in the K-8th grade, in addition to being an Intervention Achievement Test Tutor at the elementary level for the past 6 years. She received her Reading Specialist degree from the University of Dayton last spring and is certified as a reading teacher for the K-12th grade. Her hobbies include traveling, quilting and gardening. She also enjoys acquiring new flowers for her perennial garden if anyone has some to share! Mrs. Blackman says she is, “so impressed with the caring nature of the staff towards every single student in Bethlehem. I know I will enjoy the close-knit atmosphere and looking forward to really getting to know each of my students.” |
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| 5-8 grade Spanish Teacher Jen StemenMrs. Stemen is the current 5-8 grade Spanish teacher. She is married with 2 children who attend Bethlehem Lutheran School. |
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