Rice Elementary School Classrooms and Staff

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Sue Paasch

Principal, Rice Elementary

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KINDERGARTEN

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Megan Dingmann

Kindergarten Teacher, Rice Elementary

Tina Douvier

Kindergarten Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Krista Heim

Kindergarten Teacher, Rice Elementary

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GRADE 1

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Sara Christensen

1st Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Brandon Sawyer

1st Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Lisa Yoerg

1st Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

GRADE 2

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Donna Buckner

2nd Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Stacy Konsor

2nd Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Megan Skogmo

2nd Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

GRADE 3

Kia Grindland

Grade 3 Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Melissa Johnson

3rd Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Emily Schiffler

3rd Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

GRADE 4

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Nancy Davis

4th Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Tara Vadnais

4th Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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GRADE 5

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Kelsey Bean

5th Grade Teacher, Rice Elementary

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DEPARTMENTS

Audrey Aspen

MUSIC AND ART, RICE ELEMENTARY

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Cheryl Carlson

Speech Language Teacher, Rice

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Crystal Davidson

Technology Integration Coach, Rice Elementary

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Rick Karsch

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Katherine Maas

Spanish Teacher, Rice Elementary

Kay Moon

Instructional Coach, Mississippi Heights/Pleasantview

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Mattea Moore

English as a Second Language Teacher, District

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Sharee Rask

Physical Education, Rice Elementary

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Dar Ripka

Media Secretary, Rice Elementary

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Ginger Voigt-Zabinski

Behavior Interventionist, Rice Elementary

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Annemary Wielkiewicz

School Psychologist

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Amy Woolsey

Instructional Math Coach, Mississippi Heights Elementary

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Shawn Hackett

Special Education, Rice Elementary

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Anita Janey

Special Education, Rice Elementary

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Annemarie Loehning

Special Education Teacher, Rice Elementary

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Tabitha Popp

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Shantal Spoden

Special Education Teacher, Rice Elementary School

Meghan Wiebe

Rice Elementary

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Carrie Zack

Speech, Rice Elementary

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Sandie Lahr

Language Arts Coach/Achieve Teacher, Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School

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Beth Lovdahl

Instruction Intervention Coach, Teaching and Learning

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Irene Wilcox

District High Potential Specialist

SUPPORT STAFF

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RoseMary Balkany

Michelle Dunn

Student Support, Rice Elementary

Matt Grams

Technology Support Specialist, Rice Elementary/Pleasantview Elementary

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Heather Hansmeier

Student Support, Rice Elementary School

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Janice Haus

Student Support, Rice Elementary

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Renae Huschle

Literacy and Lunch Paraprofessional, Rice Elementary

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Jacki Janski

Student Support, Rice Elementary

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Tiffany Klisch

Special Education Paraprofessional/Playground, Rice Elementary

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Sara Kruger

Special Education Paraprofessional, Rice Elementary

Kayla Line Photo

Kayla Line

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Joan Lyon

Food Service, Rice Elementary

Janice Martin Photo

Janice Martin

Student Support, Rice Elementary

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Amanda Nunez

Playground Paraprofessional, Rice Elementary

Judy Olson Photo

Judy Olson

Food Service, Rice Elementary

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Michael Olson

Custodian, Rice Elementary

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Anne Philabaum

Food Service, Rice Elementary

Lori Popp Photo

Lori Popp

Student Support, Rice Elementary

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Jennifer Shorter

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Mike Thompson

Head Custodian, Rice Elementary

Katherine Traut

Head Cook, Rice Elementary

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Shelly Zimmer

Student Support, Rice Elementary

ECFE Welcomes New Director

July 20, 2020

“I just can’t wait to get going!” Jill Tye is excited to learn and meet the staff, families and students in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm community in her new role as director of Sauk Rapids-Rice Public School’s Early Childhood and Family Education (ECFE) program. Karen Cash served as interim director during the 2019-2020 school year […]

Planning and Community Connections

July 15, 2020

Superintendent Brad Bergstrom began officially serving Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools on July 1, taking over for former Superintendent Aaron Sinclair. Although this is not his first transition into district leadership as a superintendent, Bergstrom’s first weeks in the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District certainly cannot be described as usual. He, like school leaders across the nation, […]

Students Win First Place and Top Honors in Competition

June 1, 2020

For the past three years, the Sauk Rapids-Rice High School geography program has participated in a statewide competition through ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute), submitting five ninth-grade students’ projects each year. The projects consist of researching a topic within the state of Minnesota and then creating mappable data that explains the information through a story […]

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