Staff


Office Staff:

 

Jeanna Fiala
Principal 
jfiala@gips.org 

   

Sandra Buhrman
Secretary
sbuhrman@gips.org 

 


 

Jennifer Moreno
Nurse
jmoreno@gips.org

 
       

 

Kindergarten:

 

Leah Faltin
Kindergarten
lfaltin@gips.org

 

Lanae Minton
Kindergarten
lminton@gips.org 

 

Ms. Patterson
Kindergarten 
apatters@gisp.org 

First Grade:

 

Julie Armstrong
First Grade
jarmstro@gips.org

 

Vernelle Miles
First Grade
vmiles@gips.org 

 

Cheri Felton
First Grade
cfelton@gips.org

Second Grade: 

 

Rita Hand
Second Grade
rhand@gips.org 

 

Holli Hodson
Second Grade
hhodson@gips.org 

  Jason Zelasney
Second Grade
jzelasne@gips.org

 Third Grade:

 

Jill Corman
Third Grade
jcorman@gips.org 


 

Kelley Hendrickson
Third Grade
khendric@gips.org

   

 Fourth Grade:

 

Chelsey Bartels
Fourth Grade
cbartels@gips.org

 

Chris Wykoff
Fourth Grade 
cwycoff@gips.org 

   

 Fifth Grade:

 

Lisa Cunningham
Fifth Grade
lcunning@gips.org 

 

Jan Vavricek
Fifth Grade 
jvavrice@gips.org 

   

 Specialists:

 

Coleen Bandemer
Special Education 
cbandeme@gips.org 

 

Lisa Scheider
Special Education 
lschneid@gips.org 

 


 

Kellie Prather
ELL
kprather@gips.org

 

Carolyn Johnson
ELL
cjohnson@gips.org 

 

Rebecca Wilhelmi
ELL
rwilhelm@gips.org 

 

Angie Roby
Integration Specialist
aroby@gips.org 

 

Kelly Simmons
Guidance Counselor
ksimmons@gips.org

 

Amy Hanna
Social Worker
ahanna@gips.org 

 

Linda McConnel
ER 1 
lmcconn@gips.org 

 

Becky Whipple
Speech Pathologist
bwhipple@gips.org 

 

Kathy Kaup
Lunch Coordinator
kkaup@gips.org 


 

Emily Brady
Vocal Music
ebrady@gips.org

 

Christa Speed
Orchestra
cspeed@gips.org 

 

Tony Richling
Band
trichlin@gips.org 

 

Matt Sedivy
Physical Education
msedivy@gips.org

       

 Support Staff:

Heather Thornton
Technology Assistant
athorton@gips.org


 

Brissa Borjas
Para Professional
besparza@gips.org 

 

Judy Taylor
Para Professional
jtaylor@gips.org 

 

 

Shannon Hayman

Para Professional
shayman@gips.org

 

 

Maria Parra
Para Professional 
mparra@gips.org 

 



Charlene Emery
Para Professional
cemery@gips.org  

 

Becky Smith
Nutrition Services
bsmith@gips.org 

 

 

Jaime Lange
Nutrition Services
jlange@gips.org


Doris Kraus
Foster Grandparent
dkraus@gips.org
  Cheryl Danek
Para Professional
  Carolyn Janssen
Foster Grandparent
   
 

 

 
Marge Husak
Nutrition Services

 

 

 

Paul Galles
Head Custodian
pgalles@gips.org 


  Clyde Ganow
Assistant Custodian

 

Jefferson Elementary School
1314 West 7th Street
Grand Island, NE  68801
Phone:  308.385.5922
Fax:     308.385.5711
Jeanna Fiala, Principal

For more information, email webmaster 

  • Kneale Administration Building
  • 123 South Webb Road, Box 4904
  • Grand Island, NE 68802-4904
  • Phone: 308 385-5900
  • Fax: 308 385-5949
  • For further information email Web Master.