Veritas School - Elementary Faculty | Veritas School

Elementary Faculty

Kami McNeill

Kindergarten | A.E.P.

kmcneill@veritasschool.net

Heather Olander

First Grade

holander@veritasschool.net

Elizabeth Arciga

Second Grade

earciga@veritasschool.net

Ann Lynch

Third Grade

alynch@veritasschool.net

Alissa LaBrie

Fourth Grade

alabrie@veritasschool.net

Maddie Desmond

Fifth Grade

mdesmond@veritasschool.net

Ken McChesney

Sixth Grade

kmcchesney@veritasschool.net

Jennifer Sahli

6th Grade Math

jsahli@veritasschool.net

Jeana Linhart

K-4 Art

jlinhart@veritasschool.net

Diane Wiser

5-6 Art

dwiser@veritasschool.net

Marj Hegeman

Music & Choir

mhegeman@veritasschool.net

P.E.

Luba Lee

Elementary Aide

Desiree Leahy

Elementary Aide

Secondary Faculty

Jeff Adams

Math, Theology, College Advising, Dean of Culture & Community

jadams@veritasschool.net

Anna Danese

Humanities, History of Natural Science, Senior Leadership, House System Advisor

adanese@veritasschool.net

Adam Fitch

Theology, Cross Country

afitch@veritasschool.net

Adina Jones

Science

ajones@veritasschool.net

Daniel Jones

Math

djones@veritasschool.net

Ericka Kencke

French

ekencke@veritasschool.net

Geary Linhart

Rhetoric, Letters, Theology, Speech & Debate Coach

glinhart@veritasschool.net

Bryan Lynch

Humane Letters, Rhetoric

blynch@veritasschool.net

Ken McChesney

Cross Country Coach

kmcchesney@veritasschool.net

Sally Mehler

Music

smehler@veritasschool.net

Emily Shelton

Humanities, Art History, Latin

eshelton@veritasschool.net

Joshua Smith

Humane Letters, Latin, Greek

jsmith@veritasschool.net

Ginger Teller

Algebra

gteller@veritasschool.net

Lisa Thoele

Advanced Biology

lthoele@veritasschool.net

Mark Wagner

7th-10th P.E.

mwagner@veritasschool.net

Diane Wiser

Art, Art History

dwiser@veritasschool.net

Administration

Bryan Lynch

Headmaster

blynch@veritasschool.net

Todd Harris

Head Lower School

tharris@veritasschool.net

Marsha Ackerlund

Business Manager

bmanager@veritasschool.net

Carrie Adams

Director of Admissions

cadams@veritasschool.net

Annette Gardiner

Registrar, IT, Facilities, Administrative Assistant

agardiner@veritasschool.net

Sheila Huber

Front Office, Purchasing

shuber@veritasschool.net

Patricia Richey

Front Office, Field Trip Coordinator

prichey@veritasschool.net

Chris Roe

Bookkeeper

croe@veritasschool.net

Jennifer Sahli

Volunteer Coordinator

jsahli@veritasschool.net

Substitute Coordinator

Jessica Brittell

Verbatim Editor

jbrittell@veritasschool.net

Shelley Reimer

Auction Coordinator

auctionchair@veritasschool.net

Drew Ackerlund

Facilities Foreman

5th Grade Teacher

After graduating with my BSBA in accounting, I earned my CPA and have now worked almost six years in both public and private accounting. It’s been an amazing opportunity to learn a useful profession and fine-tune my organizational and leadership skills. However, during this time, the Lord began tugging my heart in a different direction. For years, I have taught and tutored on the side and have found it to be highly rewarding and enjoyable. Besides being a lot of fun, tutoring offers me a little window into each student’s world, where I can speak truth and encouragement into their lives. Over time, God has turned my love of teaching into a calling, and I am thrilled to begin my teaching career at Veritas!

Outside of work, I’m a high school counselor and Sunday school helper at our local church. My favorite thing to do is to spend time with my wonderful family; as the second oldest of eight siblings, I am blessed with seven best friends! We love to go on adventures, hang out and talk, and just share life together. Two of my most surprising adventures of 2019 have been learning to ski and going on my first police ride along. Life stays exciting.