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Meet our Staff

Pastoral Leadership

Rev.  David Gross
Pastor of St. Mary's
616-842-1702 ext. 101
dgross@stmarysl.org
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Deputy Corey Allard
School Liaison Deputy

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Administrative Staff

Steve VanHammen
Principal   
616-842-1282 ext. 201
svanhammen@stmarysl.org
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Mary Peel
Administrative Assistant
616-842-1282 ext. 202
mpeel@stmarysl.org
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Carol Payne
School Secretary
616-842-1282 ext. 200
cpayne@stmarysl.org
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Preschool

​Kara Polega
​Preschool Director     
 616-842-1282 ext. 230
 kpolega@stmarysl.org
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Cathy Carey
Preschool Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 231
ccarey@stmarysl.org
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​Patti Bernesser
Preschool Aide
616-842-1282 ext. 230
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Elementary School Teachers

​Megan Johnson
Kindergarten Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 210
mjohnson@stmarysl.org
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 Jill Conroy 
​Kindergarten Aide     
616-842-1282 ext. 210
jconroy@stmarysl.org
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Jan Bator
First Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 211
​ jbator@stmarysl.org
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Jennifer Sakel
First Grade Aide
616-842-1282 ext. 211
jsakel@stmarysl.org
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Meredith Skorupski
Second Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 212
​mskorupski@stmarysl.org
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Christine Fojtik 
Second Grade Aide
616-842-1282 ext. 212
​cfojtik@stmarysl.org
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Tricia Suchecki
Third Grade Teacher
​616-842-1282 ext. 213
 tsuchecki@stmarysl.org
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​Alissa Mullally
Fourth Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext  214
​amullally@stmarysl.org
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Middle School Teachers

Rachel Derck 
Fifth Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 215
rderck​@stmarysl.org
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Elizabeth Rhein 
Sixth Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 216
​erhein@stmarysl.org
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Amy Giroux 
Seventh Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ​ext. 217
agiroux@stmarysl.org
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Bryan Celano
Eighth Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ​ext. 218
bcelano@stmarysl.org
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Rhonda Michels
Resource Room  
616-842-1282 ​ext. 219
rmichels@stmarysl.org
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Julia Osterman
Art
616-842-1282 ​ext. 221
josterman@stmarysl.org
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Lindsey Gillespie
Computer Lab  
616-842-1282 ​ext. 220 
​lgillespie@stmarysl.org
​BIO

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Shawnda Draeger​
Band/K-5 Music & Choir
616-842-1282 ext. 222
sdraeger@stmarysl.org
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Frank Rytlewski
Physical Education
616-842-1282 ext. 223
 frytlewski@stmarysl.org
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Extension

Nicole Stroven 
​Extension Coordinator
616-842-1282  ext. 232
​nstroven@stmarysl.org 
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Josephine Safranski
Extension
616-842-1282 ext. 232

​Katie Carlson
Extension
616-842-1282 ext. 232
​BIO

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Other Resources

Tanya Kval
Director Food Service
616-846-4620 or
616-842-1282 ext. 240
​ tkval@stmarysl.org
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​Laura McKenna 
​Kitchen
616-842-1282 ext. 240
lmckenna@stmarysl.org
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 Jennifer Grossman
Scrip Coordinator
616-842-1702​ ext. 260
scrip@stmarysl.org 
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Earl Martin 
Plant Manager
 616-842-1702 ext. 228 
emartin@stmarysl.org
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Joel Epplett 
​Maintenance Staff
616-842-1702 ext. 110 
jepplett@stmarysl.org
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Ryan Thompson 
​Maintenance Staff
616-842-1702 ext. 117
rthompson@stmarysl.org
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Chris Fojtik
Student Council
616-842-1282  
cfojtik@stmarysl.org
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Kate Zick
PTO Chair
 616-844-1240 ​
stmarypto@stmarysl.org
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​Laura McKenna
Athletic Director
616-842-1282
l_mckenna@hotmail.com
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