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Meet our Staff

Pastoral Leader

Rev. William R. Vander Werff, Pastor
616- 842-1702 ext. 101
​pastor@stmarysl.org
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Administrative Staff

Kathleen Doyle
Principal   
616-842-1282 ext. 201
kdoyle@slstm.org
BIO

Meaghan French
​School Secretary
616-842-1282 ext. 200
mfrench@slstm.org
​BIO

Mary Peel
School Business Manager
616-842-1282 ext. 202
mpeel@slstm.org
BIO

Carol Payne
Director,  Marketing and Development
616-842-1282 ext. 205
c: 616-402-4597
cpayne@slstm.org
BIO

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Preschool

Rachel Mouradian
​Preschool Director and KPrep Teacher
 616-842-1282 ext. 230
 kpolega@slstm.org
BIO

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Melissa Hughes
Preschool 3s and 4s Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 231
​mhughes@slstm.org
BIO

Josephine Safranski
​Preschool Aide
​M-F
616-842-1282 ext. 230
jsafranski@slstm.org
BIO

Candice Kilmon
​Preschool Plus Teacher
616-842-1282  ext. 232
​BIO

Courtney Engel
Preschool Aide
M, W, Fri (a.m.)
616-842-1282
BIO

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Elementary School Teachers

​Megan Johnson
Kindergarten Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 210
mjohnson@slstm.org
BIO

 Jill Conroy 
​Kindergarten Paraprofessional    
616-842-1282 ext. 210
jconroy@slstm.org
BIO

Kara Polega
First Grade Teacher
​616-842-1282 ext. 211
kpolega@slstm.org
BIO

Jan Bator
First Grade Paraprofessional
616-842-1282 ext. 211
​ jbator@slstm.org
BIO

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Meredith Skorupski
Second Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext. 212
​mskorupski@slstm.org
BIO 

Kristen Childress
2nd Grade Paraprofessional
616-842-1282 ext. 212
kchildress@slstm.org
BIO

Tricia Suchecki
Third Grade Teacher
​616-842-1282 ext. 213
 tsuchecki@slstm.org
BIO   

​Alissa Mullally
Fourth Grade Teacher
616-842-1282 ext  214
​amullally@slstm.org
BIO

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Middle School Teachers

Rachel Derck 
5th Grade and
​Middle School Math
616-842-1282 ext. 215
rderck​@slstm.org
BIO

Elizabeth Rhein 
6th Grade and
​Middle School Language Arts
616-842-1282 ext. 216
​erhein@slstm.org
BIO

Bridget Bevins
​7th Grade and Spanish 
616-842-1282
bbevins@slstm.org
BIO     

Bryan Celano
8th Grade and
​Middle School Social Studies
616-842-1282 ​ext. 218
bcelano@slstm.org
BIO

Amy Giroux 
Middle School Science and
​Catechetical Coach
616-842-1282 ​ext. 217
agiroux@slstm.org
BIO

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Rhonda Michels
Student Support Coordinator
616-842-1282 ​ext. 219
rmichels@slstm.org
BIO 

Maureen Turner
Student Support ​Educator
616-842-1282 ​ext. 
mturner@slstm.org
BIO 

Hadley O'Brien
Art
616-842-1282 ​ext. 221
hobrien@slstm.org
BIO

Lindsey Gillespie
Technology 
616-842-1282 ​ext. 220 
​lgillespie@slstm.org
​BIO

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Katherine Rodriguez
K-4 Music/Band/Choir
616-842-1282
khollemans@slstm.org
BIO     

Frank Rytlewski
Physical Education
616-842-1282 ext. 223
 frytlewski@slstm.org
BIO

Dave Giroux
Paraprofessional
616-842-1282

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Extension

Candice Kilmon
Childcare Director
616-842-1282  ext. 232
​BIO

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

Arockie Christopher
Extension  Assistant
616-842-1282 ext. 232
BIO

Ishara Struntz
Extension  Assistant
616-842-1282 ext. 232
istruntz@slstm.org
BIO

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Other Resources

Tanya Kval
Director Lunch Program
616-846-4620 or
616-842-1282 ext. 240
​ tkval@slstm.org
​BIO

​Laura McKenna 
Lunch Program Assistant
616-842-1282 ext. 240
BIO

SCRIP Coordinator
Jennifer Grossman
616-842-1702​ ext. 260
scrip@stmarysl.org 

Deputy Corey Allard
School Liaison Deputy

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David Giroux
Recess Supervisor
616-842-1282
​BIO

Earl Martin 
Plant Manager
 616-842-1702 ext. 228 
emartin@stmarysl.org
BIO

Joel Epplett 
​Maintenance Staff
616-842-1702 
jepplett@stmarysl.org
BIO

Tim Burke
​Maintenance Staff
616-842-1702
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Kristin Childress
CHAMPS President
 616-842-1282​
CHAMPS@slstm.org​

Nick Curcio
Athletic Director
616-842-1282
athletics@slstm.org

Bill Sibilla
Instructional Technology
616-842-1282