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Meet Us Monday - Miss Gabriel Fickenscher, Operations Assistant

Please join us in welcoming Miss Gabriel Fickenscher as our new ILS Operations Assistant! Miss Fickenscher will be working in the ILS office, and will usually be the first person you meet when you visit or speak with on the phone when you call the school She is looking forward to getting to know all of our ILS families and students!

We've given Miss Fickenscher a chance to respond to our questions for a "Meet Us Monday" feature so that you can better get to know her! We hope you enjoy, and if you're in the school neighborhood over the summer, please stop by the office and introduce yourself!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Ruth Stone, Manager of Operations

Mrs. Ruth Stone brings a friendly smile and cheerful disposition as she adeptly handles so many of the day-to-day responsibilities of running a school as our ILS Manager of Operations! Often one of the first people visitors to ILS meet or speak to, Mrs. Stone is a welcoming presence to guests and ILS families alike. We hope you enjoy learning a bit more about her as she answers our 10 questions.

As we near the end of our "Meet Us Mondays" series for this year, we hope you have enjoyed this feature as a small way to better get to know the many outstanding members of our faculty. 

Let us know if there is another Blog Feature you'd like to see here on the ILS Blog!

Meet Us Monday: Miss Emily German, Music Teacher

We love music at Immanuel, and we are blessed to have two very talented music teachers to share their love for singing, listening, and sharing beautiful music with all our students. This week, our blog features the other half of our wonderful music teaching team and director of our Youth Choir, Miss Emily German.

We hope that you have been enjoying our "Meet Us Mondays" series and the opportunity to better know the many wonderful members of our faculty. 

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Laurie Honig, Jr. Kindergarten Teacher

We only have a few weeks to go in our "Meet Us Mondays" series as we make our way through introducing you to our outstanding team here at ILS. This week, our amazing Jr. Kindergarten Teacher, Mrs. Laurie Honig, answers our questions. You can find Mrs. Honig finding (and spreading) joy each day with our youngest ILS scholars as they practice good manners, celebrate Thankful Thursday, or learn new chants and songs!

We do hope that you are enjoying this series and the opportunity to get to better know the dedicated and caring faculty who love serving our students and families. If you missed any of our features, you can find them all by clicking on the "Meet Us Mondays" tag!  

Stay tuned for another faculty feature next week!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Amanda Morrison, Kindergarten Assistant Teacher

This week, Mrs. Amanda Morrison, our wonderful Kindergarten Assistant Teacher, takes a quick break from her busy days delighting and inspiring our young Kindergarten scholars in order to answer the questions in our "Meet Us Mondays" series. 

Every week, we hope that you check out this series and enjoy the chance to get to better know the dedicated and caring faculty who love serving our students and families. 

Stay tuned for another faculty feature next week!

Meet Us Monday: Mrs. Jenny Schmick, Jr. Kindergarten Assistant Teacher

As part of our dynamic Jr. Kindergarten classroom team, Assistant Teacher Mrs. Jenny Schmick spends her days inspiring our youngest ILS scholars. When the Jr. Kindergarten day ends, you can often find Mrs. Schmick assisting in 1st grade or one of our other lower school classrooms, and you will always see her smiling and waving to parents in the carpool line each afternoon!

This week, Mrs. Schmick continues our "Meet Us Mondays" series with her responses to our 10 questions. 

Check back next week as our series continues with another member of our outstanding faculty!

Meet Us Monday: Miss Molly Leithart, 4th Grade Teacher & Lower School Lead Teacher

 "Meet Us Mondays" continues as we share the responses of our faculty to our 10 questions to give you a chance to better know the outstanding members of our team here at ILS! 

Today, our 4th Grade Teacher and Lower School Lead Teacher, Miss Molly Leithart, tackles our questions. In addition to teaching our 4th graders, Miss Leithart works with our entire Lower School team in her role as Lower School Lead Teacher, and for the past few years, she has also helped to direct the student musical number for the Talent Show each January.

Check back next week for another feature, and enjoy!

Meet Us Monday: Mr. Aaron Schultz, Upper School Teacher

It's a new year, and we're continuing our "Meet Us Mondays" feature with more of our outstanding faculty! Each week, we're introducing you to one of the members of our team, and we hope you enjoy the chance to better know the men and women who serve our students and families each day.

This week, our series continues with another wonderful member of our Upper School Team, Mr. Aaron Schultz. In addition to teaching math, science and P.E. to our 6th-8th grades, Mr. Schultz also serves as our Athletic Coordinator, managing and coaching our growing athletics program at ILS.

Meet Us Monday: Miss Carissa Davis, Upper School Lead Teacher

It is time for our final "Meet Us Mondays" feature before the Christmas break!


This week, our series continues with our wonderful Upper School Lead Teacher, Miss Carissa Davis. In addition to serving as our Upper School Lead Teacher, Miss Davis teaches literature, art and logic to our upper grade students.

Please stay tuned in January as our series continues with more of our outstanding faculty members! Enjoy!

Meet Us Monday: Miss Kirstin Reistad, 1st Grade Teacher

Our "Meet Us Mondays" series continues this week with another member of our excellent ILS Lower School team, our 1st grade teacher, Miss Kirstin Reistad. We hope that you enjoyed this feature and opportunity to better know the wonderful faculty members who love teaching and learning with our students each day. Enjoy!