Hays USD 489

Pamela Grizzell has been with USD #489 for 25 years!! My students are what I love most about my job at USD 489. I love interacting with them and watching them grow academically and socially. My enthusiasm is fueled by their excitement as we share ideas and grow together. They teach me so much! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Janel Molleker has been with USD #489 for 15 years! Best thing about working for USD489….. made a lot of new friends and they are like family! Fun Fact about myself…… Previously owned and operated a bingo hall (Lucky Bucks Bingo Hall) for 19 years and closed it 9 years ago… decided to open another one, just a smaller version! The name of it is (The Heritage Eatery & Bingo). #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Leslie Karlin has been with USD #489 for 10 years! My favorite things about working in this district are seeing my students succeed and always learning new things. A fun fact about me is I love dachshunds! Whenever I model writing during writing workshop, my students know it will be about dachshunds. We are adapting fairy tales right now, and my story, based on The Three Billy Goats Gruff, is called The Three Sleepy Dachshunds! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Amanda Walstrom has been with USD #489 for 5 years! My favorite thing about working for USD 489 is the strong commitment to our students’ education and overall well-being. Everyone, from certified to classified, puts forth a great deal of effort everyday to ensure that students receive a quality education. Fun Fact: I have a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science and have taught group exercise classes at both the YMCAs in Wichita and the Center for Health Improvement here in Hays. Although I am currently taking time away while my children are little, I hope to someday attain my personal training certification and resume teaching group fitness. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Sue Ann Tebo has been with USD #489 for 5 years! My favorite thing: I love what I teach: Life skills. The students are fun, the staff is awesome, and I am grateful to be part of an outstanding school district! A fun fact: I enjoy water skiing, surfing, fishing, and hunting. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Today is National Lunch Hero Day!!! Random tidbit: USD #489 lunch heroes serve approximately 2300-2400 lunches each day! We are forever thankful for our Nutrition Staff!! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Today is National Lunch Hero Day!! Random Tidbit: Our Nutrition Staff serve approximately 500 breakfasts per day!! Thanks for all you do Nutrition Staff! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Codi Fenwick has been with USD #489 for 5 years! The people in USD489 are amazing. It is enjoyable to work with students, staff and parents. We support and help each other grow. Fun Fact: For 5 of my 10 years in the district, I substituted all across the district from ECC, elementary, middle and high schools, SPED Co-op at TMP and Holy Family as well as secretarial. One day I was changing diapers and bottle feeding at ECC, another day a specials teacher of Art, P.E, Library or Tech Lab and the next day could have been detention supervisor. I am now teaching students that I taught in elementary school. The connection is priceless. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Marci Lisman has been with USD #489 for 15 years!! My favorite thing about working for USD 489 is to see my kids grow. From their first steps, to their first words and then their personality’s blossoming. I also enjoy getting to know the parents and seeing them grow and succeed. Fun fact about myself is that I will be married 30 years this year in August. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Ryan Quimby has been with USD #489 for 5 years! My favorite thing about working for USD 489 is getting the opportunity to build relationships with so many awesome students in the district. I enjoy being outdoors as much as possible whether its hunting, hiking or just getting exercise in different ways. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Holly Creamer has been with USD #489 for 5 years!! My favorite thing about working with USD 489 is the commitment to student achievement and success in all avenues of life! Academic, social/emotional, and most of all relationships. Meeting our kids where they are at and celebrating them each and everyday! A fun fact about myself is I used to work at Disney World when I lived in Florida! I returned to Western Kansas in 2012 where I grew up, to raise our family and I’m so thankful I did! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Brian Schauf has been with USD #489 for 5 years! Favorite thing about USD489: I get to work with so many incredible staff members, and I get to learn something new every day. Fun Fact: I love to cook for my family and friends! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Julie Brown has been with USD #489 for 5 years! I have been blessed to work with amazing colleagues! I was on the Price is Right many, many years ago 😊 #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Larissa Whitney has been with USD #489 for 5 years!! My favorite thing about working at USD 489 is the strong connections we have with the community. There are many resources available and it’s much appreciated! Fun fact: I’ve never kept a plant alive more than a month or so... (and my mom’s a horticulturist) until this year!! I have an aloe Vera plant, succulents, and a fern going strong in my classroom! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Vicki French has been with USD #489 for 25 years! The best part is working with the kids and watching them grow. I have been here long enough to see them from kdg. to High School. Then after high school I have seen them working in the community which is awesome. Fun fact: My husband and I love to go on motorcycle trips the farthest we have went was to Las Vegas and back 2600 miles total for our 25th anniversary. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Sarah Desaire has been with USD #489 for 5 years! My absolute favorite thing about working at USD489 is being able to see the kiddos, they always make me smile. I also love the people I work with. Fun Fact: I love the mountains, last summer I was able to visit Yellowstone with my husband and 3 boys! It was amazing! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Debbie Braun has been with USD #489 for 20 years!!! My favorite thing about working for USD #489 has been the great coworkers I interact with daily and being able to connect with staff at other locations in our district! Fun Fact: Jim and I just celebrated our 40 + 1 wedding anniversary!! #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Laycie Haas has been with USD #489 for 5 years! I love so much about USD 489–the staff is amazing in each of the school’s my three children are in and my facility - Early Childhood Connections is so much like family it makes working with them and the kids everyday fun and memorable! Fun Fact: My all time favorite movie is Wizard of Oz and I have been collecting WOZ things since I was a little girl!—I also love cows 🐮💗

Amy Arnhold has been with USD #489 for 20 years!! I enjoy working at USD 489 because of all of the wonderful coworkers and watching our students grow into amazing adults! Fun Fact: I enjoy getting up and running on the treadmill to start my day off. #EveryStudentEveryDay489

Lindy McDaniel has been with USD #489 for 5 years!! The best part about working for 489 is the opportunity to advocate for the success of all students. Fun Fact: Something interesting my husband and I got married in Mexico.... Not sure we are actually married as the documents are all in Spanish:) #EveryStudentEveryDay489