CSC graduates sign teaching contracts

Personnel in the office said there was a strong demand by highly qualified teachers again this year, and a large majority of the graduates with teaching degrees readily found job.

Those graduating in December and their new jobs are:

Elyssa Bochek, North Platte, third grade, Washington Elementary School, North Platte; Loren Braman, Mitchell, history at Mitchell High School; Paige Bredenkamp, Chadron, middle school English in Rushville; Laura Brooks, Chadron, kindergarten in Rushville; Krista Brusseau of Gordon, first grade in Gordon; Kendra Burkholder of North Platte, second grade at Hall Elementary School, North Platte.

Amanda Carlson, Hay Springs, upper grades at Mirage Flats School; Casie Claussen, English in South Korea; Jamie Cranmore, Bridgeport; family and consumer science at Leyton Schools; Kristin Gaiovnik, Woodbury, Minn., kindergarten at Keams Canyon, Ariz.; Stephanie Hruby, Marsland, lower grades at Pink School in Sioux County; Mikel Landreth, Chadron, para-professional in Chadron Elementary Schools.

Jenny Nekuda, North Platte, fourth grade at Jefferson Elementary School, North Platte; Alisa Pittman of Gering, fifth grade in Minatare; Shannon Reimann, Hay Springs, pre-kindergarten in Hay Springs; Lisa Rogers, Gering, fourth grade in Bayard; Stephanie Scherbarth, Worland, Wyo., social sciences at South Platte High, Big Springs; Danielle Stara, Ulysses, math at St. Cecelia Schools, Hastings.

Anna Stephenson of Minden, inclusion at Frontier Middle School, Casper; Michael Trausch, Roseland, special education and coaching at Schuyler; Cynthia Trover, Hershey, fourth grade at Sutherland; and Shawna Van Schoiack, Sutherland, special education at Stapleton.

Those graduating in May and their new jobs are:

C.J. Bach, Chadron, math at Chadron Middle School; Lauri Banta, Morrill, kindergarten at Morrill; Lauren Bauer, Chadron, fourth grade at Douglas, Wyo.; Nathan Beutler, Chadron, instrumental music at Sidney; Amy Blehm, Scottsbluff, lower grades at Lincoln Elementary School, Gering; Dawn Davenport, Sargent, third grade at Mullen.

Shanna Disney, Lodgepole, sixth grade at Banner County Schools, Harrisburg; Jillian Gallenberg, middle school at Wyoming Behavioral Institute at Casper; Daniel Helberg, Scottsbluff, English at LaVista Junior High near Omaha; Ryan Hoffman, physical education and wrestling coach at Whitefish, Mont.; Libby Kaufman, Gering, fifth grade at Longfellow School in Scottsbluff.

Sarah Lockwood, Chadron, science at Clay Center; Ryan Mackey, Casper, social science at Rock Springs, Wyo.; Joe Morgheim, Torrington, fifth and sixth grades at Greeley-Wolbach; Rex Morrison, Valentine, English at Mitchell High School; Julius Peregoy, Lovell, Wyo., elementary at Holyoke, Colo.; Melissa Pohl, Chadron, English at Ogallala; Amber Rahmig, Gering, special education at Westmoor Elementary School in Scottsbluff.

Kirby Rising of Sutherland, fitness together in Lincoln Schools; Jennifer Savery, Custer, first grade at Rapid Valley School in Rapid City; Candice Sherfy, Lisco, Angora Elementary School; Siobhana McEwen, Chadron, Boys and Girls Club in Casper; Amber Snyder, Black Hawk, S.D., third grade at St. Francis Indian School; Jena Speck, Keystone, elementary at McPherson County School, Tryon; Elijah Steinbrecher, Scottsbluff, third grade at St. Agnes School, Scottsbluff; Sarah Walker, Morrill, fourth grade at Minatare; Jon Westerby, Grand Island, science at Grand Island High; and Shannon Yetter, Sutherland, music at Leyton Schools.