2011 - 2012 Staff Directory

Elaine Huley      EMAIL

Elaine Huley grew up in Minnesota and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Stout.  She began teaching in the public school system upon moving to Louisiana.  Elaine found her skills best utilized while also working with special needs children. 

For the past six years since moving to Washington she has worked at the Fishpond School in Bellevue.

Elaine and her husband Joe have two adult children.  Their son Braden and new daughter-in- law Sarah both serve our country in the U.S. Navy and are currently stationed in Norfolk, Virginia.  Daughter Joy Mackenzie teaches in the Springfield, Missouri school system and stays active teaching dance and performing on stage.

Elaine enjoys gardening, walking the two family dogs, reading, traveling and attending their daughter’s theatre performances while visiting in Missouri.  She especially enjoys spending time with Joe and extended family at their lake home, delighting in Washington State’s beauty.

Abby Nestvold      EMAIL

Abby Nestvold heads our Primary Dept. team and teaches Kindergarten. Abby holds a Bachelors of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences and Washington State teaching certification from the University of Washington. She also holds a Masters of Education in Reading and Language Arts from Seattle Pacific University, where she currently teaches evening classes in Professional Certification to other teachers.

Abby has taught Kindergarten, first and third grade. As a long-term parishioner, she has taught many years in the St. Madeleine Sophie Faith Formation program and has completed the Catechist Certification program through the archdiocese.

Abby loves working with children of all ages, but especially enjoys the emerging readers and writers in kindergarten. She loves to read, to cook, to kayak and to have summer parties. She and her husband David have two sons in college and a daughter in high school. As a family, they enjoy kayaking, traveling and making one another laugh.

Jenny Theune     EMAIL

Mrs. Theune is beginning her first full year at St. Madeleine's after filling a maternity position last year.

Jenny was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. She attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communicative Disorders. She then went on to receive her Masters in Elementary Education from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. She has worked with a variety of grade levels.

Jenny enjoys traveling, running, and most importantly spending time with family and friends!

Kara Carr      EMAIL

Kara graduated from Gonzaga University with her degree in English and an Elementary Education teaching endorsement. She recently completed her final professional certification through Seattle Pacific University.

Kara grew up in Spokane where she attended Assumption Catholic School and Gonzaga Prep. She has instructed all levels of Primary and is currently teaching Second Grade.

Kara enjoys spending time with family, running, and cooking!

Martine Romero     EMAIL

Martine Romero was raised in Venice California were she attended St. Mark Catholic Elementary School and Notre Dame Academy. She is a recent graduate from Gonzaga University in Spokane. Martine received her Washington State teaching certificate and her B.A. in Special Education with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education. She also received an additional certificate in Organizational Leadership Studies, and is a member of Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society. Martine loves spending time with family and friends at the beach and watching sports. Go Zags!

Brian Fulmer     EMAIL

Brian Fulmer was born in Pontiac and raised in Cadillac - cities in Michigan, not cars.

He is a graduate of Earlham College where he studied religion and holds a Master's Degree from the University of Notre Dame's Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program.

Brian taught 5th and 6th grade for five years in Atlanta, GA, and spent a year working at a public access television station back in Michigan, where he did . . . everything. He has finally joined the majority of his siblings in the Fulmer migration to Washington state.

In his free time, Brian enjoys reading, camping, hiking, and fishing.

Rob Boostrom     EMAIL

Rob was raised in South Texas and attended Catholic schools at Saints Cyril & Methodius School and Incarnate Word Academy. He studied Political Science and Education in the Honors Program at Swarthmore College. During his college years, his love for teaching was kindled while working with the Breakthrough Collaborative in San Jose and Fort Worth.

Rob enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest, reading good books, listening to new music, and visiting friends and family. Despite relocating to Bellevue, he remains an avid fan of Texas sports.

Rob is excited to teach math and work with intermediate/middle age students again this year.

Emily Perez      EMAIL

Emily grew up in Oakland, California. She attended the University of Washington for her bachelors in English. She first taught on Mercer Island before returning to California for her teaching credential. Following, she taught in the Bay Area, where she had a chance to work with students from all different backgrounds.

In February 2008, she and her husband went to Uganda in East Africa where they served for two and half years as Peace Corps Volunteers. As her primary project, Emily taught English in two high schools, teaching up to 75 students in a class at a time. She also ran a journalism club and co-led the girls’ guidance and counseling program. As a secondary project, she developed a literacy project for kindergarteners and first graders at two primary schools.

Following her time in Uganda, she and her husband traveled for a couple months around northern Africa and South East Asia before moving back to Washington. She loves to travel as well as hike, dance, run and write poetry.

Jamie Tremel     EMAIL

Jamie Tremel was born and raised in Iowa. She attended Grinnell College, where she played collegiate basketball, ran track, and studied in Germany. She graduated with degrees in History and German. She worked as a nanny, for an engineering firm, and in finance before going back to school to receive her teaching certificate. During her free time, Jamie likes to read, hike, run, and travel.

Jamie has worked with students of all backgrounds and is excited to begin teaching at St. Madeleine Sophie School.

Chelsae Komar    EMAIL

Chelsae Komar was born and raised in the Kansas City area. She moved to Spokane, WA to attend Gonzaga University, where she received her Washington teaching certification and degree in Special Education with an endorsement in Elementary Education. She has experience in multiple elementary grade levels in both the general education and special education setting. Chelsae is a member of Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society. She truly loves teaching literacy and has a huge passion for service, which she hopes to share with her students.

Chelsae enjoys spending time with family and friends, exploring the great Seattle area, traveling, listening to music, and is a big sports fan (go Zags and Packers)!

Chelsae is looking forward to be a part of the St. Madeleine's community and to teach 5th grade this year!

Angela Ensminger     EMAIL

Angela Ensminger grew up in Texas and moved to Washington state in
1998. She graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans with a
Bachelors of Science in Mathematics. She also holds a Master of
Science in Mathematics with a specialization in Statistics from the
University of Texas at Dallas. After serving on the feasibility
committee for SMS school, she went back to school to become certified
to teach in Washington.

Angela has worked at St. Madeleine Sophie as the Coordinator for
Elementary Whole Community Catechesis on Wednesday evenings. This
year, Angela rejoins the school staff as the Math Specialist. She looks
forward to sharing her love and excitement of mathematics with the
students again.

Angela looks forward to joining her daughter at St. Madeleine
Sophie School. She enjoys cooking, traveling and geocaching in her
spare time.

Judy Odell      EMAIL

A true believer in life-long learning and sharing in all sorts of topics as well as the wonderful uniqueness of each student, Judy is in charge of the incredible 7th grade homeroom and she instructs our students grades 5-8 for language arts and literature.

Before SMS, Judy taught for over 30 years in subjects ranging from home economics, to English and then on to computer technology, video making and accounting. After receiving her Master’s Degree, she expanded her middle and high school career by becoming a certificated staff member with Seattle Pacific University, a ParaPro instructor for her district’s employees and a curriculum developer for Skagit Valley’s Tech-Prep Consortium.

Her leisure time is spiced up with adventures in food, music and traveling. (She’s also known to enjoy trivia swapping with her SMS colleagues!)

Rick Houser  - PE     EMAIL

Rick is a veteran Washington State certificated teacher. He taught 5/6 grade in the Issaquah School District for 10 years. He also taught at Issaquah HS for 15 years, teaching English, Spanish and PE.   Rick then moved to Eastside Catholic for 4 years, managing the bookstore and teaching English. In addition, he taught 2 years in the Lake Washington School District in their Homeschool Program.

Rick enjoys his special relationship with his loving wife (Marilyn), their wonderful daughter (Lisa) and two great grand children (David & Makayla). They have been members of St. Madeleine Sophie Parish since around 1971.

Sherri McCarthy - MUSIC     EMAIL

Sherri McCarthy grew up in the Bay Area of San Francisco, attending Holy Angels School and Mercy High School, and then flew north to graduate with honors from Seattle University. She fell in love with the Pacific Northwest and never left! She holds a Bachelor of Education degree in Language Arts, minoring in Math/Science and Music.

Since then Sherri's taught twelve years in the elementary grades 1st through 5th, and ten years of music PreK through 8th. She did her post-graduate studies in Language Arts at SPU. She's excited to share her love of learning with the students at SMS.

When she's not singing, going to the theater, or reading, she's probably playing a game with her family and friends (Cranium, anyone?), or quilting!

Leanna Sherman - INCLUSION SPECIALIST     EMAIL

Leanna Sherman was raised in the Seattle area and is an honors graduate of Gonzaga University. She accepted the role of Primary Class instructor for our first year and is currently now serving as our INclusion Specialist. She graduated with a Washington State teaching certification and received her B.A. in Religious Studies.

During her time at Gonzaga, Leanna received specialized training in reading instruction and learning styles through her work as a literacy tutor for primary students. She also enjoyed working with children in various service projects provided by her classes and her membership in the Kappa Delta Pi Educational Honor Society.

Leanna recently completed her final professional certification through Seattle Pacific University and is the mother of a beautiful one-year old daughter.

Dan Sherman     EMAIL
Principal

Voicemail: 425-747-6770 ext 202

Dan is nearing his thirtieth year in education in Washington State.  During the bulk of that time, he has held numerous teaching, coaching and administrative positions in the Seattle Archdiocese.  His longest tenure was at St. John School in Seattle where he was principal from 1984-1999.  During that term, he was also elected regional representative to the Department of Elementary Schools Executive Committee for the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) located in Washington D.C. and was a delegate to the NCEA’s National Congress on Catholic Schools for the 21st Century and its follow-up convocations.  He is a 1993 graduate of the NCEA Principals’ Academy and in 1999 was honored as Distinguished Catholic School Graduate.  From 1999-2004 he served as Executive Director for the Washington Federation of Independent Schools (WFIS), our state’s umbrella public policy voice for private schools and advocate at the state and national levels.  Dan holds a B.A. in Biology from Western Washington University and a M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Seattle University.

His joy in life is sharing any free time possible with his wife, Mary, Principal at St. Anne’s in Seattle and their four (somewhat) adult children (each a product of Catholic schools, K-16), their wonderful daughter-in-law, and - of course - new grandaughter, Kristine!

Holly Cole     EMAIL
School Office Administrator

Dean of Women

Voicemail:  425-747-6770 ext 201

Holly Cole joined the SMS staff in March 2005.  As manager of the school office, she is our daily source of all sanity!

Holly comes to us from the City of Seattle's Human Resources Department where she served as Personnel Specialist and Accomodations Coordinator.  Previously, she spent ten years as office coordinator at St. Anne School in Seattle. Before moving to Seattle, she was Personnel Director for a department store chain in Southern California.

At St. Anne’s Parish, Holly was active on a number of school committees; she chaired the School Commission and served as Parents’ Club President. She is currently a member of St. Patrick’s Parish, Seattle and serves on their Pastoral Council.

Holly holds a BA in sociology from California State University, Los Angeles with additional graduate work in Special Education.  She lists reading, music and hiking as favorite interests.

Ginny Morrissey     EMAIL
School Office Reception

Director of Information Services

Voicemail:  425-747-6770 ext 201

Karen Pasqualetto  (8/31/70 - 7/28/08)

Information on Karen's brief time with us.

Karen Pasqualetto is originally from California and relocated to Washington in 2004.

In California she used her law degree from the University of the Pacific to build technology companies and founded her own consulting firm. For career "Number Two" she pursued teaching and finally found her calling. Karen taught sixth grade at St. Elizabeth School in Oakland.

Karen's favorite floppy-eared friend is Alex the mini-dachshund. International travel is at the top of list of favorite activities. Her husband Chris works in business continuity for the Starbucks Corporation and both try to get away on trips as much as possible.

Karen went to Catholic schools through 12th grade and considers faith and morality important components of educating our youth.