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Mike BuchtaPhysical Education and Sports CoodinatorMike Buchta has worked for 13 years with people with developmental disabilities, teaching everyday living skills and community integration. He is a certified baseball coach, has coached basketball and track for several years at Prairie Hill as well as substituted in the Woodwork class. Mike attended Carroll College and received his BA in Sociology. Mr. …
Chris KilmerAcademic SupportChris has more than 25 years of teaching experience and has graduated three classes at Prairie Hill. She has deep roots in the Waldorf, Anthroposophical and Biodynamic movements in Wisconsin along with her extended family. Chris’s mom, Ruth, attended a Waldorf school as a child and her parents were friends of Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf founder. She attended a …
Megan LinkGrades TeacherMegan Link is a graduate of Prairie Hill Waldorf School class of ’97. She has taught at the school since 2005; first in early childhood, then in the grades. She has graduated four groups of 8th graders in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018. She has also taught Math and tutored students in the middle school. Miss Link has …
Sandy LoucksFaculty ChairAfter earning her B.S. in elementary education from University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, Sandy Loucks earned a Masters in Reading Education from the University of Portland (Oregon) and she has her Wisconsin State reading teaching license along with elementary grades 1-8 teaching license. She has completed training at Rudolf Steiner College, social inclusion training (anti-bullying work) with …
Vicki KingsburyWonder Garden TeacherAfter many years in the corporate world, Vicki joined Prairie Hill in 2003 and became Prairie Hill’s Playgroup Coordinator, staffing and leading playgroups for parents and toddlers six mornings a week. Vicki started and taught our flourishing Summer Garden Program, was Coordinator for our TLC Afternoon Program in Kindergarten, and is currently teaching in Wonder Garden. Her …
Claire LippeGrades TeacherClaire Lippe holds a BA in International Relations, a Masters of Sustainable Peacebuilding, and a Waldorf Certificate from Great Lakes Waldorf Institute. Mrs. Lippe has been a part of the Prairie Hill community since the early 1990’s and in 2019 she transitioned into a lead teacher role. She is committed to activating the senses, nourishing a sense of place …
Jana JohnKindergarten TeacherJana John graduated in Corinne Lorian’s PHWS Class of 2006 and later went on to study theatre and psychology at Sarah Lawrence College in New York City, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 2014. Jana has spent the better part of the last decade, working with children in various creative and wholistic settings (A Week on the …
Lindsey EarleGrades TeacherLindsey Earle completed her Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in elementary education and special education from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, receiving her Wisconsin State teaching license. Lindsey has attended Waldorf lower grades trainings at The Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, CA and Kimberton Hills, PA. Lindsey is a graduate of Prairie Hill Waldorf School and has taught …
Annie CooleyGrades TeacherAnnie Cooley graduated from UW-Milwaukee in the Fall of 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a minor in English as a Second Language. She has been a member of the Prairie Hill community for many years, working with the Summer Garden program and serving as the Willow Tree Kindergarten lead teacher for the past three …
Stanlee Maliszewski Grades TeacherStanlee Maliszewski received a BS in Psychology and Human Services from Carroll University, her Masters of Arts in Education, and Waldorf Early Childhood Certification from Mount Mary University. Stanlee has attended the LifeWays Early Childhood and Human Development Training in Milwaukee, which was developed by one of the founding teachers at Prairie Hill. Before moving into the …
