Meet Our Staff
Discovery Charter School 2020-2021
MARIA RAMOS
mramos@discoverymn.org
Student Support Coordinator
Title I Liasson


HEATHER LINES, M.Ed.
hlines@discoverymn.org
651-219-4673
Executive Director
Principal

SHANNON BENALSHAIKH
sbenalshaikh@discoverymn.org
651-219-4661
Director of Operations
JESSICA PONCE
jponce@discoverymn.org
Administrative Assistant
Reception


JESS Rodgers
jrodgers@discoverymn.org
Pre-K Program Director


CARLITA ESTEBAN
cesteban@discoverymn.org
Pre-K Classroom Teacher

JESSICA STEVENS
jstevens@discoverymn.org
Kindergarten
K-2 Lead Teacher

KATELYNN HINTZ
khintz@discoverymn.org
Kindergarten

HEIDI JOHNSON
hjohnson@discoverymn.org
1st Grade Teacher

JESS RODGERS
jrodgers@discoverymn.org
1st Grade Teacher

CHLOE KENNEDY
ckennedy@discoverymn.org
2nd Grade Teacher
504 Coordinator

Kelli Meredith
kmeredith@discoverymn.org
2nd Grade Teacher

EMMA KETCHAM
eketcham@discoverymn.org
3rd Grade Teacher

KAY WILLENBRING
kwillenbring@discoverymn.org
Interventionist/Building Sub

Bobbie Duncan
bduncan@discoverymn.org
4th Grade Teacher

ANGELA JACOBS
ajacobs@discoverymn.org
4th Grade Teacher

DORI BOKUSKY
dbokusky@discoverymn.org
5th Grade Teacher
3-5 Lead Teacher

AMY SULLIVAN
asullivan@discoverymn.org
5th Grade Teacher

IAN HIGGINS
ihiggins@discoverymn.org
Middle School
Social Studies

JULIE THILGEN
jthilgen@discoverymn.org
Middle School
Language Arts

MIKE COLENSO
mcolenso@discoverymn.org
Middle School
Science Teacher

ZACHARY LEE
zlee@discoverymn.org
Middle School
Math Teacher

CARA HIMANGO
chimango@discoverymn.org
ART Teacher
MICHEAL LAFAVE
mlafave@discoverymn.org
Phy-Ed


ADELINE ANGST
aangst@discoverymn.org
STEM Teacher

CELESTE GRIMM
cgrimm@discoverymn.org
SPED Paraprofessional

REGINA COLLINSON
rcollinson@discoverymn.org
Special Education Teacher
SPED Coordinator

CARLITA ESTEBAN
cesteban@discoverymn.org
SPED Paraprofessional

JODI JONES
jjones@discoverymn.org
Food Service

DOUGLAS WITT
dwitt@discoverymn.org
Custodial Engineer