Meet Our Staff
Discovery Charter School 2020-2021
HEATHER LINES, M.Ed.
hlines@discoverymn.org
651-219-4673
Executive Director
Principal
SHANNON BENALSHAIKH
sbenalshaikh@discoverymn.org
651-219-4661
Director of Operations
LEA RYDEL
lrydel@discoverymn.org
Program Director
TBD
Pre-K Teacher
ELIZABETH ODEGARD
eodegard@discoverymn.org
Pre-K Classroom Assistant
JESSICA STEVENS
jstevens@discoverymn.org
Kindergarten
KATELYNN HINTZ
khintz@discoverymn.org
Kindergarten
HEIDI JOHNSON
hjohnson@discoverymn.org
1st Grade Teacher
Eleanor Menso
Emenso@discoverymn.org
1st Grade Teacher
Casey Fields
cfields@discoverymn.org
2nd Grade Teacher
Kelli Meredith
kmeredith@discoverymn.org
2nd Grade Teacher
ALEXA WELLER
aweller@discoverymn.org
3rd Grade Teacher
KAY WILLENBRING
kwillenbring@discoverymn.org
3rd Grade Teacher
Board Member
Bobbie Duncan
bduncan@discoverymn.org
4th Grade Teacher
ANGELA JACOBS
ajacobs@discoverymn.org
4th Grade Teacher
DORI BOKUSKY
dbokusky@discoverymn.org
5th Grade Teacher
AMY SULLIVAN
asullivan@discoverymn.org
5th Grade Teacher
JULIE THILGEN
jthilgen@discoverymn.org
6th Grade Advisor
MS Language Arts
MIKE COLENSO
mcolenso@discoverymn.org
7th Grade Advisor
MS Science Teacher
ZACHARY LEE
zlee@discoverymn.org
8th Grade Advisor
MS Math Teacher
MARIA RAMOS
mramos@discoverymn.org
Title I Para
Discovery Club AM
DAN CHAPMAN
dchapman@discoverymn.org
Phy-Ed
Health Teacher
ADELINE ANGST
aangst@discoverymn.org
STEM Teacher
LEA RYDEL
lrydel@discoverymn.org
Student Support Services
SPED Paraprofessional
REGINA COLLINSON
rcollinson@discoverymn.org
Special Education Teacher
SPED Coordinator
SAMANTHA KEPPERS
skeppers@discoverymn.org
SPED Paraprofessional
JODI JONES
jjones@discoverymn.org
Food Service
DOUGLAS WITT
dwitt@discoverymn.org
Custodial Engineer
LEA RYDEL
lrydel@discoverymn.org
Student Support Services
SPED Paraprofessional