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Staff Favorite Things

Kindergarten

Callie Geser

Favorite Warm Beverage: Americano Black or Oat Milk Chai Tea Latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Kombucha or Bubbly Water 

Favorite Snack: Jerky, Cashews, Sun Chips 

Favorite Baked Good: Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Hot Tamales, Gummy Bears 

Favorite Restaurant: Red Hills Market or Sawatdee Thai 

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Dahlias

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Elmer's Glue Sticks 

 

Jessica Knight

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hazelnut Oat Milk Latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced Hazelnut Oat Milk Latte

Favorite Snack: popcorn, fruit

Favorite Baked Good: gluten free / vegan cake

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Hot Tamales, Gummy Bears 

Favorite Restaurant: Pizzacato

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Marigolds, Mums, Hydrangeas

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: glue sticks (clorox wipes, hand sanitizer)

1st Grade

Jennifer Underhill

Favorite Warm Beverage: Cinnamon Dolce Latte- Starbucks

Favorite Cold Drink: Root Beer

Favorite Snack: Cheese-its

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate chip cookie

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: 100 Grand (any chocolate!) Sour Patch watermelons

Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin

Favorite Coffee Place: any

Favorite Flower: rose

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Elmer's Glue Sticks 

 

Jennie Thorsell

Favorite Warm Beverage: black coffee with cream

Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Coke, flavored sparkling waters

Favorite Snack: almonds, pistachios, GF crackers, cheese

Favorite Baked Good: anything gluten free

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: dark chocolate, Peanut M&Ms, Reeses PB Cups

Favorite Restaurant: Sawatdee Thai Food, Chipotle, Joes Burgers

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: any

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Expo Dry Erase markers in black for students
and assorted colors for me

 

Maureen Soumokil

Favorite Warm Beverage: Chai Tea Latte with almond milk or eggnog

Favorite Cold Drink: no calorie/no sweeteners fizzy caffeinated flavored water

Favorite Snack: apple chips

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate chip cookies no nuts

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: orange chocolate or chocolate caramel or Nerds gummy clusters

Favorite Restaurant: Jem 100 or Fuji's

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Daffodil

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Colored paper that is not construction paper

2nd Grade

Traci Vail

Favorite Warm Beverage: COFFEE! Americano w/ cream or a 1/2 sweet vanilla latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced coffee! Sparkling flavored waters

Favorite Snack: Chocolate or something salty

Favorite Baked Good: scones

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: BottleCaps or really most anything

Favorite Restaurant: Rosmarino

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: hydrangea

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: colored expo markers, Scotch laminating
sheets for my laminator

 

Ashtyn Renn

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Chocolate

Favorite Cold Drink: Any lemonade

Favorite Snack: Pretzels, luna bars, any kind of fruit!

Favorite Baked Good: cookies or muffins

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Snickers, any gummy snacks (gummy bears, sour patch kids, etc)

Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Red Hills Market

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Ranunculus & peonies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Colored Expo Markers (for my board)

 

Beth Mickelson

Favorite Warm Beverage: coffee/cappuccino 

Favorite Cold Drink: sparkling water

Favorite Snack: pretzels, cookies

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate chip cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: junior mints, baby ruth, butterfinger, twix

Favorite Restaurant: any Mexican restaurant, Abby's

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: carnations

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Flair pens

3rd Grade

Mischelle Rierson

Favorite Warm Beverage: Herbal tea or coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: flavored waters

Favorite Snack: popcorn, apples, oranges, grapes

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate chip cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese's cups or pieces

Favorite Restaurant: Panda

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Sunflower

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: dry erase markers

 

Traci Fitzpatrick

Favorite Warm Beverage: Chai Latte

Favorite Cold Drink: diet pepsi, mango smoothie

Favorite Snack: chips, green apples

Favorite Baked Good: brownies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: caramel

Favorite Restaurant: mexican, Panda Express

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: hydrangeas, tulips 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: glue sticks

 

Emily Park

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot cocoa

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced black tea

Favorite Snack: BBQ chips

Favorite Baked Good: S’mores bars, snickerdoodles, sourdough bread

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Mini m&ms

Favorite Restaurant: The Grain Station

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Sunflowers

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pencil top erasers, small whiteboard markers
for kids, notebooks, and folders

 

Jaelyn Cloepfil

Favorite Warm Beverage: Tea

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced Coffee

Favorite Snack: Goldfish

Favorite Baked Good: Banana Bread

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Any kind of gummy candy

Favorite Restaurant: Golden Leaf Thai

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Daisy

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: flair felt tip pens!!

4th Grade

Jenny Smith

Favorite Warm Beverage: Iced coffee...lol. I run hot. 

Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Coke

Favorite Snack: Nuts

Favorite Baked Good: Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Gummy bears

Favorite Restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Dahlias, sunflowers 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pencils

 

Lisa Love

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot tea/chai

Favorite Cold Drink: Energy drink zero calorie

Favorite Snack: baked chips, sun chips

Favorite Baked Good: 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: gummy stuff like cinnamon bears etc

Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin

Favorite Coffee Place: Sip City

Favorite Flower: rose

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: pencils, and I love special school supplies
(glitter pens, multi color)

 

Julie Payton

Favorite Warm Beverage: Nonfat white mocha or nonfat pumpkin latte

Favorite Cold Drink: coke zero

Favorite Snack: various power bars

Favorite Baked Good: anything pumpkin!

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Kit Kat

Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Brothers

Favorite Flower: I love them all

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pencils

5th Grade

Breanna Roberts

Favorite Warm Beverage: Latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced latte

Favorite Snack: Takis, Oreos

Favorite Baked Good: Chocolate chip cookie - chewy

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese's, salted caramel 

Favorite Restaurant: Ruddick Wood

Favorite Coffee Place: Chapters

Favorite Flower: peony, lavender

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Paper mate felt pen

 

Heather Danielson

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee ( Mocha or White Chocolate Kicker from Dutch)

Favorite Cold Drink: Sparkling water 

Favorite Snack: Mixed nuts 

Favorite Baked Good: Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Chocolate or Skittles

Favorite Restaurant: Rosmarino

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros.

Favorite Flower: Lilies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Papermate Flair pens

Other / Special Teachers

Christian Radke (P.E)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Chocolate 

Favorite Cold Drink: Strawberry Smoothies 

Favorite Snack: Trail Mix

Favorite Baked Good: Oatmeal raisin cookie

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Sweet tart candies (all kinds)

Favorite Restaurant: Kates Thai Quisine 

Favorite Coffee Place: Ooh La Latte 

Favorite Flower: Sunflower 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Rubber bouncy balls / Soccer balls

 

Haley Scott (Reading intervention)

Favorite Warm Beverage: coffee (mochas with alternate milk)

Favorite Cold Drink: sparkling water

Favorite Snack: dried fruit, chip & salsa

Favorite Baked Good: brownies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: swedish fish, butterfinger, rolos, toffee

Favorite Restaurant: Chipotle, Social Goods, Red Hills 

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: peonies, stargazer lily

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: tissues, hand sanitizer

 

Heather Powers (LRC)

Favorite Warm Beverage: London Fog, Tea

Favorite Cold Drink: Juice (not tomato)

Favorite Snack: Chips and Salsa

Favorite Baked Good: Cupcakes

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Twix

Favorite Restaurant: Chipotle, Red Robin

Favorite Coffee Place: Coffee Cat

Favorite Flower: Lily, Hydrangea

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Glue Sticks

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Sarah Hastin (ELD)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Chai Tea Latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced Chai Tea Latte

Favorite Snack: Pistachios

Favorite Baked Good: Snickerdoodle cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reeces' Peanut Butter Cups

Favorite Restaurant: Hops N Drops

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch

Favorite Flower: StarGazer Lily

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Markers

 

Kim Peck (Library)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Chocolate

Favorite Cold Drink: Unsweetened black iced tea

Favorite Snack: Cheese Nips

Favorite Baked Good: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Peanut Butter M&Ms

Favorite Restaurant: Spaghetti Factory

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Rose

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Crayons and Colored Pencils

 

Jen Bass (Counselor)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hibiscus tea, Good Earth tea or coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Tea or Coffee 

Favorite Snack: Macadamia nuts, cashews, almonds or sunflower seeds

Favorite Baked Good: pumpkin bars or cheesecake

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: toffee or caramel

Favorite Restaurant: Mexican food or any type of Asian food

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Sunflowers or Calla lily

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Clorox wipes and Kleenex

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Sunshine Sullivan (LRC)

Favorite Warm Beverage: London Fog

Favorite Cold Drink: Beet Juice, Ginger or Mango or Citrus Kombucha (Health Ade OR Synergy)

Favorite Snack: Beet chips/ salty crunchy snacks :)

Favorite Baked Good: Peach Pie/ Molasses or Ginger Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Salted Caramels and Peanut M&Ms and Peanut Butter M&Ms

Favorite Restaurant: Social Goods and Ruddick Wood

Favorite Coffee Place: Coffee Cat or Chapters

Favorite Flower: Daisies and Dark Red Mums

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Happy Bright Colored Pens and Happy Colored
Post-It Notes Pads

 

Beth Medley (Music)

 

Chelsea Mudrow (Counselor)

Office Staff

Brian Wood (Principal)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Americano w/splash of heavy whipping cream

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced American or sparkling water

Favorite Snack: Dark chocolate, chips and salsa

Favorite Baked Good: Cookies, brownies, anything 😀

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Peanut butter m&ms, sour patch kids

Favorite Restaurant: Red hills market

Favorite Coffee Place: Coffee cat

Favorite Flower: Not sure. Tulip

 

Lacey McNay (Vice Principal)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Vanilla SOY latte/Black americano

Favorite Cold Drink: Diet Coke 

Favorite Snack: Popcorn

Favorite Baked Good: Cinnamon roll or Lemon Poppyseed muffin

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese's

Favorite Restaurant: Chipotle, Olive Garden, or Red Robin

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Any!

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Post-it notes

 

Katie Long (Secretary)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Bubbly

Favorite Snack: Turkey Jerky

Favorite Baked Good: 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: 

Favorite Restaurant: Chick Fil A

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Peonies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Kleenex

 

Laura Ingram  (Secretary)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Lotus

Favorite Snack: Sugar Free Jerky

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate pie

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Skittles

Favorite Restaurant: Mexican or burger places

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Carnations or tropical 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: colorful accordion post its

Educational Assistants / Other Staff

Morgan Jarvis (Speech assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: caramel latte

Favorite Cold Drink: Iced caramel macchiato 

Favorite Snack: Fruity/gummy candy!

Favorite Baked Good: Brownies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Rainbow airhead bites

Favorite Restaurant: BJ's-Hillsboro

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: Peonies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Whiteboard markers

 

Courtney Olson (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Hot Chocolate 

Favorite Cold Drink: Sparkling drink

Favorite Snack: Chips

Favorite Baked Good: Brownies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese's

Favorite Restaurant: Golden Leaf Thai

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros.

Favorite Flower: All flowers

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pens

 

Diana Fawver  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Mint tea

Favorite Cold Drink: Izzy drinks

Favorite Snack: Pistachios 

Favorite Baked Good: Anything dairy, gluten, soy and corn free 😬

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Organic Black Forest gummy bears

Favorite Restaurant: Sawatee Thai in sherwood 

Favorite Coffee Place: Chapters

Favorite Flower: All but Lilies 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Red smelly markers 

 

Hannah Tollefson  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Lemon sparkling water 

Favorite Snack: Lightly salted lays 

Favorite Baked Good: Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Anything sour, peanut m&m’s

Favorite Restaurant: Mcmenamins or Old town 

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch

Favorite Flower: I prefer plants 


 

Kelsey Shive  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: White chocolate mocha and vanilla chia teas 

Favorite Cold Drink: Celsius, rebels from Dutch 

Favorite Snack: Chips, fruit and anything chocolate

Favorite Baked Good: Brownies and cheesecake 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Sour stuff 

Favorite Restaurant: Outback steakhouse or Red Robin 

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch

Favorite Flower: Lilly

 

Amanda Ivens  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: N/a

Favorite Cold Drink: Watermelon rockstar 

Favorite Snack: Teriyaki beef jerky 

Favorite Baked Good: Banana bread 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese’s 

Favorite Restaurant: Red Robin 

Favorite Coffee Place: N/a

Favorite Flower: Lilies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Sticky notes 

 

Cydney Doerr  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: hot chocolate 

Favorite Cold Drink: grape gatorade, dr pepper, iced coffee

Favorite Snack: goldfish, hot cheetos 

Favorite Baked Good: chocolate chip cookies, banana bread

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: dark chocolate

Favorite Restaurant: anything not picky

Favorite Coffee Place: starbucks or dutch or human bean 

Favorite Flower: dahlias

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: highlighters

 

Emily Stotts  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Chai tea

Favorite Cold Drink: Snapple peach tea

Favorite Snack: Oreos

Favorite Baked Good: Blueberry muffins

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese’s pieces

Favorite Restaurant: Fogo de chao 

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch brothers 

Favorite Flower: Roses

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pencils


 

Chenoa McCormic  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Sparkling water

Favorite Snack: Kettle Corn 

Favorite Baked Good: Brownies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Peanut butter M&M’s or Twix

Favorite Restaurant: Newbergundian Bistro or Chipotle 

Favorite Coffee Place: Sip City

Favorite Flower: Lavender 

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Pentel Pens

 

Janna Ingram  (Sped assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Dutch White chocolate Mocha Extra sweet

Favorite Cold Drink: Dutch rebel (eclipse) or Starbucks caramel ribbon crunch Frap.

Favorite Snack: fiber one chewy bar

Favorite Baked Good: too many to list.

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: any chocolate mint candy

Favorite Restaurant: Crazy Sushi

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Lily/Sweet Pea

 

Robert Bass (Recess, Crossing guard, ELD assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Coffee

Favorite Snack: Tater chips

Favorite Baked Good: Don’t really have one

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Reese’s cups 

Favorite Restaurant: Panda

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros.

Favorite Flower: Don’t really have one 

 

Sarah Pemberton  (Reading assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Coffee

Favorite Cold Drink: Coffee

Favorite Snack: Coffee (just kidding) almonds, dried pineapple, dried fruits 

Favorite Baked Good: Chocolate chip cookies with semi sweet chips 

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Dark chocolate

Favorite Restaurant: Baja Fresh

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Daisies

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Sticky notes

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Janell Telles  (Reading assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: sugar free vanilla latte

Favorite Cold Drink: coke zero

Favorite Snack: any flavor Doritos

Favorite Baked Good: donuts

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Snickers

Favorite Restaurant: Panera

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: sunflower

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: sharpened pencils

 

Sue Fauley (cafeteria assistant)

Favorite Warm Beverage: Mocha

Favorite Cold Drink: Mocha

Favorite Snack: Milk Chocolate

Favorite Baked Good: Cookies

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: Cadbury

Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden

Favorite Coffee Place: Dutch Bros

Favorite Flower: Rose

School Supplies You Never Have Enough Of: Manila envelopes

 

Joanne Svendsen (custodian)

Favorite Warm Beverage: herbal teas

Favorite Cold Drink: sparkling black cherry water

Favorite Snack: chex mix, nuts, salted caramel chocolate

Favorite Baked Good: carrot cake

Favorite Candy Bar or Candy: pay days and hot tamales

Favorite Restaurant: Olive garden

Favorite Coffee Place: Starbucks

Favorite Flower: sunflower

 

Luis Montero  (Sped assistant)

 

Travis Radke  (Sped assistant)

 

Hunter Veile-Rodgers (recess assistant)

 

Tracy Mulliner  (cafeteria/recess assistant)
 

Beth Sellers   (custodian)

 

Rachele Lane   (custodian)

 

Sherrie Massey (cafeteria assistant)

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