Deborah Maki became Wileman's principal in July 2011. She spent the previous two years as principal of Turtle Creek Elementary School. She came to the Delavan-Darien School District in 1995 as the principal of Phoenix Middle School. Prior to that, she was an assistant principal in the Neenah Joint School District. Maki began her 30-plus year career in education as a German teacher in Manitowoc. 

Hannah Barry started her first teaching job at Wileman Elementary School in 2011. Earlier that year, she graduated from Edgewood College, where she earned degrees in Elementary Education and Early Childhood. She also played basketball.

“I love teaching because of the relationships that are build throughout the year and the challenge of each different day.”

Barry is the girl’s junior varsity basketball coach at DDHS. She likes baking, reading and watching the Brewers, Badgers and Packers.

Amy Bauer is a fifth grade teacher at Wileman Elementary School. Bauer graduated from Concordia University in December 2000 with Bachelor’s degrees in Elementary Education 1-9 and Music. Bauer has a Master’s degree in K-12 Technology Integration. She completed this program in 2004 through Nova Southeastern University. Bauer started at the district in 2002, when she was hired to teach sixth grade Science and Social Studies at Phoenix Middle School. In 2009, she was transferred to Wileman Elementary, where she currently teaches fifth grade.

Jackie Belken-Pecor is a registered nurse serving all five schools in the district. She started here in 2004. She is responsible for ensuring that students' health needs are met during the school day.

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1984 with the honor of Outstanding Senior. While in college, she served on the Academic Standing Committee for the College of Nursing and was a cheerleader. Her career has taken her to jobs in Texas, Tennessee, Maryland and Wisconsin. Belken-Pecor has always enjoyed school nursing and is proud to be the school nurse for the Delavan-Darien School District.

Laura Brellenthin began her teaching career in January of 2002. She spent the first seven-plus years teaching sixth grade Language Arts at Phoenix Middle School. Then she transferred to Wileman Elementary School where she teaches fifth grade. Brellenthin attended UW-Oshkosh, where she received her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. In 2005, she earned her master’s degree from NOVA Southeastern University. 

Nancy Boss started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 1994. Boss works as a kitchen server at Darien Elementary School.

“I love to work with students who need a little extra help mastering reading. I enjoy assisting teachers in implementing new reading instruction techniques.”

Campbell earned her bachelors degree in elementary education from Crown College in 1994. She has master’s degrees in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University and as a Reading Specialist from UW-Whitewater. She loves to read, ride motorcycles with her husband and snorkel.

Pamela Clark received her Bachelor’s degree from UW-Whitewater in Elementary Education N–3 in 1987. She joined the Delavan-Darien School District in 2000 as a 4-year-old kindergarten teacher at Darien Elementary, where she worked for five years. She then transferred to Wileman Elementary School where she taught 4K for one more year. Clark now teaches all-day 5-year-old kindergarten at Wileman. Before coming to work in Delavan, Clark taught first grade in Walworth for five years and was a substitute teacher for seven years while her three sons were young. 

Clark has her 316 Reading Teacher License and received her Master's degree in Reading from Concordia University in Mequon in 2011.

Stephanie Coby started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 2009 as a kindergarten teacher at Wileman Elementary School. She graduated in December of 2007 with a degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Some of her goals are to go back to school to continue learning, providing a learning-enriched environment for her students, and to live each day to the fullest. She enjoys working at the Delavan-Darien School District, and feels a supportive staff has been able to help her in her growth as a teacher.

Ariana Cruz became a 4-year-old and 5-year-old kindergarten aide at Wileman Elementary in 2012.

She is a 2012 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School and attended Delavan-Darien Schools for her entire 4K-12 education.

Cruz spent the spring and summer following her graduation babysitting and helping a 4-year-old girl learn Spanish.

Cruz is an avid soccer player, enjoys exercising and spending time with family and friends.

Victoria Decker started at Phoenix Middle School in August of 1995. She started part-time as a study hall supervisor. She has an Early Child Care teacher assistant certificate and was grandfathered into the district with a certificate as a teacher aide. She has been involved with Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, and teaching religion classes. Her position became full-time and she assisted at many levels at Phoenix. In 2007, she transferred to Wileman Elementary School as a Clerical Aide/Teacher Aide, and she loves it.

Shari Ellis is an ESP/clerical aide for the Delavan-Darien School District. She currently works at Wileman Elementary School. Ellis has been with the district since 2009.

Cassandra Ettner has been an ESP/clerical aide for the Delavan-Darien School District since August 2001. Initially hired as a classroom aide, Ettner’s current responsibilities divide her day into time spent in the classroom, as well as time spent on clerical duties and data entry. Coming from an accounting and bookkeeping background, Ettner finds the blend of office work combined with enjoying instructional time spent with the children a perfect fit.

Kristi Flood teaches second grade at Wileman Elementary. She received her Bachelor’s in Business Administration degree with a major in Marketing and a Spanish minor in 1983. She started subbing in 1995 for the Delavan-Darien School district while completing her Master’s in Teaching through the National-Louis University. Upon completion of her master’s in June 2004, she taught first grade at Darien Elementary and then moved to Wileman in 2007, where she taught first grade for one year. In 2008, she started teaching second grade at Wileman and is still teaching there today. 

Juliana Garcia started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 2009. Garcia works as a clerical aide at Wileman Elementary School.

Kory Garlock completed her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education, grades pre-K through 6, at UW-Whitewater in December 1997. She began her teaching career in Delavan at Wileman Elementary in 1998. She taught kindergarten at Wileman for eight years before switching to first grade in 2005. In 2010, Garlock completed her Master’s degree in Elementary Education, with a specialization in Reading and Mathematics, from Walden University.

Doreen Grams began teaching Physical Education in the Delavan-Darien School District in 1985. She received her undergraduate degree in Physical Education/Health from UW-La Crosse. In 2000, Grams received her Master's degree in Teaching from Aurora University. She enjoys attending conferences and workshops to keep current in the profession. She has coached volleyball, basketball and softball in the district. Grams believes that physical activity is an important component of every person’s life.

Julie Huff is a classroom aide at Wileman Elementary School. She started working at Wileman in 2007. Previous to that, she was a substitute aide for the Delavan-Darien School District for six years. She lives on a small dairy farm with her husband in Sharon. 

Sandy Huff is the Library Media Center aide at Wileman Elementary School. She began her association with the Delavan-Darien School District as an elementary classroom aide substitute during the 1993-94 school year. She was then hired as a classroom aide at Wileman Elementary in January of 2002. During her time at Wileman, Huff spent the 2007-08 school year as the health aide. She began her position as the LMC aide at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year. Prior to relocating to Wisconsin in 1993, Huff was a classroom/office aide at James C. Bush Elementary School in Northern Illinois. She enjoys helping her husband on their dairy farm, but also loves spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

Since reading is her favorite hobby, the LMC is the perfect place for Huff. She enjoys helping the students discover great books they have never read. The staff and students at Wileman make it a great place to work and learn.

Heather Jedlicka began as an aid at Turtle Creek Elementary in 2010. She moved over to Wileman Elementary School in 2011. She is a 1999 graduate of Delavan-Darien High School and has two daughters who are now in the school district.

In 2001, Jedlicka graduated from M.A.T.C with a cosmetology licence. She plans on continuing her education so that she may continue to progress with her knowledge of working with children.

Jedlicka loves working with children. She says she can learn just as much from them as they do from her. She also feels the reward of seeing what she has helped the kids achieve is way more than anyone can imagine... priceless.

Lisa Jones began her career as a teacher at Phoenix Middle School in 1983. In 1984, she accepted a position to teach third grade at Wileman Elementary School. She has happily remained at Wileman for her entire career. Jones graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982 and earned her Master’s in Education from Aurora University in 2000. In 1999, Jones was honored to receive the National Educator’s Award from the Milken Family Foundation. 

Katie Kopp started working as a School Counselor in the district in August of 2004. The primary role of the School Counselor is to help meet the academic, personal, social and emotional needs of all students and their families. She earned her Master’s degree in Educational Psychology in May of 2004 from UW-Whitewater. Prior to earning her master’s, Kopp worked as a therapist, providing in home intervention to children on the Autism Spectrum. 

Elizabeth Kuehne is a third grade teacher at Wileman Elementary. She started there in 2011, having spent the prior year teaching special education and kindergarten in Milton. Kuehne has a degree in early childhood education with a minor in Spanish from UW-Whitewater. She is excited to come to Delavan, having heard about great community involvement in our schools.

“I enjoy teaching third grade because the students are eager to learn and can take on more challenges.”

Deb Lange is the head custodian at Wileman Elementary. She started her career with the district in 1982, subbing in the food service and custodial departments. In 1984, Lange went to full time as a custodian at Darien Elementary. In her time since, she has transferred between Wileman and Darien elementary schools. She was the head custodian at Darien Elementary from 1993 until 2000, when she transferred back to Wileman Elementary School as the head custodian, the position she holds today.

Tina Lockhart became an aide at Wileman Elementary School in 2012. She has an associate’s degree in Science from the College of Lake County, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and minor in Accounting from the University of Iowa.

Christine Lopez works in the kitchen at Wileman Elementary School. She started full-time with the district in 2010. In 2009, Lopez was a kitchen substitute and a teacher's aide substitute at Wileman. She is very pleased to be working as a member of the Wileman kitchen team.Lopez has four children, two of which are currently students here at Wileman. She enjoys helping out in the classrooms with crafts, activities, field trips or even just baking muffins for a morning snack.

Lopez has been a member of the Wileman Parent Advisory Committee since 2008 and last year volunteered to be the "cookie lady" at the school on Wednesdays selling cookies for the WPAC after lunch. Lopez says she will probably be known now as the "apron lady" because she loves to sew and create fun new aprons to wear in the kitchen.

Debra Maly began her career in the Delavan-Darien School District in 1995 as a teacher’s aide at Turtle Creek Elementary. She was there one semester, before being hired in the Wileman Elementary library, which she enjoyed for five years. In 2001, she became Wileman’s Administrative Assistant to the Principal. She enjoys the hustle, bustle and variety of working in the school’s office. 

Shawn Marse is the R.E.A.D.S. Coordinator at Wileman Elementary. She came to the district in 2001 at her current position. The R.E.A.D.S. Program is an acronym for Reading Enrichment and Developmental Success. It is a one-on-one reading program using volunteers as mentors to assist students who need additional help in reading. She is responsible for recruiting as many as 24 community volunteers to commit to this worthwhile program. She guides and gives help to the mentors and students throughout the year. This program means a great deal to Marse because it allows her to meet and form lasting friendships with the volunteers as well as helping the students become better readers. 

May received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from UW-Whitewater in 2000. In 2004, he also received a Master’s degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. In addition to teaching, May also remains active as an accompanist for solo and ensemble events and as an adjudicator for area piano festivals.

Jennifer Mielke  started with the district as a bilingual teacher in 2010. She graduated from Carthage College in 2005 with degrees in Elementary Education and Spanish and a minor in secondary education. Mielke also has a master's degree in ESL/Bilingual from UW-Whitewater (2010 graduate).

Mielke said she loves being able to work with students in order to help them grow both academically and socially.

Lynn Mork started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 2010. Mork works as a special education teacher at Darien Elementary School and Turtle Creek Elementary School.

Mork has more than 15 years of special education teaching experience. She was a teacher in Milwaukee for eight years before joining the Delavan-Darien staff. She enjoys working with diverse learners and helping children to realize their full potential.

When she's not teaching, you can find Mork cheering on her own children and their teammates at sporting events, or at her family's cabin "up North."

Amy O'Donell started as a classroom aide at Wileman Elementary School in 2010.

Kori Pehkonen is the School Psychologist and a School Counselor at Wileman Elementary School. Pehkonen has worked for the Delavan-Darien School District since 1995. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Purdue University and her Master’s in Education at UW-Whitewater. She belongs to the Wisconsin School Psychology Association and to the National Association of School Psychologists. She enjoys working as a team with parents and teachers to best meet students’ academic, social, and mental health needs.

Alison Person, M.S. CCC-SLP, is a Speech and Language Pathologist for the Delavan-Darien School District. She came to the district in 2003 and is responsible for evaluating and treating children with language and/or articulation disorders. Prior to her position in the Delavan-Darien School District, she worked as a Speech and Language Pathologist in the Clinton School District. 

Courtney Peyer is a first grade teacher at Wileman Elementary School, a school she once attended. Peyer also attended Phoenix Middle School and graduated from Delavan-Darien High School. Peyer earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, certified Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth Grade, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 

Kari Pfeil came to the Delavan-Darien School District in 1992. She works at Wileman as a second grade teacher. Hard work, dedication, high expectations, and communication with students and parents are all priorities in Pfeil’s teaching. She hopes that everyone who leaves her classroom has gained knowledge, respect, and knowing that they had a teacher who cared. Pfeil believes the Delavan-Darien School District gives students many excellent opportunities to learn and in all different ways.  

Linda Scott started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 2008. Scott works as a clerical aide at Wileman Elementary School.

April Steffes started as a special education aide at Wileman Elementary School in the 2012-13 school year. She holds a bachelor of science degree from UW-Milwaukee in Conservation Biology. She was a line tharapist for one year with the Wisconsin Early Autism Project and spent six years as a special education aide with the East Troy School District prior to coming to Delavan-Darien. "I love working with children and watching them grow. It's a rewarding job."

As for her pasttimes, "I love to go fishing, camping, hiking and anything else outdoors. I also spend a lot of time with my two children."

Dedra Strohkirch was a family counselor in Waukesha before she started with the Delavan-Darien School District in 2012.

She has a Master's degree in Special Education from George Williams College and has worked for the Wisconsin Early Autism Project and the Childhood Autism Treatment Team. 

"I enjoy the connections i make with students. It's one of the best gifts to see a child learn and understand something for the first time."

Strohkirch also enjoys painting, photography, drawing, traveling, hiking, fishing, camping, astronomy, and environmental issues and awareness. 

Kristina Taylor started as a classroom aide at Wileman Elementary School in 2010.

Cathy Theobald is a fourth grade teacher at Wileman Elementary School. She has been teaching in the district since 1995. Theobald has Master’s degree in Education from Olivet Nazarene University. Her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor’s in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Before becoming a teacher, Theobald was a flight attendant with TWA (Tran World Airlines) for eleven years.

Terri Timmerman is the art teacher at both Wileman and Darien elementary schools. She began teaching at the Delavan-Darien School District in 2003. Prior to that, Timmerman taught eight years at Lakewood School in Twin Lakes, Wis. She also spent two years teaching in Lake Geneva. Timmerman received her Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Viterbo College in 1993. She is also certified in Adaptive Education. She received her Master’s of Education degree from Aurora University in 2001. Timmerman continues taking classes to learn new techniques in both art and teaching. 

Stefanie Vollmer joined the Wileman Elementary School staff in 2012 as the school's 4-year-old kindergarten teacher. She has degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Early Childhood Education, English as a Second Language and American Sign Language. 

She has teaching experience from the Milwaukee Public School District (4K, first grade, English as a Second Language for 5K, first grade and second grade, American Sign Language for second and third grade). "I love working with children and watching them grow. The Delavan-Darien School District is such a loving, caring place to work. I am excited to work with my colleagues to better our students' education."

In addition to teaching, Vollmer is a dancer, specializing in tap and ballet. She enjoys kneeboarding, skiing and tubing and spends lots of time with her family, including her two pet hamsters, "Marshmellow" and "Fluffy."