Spotlight
Mrs. Guerrero Castro attended the La Cosecha Conference which is one of the biggest Dual Language Conferences Nationwide and it is attended by teachers, administrators, coaches, etc., from DL schools from all over the United States. It was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Meet Mrs. Fossler, new Associate Principal at Turtle Creek. She has been in the Delavan-Darien District for 23 years. She taught 5th grade, kindergarten, and 3rd grade during her years at Turtle Creek. For the past three years she served as the Associate Principal at Phoenix Middle School.
Meet Ms. Nordentoft, she is the new Occupational Therapy Assistant for the Delavan-Darien School District.
Meet Ms. Esquivel, Dual Language 1st Grade Teacher at Turtle Creek. She attended UW-Whitewater and graduated this past December with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She is a 2014 DDHS alumni and is extremely excited to be back in the district.
Meet Ms. Diehn, new Special Education Teacher at Turtle Creek Elementary School. She graduated in 2014 from UW-Whitewater with a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood/Special Education. She is currently going back to school to gain her Cross-Categorical license in special education.
Meet Ms. Gile, 1st Grade Teacher at Turtle Creek. She graduated from the UW-Eau Claire in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Education. For the past two years, she has taught both third grade and first grade in Brookfield, WI.
Meet Ms. Behlendorf, new Special Education Teacher at Turtle Creek. Previously she worked in the Beloit School District as a self-contained emotional behavioral disability teacher at the elementary school level for the last two years. She recently had her first child this past spring.
Meet Ms. Elmer, new Dual Language 1st Grade Teacher at Turtle Creek. She is from Janesville, WI and she went to Cardinal Stritch to get her teaching certification. Last year she taught 3rd grade DLI in Beloit. This is her 13th year teaching elementary school.
Meet Ms. Vania De Almeida, she is the new Community Outreach Coordinator for the District. She is from Brazil, speaks Portuguese and is fluent in Spanish too. Vania has worked in the education field for over 22 years. She believes family involvement is the #1 factor in helping students succeed.
Meet Mrs. Krizmanich, the new Music Teacher at Turtle Creek Elementary School.