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Teresa Allen
tallen@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900 |
Mrs. Allen grew up in the Portland area.She worked as a technical illustrator, for 16 years, drawing trucks for Freightliner Corporation. She and her husband have 2 children. A daughter in Middle School and a son in High School. She has been working at Newby for the last 8 years as an educational assistant. Mrs. Allen loves spending her days working with kindergarten students! She loves spending time with her family, riding bikes, camping, going for walks and watching her children play basketball, baseball and softball. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, gardening, photography and drawing with colored pencils.
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Cindy Almond
calmond@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4910 |
Mrs. Almond works in our kitchen preparing food. She is a native Oregonian and was born and raised in McMinnville. She has worked at Newby Elementary for 15 years, but started originally at Adams Elementary School.
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Fairlight Ankeny
fankeny@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4960 |
Ms. Ankeny has been teaching at Newby Elementary since 2005. This year she is teaching the Bilingual 4th grade and is enjoying utilizing her Spanish while helping her students become bilingual. Her favorite things about teaching are the wonderful comments the children make as they learn new things and seeing the new skills students develop.
When she is not teaching she enjoys taking her dog, Sadie, for walks, reading a good book, attempting a crossword and knitting (but not all at the same time).
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Tom Asbill
TAsbill@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4977 |
Mr. Asbill began teaching in 1995 at a laboratory school in La Grande, Oregon, where he taught in a multi-aged classroom. After his year in La Grande he headed for Finland where he taught pre-school/kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. Upon returning to the United States he taught Social Science and English at an alternative high school, kindergarten, fourth grade, and fifth grade in Ontario, Oregon. His current teaching assignment at Newby is ELL, but he has also fourth grade and blended classroom the last five years. Mr. Asbill prides himself on being a lifelong learner and challenges his students to do the same. |
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Vanessa Bergmann
VBergmann@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4923 |
Ms. Bergmann teaches fourth grade at Newby Elementary School. She likes working with the other fourth grade teachers to plan exciting lessons, such as in GLAD and writers workshop. She especially loves working with children, helping them become better readers and writers. Some of her favorite activities during the school year are: the Newby School Jog-a-thon, Authors' Night, the Science Fair, and (of course)excellent field trips! |
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Brian Bixler
BBixler@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4925 |
Brian comes from a long lineage of teachers. Both of his parents, siblings, and many extended family members have been teachers in the surrounding area. He graduated with an undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Development from Oregon State University in 2004. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching from George Fox University. The 2012-13 school year starts Brian’s 7th year of teaching. His passions include Science, Writing, and History. Surfing is new hobby for Brian. He can be spotted up and down the Oregon Coast during the spring and summer months.
Brian’s classroom rules challenge students to: Come to School to Learn, Own Their Education, Ask Why, and Help Others.
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Simone Bostic
SBostic@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4915 |
Mrs. Bostic our our Speech Therapist. This is her second year at Newby. She is originally from Trinidad. |
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Gretchen Cox
GCox@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4957 |
Mrs. Cox teaches kindergarten. She has been teaching at Newby for 9 years. Mrs. Cox loves reading and spending time outdoors. She enjoys working with children and helping them grow into life long learners. She believes you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
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Shelly Daggett |
Ms. Daggett is our newest addition to our Kitchen Staff.
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Teresa Davis
TDavis@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4974
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Mrs Davis is a Title 1 Assistant. She's been with Newby for 14 years helping kids learn reading strategies. She loves to see little faces light up when they catch on to a reading strategy they have learned and start using them! She learns something new from the kids almost daily about their interests and personalities in the deep discussions about the books they are reading. The students are truly amazing with what they come up with!
She has a big family that keeps her very busy, and enjoys camping, hiking and watching sports.
Her hobbies are horseback riding and scrapbooking.
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Cleto Delgado |
Mr. Delgado teaches Third Grade Spanish in a program called TWI (Two Way Immersion). |
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Marbellys Diaz
MDiaz@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4953 |
Mrs. Díaz is enjoying her fourth year here at Newby. She teaches First Grade in Spanish in a program called TWI (Two Way Immersion).
Mrs Diaz originally is from Venezuela and loves to see children smiling faces learning new things from different cultures.
She believes we are one and our dreams can come through working hard and trying our best everyday! |
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Julie Early
JEarly@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4954 |
Mrs. Early is a first grade teacher. She has taught in McMinnville for 12 years. One of her hobbies is collecting children's literature and she loves sharing books with her students. She feels learning is not a race for information-it is a walk of discovery.
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Beth Eddings
BEddings@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4973 |
This is Mrs. Eddings’ 5th year in the McMinnville School District and her 4th year as a Title 1 Reading Specialist. She is so glad to be working back at Newby this year! Newby has the friendliest staff, students, and parents in the district! Mrs. Eddings is also running Power Hour at Newby this year.
When she is not working, she enjoys cooking, reading, gardening, hanging out with her husband and 2 cats, and traveling.
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Kevin Emmert
(503)565-4916 |
Mr. Emmert has been a library teacher in the McMinnville School District for over 20 years. He was previously at Newby for ten years, but has been at Grandhaven school full time for the last six years. This year, he is teaching library skills classes at both schools and is happy to reconnect with Newby staff and students.
Names are important and Mr. Emmert is doing his best to learn the names of our Newby learners. Each one is connected to a young person with special talents, interests, and personality. The most fulfilling part of getting to work with all the students in the school is seeing them grow as readers, learners, and individuals. It is a privilege for him to get to share learning with Newby classes. |
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Ruby Espana
REspana@msd.k12.or.us
(503)56504900 |
This is Ms. España’s second year with the school district. She is very glad to be a part of Newby’s hardworking staff. She assists in the TWI classes and leads guided reading groups with some of the students.
Ms. España loves working with students helping them become independent readers. When outside of school, she enjoys reading, watching movies, visiting the Oregon coast, and working on Sudoku puzzles. |
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Isabelle Etchebarren
(503)565-4900 |
Mrs. Etchebarren works part-time in our Two-Way Immersion |
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Jenny Fisher
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Mrs. fisher's been teaching at Newby for 6 years. Mrs. Fisher LOVES her job! She loves to take students on the adventure of learning and show them how to become life long learners. We learn through exploring books, writing for a purpose, problem-solving, and so much more! Her favorite subject to teach is math.
Aside from teaching, she loves to spend time with her family. She and her husband like to ski, rent movies, and travel to new places. she traveled to Guatamala and Mexico last summer to study Spanish. she also enjoys reading and reads everyday! Her two cats, Tigger and Ollie, are often cuddled up close to her as she reads. she is also working on honing her skills as a writer. she loves writing short stories.
Her favorite quote is a motto from her mom - She always told her this on the way to school and she lives her life by it...."Work hard, play hard!" |
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Korey Ford
KFord@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4924 |
Mrs. Ford grew up in Bend, Oregon and moved to McMinnville to go to Linfield College. She has been at Newby for 5 years and loves seeing the kids she works with learn, grow and reach their goals.
When she is not at school she loves spending time with her four kids and husband. She enjoys going camping, reading, gardening, going to the beach and taking her yellow lab, Daisy, for long walks. |
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Kathleen Fraser
(503)565-4925 |
Ms. Fraser teaches a fourth/fifth grade classroom. This is her first year at Newby, but she has previously taught Advanced Math in the District.
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Heather Freeman
HFreeman@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4913
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Mrs. Freeman is a native and proud Iowan. She came to Oregon via New Mexico to begin her teaching career in 1993. She taught high school English for 8 years and became frustrated by high school students who could not read. This spurred her to go back to school and get a second master’s degree in Special Education.
She came to work in the McMinnville School District in 2001 at Duniway Middle School as an LRC teacher – specializing in reading. After several years at the middle school level, she decided to try elementary. "I love the Newby “community”: staff and parents, and I am extremely happy to be part of it! Newby is truly an awesome school not only for A+ quality education it provides but also for the care and concern that is shown to each and every student!" |
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Kelsey Freese
KFreese@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4950
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Mrs. Freese grew up on a farm in Carlton and later attended Linfield College. This is her sixth year teaching for McMinnville School District. She loves to read picture books with her class and enjoys watching them learn and grow!
Outside of school Mrs. Freese loves to garden, take pictures, bake, run, travel and spend time with her family and friends. She is very excited to be a member of the Newby community!
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Mahara Garneff
MGarneff@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900 |
Mrs. Garneff work with the Bilingual students and as our Bilingual Secretary. This is her second year at Newby.
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Kathi Geelan
KGeelan@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900 |
Mrs. Geelan is our Media Assistant/Educational Assistant. She has worked at Newby for over 25 years and has enjoyed every minute of it. She loves the students and seeing them learn and mature is the most wonderful part of this job. Whether they are reading, drawing, singing or playing, their individuality and uniqueness is so rewarding to be around. We also have the best staff in the district which makes working here a joy.
Mrs. Geelan and her husband have lived in McMinnville most of their lives and raised their two sons here (Both of their sons went to Newby.) Eric, who works for Yamhill County, lives in McMinnville and has two children. Brevin is a seventh grader at DMS and Sydney is a fifth grader at Columbus. Kristopher, a Major in the Air Force, is stationed in Montgomery, Alabama with his wife and three children, William, 4th grade, Emma, 2nd grade, and Sarah, kindergarten. Mrs. Geelan’s hobbies are her grandchildren and reading. |
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Juana Gonzalez Chavez
JGonzales-Chavez@msd.k12.or.us
(503)565-4975 |
Mrs. Gonzalez-Chavez has been in education for about 30 years. She has worked with children of all ages, as well as adults. She has worked in Dayton, Salem, Hillsboro, Independence, Amity and McMinnville. This is her 5th year at Newby working with the Migrant Preschool program, and she loves being part of the “Newby family.”
Mrs. Gonzalez-Chavez has three children of her own, and has lived in Dayton almost all her life, having moved from Texas when she was three years old, so she considers herself an Oregonian. |
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Joyce Gower
JGower@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4912
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Mrs. Gower's work day at Newby is full of variety. She works with small groups of students on their reading. Another portion of her day is spent working with groups of TAG students.
Mrs. Gower coordinates the America Reads work-study program that brings Linfield students to our school. These students come to help our students improve their reading; comprehension and fluency.
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Autumn Hayes
AHayes@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4921 |
Mrs. Hayes has taught music for 18 years. She began at Cook Elementary, then she taught at Wascher, and now she has been at Newby School for the past eight years. She loves teaching music, because there's nothing better to her ears than the sound of children singing and creating music. It may not always be perfect, but that's the process, and that's what she loves!
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Dave Carlson
DCarlson@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900 |
Mr. Carlson is our new principal at Newby!
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Dolores Ibarra
DIbarra@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4978 |
Mrs. Ibarra is originally from Mexico City. She moved to Newberg, Oregon 23 year ago to study English at George Fox University where her husband was a full time student. For the last 15 years she has worked as an educational assistant for Dayton, Newberg and McMinnville School Districts, two of those years she worked for a charter elementary school in Davenport, Florida. She started working at Newby almost two year ago upon returning from Florida. She is very thankful to be a member of the Newby Family and loves working with students and parents.
She has three children, a daughter attending Lane Community College, a daughter in 6th grade at Mountain View Middle School and a son in 5th grade at Mabel Rush. She also has a dog, Tula. Among other things, she loves reading, movie nights at home with her family, and watching her kids play soccer.
She has three children, a daughter attending Lane Community College, a daughter in 6th grade at Mountain View Middle School and a son in 5th grade at Mabel Rush. She also has a dog, Tula. Among other things, she loves reading, movie nights at home with her family, and watching her kids play soccer. |
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Scott Johnson
SJohnson@msd.k12.or.us
(503)565-4914 |
Mr. Johnson has taught P.E. in McMinnville for 21 years. He graduated from McMinnville High School and Linfield College. In his spare time he enjoys fishing, boating, coaching youth sports and spending time with his family. |
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Cynthia Mitchell
CMitchell@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4974
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This is Mrs. Mitchell's 20th year with the school district. Working with kids and meeting their challenges is the best part of her job. Of course she loves working with the great staff at Newby also. Mrs. Mitchell has a certified Therapy Dog named Meah that she brings to school many times to read with the children. The Therapy dog is rewarding for both Mrs. Mitchell and the students.
She has two children, Patrick and Hannah. Patrick is in a PHD program at the University of Washington and Hannah is planning to enter a PHD program next year. Mrs. Mitchell and her husband are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary this year. |
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Rich Moberg
RMoberg@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4914 |
Mr. Moberg teaches P.E. at Newby and Columbus Elementary schools. |
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Sherry Newcomb
SNewcomb@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900
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Mrs. Newcomb has worked for the Mcminnville School District for 10 years. Three of those years were in Title One, and the other seven were as a Special Education Assistant. "The most rewarding part of my job is seeing the children's faces light up with excitement when they have achieved something they've worked so hard on."
Mrs. Newcomb is the proud mother of four boys: Ben (14) at Patton, Justin (17) at the High School, Jacob attends college and works as a diesel mechanic, Nic is a fireman/paramedic at Sunriver. She also enjoys being a first time grandmother to her new grandson, Jackson. In her spare time, Mrs. Newcomb's family enjoys soccer, football, baseball, camping, spending time with their black and golden labs, Duke and Chloe, traveling, hosting and placing exchange students each summer. |
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Meredith Olds
MOlds@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4949
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This is Mrs. Olds’ sixth year teaching. She spent the first 3 years teaching first grade down the street at Memorial and is now teaching in the TWI program here at Newby. She graduated from Linfield College in 2006. During her time at Linfield, she studied abroad for a semester in Costa Rica, spent a month studying in Mexico, and student taught at Amity Elementary and Columbus Elementary. Now her little sister is going to Linfield too! Mrs. Olds is also working on getting her master’s degree at Portland State University.
Mrs. Olds and her husband, Jason, live in McMinnville and enjoy visiting family in Vancouver, Washington and Clatskanie, Oregon. Mrs. Olds also loves to play softball, play tennis, read, swim, go to the beach, spend time outdoors, and spend time with friends. |
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Rae O'Leary
ROleary@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4910
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Mrs. O'Leary works in the kitchen. |
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Erika Rada
ERada@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4951
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Mrs. Rada LOVES teaching third grade. She especially loves teaching reading and math. This is her eleventh year at Newby as a teacher, and six of those years she spent teaching first grade. Mrs.Rada was even a student at Newby. She attended fourth and fifth grade at Newby! She is teaching in the same classroom where she had fourth grade as a student!
This summer, Mrs. Rada traveled to Mexico and Crater Lake. She even fulfilled one of her life long goals: she climbed to the summit of a mountain (South Sister). She also took some classes and worked in her yard and flower beds!
When Mrs.Rada is not at school, she likes playing tennis, attempting to golf, cooking, reading, spending time with her family, doing crossword puzzles and walking her black lab, named Coal!
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I am a proud mommy of a ten month baby boy named Trent and a wife to my husband Sean. We also have Zeus the Bulldog and Bella the Doxie.
I love McMinnville!!! I graduated from McMinnville High school in 1999 and from Linfield College in 2003. I studied abroad in Costa Rica for 6 months while I was at Linfield.
This is my 8th year teaching. I taught first and third grade in San Diego, California for 5 years. I also graduated from Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego with a Masters in Education and an Administration credential.
We moved back to McMinnville in July 2008 and this is my third year teaching for the McMinnville School District. I am SO excited to be at Newby this year! The staff is wonderfulJ
I love to work out, run, travel, scrapbook, be a mom to Trent and of course shop! |
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Heidi Reinker
HReinker@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4974 |
Heidi Reinker has been teaching, substituting, tutoring, assisting, and volunteering for 15 years throughout Yamhill County. She is married to Matt and has two children, Zachary and Coralyn, who go to Grandhaven. Currently, Heidi is in the process of adding on the Reading Endorsement to her Elementary Teaching License. Some of her outside interests are hiking, camping, singing, and practicing martial arts. Heidi is very happy to have joined the Newby staff team. She is ambitious to learn and grow with children.
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Amparo Rivadeneira
ARivadeneira@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4961 |
Mrs. Rivadeneira teaches in our Two Way Immersion Kindergarten Classroom. |
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Tara Romero
TRomero@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4922 |
Getting to Know Ms. Romero
What do you like to do in your free time?
I like to read, listen to podcasts, treasure hunt at Goodwill and read blogs.
What is your favorite word?
My favorite word is realm. I don’t know why really, I just like it.
What is your favorite animal?
My favorite animal is a polar bear. I love how they live and survive in a extreme habitat.
What is your favorite subject to teach?
I love teaching writing. I wasn’t a good writer as a kid because I thought that you were just born a good writer. I never seemed to know how to make my writing good. Now, I have been learning a lot of tricks from Lucy Calkins (a writing teacher that teaches teachers how to teach writing) and I am realizing that writers become good writers by studying what other writers do. In class we study a lot of passages in the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Those stories are very similar to the kind of writing I hope my students will write. I enjoy seeing students start the year thinking that writing is hard and ending the year with amazing stories in their writing folders.
What would you write a book about?
Ooohhhh, that’s a good question! I have a lot of funny stories from when I was a kid or even from yesterday. I would write a book with a strong female character who is kind of unorganized but who had a big heart. She probably would wear purple boots and have pigtails. She might have a white husky dog named Max. I think she’d be a cross between, “Ramona”, “Clementine” and Pippi Longstocking.
If you had $1000, what would you spend it on?
I would first buy a big desk so that I would have more room for my many projects. Then, I would pay for dental work for a young girl I know.
If you were 20 years younger, what would you do?
Well, if I could go back in time, I would know that mean kids are only mean because they are lonely and have a lot of stress going on in their lives. So, I would try to not let mean people bug me so much and would try to be friends with them.
What would you invent?
Ok….this is difficult to share, because I don’t have a patent for it yet, and I don’t want you to steal my idea. I want to invent a Smartboard Student Desk. Students could write all of their assignments on their desk and it would import it into my computer. Tests would grade themselves! Imagine the time that would be saved! It would eliminate all of the paperwork and allow me to spend more time working with students, or planning lessons. Let me know if you have any investors.
What prank would you pull?
Boy, I’m not so good at pulling pranks. I would be worried that I would hurt someone’s feelings or that I’d get in trouble.
Where would you go if you could go on a dream vacation? Israel. I want to see the Jordan river and the Sea of Galilee. |
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Jeremy Sampson
JSampson@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4916
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Mr. Sampson is our lead day custodian. |
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Cheryl Shockey
cshockey@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900 |
Ms.Shockey feels privileged to teach in the town she grew up in. She has been with McMinnville School District for 26 years and hase worked at Patton, Wascher, Grandhaven, Cook, Memorial, Newby, and Duniway. Currently, she teachs at Newby for one hour in the morning with the advanced 5th grade math students and then travels across the parking lot and teachs the rest of the day at Duniway working with 6th and 7th graders in math.
Ms. Shockey lives outside of Amity on an acre and a half and has 3 dogs that wake her up early on weekends! They love their walks and it keeps her going too. Exercise is an important part of her daily routine and Crossfit is the best for her!! She also likes to run...when it is not raining so if you see her on the streets in Mac, give a honk and a wave! |
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Jack Sills
JSills@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4978
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Mr. Sills starting teaching 10 years ago after 15 years as a children’s pastor, entertainer, song writer and worship leader. He loves using his talent to make learning fun. But it’s not all about fun. Mr. Sills is serious about kids reaching their full potential and that’s why he’s taught every grade K-8 and now specializes in helping limited English speakers break through the language barrier to become successful students.
Mr. Sills has a wife, Gloria, who works for Social Security with Disability Determination Services. They’ve been married to for 25 years. They have a son, Gage, who is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a freshman at UCLA (University of Chemeketah on Lancaster Ave.). They also have a cat named Bob. |
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Beth Spencer
BSpencer@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4913 |
Mrs. Spencer is a special educational assistant. She works in our Learning Resource Center. She has worked at Newby School since the year 2000. She really enjoys working with children and finding out the unique ways in which they each learn. She also enjoys the great supportive staff at Newby.
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Anna Stahl
AStahl@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4973 |
Mrs. Stahl is our Reading Specialist. She loves reading with children and watching them grow as readers and writers and feels she has the best job in the world. "I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Newby Elementary School."
When she's not at school she loves to watch her own children play sports and watch her husband coach football. She likes to; read, drink coffee, laugh (she laughs a lot!), watch movies, and walk her dog. |
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Anita Sterrett
ASterrett@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4974 |
Mrs. Sterrett is so excited to be working at Newby as an ELL assistant. She loves helping students learn and is constantly amazed at their creativity. Making a difference in these young lives is the greatest reward!
Being an ELL student herself she knows how difficult it can be to learn a new language, especially one not spoken at home. She decided that learning Spanish would allow her to help even more students in a positive way. School can be difficult without the added pressure of language barriers.
After spending 20 years in Anchorage, she is thrilled to be back in Oregon where the weather is so much nicer and the summers so much LONGER.
When not working, Mrs. Sterrett is busy with all sorts of crafts, scrapbooking, beading and sewing. She also likes to read, watch movies and relax in her garden. |
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Jeff Strobel
JStrobel@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4926
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Jeff Strobel has been teaching for eighteen years.
Mr. Strobel has been married twenty-seven years, and has three children. His oldest daughter and son live and study at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. His youngest daughter attended Newby Elementary for all six years, and is now a student at McMinnville High School. Mr. Strobel’s wife is a Social Worker and a Counselor here in McMinnville.
Mr. Strobel really loves teaching. His favorite subjects are History, Science, Literature and Writing. Oh! He loves art as well! His students eventually find out that he likes writing so much that he’s written his own novel entitled A Matter of Revenge that he hopes to get published some day. His favorite time in American History is the colonial era. Ben Franklin, Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson are some of his colonial heroes. He likes Ben Franklin’s sayings so much that he has put many of them into practice. Many people don’t know that it was Ben Franklin who first wrote the idea behind “No pain, no gain.”
Mr. Strobel also enjoys photography. The back wall of his room became so filled with photographs of his many students over the years he had to take them down so he had more room for new pictures. He also enjoys bicycling. Each summer he rides his bike from McMinnville to the beach at Pacific City with a few friends, or one of his brothers. He also loves hiking and identifying plants along the trail. During the summer he gardens, raising all sorts of edible plants in his backyard. He’s a strong believer in good nutrition, so growing vegetables and fruits for his family’s meals is a high priority.
His favorite authors include C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Wendell Berry, G. K. Chesterton, J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee), and George MacDonald. He also really enjoyed the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Mr. Strobel really loves teaching. His favorite subjects are History, Science, Literature and Writing. Oh! He loves art as well! His students eventually find out that he likes writing so much that he’s written his own novel entitled A Matter of Revenge that he hopes to get published some day. His favorite time in American History is the colonial era. Ben Franklin, Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson are some of his colonial heroes. He likes Ben Franklin’s sayings so much that he has put many of them into practice. Many people don’t know that it was Ben Franklin who first wrote the idea behind “No pain, no gain.”
Mr. Strobel also enjoys photography. The back wall of his room became so filled with photographs of his many students over the years he had to take them down so he had more room for new pictures. He also enjoys bicycling. Each summer he rides his bike from McMinnville to the beach at Pacific City with a few friends, or one of his brothers. He also loves hiking and identifying plants along the trail. During the summer he gardens, raising all sorts of edible plants in his backyard. He’s a strong believer in good nutrition, so growing vegetables and fruits for his family’s meals is a high priority.
His favorite authors include C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Wendell Berry, G. K. Chesterton, J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee), and George MacDonald. He also really enjoyed the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. |
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Rosie Tanner
RTanner@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4901
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Welcome to the Newby community where kids are loved above all else. Rosie truly believes that it takes the whole community to raise a child. A lot of love, a little discipline and a whole lot of learning are going on here, and she is grateful for the opportunity to play a small part.
Rosie has worked with young people from infants through college either in her job or as a volunteer over the years. She really wanted to be a school secretary, but was turned away because they were afraid that she wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure of having children in her office all the time, so she accepted second best and took a job at Stanford University where she spent 15 years as a commencement and event coordinator, and administrative assistant. She is happy to now be a part of the Newby family.
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Heather Thomas
hthomas@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4900
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School nurse |
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Gayle Toft
GToft@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4952 |
Mrs. Toft teaches 2nd grade. This is her 11th year at Newby. Before that she taught P.E. for 10 years! Her favorite thing about teaching is being around children watching and helping them discover new things. She has 2 grown daughters (28 and 25) that have already graduated from college and a son (20) in his second year at the University of Oregon. She loves the outdoors; camping, being on/in the water, and gardening. She’s a home body but also loves being at school around her students and fellow teachers!
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Cameron Urnes
CUrnes@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4908 |
Mr. Urnes came to Newby after teaching in resource rooms for 8 years at the middle and high school level. His wife, Carolyn, teaches Kindergarten at Memorial, his daughter, Marissa, works for OHSU in Portland and his son, Hank, in his second year of college.
Mr. Urnes likes the variety of activities the CDS job provides and the emotional growth he sees in the students with whom he works. He likes working at Newby because he feels we have the best students and teachers on the planet. The students are kind, polite and always do their best. The teachers are always sensitive to the needs of their students while keeping the highest of standards.
Mr. Urnes grew up in the small California town of Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula. He graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara and later did graduate work at Western Oregon University and Lewis and Clark College .He likes to spend his free time playing folk music, camping, reading, hanging around with friends and family and seeking warm weather. His perfect day would include a tall cup of espresso in the morning, a swim in the ocean at a tropical beach and a baseball double header with friends and family.
His favorite quote: Music is what feelings sound like. ~Author Unknown |
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Traci Vail
TVail@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4957 |
Mrs. Vail has been teaching for 13 years. She has taught 3rd, 4th, 5th grades and she is now currently teaching half-day AM kindergarten. She loves teaching all ages, and with the younger ones she especially enjoys the excitement that they show and share every day when coming to school and learning new things.
Outside of school, Traci has many other interests such as; gardening, reading, walking, photography and journaling. Her greatest interest of course is her family; her husband Jonathan, her daughter Jenna who is 6 years old and her son Benjamin who is 4 years old.
One of her favorite quotes: Life is a promise, fulfill it! -Mother Teresa |
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Amanda Vinson
AVinson@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4915 |
This is Mrs. Vinson’s sixth year teaching in the McMinnville School District. She has been a reading specialist all six years and started teaching ELL three years ago. She is currently a reading intervention teacher at Newby and an ELL teacher at Columbus, so you will see her in the mornings at Newby. She loves her job and believes she is rewarded every day when she helps students overcome obstacles.
When she’s not at school, she loves to spend time with her family playing at the park, watching sporting events, hiking, reading books, baking, scrapbooking, and walking the dog. |
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Dawn Walters
DWalters@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4956
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Mrs. Walters grew up in upstate New York on a farm. She went to college at Geneseo State University and received a major in Elementary Education and Special Education. She taught for one year in New York before getting married and moving to Virginia Beach, VA. Mrs. Walters taught kindergarten for 9 years in Norfolk, Virginia. She took time off to have children and enjoy raising them. Her family moved to Texas because her husband got a job with Texas Instruments. Mrs. Walters volunteered in her children’s classrooms and taught pre-school out of her home. Once again, it was time to relocate for her husband’s job and her family moved to the great state of Oregon. Hopefully, this is her last move!
This is Mrs. Walters’ fifth year working for McMinnville school district. Mrs. Walters teaches First Grade at Newby, and previously taught Kindergarten and was the Librarian at Newby. Mrs. Walters and her husband are very busy with their four children, Brendon, Aubryn, Ashton and Gavrielle. Her children keep a busy schedule with soccer, baseball, ballet and performing in plays. You might even see them on the soccer field or at a baseball game. They enjoy reading, riding bikes and relaxing together as a family! |
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Amy Widmer
AWidmer@msd.k12.or.us
(503) 565-4947 |
This is Mrs. Widmer’s seventh year of teaching and third year at Newby. She teaches 5th grade in the Two Way Immersion program (TWI). She loves traveling, hiking, snorkeling, reading, watching movies, and hanging out with her husband who is also a teacher. She also loves coffee and chocolate! Mrs. Widmer is excited for a great year!
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