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Welcome from the Head of School - Walter T. McCoy
Welcome to St. Elizabeth's School, where you and your family will find a rare blend of well-balanced and stimulating academics enriched by the arts: music, singing, visual and performing arts. Simply stated, St. Elizabeth's is an outstanding educational environment that has a commitment to the development of the whole child academically, socially, spiritually and artistically. While an overused expression, educating the "whole child" does have meaning. We challenge our students to discover their full potential by developing academic competence, social confidence and moral integrity.
What separates St. Elizabeth's from other fine schools is its mission of inclusiveness. Our student body reflects the communities we serve, which are rich in cultures, ethnicity, faith and economic status. Beginning in kindergarten and ending in eighth grade, our students experience the finest academic training and will be perfectly comfortable with our global and diverse society. We expect our graduates to attend the best secondary schools and colleges and to take their places in the community as persons for others, generously contributing their talents and skills throughout their lives.
We are currently enrolling kindergarten and first grade students for 2008 and will add a class each year. We are located on the northwest corner of Martin Luther King and Colorado Boulevards and are housed in two stately buildings on the beautiful and historic Clayton Early Learning Campus.
We invite you to peruse our web site to learn more about St. Elizabeth's School. Please call 303-322-4209 or email me wmccoy@stelizabethsdenver.org if you have any questions or wish to arrange an appointment to visit our school. You will be most welcome.
Cordially,
Walter Tusson McCoy
Founding Head of School
PS: The foundation of every school of excellence is an outstanding faculty. Please see the brief biographies of our 2007-2008 faculty and staff below.
Kindergarten Teachers
Lead Teacher – Kim Gerlitz
Kim is an experienced and certified elementary school teacher, mostly in kindergarten and pre-kindergarten classrooms. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Northwestern College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied abroad in Sweden at the Vaxjo University. Kim has been active in: various church volunteer organizations, as a summer camp counselor, nursing home assistant, and was recipient of a prominent Leadership Award and the Aliss Scholarship grant. Kim holds a State of Colorado teacher’s License with endorsements in Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
Assistant Teacher - Danice Giles
Danice comes to us from Marietta, Georgia, where she taught at one of the top independent schools in Atlanta: Holy Innocents Episcopal School, which enrolls children from preschool through 12th grade. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with a major in Special Education from Kansas University. Danice holds Georgia and Colorado teachers’ licenses with endorsements in Middle, Elementary and Early Childhood Education. She is a Gesell Certified Test Administrator.
Specialty Teachers
Music – Gretchen Timmer
Gretchen has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hastings College in Nebraska with majors in K-12 Music Education and Piano/Organ. She holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska with emphasis in Elementary Music Education and Piano. Gretchen has also done postgraduate studies in Orff, elementary methods, multiculturalism, gender equity and awareness, folk dance and movement. She recently worked for the Cherry Creek School district where she taught grades K-5 vocal and general music, chorus, recorder and hand chimes. She was previously Youth Choir Director at St. John’s Cathedral in Denver and is presently the Accompanist for Choristers Choir of Young Voices of Colorado.
Art – Jessica R. House
Jessie was first hired by Walter in 2004 to teach art at St. Francis Episcopal Day School in Potomac, Maryland. She has most recently been studying abroad at the University of Wollongong in Wollongong, Australia, where she has completed her second master’s degree, a Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts. Jessie received her Bachelor of Arts/Studio Art degree from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Education degree in Cross-Cultural Education from National University in San Diego, California. She has done art studies at University of California at Santa Cruz, University of Maryland, and University of California at Los Angeles. Jessie also studied abroad at the American Institute for Foreign Study in Florence, Italy.
Spanish – Loree Cain
Loree is currently teaching Spanish in the mornings at the Hyland Christian School in Westminster, and will teach our kindergarten children in the afternoons. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations and Spanish from the University of Nebraska in Kearney and graduated Summa Cum Laude and with Honors. She studied abroad at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.
Physical Education – Sue Johanning
Sue is a graduate of Colorado State University, with a BS in Commercial Physical Education. She has a Masters degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Colorado, Health Science Center, 1997, and is a certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She has completed multiple continuing education courses including manual therapy, stabilization and rehabilitation programs for adults and children. Sue has developed and implemented numerous exercise and sport specific programs for adults and children, emphasizing injury prevention. She enjoys working with children, and feels that physical education is essential to a child’s well being and development.
Chaplain – The Rev. Michele Quinn-Miscall
Mother Michele is Rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Peter and St. Mary. She graduated from Iliff School of Theology with Distinction in 1997 with an MDiv and a Masters in Scripture, and was ordained in the Diocese of Colorado in 1998. Mother Michele has a passion for education for all ages. In her previous life (before ordination) she was a teacher who found her heart in the Kindergarten classroom. To fulfill that call, Mother Michele served on the bishop’s staff as the Children’s Vicar for the Diocese from January 2000 until August 2005.
Administration
Head of School – Walter McCoy
Walter began teaching in Orleans Parish Public Schools, taught history at Jesuit High School in New Orleans, chaired the History Department at Casady School in Oklahoma City, was Headmaster of the Wightwood School in Branford, Connecticut and Head of School at St. Francis Episcopal Day School in Potomac, Maryland. Walter has two Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and Secondary Education in Social Studies and a Master of Arts degree in History Teaching from the University of New Orleans. He has accomplished postgraduate studies in Latin American History at Tulane University.
Principal – Carolyn McCoy
Carolyn taught English in New Orleans at Ben Franklin, a magnet high school for high IQ students, chaired the English Department at Northshore High School in Louisiana, taught high school French in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, taught upper school English at Metairie Park Country Day School in Louisiana, and taught Lower and Middle School at Casady School in Oklahoma City and at The Foote School in New Haven, Connecticut. In between, she has taught in a school for the deaf and all but a few elementary school grades. Carolyn graduated with Distinction in Course from Converse College in South Carolina with a double major in French and Education of the Deaf and earned a M.A.T. degree in English from Tulane University in New Orleans.
Administrative Assistant – W. Joseph Schwairy
Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services from Metropolitan State College in Denver. He is an experienced and skilled graphic designer and is currently in discernment leading to ordination to the Holy Orders in the Episcopal Church.
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