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Mr. Bronson E. Jones, Jr.
Administrator
B.S. Physical Education, Towson College
Masters in Administration and Supervision, McDaniel College
Mr. Jones, our school administrator is in his fourth
year at CLS. Mr. Jones was a teacher for Carroll County Public Schools in Taneytown for 18 years before becoming
an administrator, serving Northwest and East Middle schools for another 18 years. Mr. Jones also currently
serves as the Physical Education teacher here at CLS. He is married with two grown daughters, and enjoys gardening,
jogging, sports, and spending time with family. Buck and his wife are members of St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church in
Manchester, and they are both active in a training program for newly engaged couples. They are the proud grandparents
of three grandchildren.
Mrs. Gina Claxton
Office Manager
Mrs. Claxton has worked in administrative assistant
roles for many years, most recently as an instructional assistant at Carroll County Public Schools. She is married with
two children, ages 17 and 14. Gina, her husband, Tom, and their children are very active in their church, Hampstead
Baptist. Gina leads the children's choir, and sings in both the adult choir and solo ministry. Her interests
include music, children, and her family. Mrs. Claxton also serves as the music teacher for grades 3-8.
Mrs. Janet Shrader
Kindergarten
B.S. Early Childhood Education, Towson State University
Janet Shrader joins us for her second year at Carroll
Lutheran School. Prior to CLS, Mrs. Shrader was a teacher at Little Friends of Grace Christian Preschool in Westminster
for six years. She is a member of Grace Lutheran Church and lives in Westminster with her husband and two
daughters. In her spare time, Mrs. Shrader enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, sewing and needlework.
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Mrs. Jane Drozinski
First Grade
B.A. Special Education, Hood College
Masters in Education in Reading, Loyola College
Mrs. Drozinski is in her seventh year at
Carroll
Lutheran School.
She brings 15 years of classroom teaching experience from her positions in Baltimore
City and Carroll
County Public Schools.
In between teaching opportunities, Jane was a stay-at-home mother to her three children and husband of 25 years.
She is an active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Hampstead where she chairs the Mission committee and teaches
Sunday School and VBS. Jane also enjoys reading historical fiction, vacationing, and attending her church's youth
mission trips.
Mrs. Janet Hatkin
Second Grade
B.A. Sociology, Salisbury University
B.S.
Early Childhood Education, Georgia
Southwestern State University
Janet
Hatkin joins us for her second year as our second grade teaher. Prior to CLS, she was a substitute teacher
for Carroll and Frederick counties and taught third grade in Georgia for six years. In her spare time she likes to read,
travel and attends agility trials with her daughter and dogs. Mrs. Hatkin and her husband Josh live in Taneytown with
their daughter.
Mrs. Joyce Rost
Third Grade
B.A. Elementary Education, Ohio Northern University
Mrs. Rost joined Carroll Lutheran
School in 2000, having previously taught at Ryan Private School
in Virginia. She has substituted in Carroll and Baltimore
Counties. Joyce enjoys cross-stitch, puzzles, music, and
reading. She attends Immanuel Lutheran
Church in Manchester
where she is involved in several areas including vacation bible school. Joyce lives in Hampstead with her husband Richard,
two children, and their dog.
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Mrs. Gretchen Jensen
Fourth Grade
B.S. Elementary Education, Towson University
Masters Candidate, McDaniel College
Before joining Carroll Lutheran
School, Mrs. Jensen taught for 8 years at St. James
Lutheran School and 5 years at St. Peter's Christian Day
School, both in Baltimore.
She is in her sixth year at Carroll Lutheran School. She is married, has three children (two in attendance
at our school), and lives in Manchester. Their family is
active at St. Peter's Lutheran Church
in Hampstead. Gretchen enjoys spending time with her family, reading, camping, swimming, and rollerblading.
Mrs. Shirley Fetchko
Fifth Grade
sfetchko@carrolllutheranschool.org
B.S.
Elementary Education, Moorehead University
Certificate
in Reading & Special Eduation
Masters
in Library Science, McDaniel College
This
is Mrs. Fetchko’s first year teaching at Carroll Lutheran School. She brings 35 years of teaching experience,
27 of which were in Carroll County
Public Schools, to her position as fifth grade teacher. Prior to that Mrs. Fetchko taught in North Dakota on Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation. Shirley and her husband Greg live in Hanover, PA. They have two daughters and three grandsons. In her spare time, Mrs. Fetchko enjoys painting.
Miss Jessica Morelock
Middle School
B.S. Elementary Education, Penn State
Miss Morelock joined CLS in the fall of 2005. She attended Penn State and spent her student teaching experience
abroad in England. Jessica lives in Westminster and attends Grace Lutheran Church. With friends all over the country, she
loves to travel, then to scrapbook her trips. In her free time, Miss Morelock loves to read and spend time with her family.
Ms. Paula Rowe
Middle School
B.S. W Michigan University
Masters in Education, Pennsylvania State University
Ms. Rowe joined Carroll Lutheran School in 2006 and continues her position
as a middle school teacher, having previously taught science and math for over 20 years in Montgomery
County. She lives in Westminster with her husband John and has two grown children and one grandchild.
She enjoys riding her horses and gardening in her spare time.
Mrs. Angela Henry
Resource
B.S. Early Childhood Education, Towson University
Masters Candidate, Reading Education, Towson University
Mrs. Henry joins us this year as our new resource
teacher. Most recently, she taught first grade in Baltimore City, where she was the co-chair of the Gifted
and Talented Education Program at her school. Mrs. Henry lives in Manchester with her husband David and her children
(two in attendance at CLS). She attends St. Pauls Upperco and, in her spare time, enjoys reading, cooking and taking
spanish classes.
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Mrs.
Kathy Dillon
Instructional
Assistant
This is Mrs. Dillon’s first year with our school. She lives in Hampstead with her husband Skip. She and Skip
have two sons and two grandchildren. Mrs. Dillon splits her time
between CLS and Little Friends of Grace where she has worked as an Instructional Assistant for six years. Mrs. Dillon will be assisting in the Kindergarten room this year. In her spare time, Kathy enjoys spending
time with her grandchildren and reading.
Mrs. Emily VanHorn
Librarian
This is Mrs. Van Horn's third year as librarian at Carroll
Lutheran School. Mrs. Van Horn was a business major in college. She currently resides in Westminster where she lives
with husband & daughter and works part time as a Legislative Aide for a local State Delegate, as well as an Independent
Sales Rep for an art fund raising company. She previously taught the 2-3 yr old Sunday School at her church and teaches
VBS each summer. She enjoys spending time with her family, photography and swimming.
Mrs. Helen
Kemp
Spanish
This is Helen's fourth year at CLS teaching Spanish.
Helen is a very creative person. She loves to sew. She also knows sign language which she often teaches the children.
She and her husband have been very active in their church, Pleasant Grove United Methodist, for 30 years. She sings
in the choir, teaches Vacation Bible School, serves as a sexton and much more. She does a bueno job
for us!
Mrs.
Lexi Schafer
Music
This is Mrs. Schafer’s second year teaching music to our
Kindergarten through second grades. Lexi is wife to Pastor David Schafer from
St. Benjamin’s where our school was housed for many years. She and her
husband live in Westminster with their two daughters, both students here at our school. She and her husband are very active volunteers in our school and Lexi is the Administrator of our Capital
Campaign.
Mrs.
Colleen Spoonire
Physical Education
Mrs. Spoonire is in her third year teaching Physical Education to our
older elementary school students. She and her husband Chris are active volunteers
at Carroll
Lutheran School. They live in Westminster and have one daughter
who is in third grade at our school.
Mr.
Chris Harper
Physical Education
Mr. Harper is in his second year at Carroll Lutheran School. Along with Mr. Jones, he teaches our younger grades of physical education.
Mr. Harper and his wife, Kelly, live in Hampstead with their two children. Their
daughter is in Kindergarten here at our school.
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