Molly Campbell
Before CHS: I worked at Brummit elementary, teaching kindergarten. Prior to that I worked at Purdue Northwest as the director of childcare, and I taught 3rd grade.
Education: Purdue Northwest
Favorite Sports Team: I don’t have a favorite sports team, but if I had to play a sport it would be basketball.
Advice for Students: Make learning fun
Position at CHS: Teaching the Early Childhood pathway
Kevin Bontarager
Before CHS: I came from Portage High school and was their building trades teacher for ten years. Prior to that I was a Project management for different construction companies for 20 plus years.
Education: I graduated from Purdue in West Lafayette
Favorite Movie: Star Wars
Favorite Sports Team: Bears and cubs.
Advice for Students: Be respectful and have patience.
Position at CHS: Civil Construction teacher
Josh Van Nevel
Before CHS: Last year I taught physics in Evansville, Indiana. The year before that I was in Sedona, Arizona teaching Algebra, financial math, and computer coding. Before that I taught in Prescott Valley, Arizona teaching 8th grade science.
Education: I got my undergraduate degree from IU Bloomington, I majored in Biology and minored in Chemistry, Psychology, and Environmental science. I got my master’s degree from Prescott College.
Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump
Favorite Sports Team: Notre Dame
Advice for Students: Don’t give up when things get hard. Productive struggle is where you learn to grow, so put your best foot forward.
Position at CHS: Freshman Biology teacher, as well as an ICP teacher.
Shandra Crum
Before CHS: I was a teacher at Laporte high school for 13 years.
Education: Purdue
Favorite Movie: Anything with suspense, or horror.
Favorite Sports Team: I don’t have one.
Advice for Students: Get outside your comfort zone.
Position at CHS: Special ed teacher for English 10 and 12, and I co teach a couple of classes.
John Hanley
Before CHS: I owned an Insurance Agency
Education: Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
Favorite Movie: 16 Candles
Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bears
Advice for Students: Enjoy every day of HS because in a blink of an eye you will be graduating
Position at CHS: Reset Room Aide
Shania Lubarski
Before CHS: I was working as an RBT. (Registered Behavioral Technician doing behavior therapy with children diagnosed with autism) also was waitressing at different restaurants in Chesterton and Valparaiso.
Education: I went to college at PNW in Westville and got my Bachelors of Science in Psychology.
Favorite Movie: Shrek
Favorite Sports Team: I don’t specifically have a favorite, if I had to pick, I would say the Chicago Cubs.
Advice for Students: Don’t be afraid to ask for help.
Position at CHS: I’m an applied skills instructional aide!
Sally Briggs
Education: I went to school in Chicago
Favorite Movie: Dumb and Dumber
Favorite Sports Team: The Chicago Bears
Advice for Students: To stay positive
Position at CHS: Lunch Aide and I also work at the front desk
Tammy Kwintera
Education: I graduated from Calumet high school
Favorite Movie: Dirty Dancing
Favorite Sports Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Advice for Students: To be successful when they graduate and go out in the real world.
Position at CHS: Cafeteria Lunch Aide
Jolie Dickinson
Before CHS: Before this year at CHS I was at Bailly Elementary School as a resource teacher.
Education: I graduated from Valparaiso University with a degree in Elementary and Special Education.
Favorite Movie: My favorite movie at the moment is Instant Family.
Favorite Sports Team: do not watch a lot of sports but all of my brothers have played football in Chesterton, so I would say the Trojans are my favorite sports team.
Advice for Students: My advice to students would be to not get so discouraged by your mistakes that you forget to learn from them or try again.
Position at CHS: I am an exceptional learning teacher in the applied skills classroom.
