Faculty & Staff
Welcome to Merrill Elementary School!
I am a proud graduate of Merrill High School, utilizing the lessons I learned here as a student to earn my bachelor and master degrees from Saginaw Valley State University. I have specialties in behavioral/learning differences and administration, and I am honored to be a part of this amazing community and school system.
Our success is collective. It depends on every one of us—from the teachers to the staff to the students to the families— engaging in communication and giving our all to enrich our classrooms and community. I encourage the voicing of needs and seeking to resolve challenges.
Together, we continue to strive for the best for our schools and our community so we can all be proud to be a Merrill Vandal. I hope you will all let me know if you have questions, and I will always work to answer them. Each of our success is also Merrill success.
Go Vandals!
Gwendolyn Glazier, Principal
Administration
Gwendolyn Glazier
Principal
glazier.gwen@merrillschools.org
Jane O’Dell
Administrative Assistant
odell@merrillschools.org
Bob Paris
Special Education Supervisor
rparis@sisd.cc
Hannah LaPaugh
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
lapaugh@merrillschools.org
Teachers
Jenell Barker
K-12 Counselor
barker@merrillschools.org
Beth Glazier
Title 1 and MTSS Teacher/Specialist
glazier.beth@merrillschools.org
Jenn Miller
2nd Grade Teacher
miller@merrillschools.org
Jen Berger
2nd Grade Teacher
berger@merrillschools.org
Chris Peacock
Literacy Coach/MTSS Teacher
peacock@merrillschools.org
Rebecca Zimmerman
Special Education Teacher
zimmerman@merrillschools.org
Morgan Good
K-12 Art Teacher
good@merrillschools.org
Stephanie Ciesla
Teacher
ciesla@merrillschools.org
Kat Waterman
Kindergarten Teacher
waterman@merrillschools.org
Chelsea Lagalo
K-12 Music/Band Teacher
lagalo@merrillschools.org
Rachel Pappas
4th Grade Teacher
pappas@merrillschools.org
Jade Blazo
4th Grade Teacher
blazo@merrillschools.org
Theresa Pratt
Speech Pathologist
tpratt@sisd.cc
Lauren Robinson
K-12 PE Teacher
robinson@merrillschools.org
Ryan Beckman
Teacher
beckman@merrillschools.org
Holly Brandle
1st Grade Teacher
brandle@merrillschools.org
Suzanne Derry
1st Grade Teacher
derry@merrillschools.org
Michelle Coleman
3rd Grade Teacher
coleman@merrillschools.org
Ashley McKibbin
3rd Grade Teacher
mckibbin@merrillschools.org
Dena Cody
Teacher
cody@merrillschools.org
Jessica Kanyo
Special Education Teacher
scherting@merrillschools.org
OUR MISSION:
As a school community, we believe in the importance of cultivating creative compassionate leaders prepared for lifelong success by fostering the intellectual, emotional, and physical well being of each individual.