Mrs. DeLarm
Mrs. DeLarm is in her 4th year of teaching third grade. She has a BA in Bus. Admin(1990), and a BS in Elementary Ed.(2004). She has taught Title, 4th,5th, and 2ndgrade. She and her husband have 3 children (4,8,9) in Woodland Park. She loves reading, hiking and being with her family.
Mrs. Marquardt
Mrs. Marquardt is in her sixth year of teaching third grade. She holds a MEd in Elementary Education and a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Communication with a minor in French. She is also a Teacher Liaison Alumna with the Space Foundation. She is married and has two boys at Manitou Springs Elementary. She love Manitou, beauty and nature, books, laughter and reading! Email Christi Marquardt
Mrs. Harris
Mrs. Judy Harris has taught 1st grade at Manitou for 16 years and loves the awe and excitement. Judy is a native Coloradoan. Her husband and four children are Manitou High School graduates. She enjoys reading, flying kites and baking cookies with three grandchildren. Biking, skiing and going zoom, zoom fill the rest of her days.
Mrs. Dillinder
Mrs. Lisa Dillinder has taught K-3 for 22 years in Manitou. She grew up in California before moving to Colorado for college and staying in this beautiful state. Lisa has 2 sons and enjoys reading, skiing and photography.
Mrs. McKeeman
I am pleased to teach kindergarten in Manitou Springs Elementary School this year. I have taught school for 19 years – from preschool to adult education. My teaching experience and background have been shaped by my family’s military service at posts across the country and overseas, including Missouri, California, Germany, Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and, of course, Colorado. My husband two daughters, and I have lived in Colorado since 1998. I’m an Oklahoma Sooner and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. I have also earned a Master’s Certificate from the University of Southern California in Early Childhood Education. Kindergarten promises to be a year of fun, excitement, and learning. I am eager to introduce out kindergarteners to a new world of friends, exciting experiences, and expansive learning opportunities. I consider myself to be privileged to guide our child at the outset of this amazing journey. My mission is to set the conditions for our child’s successful growth and development – academically, emotionally, physically, and socially. I want to help our kindergarteners sprint like the Manitou Mustang!
Ms. Normandin
Mrs. Michelle Normandin is the Preschool Teacher/Director at MSES and Child Find Coordinator for MSSD-14. She completed her MA in Special Education: Early Childhood in 2007 from the University of Northern Colorado after getting her BS in Special Education with concentrations in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from Gwynedd-Mercy College, PA in 1998. She has been teaching at MSES since 2006, after various teaching experiences including teaching Preschool Special Education in Virginia as well as on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona. She is originally from a small town near Allentown, PA.
Mrs. Lewandowski
Mrs. Dawn Lewandowski is in her third year of teaching special education. She holds a BA in International Business and Management from Dickinson College and a Masters in Special Education from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Before entering Manitou Springs Elementary School, she was a Behavior Therapist implementing Applied Behavior Analysis in the home setting to children with autism. She is recently married and loves skiing, hiking, biking, reading, and spending quality time with her husband.
