Introducing New Staff at PHS

Joining Pattonville High from Hazelwood, assistant principal Dr. Manahan has been an educator for 21 years. She previously worked in the Hazelwood School District for twenty years. She received her Bachelors degree from Northwest Missouri State University, her Masters from Lindenwood University, and her Doctorate from Maryville University. Dr. Manahan explained that she graduated from Pattonville in 199...

Because his passions are sports and helping out the youth, Mr. Harris has found a home at Pattonville High School. Not new to the district, Mr. Harris has worked for Pattonville for 10 years in a coaching capacity for football and basketball and as an ISS monitor at Holman Middle School. This will be his first year teaching at the high school. If he hadn't decided to be a physical education teacher, Mr. Har...

Ms. Stewart is starting her fourth year in the Pattonville District, working for three years at Drummond Elementary before coming to the high school. In her years before Pattonville, Ms. Stewart was an Administrative Assistant and GoArmyEd coordinator for Columbia College. Mrs. Stewart got her high school education in San Antonio, Texas, and then attended multiple colleges, but received her associate...

For the first few weeks of school, one of the Spanish classes did not have a permanent teacher. They had four different substitutes before they got their permanent teacher, who is Ms. Wright. The reason why she applied for the job was because Pattonville has a very good name in the community. If she did not become a Spanish teacher, she would love to be a Real Estate Agent because she loves looking...

Everyone here at PHS knew one of the fellow band directors/music directors, Mrs. Deutchsman.  Most students know she retired last year and it left a mark on students' hearts. A number of students report that band isn't the same without her, but a new face has taken her position. It is none other than Mrs. Deutchsman's daughter, Mrs. Livesay. Carrying her mom's love of music, Mrs. Livesay is a...

Mrs. Adams is PHS's new academic monitor, and she is not new to Pattonville. In fact, this is her third year in the district.  Before being an academic monitor, Mrs. Adams was a half-time art teacher for two years. Before coming to Pattonville, she worked at Marshall High School in Marshall, Missouri; she also taught elementary art in Troy. PHS is where Mrs. Adams did her student teaching with M...

Ms. Perales is the new administrative assistant for the athletic and activities department at Pattonville. This is her first year working in the secretary field. Ms. Perales worked at a daycare before deciding to become a secretary.  Ms. Perales graduated from Pattonville and decided to come back to work. She has three years of experience as a receptionist. Before she came back to Pattonville, ...

Brittany Schnake is a new administrative assistant at Pattonville High. She has been working in this field for eight years. Mrs. Schnake was director of a preschool before deciding to transfer to Pattonville High while finishing her degree.  Mrs. Schnake said that she would be a baker or a musician if she hadn't become a secretary. She used to be the director of a preschool before transferring to ...

Caroline Croci is a new administrative assistant at Pattonville High. She has been working in Pattonville at Holman Middle School for three years. She heard about the position through a friend who raved about the district.  Mrs. Croci likes to bake on the side, so she says she would love to own a bakery if she were not a secretary. When asked where else she has worked, she replied, “I started at Hol...

Joining Pattonville High from Bridgeway Elementary, our new lead custodian Mrs. Whitfield has been in the Pattonville School District for 14 years.  Mrs. Whitfield graduated from Charles Sumner High.  She was born and raised in St. Louis. If she wasn’t a custodian here at Pattonville High School, she would have stayed at Bridgeway. She loves children and cleaning. She has seven children, 13...

Mr. Schuetz is a Special School District teacher and transferred to Pattonville because of the school's reputation. This teacher from Chicago, Illinois, has a bachelor's in science and computer management, an MBA from Keller School of Management, along with a Teacher Certificate/Special Education endorsement from Trinity Christian College. He started out in the corporate IT world working for Info...

Mr. Berendzen is a science teacher who came to Pattonville because some of his friends teach in the district, and he heard about Pattonville’s great reputation. This teacher from a small town in Memphis, Missouri, graduated with his bachelor's degree from Missouri State and then earned a master's from the University of Missouri at St. Louis. He started teaching at Hannibal and taught at Chaminade and at F...

Mr. McClellan is a new social studies teacher here at Pattonville High School. This is his 19th year in education. He spent 15 years as a social studies teacher at Hazelwood West. For the past three years, he has been the Athletic Director and Hazelwood West and was the head cross country coach and the head baseball coach.   Mr. McClellan attended St. Charles Community College for two years a...

Mr.Baker is a choir teacher here who is new to PHS, but he is coming to Pattonville with 23 years total years of experience. This is his fourth year in the Pattonville district; he is moving to the high school from Pattonville Heights. Before Pattonville, Mr. Baker worked at McCluer North High School. He got his undergraduate degree from Murray State University and his masters degree from Webster...

Ms. Gengler is one of the new teachers to Pattonville High School. She currently teaches Biology 1 and Concepts of Physical Science. This is her second year teaching. She grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and received her bachelor’s degree in Biology and Psychology from Mizzou, Go Tigers! Ms. Gengler came to Pattonville because she wanted to be a part of a very invested community that cared about ...

Ms. Pirrung is a new teacher in the math department. She grew up in Fenton, Missouri; she received her undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri State, and her master's and specialist degree from Lindenwood University. Ms. Pirrung became a teacher in Pattonville because she was looking for a school that felt like a community, and one that went above and beyond for their students. This is her 20t...

One of our new guidance counselors here at Pattonville High School is Ms. Wills. She is from St. Louis, with  9 years of school counseling experience. She originally came from Parkway, but decided it was time for a change. Ms. Wills was impressed with Pattonville and how much our school has achieved. Plus, she is a proud mother of a five and eight-year-old. Both are in the Pattonville School Distr...

Ms. Mueller is a new coach and P.E/ health teacher at Pattonville High School. She has always wanted to work in the district, even when she was little, because her father teaches here at PHS. If she wasn't a P.E coach or a health teacher, she would be Personal Trainer or Fitness Instructor. Before she started working here she worked at McCluer South-Berkley in Ferguson, Missouri. Coach Mueller graduated...

Dr. Boyd is an English/ Journalism teacher from St. Louis that has had over 23 years of teaching. She has taught at Ritenour, Hazelwood West, and has adjuncted at Fontbonne University, where she also earned her undergraduate degree. She earned  her Master’s at SIUE and PhD at SLU. This is Dr. Boyd first year teaching at Pattonville High School. Before she started her teaching career, she actua...

Mr.Tate came to Pattonville High School because the Guidance job opening gave him an opportunity to come back to the school he attended and graduated from in 2001. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He has ten years of experience in education. He's been a staff member at Northwest High and Ritenour High. He has three beautiful daughters, 16, 9, and 4 years old. He also stated that his specific...

Ms. Hellberg has made it her goal to become a contributing factor to Pattonville High School's success. If she wasn't a teacher, she would be a school counselor.  She imagines herself teaching for many years to come. Ms. Hellberg has had many other jobs but teaching is the only one she feels comfortable with. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology at Mizzou, her teaching certification at...

Ms. Hinnah is brand new in the education industry and to Pattonville.  She attended Columbia Public Schools and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri. Staying in Missouri, Ms. Hinnah moved from Augusta to St. Louis. She has no children or pets, but she is not against having a fluffy friend. Ms. Hinnah came to Pattonville solely because she wanted a job in an amazing district. I...

We have several talented new staff members here at Pattonville, and among them is English teacher, Ms. Ulses. This is her first job, but she decided that she wanted to teach at the age of 16. Ms. Ulses has one dog and was born here in St. Louis, Missouri. She decided to teach at Pattonville because she said, “I knew that Pattonville had an amazing and supportive staff. I wanted to surround myself with ...