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PCS Staff

 
 
Educational Staff
Executive Director: Janet Wolcott
Started with PCS in 2001
Education: BA, Art, University of California, Berkeley
Teaching Credential(s): Multiple Subject; Single Subject Art
Interests and Hobbies: gardening, backcountry hiking, winter sports, foreign languages
   
Academic Director: Taletha Washburn
Started with PCS in 2004
Education: MA, Education, Curriculum and Instruction focus, California State University, Chico;
BA Ecology, Brevard College, Brevard, North Carolina
Teaching Credential(s): Single Subject Biological Sciences, Introductory Mathematics
Interests and Hobbies: ceramics, gardening, swimming, being a mom, taking walks
   
Librarian: Susan Donald
Started with PCS in 2009
Education: MA, Economics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; BA Economics, State University of New York, Oswego
Interests and Hobbies: foreign languages, hiking, reading, serving on grand jury
   
IVA Director: Sue Weber
   
Education Specialists
Mary Wilbur
Started with PCS in 2002
Education: MA, English, Loyola University, Los Angeles; MA, Applied Spirituality, University of San Francisco; BA, English, Arts, Theatre, and Theology, Marymount College, Los Angeles
Teaching Credential(s): Standard Secondary Life
Interests and Hobbies: travel, reading, drama
   
Gretchen Hagwood
Started with PCS in 2009
Education: BA, Social Science, California State University, Sacramento
Teaching Credential(s): Standard Elementary Life
Interests and Hobbies: enjoying grandchildren, gardening, reading, music and cooking
   
   
Cindy Thackeray
Started with PCS in 2010
Education: BA, English, California State University, Sacramento
Teaching Credential(s): Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: scrapbooking, running, softball, basketball, and reading
 
Karen Oglesby
Started with PCS in 2009
Education: BA, Speech Pathology and Audiology, California State University, Chico
Teaching Credential(s): Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: reading, gardening, running, hiking
 

Laura Beaton
Started with PCS in 2007
Education: MA, Education, BA, Communications and Creative Writing, Antioch University, Santa Barbara
Teaching Credential(s): Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: nature! hiking, skiing, snowshoeing, camping, reading and travel

 

Dallas Tognotti
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BS, Biology, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Credential(s): Single Subject, Biology/ Earth Science
Interests and Hobbies: drawing, camping, fishing

 
Kara Torrence-Burkhead
Started with PCS in 2005
Education: BA, Liberal Studies, California State University, Chico
Teaching Credential(s): Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: running, hiking, swimming, reading, spending time with daughter
 
Kate Zachman
Started with PCS in 2006
Education: BS, Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Teaching Credential(s): Single Subject Biology-Life Science
Interests and Hobbies: hiking, biking, running, gardening
   
Jim Newell
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BA, Math, University of California, Santa Barbara; MA, Education, Simpson University, Redding, CA
Teaching Credential(s): Standard Secondary, Math
Interests and Hobbies: fishing, construction, computers, cosmology
 

Stephanie McMorrow
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BA, Liberal Studies: Elementary Education, Humboldt State, Arcata, CA
Teaching Credential(s): Clear Multiple Subject, General Subjects, Music, English
Interests and Hobbies: dancing, reading, music, swimming, the outdoors, being a mom

   

Sierra Gallagher
Started with PCS in 2010
Education: BA, Liberal Studies, California State University, Chico, CA Credential(s): Multiple Subjects
Interests and Hobbies: cooking, gardening, reading, my two kids

   

Amber Donnelly
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: Master of Education, National University; BS, Business Admin., CSU, Chico
Teaching Credential: Single Subject
Interests and Hobbies: working out, bike riding, volleyball, shopping

 

   

Shalyn Goss
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BA, Liberal Arts, Child Development, Chico State, Chico
Teaching Credential: Clear Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: gardening, reading, camping, family time

 

   

Heidi Kingdon
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BA, Liberal Studies, Elementary Education, Humboldt State, Arcata
Teaching Credential: Multiple Subject
Interests and Hobbies: skiing, fishing, camping, horseback riding, softball

   

Jim Cross
Started with PCS in 2011
Education: BA, Biology, U.C. Davis, Davis
Teaching Credential(s): Life Science
Interests and Hobbies: hiking, environment, politics

   
Administrative Staff
 
Registrar: Becky Stokes
Started with PCS in 2000
Graduate of Cypress H.S.; 2 years Art and Business, Cypress College, Cypress, California
Interests and Hobbies: gardening, art, sewing, crafts, being the grandmother of seven
 
Administrative Secretary: Shannon Mallory
Started with PCS in 2010
Graduate of Western Business College, Portland, Oregon
Interests and Hobbies: family and pets, crafts, cooking, swimming, camping, travel
   
IVA After School Coordinator: Pam Lyman
Started with PCS in 2010
Education: BA, Business Management, Almeda University, Boise, ID
Interests and Hobbies: gardening, walking, camping, sewing, travel