Our Team Members
Administrative and Teaching Teams
Alexa Wolf
3rd Grade Teacher
Jennifer is married to her high school sweetheart. She has a daughter, guardianship of one of her past students, a step son and step daughter. During the summers they enjoy camping and boating together.
Dan Behan
ELA & Social Studies Teacher 5-8
Am I my brother’s keeper? This is a question Mr. Behan will invite all of his middle school English Language Arts students to consider.
Emma Basile
Title I and Resource Teacher
Reading opens up the door to many different worlds. Miss Emma Basile plans to take St. Paul students on an adventure!
Jennifer Dale
1st Grade Teacher
Called November 2016
Jennifer has been teaching at St. Paul for the past 6 years. Prior to this she taught special education at Mary Cariola Children's Center. She is also the Youth Leader. In October of 2016 she became a Called teacher.
Jocelyn Slynko
Art Teacher
Jocelyn has been our Art Teacher for twelve years. She has a BA in Visual Art Education from Roberts Wesleyan College graduating in 2007.
Karen Brown
Preschool Teacher
Karen joined our Staff four years ago when she became our Pre-school Teacher for the three year-olds at St. Paul.
She received her BS in Early Childhood Education
Kristine Price
Science Teacher 5-8
Teaching and working with the youth is where Jennifer has found she can reach people with the Gospel. She commented however that they so often teach her what the true meaning of Jesus' love is.
Mark Ball
Senior Pastor
Pastor Mark is a son of this congregation, growing up at St. Paul and graduating from our school. He is a second career pastor, pursuing ordination
Therese Flannery
Early Start Teacher
Therese has taught our Early Start Program for the past three years and she is the Wrap Care Co-Director. She comes to us with a wide background in teaching young children
Amy Colombo
Church and Social Media Manager
Amy joined the St. Paul team in August of 2020 as our Church & Social Media Manager.
Christine Zastrow
School Nurse
Christine has served as our School Nurse for two years; however, her involvement with St. Paul has been long standing
Dave Spiehler
Principal / Head of School
St. Paul Lutheran School was fortunate to have our Principal, David Spiehler join the school staff during the summer of 2018
Jennifer Riley
Pre-K Teacher
Jennifer has been here for two years. As is so true with our staff, she also brings a wealth of experience to the table.
Jodie Farley
4rth Grade Teacher
Called September 1999
Jodie is our veteran teacher with twenty years at St. Paul under her belt. She went to Concordia College in Bronxville, NY graduating in 1998.
Laura Speers
Kindergarten Teacher
Called January 2019
Laura began her seventh year of teaching at St. Paul this September. The first three years she taught preschool, and then graduated to Kindergarten
Sharon Carpenter
School Office Manager
Sharon has served as the Office Manager at St. Paul School for the past two years. She has a BA in English Literature and a Master’s in Public Administration
Colleen Stephens
Early Start Aide
This September, Colleen began her second year as a Teacher’s Aide here at St. Paul. Prior to coming to our school, Colleen provided childcare
Denise Matula
Preschool Teacher
Denise has been at St. Paul school for eighteen years putting her in the top three for the longest employment.
Hannah Kruger
2nd Grade Teacher
Hannah has embarked on her first full year of teaching the second graders here at St. Paul having previously taught Pre-School, Kindergarten, and sixth grade.
Jessica Kovacs
Preschool Aide
Jessica has been a member of the staff here at St. Paul for two years. She received her Associate Degree in Adolescent Education
John Dibattisto
Physical Education and Technology
John has been the Physical Education Teacher here at St. Paul for three years. He received his BA degree from SUNY Brockport in 2000.
Kelsey Hawkins
Math Teacher 5-8
Kelsey received her BA in Math & Education from Nazareth College in 2011 and received her Master’s in Education Technology in 2013.
Sharon Smith
Treasurer
God works in mysterious ways. We see this played out perfectly in the way that our wonderful
treasurer, Sharon Smith, was brought to us.