Principal Matt Teterud
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CCA Staff, Parents, and Students,
Welcome to a new school year of learning and growing. My hope is that CCA will be a fantastic place for each student to prepare for success in life and future career by developing virtue, work habits, and academic skills.My hope is that our wonderful CCA staff will partner with parents to shape students who have compassion, empathy, respect, and who begin to discover who they are. My hope is that our CCA students will hone their gifts and abilities to lead better lives—lives that serve others and are larger than mere self. My hope is that our CCA students will challenge themselves to new heights, be resilient, and enjoy great times and friendship as they walk this journey of middle school. I guess you might say I have high hopes for us! It is a privilege to be the principal of Casper Classical Academy. I grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and graduated from Great Falls High School in 1993. From there I spent 2 years at Briercrest Bible College playing basketball and shaping my worldview on the plains of Saskatchewan, Canada. After Briercrest, I worked on an oil pipeline for a while back in Montana…a different world than the schools I had been attending. During this time, my family moved over to Spokane, Washington. Eventually, I joined them and attended Eastern Washington University. It took me a while to choose a career; I explored many jobs and career paths. In fact, I was probably in the career center more than the people who worked there. Sports medicine, physical therapy, business, teaching, and bear biology all perked my curiosity. I chose students over bears…but it was close!Eventually, I settled on becoming a middle school science teacher. It was in Spokane where I student taught at East Valley Middle School and then graduated with a B.A. in Education K-8 with a natural science major and a math minor in 2001. With degree in hand, I hopped on a boat up the Inside Passage to take a long-term sub job at Huffman Elementary in Anchorage, Alaska. Then I substitute taught in almost every middle school in Anchorage throughout the rest of that year. This was where I knew I had found my niche—in upper elementary and middle school. Later I was hired on at Huffman to teach 6th grade. The veteran teachers there really taught me what it meant to be a classroom teacher. These days were filled with humor, fantastic learning, challenges, and stories that I will never forget! Eventually, I had seen enough grizzly bears, moose, and caught enough salmon in Alaska. I met my wife, Grace, up there and we married in Casper, Wyoming, on a cold December day. Little did I know that this quick trip to Casper to get married in Grace’s town would become my home for more than a decade. We both loved Alaska, but felt like we would either stay up there for a lifetime or move down to be closer to family and the rest of the U.S. We decided to move back down to the “Lower 48.” So we shipped two pallets, and loaded everything else we owned in the back of my truck and traveled down the highway south to civilization once again. We traded moose for antelope, and salmon for trout as we settled into windy Casper, Wyoming. I taught at Paradise Valley Elementary 6th grade for four years, before transferring to Fort Caspar Academy where I taught 5th grade for 9 years. I loved teaching at Fort Caspar Academy, as I could finally align my personal philosophy of education with my daily teaching practice. I love the high standards for behavior and academics, the parent involvement, and the idea that you can have fun and engage students with rigor while preparing them for life and career. That is something I hope to carry on here at CCA. During my FCA years, I earned a middle school science endorsement. This was a chance to get into Dean Morgan and observe and co-teach with some excellent teachers there. My Principal internship at CY gave me an even broader perspective of what is going on in middle schools across Natrona County School District. Having been a teacher for nearly 2 decades, I realized that I still enjoyed the art and science of teaching, but was ready for a change of pace, a new challenge, and I wanted to apply all I had learned over the years on a larger scale to help students be better off in life. So that is why I am principal at CCA, and this is just a snapshot of what has led me to here. I look forward to partnering with you for the betterment of our students here at CCA. Let’s have a superb year of learning and growing, shall we? -Respectfully, Matt Teterud CCA Principal |
Matt Teterud- Principal
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Office Staff
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Betsy Hof, Office Manager since 2006
Sarah Kellick, Secretary Stephanie Syvertson, Registrar Sandy Tipps, Attendance |
6th Grade Team
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Jennifer Alexander, Reading and Writing
Cathy Bisiar, Science Art Ireland, Math Caroline Mooren, Reading and Writing Christine Usry, Social Studies |
7th Grade Team
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Dwight Ballard, Social Studies
Kristy Barr, Accelerated Math Eberle Buhler, English Cameron Leaf, Math Stacy Mogen, Reading and Writing |
8th Grade Team
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Kristy Barr, Logic
Annette Pace, Science Jeanine Pickering, Math Lisa Taylor, English Dan Wright, Social Studies |
Special Education
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Jana Adams, Resource
Kim Amador, Social Worker Becky Caviagelli, Speech Elyse Dickey, Resource Trent Moore, School Psychologist Sharon Peabody, Psychologist's Assistant Robert Peterson, Functional Life Skills (FLS) |
Foreign Language
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Ben Mitchell, Spanish
Pete Sipes, Latin |
Physical Education and Health
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Ken Christianson
Jim Sanchez Sheryl Schroefel |
Fine and Performing Arts
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Jenn Hicks, Art
Kathy Kirlin, Choir Arlon Miller, Orchestra Mike Munari, Band |
Career and Technical Education
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Cameron Leaf
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Tutor
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Mark Pettit
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Counselor
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Erin Miech
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Library Staff
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Nyki Briggs, Library Tech
Shelley Diehl, Librarian Jade McKenzie, IT |
Nurse
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Wendy Wilson
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Educational Support Personnel
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Shelly Corkill, Resource
Chimene Czellecz Donna Drinkwalkter, FLS Kari Greene Kristina Hallcroft, FLS Gillian Jurkofsky-Montgomery, FLS David Kahler, Resource Tanis McMillan, FLS |
Athletic/Activities Facilitator
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Rick Robinson
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Custodians
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Jason Alder
Ryan Fischer Natalie Neuenschwander Mike Moyer Jason Wynia, Head Custodian |
Student Support
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Spencer Fields, Campus Security
Angela Lincoln, Administrative Manager |
Cafeteria
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Terry Boyle, Cafeteria Manager
Lisa Kleiner Jenny Lattimer Becky Lawyer Vera Nesterenko Marie Worthing |
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