2008-2009 Newest Members of Whitfield

Elizabeth Simmons Allen Emily Glidewell is a recent graduate attended Brigham Young University of Truman State University with both a where she earned a BFA in ceramics Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a and completed the Art Education Master’s in Education. She is teaching program. She moved to St. Louis to seventh grade English at Whitfield. In her pursue a master’s degree in studio art at free time Emily enjoys reading, movies Washington University. Elizabeth will be and spending time with friends and family. teaching Art 6 and Design Overview as She is very excited to be a part of the well as tenth grade English. This variety Whitfield family. of students and subjects is an exciting opportunity, and she feels honored to join the Whitfield family. Her other interests include cooking, running, Tendai K. Mufuka earned a Bachelor and Spanish. of Arts degree in geography at Auburn University. He began his professional educational career in an Atlanta public Traci L. Bluestein, M.A., ATC, school as a social studies teacher. He Whitfield’s athletic trainer, earned a later coached soccer and basketball, and Bachelor of Science in athletic training served as the dean of students at Landon from the University of Tulsa and a Master School in the Washington D.C. area. of Arts in Kinesiology from San Jose State While studying as a Klingenstein Fellow, University. She is currently pursing a Tendai received a Master of Arts degree Master of Arts in teaching at Lindenwood in private school leadership in May 2008 University. Before joining Whitfield where from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City. she will also teach health, Traci was a Tendai is excited to join Whitfield as a dean of students. In his substitute teacher for the Hazelwood free time he loves traveling, eating and spending time outdoors. School District in 2007 and 2008 and the in-school suspension coordinator at McCluer South-Berkeley High School from 2005 to 2007. She was also the school’s athletic Aynie Linneman is a native of trainer from 2004 to 2008. Traci, who currently lives in Florissant, St. Louis who attended Parkway North became an athletic trainer because of her love of sports and High School before attending Western health. She hopes to continue her education by pursuing a PhD in State College in Gunnison, Colorado. At education administration. Western State, she played lacrosse and participated in their cheerleading program. While at Western she earned a Bachelor Jamie De Weer majored in Spanish of Arts in psychology and sociology. After and Italian at Middlebury College in graduation, she returned to St. Louis to Vermont. She has since completed earn her Master’s degree in gerontology a M.Ed. at Harvard University, a M.A. at Webster University. It was at this time in Hispanic Literature at Washington that she began her coaching career, first coaching cheerleading University, and a M.A. in Spanish Language at Parkway North and then lacrosse at Mary Institute Country at Middlebury College. Jamie has worked Day School (MICDS). Most recently she was the assistant coach in an administrative capacity at several of both the women’s field hockey and nationally ranked lacrosse small liberal arts colleges and has taught teams at Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, . In her Spanish at both Washington University and spare time, Aynie enjoys music, traveling and spending time with . Jamie is looking her husband. forward to teaching Spanish I and IV and coaching Cross Country at Whitfield this year. Outside of school, Jamie is a competitive triathlete and avid baker. Nicole Randall studied Mathematics in the Eberly College of Science at Pennsylvania State University, and then Courtney Garrow is from St. Louis completed a certification program in and attended Nerinx Hall High School. secondary education at San Francisco She graduated Summa cum Laude from State University. Nicole started her the University of Missouri with a B.S. in teaching career at Burlingame High Elementary Education. Courtney is thrilled School in Burlingame, California, where to have joined the Whitfield community as she taught for three years before taking the 8th grade English teacher. The 2008- time to start a family. She will be teaching 2009 school year will be her first year of Advanced Algebra and Introduction to teaching, and she is looking forward to Calculus and is looking forward to joining the Whitfield family. meeting her students and families. In her She believes in the mission of and helping each spare time, Courtney likes to read, spend student successfully meet high expectations with confidence. time with her friends and family, and scrapbook. Off campus, Nicole enjoys spending time with her husband and children.