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 Carol Ann Warner,
4th - 6th Grade Teacher
Meet Carol Ann
Warner, she is a native New Yorker, who received her higher education
at Queens College of the City of New York graduating with a BA and an
MA in elementary education. Carol taught for fifteen years in New York
and New Jersey before moving to Arizona 20 years ago. For the past 21
years, she has been employed by the Kyrene School District. Carol
taught sixth grade at Kyrene de los Niños, moved with the pilot Middle
School program to Kyrene Middle School, and spent 12 years at Akimel
A-al Middle School.
Carol has always been an educational leader in
Kyrene. She has served on many committees, taught district courses,
mentored many student teachers, and evaluated Career Ladder
portfolios. Carol has achieved highly qualified status in Elementary
Education, Communication Arts, and Social Studies. In 2004, Carol was
honored by her students when she received the Wal-Mart Teacher of the
Year award. Though retiring in 2004 to help with her grandchildren,
Carol has continued to sub in the Kyrene District. She served as
Prevention Supervisor for the Altadeña District in spring 2006.
She is
currently teaching a Distance Learning class for prospective teachers
for NAU. Carol is the mother of four, grandmother of seven. Her new
position at CASA Vida allows her to experience the best of two worlds.
She can be a doting grandmother while continuing her love of teaching
and interacting with students.
 Lisa Sellers, Music teacher
Meet Mrs. Lisa
Sellers who is the oldest child of two musicians. Her father is a PHD
of Organ. Her mother has 10 years of vocal training though never got a
music degree. She played Suzuki method Violin from 3 years to 5years
old. Music was always a part of her life. Her sister, mother and she
were a singing trio that would perform at their church, various other
churches and on one occasion on TV with an audience of thousands. This
was from middle school through junior college.
In high school, she was
in the band, chorus, special singing ensemble, and drama. Her mother
and she were in the opera together while participiating in the local
opera company. Ironically, she was planning on going to college to
major in medicine and become a mirco-surgeon specializing in eye and
ear. In Junior college, chemistry and she had a disagreement so she
decided to change her major to music. Her plan was to become a singer
for a living, however, debilitating stage fright made her change her
mind to education.
She has a degree in Voice Performance from
University of South Florida (1990) and a degree in Music Education
from Old Dominion University in Virginia (1994). She is certified in
tow of the three levels of Orff Schulwerk music training . She was a
teacher of the year at her elementary school in New Port News,
Virginia in 1997. She has been teaching music for 12 years. She is a
member of the local Arizona Orff Schulwerk Association where she
attends workshops. Mrs. Sellers currently keeps busy with 3 little
children ages 8,6 and 2. She also is the keyboard player for her
church band. Make sure to visit her website to see what the class has
been up to at:
www.kyrene.org/staff/lselle
 Ellen McClure, PE teacher
Meet Mrs. Ellen
McClure whom is a fourth year traveling PE teacher here in Kyrene. She
has three adult children, one of whom is married and living in New
Zealand. Ellen is currently living in Chandler Arizona and is married
to Lance McClure, a former 6th grade teacher who now teaches at
Crossroads Christian School. Ellen has a love for children, loves
sports and games and also home schooled her own children.
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Julie Ormiston, Program
Coordinator 
Elsa Sheehan, Kindergarten