Pleasant River hires Kelly Wood Sauk Prairie native will be at ice cream social May 31 Pleasant River Schoolhouse teachers and parents are pleased to announce the addition of a new staff member, Kelly Wood. She brings to Pleasant River a wide variety of teaching experiences. She has been a substitute teacher for Sauk Prairie Schools, a teaching assistant for summer school programs from 1991-98, a teacher of English in Guatemala during the summer of 1998, and will be teaching the district s Kindergarten Readiness class during this year s summer programming.
Wood joins a staff of experienced and highly qualified teachers.
Joy Pulsfus, classroom teacher and one of the founders of the school, holds both a K-8 and reading teacher license. She has 25 years teaching experience with gifted and special needs children in both public and private schools. Shawn Anderson, classroom teacher, has a master s degree from UW-Madison where she was a charter member of the Teach for Diversity program. Ms. Anderson has taught at Pleasant River since 1996. Marian Kane, a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, is a certified K-12 art instructor and a professional artist who teaches art to the students.