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Dollar Bay- Tamarack City Area Schools

Elementary Teachers 2007 - 2008

Jamie Hytinen

Ms. Hytinen is our kindergarten teacher at Dollar Bay. She is from Ishpeming Michigan and gradutated from Nothern Michigan University in 2003, which is also the year she began teaching in Dollar Bay. She loves teaching kindergarten because she never knows what they're going to say and they always hug her. She feels that kindergaten is where the kids start actually learning something and she likes to watch the progress they make.

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Kristy Heinonen
Mrs. Kristy Heinonen graduated from Northern Michigan University. She teaches the first grade at Dollar Bay. She has been at Dollar Bay since 2000. Mrs. Heinonen's goals for the first graders are to help them learn to read and write before the school year ends. Their "lightbulb" usually turns on at about Christmas time. They realize how to write each letter and what letters make what sounds. She likes to spend time with her daughters, Delaney, Sophie, and Ellie..

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Kristen Kariainen

Mrs. Kristen Kariainen graduated from Eastern Michigan University. She has been at Dollar Bay since 1994. She is teaching the second grade this year. She enjoys knowing all the students at Dollar Bay and watching them mature as they go on to other grades. Outside of school she enjoys reading, cooking and being with her family.

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Marissa Kentala

This is Mrs. Kentala's second year of teaching at Dollar Bay along with coaching Dollar Bay High School Cheerleading. She is teaching the third grade. She graduated from Finlandia University in 2004.

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Amy Kangas

Miss Amy Kangas graduated from Grand Valley State University. She has been at Dollar Bay since 2002. She is teaching the 4th grade class. She enjoys the small class sizes and the personal setting at Dollar Bay. Outside of school she enjoys skiing, snowboarding, skating and reading.

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Kevin Butler

Mr. Butler attended Michigan State University for five years, and also went to University Feiburg in Germany for one year. He teaches the fifth grade and has been at Dollar Bay since 1999. Mr. Bulter is very active. In his free time he likes to go canoeing, hunting, fishing, camping, and he likes building things. His favorite thing to do, is to be with his wife and play with his children. His favorite quote is " The person who thinks he can and the one who thinks he can't are both right."

Mrs. Geborkoff

Mrs. Geborkoff is our sixth grade teacher at Dollar Bay. She attended Northern Michigan University for elemntary education. She has been teaching at Dollar Bay since 2003. The thing she loves about Dollar Bay is the family atmosphere.

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