North Side Middle School

300 Lawrence St. Elkhart, IN 46514
574-262-5570


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Lifeskills Staff

Art:  

Jodi Oldfather -- Department Chair

Email: joldfather@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: 7th grade art teacher

Years at North Side:  10

Years in education:  13

College and Degree:

  • Bachelor's Degree from Ball State University

 

 

Stephanie Timko

Email: stimko@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: 7th & 8th grade art teacher

Years at North Side: 2

Years in education:  2

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Studio Art from Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
  • Master's Degree in Art Education from Case Western Reserve

Ms. Timko's website:

 
   

Band:

 
Sandy Carnall

Email: scarnall@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: band teacher

Years at NorthSide: 16

Years in education:  16

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree from Ball State
  • Master's Degree from Bethel College in School Leadership and Administration

Hobbies: reading, scrapbooking, and spending time with family

 

 

Lynne Gwin

Email: lgwin@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: band teacher

Years at North Side: 9

Years in education:  24

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree from Butler University
  • Master's Degree from Vander Cook College of Music

Hobbies: reading and hiking

 

 

 Family and Consumer Sciences:

 
Sharon LeMasters -- Department Chair 

Email: slemasters@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: family and consumer sciences teacher

Years at North Side:  25

Years in education:  36

Colleges and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree with a minor in art from West Liberty State College
  • Master's Degree from West Virginia University

 

 

 

Industrial Technology:

 

Matt Jerlecki

Email: mjerlecki@elkhart.k12.in.us

Class Website:  www.jerleckitechnologylab.com

Subject you teach:  Technology Education

Years at North Side:  5

Years in education:  5

College and Degree:

  • Bachelor's Degree in General Studies/History Minor from Indiana University South Bend 2009
  • Master's Degree in Technology Education from Ball State University 2011

Hobbies: Visiting my two children James and Jackie and coaching sports here at North Side

Favorite Quote: "Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there." -Andrew Jackson

 

 

  
 
 

 

Orchestra:

 
Jeffery Hatfield -- Department Chair for Music

Email: jhatfield@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: orchestra teacher

Years at North Side: 17

Years in education:  23

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree from Central Michigan University
  • Master's Degree from Indiana University

Favorite Quote:  "When the human race created the culture of speech and writing, it also produced the sublime culture called music. It is a language that goes beyond speech and letters – a living art that is almost mystical." –Shinichi Suzuki

 

 

 

 

Vocal Music:

 
Jeff Reinert

Email: jreinert@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: choir

Years at North Side: 17

Years in education: 17

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's Degree from Indiana University Bloomington
  • Master's Degree in School Leadership and Adminstration from Ball State

Favorite Quote: "We are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams." -Arthur O'Shaughnessy

 

 

 

Sue Roberts

Email: sroberts@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: choir and general music teacher

Years at North Side: 25

Years in education:  27

College and Degrees:

  • Bachelor's  Degree from Butler University
  • Master's Degree from IUSB

Hobbies: going to Notre Dame football games and playing the trombone in Jazz Assemblage

Favorite Quote: "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams... Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever it seems." -Arthur O'Shaughnessey

 

 

 

 

 Wellness (PE):

 
Brice Hartman 

Email:  bhartman@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: boys' wellness teacher

Years at North Side: 1Years in education:  23

College and Degree:

  • Bachelor's Degree from 

Hobbies:  

 

 
Betsy Tepe

Email: btepe@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: girls' wellness teacher

Years at North Side:  24

Years in education:  24

College and Degrees: 

  • Bachelor's Degree from Ball State University
  • Master's Degree from Ball State University
Hobbies:  golfing, watching sports, attending my children's athletic events

 

 

 

 

 Wellness (Health):

 

Brandon Squibb

Email: bsquibb@elkhart.k12.in.us

Your role at North Side: health teacher and activities director

Years at North Side:  4

Years in education: 4

College and Degree:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education from Manchester College and Health Certification from Bethel College