Dr. Mark Daniel

Superintendent

Mark.Daniel@fwcs.k12.in.us

Mr. Brad Crozier

Principal

Bradley.Crozier@fwcs.k12.in.us

Mr. Jake Wyss

Assistant Principal

Jacob.Wyss@fwcs.k12.in.us

Mr. Jadon Evans

Jadon is a second year 7th and 8th grade math teacher at MPMS dedicated to emphasizing inquiry and exploration of mathematics concepts in the real world. As a member of the STEAM team, he is licensed to teach both math and science and is passionate about students learning through collaborative discovery in group contexts. In addition, he currently serves as the coach of the science academic super bowl team.

Mrs. Kate Frisk

Kate Frisk is a 6^th grade Language Arts teacher who also has experience in Social Studies. In both content areas she has implemented Project-Based learning in her classrooms. In Social Studies she has given her students an opportunity for real-world application for their city and a chance to present their ideas to city leaders including the mayor. In Language Arts her students have taken on a role of entrepreneurs by creating a product and writing a “Shark Tank” pitch. They have been able to present their pitch to community partners. She has used technology to reach out to the community during and after the pandemic. Kate's focusing on how she can prepare students to be prepared people and community leaders in their future avenues that they take in life.

Mr. Andrew Gibson

Andrew currently teaches 8^th grade science and 7^th and 8^th grade computer science at Memorial Park. He has also previously taught 8^th grade social studies and 7^th grade science in his 12 years teaching at MPMS. He serves on the QIT and STEAM teams, edits the quarterly STEAM Newsletter, and co-plans the STEAM family nights at MPMS. He is passionate about using technology and project based learning to create dynamic learning opportunities for all students.

Mrs. Shannon Gregory

Shannon Gregory brought her experience of twenty-one years as a journeyman pipefitter into the educational setting seventeen years ago. She has taught at Memorial Park Middle School since 2006. She has spent the majority of that time as a mathematics teacher. Shannon has served as math team leader for numerous years and focused on developing rich, authentic mathematic tasks and projects for the entire department. Shannon now serves as the Instructional Coach and is certified as a Ford NGL Train-the-Trainer Instructor. She is committed to providing all students a rigorous, real-world grounded education to prepare them for success in life.

Ms. Keeslar

Nalani has been teaching at Memorial Park Middle School for 7 years. She teaches advanced art classes that focus on ceramics and sculpture, as well as a STEAM course for 6^th graders. Projects are PBL and STEAM focused which encourages students to identify and develop their individual artistic voice and vision within a community cultured classroom. Students are tasked with responding to a variety of cultural and societal challenges as they explore their artistic process and learn how to visually communicate complex ideas in a meaningful way for their peers and classmates.

Mr. Luckey

Jon is a 25 years teaching veteran of FWCS. He came to Memorial Park two years ago to develop the engineering & technology program. In that time, Jon has built the most comprehensive middle school engineering & technology facilities in the country. His mission is to bring back hands-on practical skills to all Fort Wayne middle schools by making MPMS the “gold standard” for others to follow. Jon was raised on a dairy farm operation and currently is the owner of multiple businesses and brings that knowledge and skillset to each of his classes. Jon is a certified engineering & technology educator along with being a certified Google Level II Educator and a licensed amateur radio operator. He was a 2018 Firehouse Subs Teacher Appreciation Winner, a 2019 Fort Wayne Community Schools Teacher of the Year Finalist in his last teaching assignment and this past summer was named to Fort Wayne Newspaper’s Teacher Honor. Previously, Jon taught middle school computers and business education. Jon will be presenting on the facilities that he built during the 2023 ITEEA Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

Ms. Squibb

Hi. My name is Deb Squibb. I have been in education for 45+ years. I have always strived to make much of my science instruction hands on. After, working with Discovery Ed for four years and Memorial Park’s move toward STEAM…I have developed a great appreciation for the use of STEAM activities while doing science instruction. The collaboration with teachers in other disciplines has been a positive one and the students talk about how they are working on the same topic in other areas. They are starting to understand how the different disciplines connect.

Our Steam Family nights and Community partnerships have and will greatly advance the building of our STEAM focus.

Mrs. Vasher

Kristine has taught middle school math, science, and computer science for the past 18 years, the last 11 at Memorial Park Middle School. Kristine is Google and Vex Robotics certified, serves on the STEAM Leader Team, and also currently serves as the MPMS Robotics Coach. She is committed to bringing STEAM experiences to her students and to prepare them for a technologically rich and exciting future.