Ms. Allen has taught since 2003 in grades K-4.  She joined St. Michael’s in 2007 and is proud to be a part of such an amazing learning community.  As a devoted practitioner of yoga, Ms. Allen has learned to approach life and teaching with a sense of calm, love, and patience.  It is such a joy for her to spend each day at work guiding and supporting her students’ unique learning styles.  She enjoys developing creative and fresh ways to teach core subjects.   Ms. Allen believes her job is to engage the children in her classroom and to make school a safe, interesting, and dynamic place.

Ms. Allen has both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Arizona, where she graduated Cum Laude and wrote a thesis on developing an inquiry-based curriculum within the elementary classroom.   She is an avid Wildcat fan and loves animals.  Her menagerie includes a dog and two cats.  She enjoys swimming, practicing yoga, laughing, watching movies and being a mom to her awesome kids, Cooper and Lilly.

Master of Education: Language, Reading, and Culture
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts: Design and Marketing
Post-Baccalaureate Elementary Education
University of Arizona
Arizona Teaching Certificate: Grades K-8
SEI Endorsement

Mrs. Burns taught fourth grade at St. Michael's from 2012-2016. She took a two year break, and is now is back teaching second grade. Her previous teaching experiences include teaching grades 1-5 at Wrightstown and Fruchthendler Elementary Schools in the Tucson Unified School District. Teaching has always been a great love of Mrs. Burns. She looks forward to creating a learning environment each year that is both positive and successful.  She feels so blessed to be able to work at such an excellent, community-minded school. Mrs. Burns and her college sweetheart Dave, married since 1973, have two wonderful daughters, Jaime and Sara, and two beautiful granddaughters, Ella and Ava.

Bachelor of Arts: Elementary Education K-8
Northeastern Illinois University

Ms. Garcia began her career at St. Michael's in 1987. She taught physical education while her children attended school here. She was concurrently pursuing her B.A. and teaching certification. After graduation, Ms. Garcia taught 3rd and 4th grades until 2014  She is now one of our 5th grade teachers. Ms. Garcia also serves as Professional Development Coordinator. Besides being a life-long learner, Ms. Garcia loves to travel, read, entertain, and spend time with family and friends.

Master of Education: Educational Leadership
Northern Arizona University
Post-Baccalaureate Elementary Education
Bachelor of Arts: General Studies with emphasis on History & Psychology
University of Arizona
Current Arizona Teaching Certificate K-8
SEI Endorsement K-12

Mrs. Greene joined St. Michael's in 2014 as a Kindergarten aide. A native of Northern California, Coach Greene attended the University of Arizona on a full athletic scholarship to play basketball. She has been the head girls' basketball coach at St. Michael's since 2012 and has also coached intramural soccer and football. She became Athletic Director in 2016. Mrs. Greene has been married to her husband, Michael, since 2001. They have two children, Madeline and Jack.

Bachelor of Science: Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Arizona

Ms. Hayward grew up in Barre, Vermont. She attended the University of Vermont, majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in Behavioral Science. In 1983 she moved to Tucson. Ms. Hayward taught at Abbie Loveland Tuller Episcopal School for the next fourteen years, gathering experience in many grades, including kindergarten, fourth, sixth, and eighth. Ms. Hayward joined the staff at St. Michael's in 1998. She is presently a fifth grade teacher, the school calendar coordinator, and she will serve as the Intermediate School Division Director. She had served eight years as the Intermediate Coordinator for St. Michael’s from 2000 - 2008. Ms. Hayward is a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and was chosen in 2005 and 2006 for Who's Who Among America's Teachers. Ms. Hayward enjoys spending her free time with her two children: Derek, a 2002 graduate of St. Michael's, and Brittany, a 2008 graduate of St. Michael's. Ms. Hayward enjoys yoga, reading, swimming, and walking with her dog, Mimi.

Bachelor of Science: Elementary Education (Minor: Behavioral Science)
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Arizona Teaching Certificate: Grades 1-8
Structured English Immersion (SEI ) Endorsement, K - 12

Mrs. Martin has been working as an aide in the Kindergarten classroom since 2005. She has a daughter, Gina, and two sons, Ryan and Brandon, who are St. Michael's alumni.  Before coming to St. Michael's, Mrs. Martin was Vice President of Martin Feise Chiropractic until her husband, Jeff, retired.  She is originally from the Buffalo, New York, area and taught second grade until she moved to Tucson in 1983.

Bachelor of Science: Elementary Education
State University of New York at Buffalo

Mrs. Moseley loves being part of the St. Michael's community. She has worked in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Tucson Unified School District and at private elementary schools, teaching  4th grade, Kindergarten and, her favorite, First Grade.  She has two children. Max is a St. Michael's alumni, and Katie, a current St. Michael's student. She loves spending time with her family, reading, watching movies, attending U of A basketball games and taking care of their menagerie of pets.

Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Arts/Education
California State University, Northridge

Ms.  Redhouse is a Native American Music Awardee and 2005 Grammy Nominee for the Canyon Records release People of Peace CD with the R. Carlos Nakai Quartet.  She has toured in Denmark, Canada, and the U.S. East Coast with Oliver Lake.  She toured 17 states, full-time, in the hotel circuit performing a variety music.  She continues to perform as a soloist or with Canyon Records' William Eaton Ensemble, jazz saxophonist/composer Oliver Lake, the Redhouse Family Jazz Band, and The Redhouse Dancers (Native American dance group).  She is a versatile improvisational vocalist who also plays electric bass, guitar, Native flute and keyboard.

Ms. Redhouse has produced music for many documentaries for PBS affiliate KUAT-TV, most recently "Seeking Water from the Sun." She created the soundtrack for Tucson Regional Ballet's "Why Butterflies Fly Crazy" production. She was the radio host for 91.3 FM KXCI's "Native American Hour" many years ago.

Ms. Redhouse incorporates her unique musical background and hands-on concept of differentiated instruction in her teaching approach.  Ms. Rehouse has vast and diverse teaching experience.  She has taught (K-4) Spanish and General Music at Collier Elementary,  Spanish (PreK-3) at Veritas Academy, Spanish and General Music at St. Joseph Catholic School, and  (K-8) General Music at San Xavier Mission Indian School.

Voice, Music Theory
Academy of Music, Seaside, CA
General Education and Spanish
Pima Community College
Outcome-Based and Differentiated Instruction Seminars
Branching Out Educational Consultants

Mr. Santucci has taught at St. Michael's since 2007. He previously spent a year as an intern in special education while completing his Master's degree coursework. After finishing his student teaching at a fifth-grade classroom in Connecticut, Mr. Santucci moved to Tucson to become the physical education teacher for grades K-5 in the spring of 2007. He then moved grades 4-8 in 2016.  He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, reading, and rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles and USA soccer.

Coursework towards Master of Science: Elementary Education
University of New Haven
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
University of Connecticut

Mrs. Stalkfleet has been teaching at St. Michael's since 2001 in first and third grade.  She also has experience in grades kindergarten through sixth. In addition to being a classroom teacher, she has organized school science fairs, started a school garden, coordinated recycling and composting, chaired fundraisers, and was a Girl Scout troop leader. She loves the dedication and professionalism of the faculty at St. Michael's, the enthusiasm of the students, and the support and involvement of the families.

Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
Coe College, Iowa
Teaching Credential: K-9 Elementary Education
Coe College, Iowa

Mrs. Tomiak has had a varied working career to prepare her for teaching. She relocated to Pennsylvania from Toronto, Canada and was employed as an Educational Assistant with the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District.  At that time, she was studying for her Master's and teaching certification.  She taught for ten years with the Catalina Foothills School District in second and third grade.  Mrs. Tomiak also taught English Language Learners in CFSD for one year.    Mrs. Tomiak enjoys cooking, traveling, Zumba and reading.

Master of Arts: Educational Leadership/Education
Immaculata University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts:  Anthropology/Communications
York University, Ontario, Canada

Mother Clare spent her early professional life earning a doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her dissertation was based on fieldwork in Veracruz, Mexico where she studied Classic period influence from the Valley of Mexico. After her defense, she took a year off to be an intern at St. Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church and from there discerned a call to the ordained ministry. Upon finishing her seminary work, she was ordained a priest and served as an assistant in charge of youth and family ministry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Rochester, NY. After that appointment, she served several churches in the Diocese of Massachusetts, while continuing to be active in the ministry of family, youth, and children. Returning to Tucson, she served as Associate for Family and Seeker ministries at St. Philip's In the Hills for a brief period of time before coming to St. Michael's as chaplain and religion teacher for Intermediate and Middle School grades. In her free time, Mother Clare volunteers at The Hermitage Cat Shelter and also spends time cooking, reading, and enjoying time with her family.

Master of Divinity: Church History
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
PhD: Anthropology
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Arts: Sociology and Anthropology
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Ordained Priest