 | Kindergarten
My name is Heidi Johnson. I have been a Kindergarten Teacher at Paideia Academy for the past five years. The first three years, I was the morning and afternoon teacher. Since then, I have been teaching Core Knowledge and the Minnesota State Standards in the morning and Kindergarten Enrichment in the afternoon.
I grew up here in Minnesota. I graduated from St. Cloud State in 1992, with a Bachelor of Science degree - majoring in Elementary Education with a Kindergarten Endorsement. After I completed my kindergarten student teaching, I moved to California. Southern California was experiencing a teacher shortage at the time and I was excited to move away and begin my teaching career. I taught for eight years for the Palmdale School District, one-year teaching fifth grade and seven years teaching first grade. Prior to teaching kindergarten at Paideia, I taught preschool at Especially for Children in Edina.
My family and I moved to Minnesota in 2003. We enjoy watching the Minnesota Twins, bike riding, gardening and spending time outdoors.
 My name is Lisa Ekrem, and this is my third year at Paideia Academy. I have found Paideia Academy to be forward-thinking and challenging, yet exciting every day. I am thrilled to be teaching kindergarten this year! I am lucky to be a part of the education of so many astonishing students.
I am currently working towards my Master's degree in Teaching at Hamline University. My Capstone is keeping me busy. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my husband, family, and friends, reading/book clubs, watching movies, trying new restaurants, gardening, scrapbooking, and hanging out with my dog Nacho. I also have weaknesses for shopping and chocolate.
My name is Wendy Henke, and I am the special education teacher for Kindergarten. This is my first year at Paideia. I grew up in St. Michael, Minnesota and graduated from UW-Stout. I started out my teaching career working in elementary schools and have spent the last 2 years working with 18-21 year old students and middle school students. I am very excited to be back in an elementary setting and feel very lucky to be working with such a great team of teachers and am looking forward to getting to know students and their families.
In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my husband and our 2 dogs, Kodi and Ollie. I also like to read, watch The Food Network and try new recipes, and travel.
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