Your Extraordinary Saturday Teacher Bios
MITY’s educators are passionate, funny, creative, and inspiring. They encourage students to ask questions, challenge them to figure out answers, and spark a lifelong interest in learning.
“I particularly appreciate the way the MITY teachers go out of their way to make the classes engaging and inspire curiosity. My kid came home full of wonder about what they were learning.” - 2026 parent
"The teachers bring a ton of energy. When my child and another left class, they were both bouncing with excitement and so engaged.” - 2026 parent
Andrea McCarty
Andrea has loved being a teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary in Eden Prairie for 29 years. She spent ...
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Beth Wakefield holds a B.S. and M. Ed. in Education from the University of Minnesota. She has been ...
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Bill has been a licensed 7-12 Social Studies Teacher since 2000 and also teaches Chess, Tabletop Strategy Gaming, ...
Read More & View Classes CSGA Enrichment
CSGA Enrichment provides before & after school enrichment activities for all ages. We also provide workshops and activities ...
Read More & View Classes David Fraatz
David has been a 3M Visiting Wizard for over 20 years, giving science demonstrations to schools in the ...
Read More & View Classes Dr. Angela Boyer
Angela has been a teacher and instructional coach for two decades and finds joy in continuous learning. Before ...
Read More & View Classes Hawken Paul
Hawken is a Minneapolis-based actor, musician and teaching artist. In addition to his work with MITY, Hawken teaches ...
Read More & View Classes Heather Mastel
Heather has a BA in theatre and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Hamline University. She currently ...
Read More & View Classes Heather McKinley
For Heather, teaching is a calling and a passion. She has over 2 decades of experience, including serving ...
Read More & View Classes Jacqueline (Jackie) Di Giacomo
Jackie is an Advanced Learning Instructor who teaches Independent Investigations (research) and Project Think (engineering design) to elementary ...
Read More & View Classes Jennifer Noreault
Jennifer is a STEM Specialist in Lakeville Public Schools. She has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Trinity ...
Read More & View Classes Joan Wright
Joan has been teaching for 30 years and has worked with students in Kindergarten through 6th grade. She ...
Read More & View Classes Katherine Fraatz
Kathy has over 25 years of experience working in schools as a PreK - 12 teacher, administrator, trainer, ...
Read More & View Classes Kathryn Marget
Kathryn has worked in gifted education her entire career and currently serves as the K-12 Advanced Academics Coordinator ...
Read More & View Classes Leah Yoemans
Leah holds a BS in Elementary Education and 5-8 Science from Minnesota State University Mankato, an M.Ed. in ...
Read More & View Classes Lori Bui
Lori has devoted her 33-year career to gifted and talented education. She is currently teaching a class of ...
Read More & View Classes Luc Janssen
Luc studied mathematics and German at Grinnell College and is currently working on his Masters in Teaching at ...
Read More & View Classes Madelyn (Maddie) Holmgaard
Maddie is currently a 4th grade teacher in the Lakeville Area School District. She previously taught 3rd grade ...
Read More & View Classes Meagan (Meg) Juedes
Meg received her BA in Visual Art and Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She taught ...
Read More & View Classes Melissa Tapper
Melissa has been in education for 22 years, working as a 1st and 3rd grade teacher, a middle ...
Read More & View Classes Nick Olson
Nick has a B.S. degree in Computer Science and although his day job is software development, he has ...
Read More & View Classes Sam Graf
In his work as a Middle School Math Teacher and Math Team Coach, Sam delights in mathematical discovery ...
Read More & View Classes Sarah Geppert
Sarah loves to learn and is incurably curious. She currently teaches Spanish, technology, and mathematics at Frassati Catholic ...
Read More & View Classes Sean Andrews
Sean is a Director of Technology and Academic Technologist with a master's degree in Learning and Emerging Technologies. ...
Read More & View Classes Snapology
Snapology offers enrichment classes and camps in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM). Their ...
Read More & View Classes Sue Cranston
Sue is a working artist and professional art instructor who specializes in mixed-media art with a strong focus ...
Read More & View Classes Tech Academy
Formerly Computer Explorers, Tech Academy has been enriching Minnesota’s children with research-based Technology and Science classes and camps ...
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