Staff Directory

DJ joined the team at Rocky Top as an assistant principal in 2011.  Before coming to Adams 12 Five Star Schools he worked in the St. Vrain Valley School District as an English language acquisition teacher providing intensive instruction to new arrivals to the United States at the middle school level.  He then ...

Heather Jo has been the face of Rocky Top since 2007. She is a graduate of Adams12 and proud to be back 'home' as an employee. Heather Jo is the proud mama of two beautiful children, MJ and Haley, and one adorable puppy, Lucy. In her free time, Heather Jo enjoys traveling, cards with friends, bicycling and cheering...

Hello!  My name is Janece Evans.  I have worked at Rocky Top Middle School for 6 years.  I love it here!  Both my kids attended all three grades which was awhile ago...yikes!  Please pop by the office & say "Hey"

Christi Peoples has been teaching for 10 years; all but two of those years as a 6th grade Language Arts teacher. She loves teaching middle school and thrives in the relationships built with students and families. Christi was born and rasied in Hawaii and moved to Colorado in 1998. She is a diehard Rockies and...

Mr. Cramer is a sixth grade math teacher at Rocky Top Middle School.  He earned his masters degree from the University of Colorado.  He has been working in Adams 12 Five Star Schools since 1991!  He is married and has two teenage boys.  He loves to read and travel the world. This last sping he visited Ireland.   He...

Ms. Kouri has been teaching at Rocky Top since 2011. She loves the staff and students at RTMS. She especially enjoys directing the talented actors in the Theatre productions and leading the amazing kids in Student Council. When Ms. Kouri is not working she is either hanging with the kids she mentors through church,...

Mrs. Brickley has enjoyed teaching in Adams 12 Five Star Schools for the past 18 years.  She has been lucky to have been teaching Science at Rocky Top since the building opened.  She completed her Bachelor's degree at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and then her Master's Degree in Education at the University...

ARR!  Ahoy thar mateys!  Cap't Bishop be teachin' 6th graders.  Avast...she fancies pirates, rubber ducks 'n nesting dolls. Cap't Bishop has grown up in Adams 12 Five Star Schools from K-12 'n has taught in th' district fer th' past 22 years!  She  be teachin' social studies so that 'er 6th graders 'ave a new love '...

This is Ms. Escobar's first year of teaching at Rocky Top and she's so excited to be a Grizzly! A native to Colorado, Ms. Escobar received her undergraduate degree in English Literature and History from Colorado State University (go rams!). After that, she spent a few years working as a writer and editor in...

Mr. Maes has been a 7th grade math teacher at Rocky Top Middle School for 15 years. He loves being a Grizzly and he is incredibly thankful to be a part of the remarkable staff here at Rocky Top. Mr Maes is very passionate about teaching math, especially to 7th graders!

Mr. Pulliam has been an educator for 38 years now, and he continues to enjoy teaching middle school math and science.  He would say that it has been his privilage to be a teacher at Rocky Top Middle School from the day that it first opened its doors 15 years ago.  He finds great satisfaction in working with some of...

Heather Davis has been a 7th grade science teacher at Rocky Top since the school opened. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 2000 and her Master of Science degrees in Anatomy and Neurobiology in 2003 from Colorado State University. She enjoys spending her free time hiking and snowshoeing ...

Mrs. Lombardo is in her 11th year as a middle school science teacher and has been a proud Rocky Top Grizzly for three years.  She earned her degree in Biology at Regis University in Denver, where she also played softball and was the Student Director for the peer education program on campus.  After Regis, Mrs....

Vincent Berger is a Colorado native from a large family. He is a Sagitarius and enjoys sunsets and South Park binging. History has always been of major interest to him which led to a career teaching middle school social studies. He attended Colorado State University and the University of Colorado at Denver where he...

A native to Colorado, Mrs. Nemeth was born in Denver and grew up in Thornton; she attended Adams 12 Five Star Schools for elementary, middle, and high school. At the University of Colorado at Boulder, Mrs. Nemeth graduated with a Bachelor's in English Literature and also a Secondary Education Licensure in 2007....

Ms. Rivas joined the Rocky Top teaching team in 2013, but has been a part of the Adams 12 community since 1995. Being that she is a native to Colorado, Ms. Rivas was a student in this district well before she ever began teaching in it. Her journey began at Tarver Elementary, continued on to Century Middle School,...

I was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California and moved to Colorado in 2003.  I am currently in my 26th year of teaching.  In California, I taught at a private Christian school for 12 years.  While there, I taught Middle School Math for 9 years, High School Math for 3 years, and I was also the Math department...

Ms. Sucharova is an 8th grade math teacher at Rocky Top Middle School. She's been teaching at Adams 12 since 2001. Ms Sucharova earned her master's degrees in Mathematics, Biology and Teaching from Pavol Jozef Safarik University. She enjoys spending her free time reading, she likes hiking and traveling. 

Mr. Stauffer joined the Rocky Top teaching team in 2009 as a 6th grade science teacher.  In 2017 he moved to 8th grade science.  He is passionate about teaching and working with the kids to help them succeed in their future endeavors.  Prior to coming to Rocky Top Mr. Stauffer was a 5th grade teacher at Hillcrest...

Ms. Nahid Razani have been teaching for Adams 12 Five Star Schools since 1999.  She has a BA in Psychology and went trough teaching program at University of Metro State in Colorado.  Ms. Razani teaches Social Studies particularly United States' History.  She truly enjoys working with students and preparing them for...

Ms. Nichole Stimmel is a Colorado Native. She grew up in Northglenn where she attended elementary, middle and high school in the Adams 12 Five Star Schools. She is in her 5th year at Rocky Top Middle School as a special education teacher. Nichole earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in...

Mr. Foster has been teaching Physical Education and Health in Adams 12 Five Star Schools for 11 years. He has previously taught at Niver Creek Middle School before coming to Rocky Top in the 2012-13 school year. Mr. Foster is a product of Adams 12 Five Star Schools having attended Coronado Hills Elementary, Thornton...

Mrs. Wohlford is a product of Adams 12 Five Star Schools (Westview Elem., Huron Jr. High, and Northglenn HS), and has been teaching in Adams 12 Five Star Schools since 1995.  She has been at Rocky Top since it opened in 2004. She has also worked at Hunters Glen Elementary, Northeast Middle, Century Middle, and...

Ms. Crowell is a passionate musician and music educator who enjoys teaching orchestra, orchestra club, and woodwinds at Rocky Top. She holds degrees in Music Performance and Music Education from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and also served as a graduate teaching assistant at Colorado State University where...

Kristen Hines has been teaching English Language Development (ELD) for the past 8 years. Her and her husband recently moved to Colorado from Austin where she was a Reading Interventionist and finished her masters degree to become a Reading Specialist. She has traveled and taught English all over the world, including...

Myra Harris joined the Rocky Top team in 2017.  She earned her Bachelor of Science degree at Cal Poly University and her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Cal State Bakersfield.  After moving to Colorado in 2009, she added Family and Consumer Science (FACS) and Career and Technical Education (CTE)...

Mr. Samsel learned Spanish while living in Guatemala for nearly two years and continues to study Spanish through reading books, listening to music and watching movies and television series. Upon returning home to Colorado, Mr. Samsel earned a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Nothern Colorado, and more recently...

This is Katie's 15th year teaching. She started teaching the Humanities at the high school level. She has a Bachelor of Specialized Studies at Ohio University and her Master's in Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. She is a returned Peace Corps volunteer, teaching university level ESL and Drama in NW...

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...Ambrosha Galicia found a love for reading, writing, Star Wars and Spider-Man.  Ambrosha is currently a 7th and 8th-grade learning specialist for literacy. This is her 3rd year of teaching and her 3rd year being a Grizzly. She received her bachelors in Special Education...

Ms. Marie Perez currently is a Learning Specialist in grades 6, 7 and 8 for math.  She attended school at CU in Boulder and completed her teaching degree at the Metropolitan University of Denver. Ms. Perez holds degrees in Child Psychology and Elementary Education, with a minor in the Exceptional Child in the...

I'm a Police Officer with the City of Thornton and have been with the department for over seventeen years. I'm currently assigned as the Rocky Top Middle School Resource Offcier. I have been working with kids for over twenty five years.

Mrs. Beuke is the counselor for 8th grade.  She earned her Masters in School Counseling at the University of Phoenix in 2005, at which time she began interning at Rocky Top where she has since remained.  She loves all aspects of middle school and the opportunity to empower students at a critical time!  Mrs. Beuke is...

Ms. Austin has worked for Adams 12 since 2001.  She is in her 10th year at Rocky Top Middle School.  She loves working with middle schoolers - they are fun, energetic and constantly changing!  Outside of school, Ms. Austin's life revolves around her 3 grown children and her 2 rescue dogs.  She loves quilting,...

Stacie is from Iowa originally, but has called Colorado home for 30 years.  She loves biking, reading and hanging out with friends. 

Ms. Amanda has been working with the SSN students at  Rocky Top for the last 5 school years. She enjoys getting to know the staff and students. When Ms. Amanda is not at Rocky Top she spends her time playing with her nieces, nephews and animals. 

Ms. J (Lombardi) is a Colorado Native and grew up in the Arvada area. She has been a Speech Language Pathologist at Rocky Top for three years. Before she took on this role she was the Speech Language Pathologist Assistant from the South to farthest North of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. She earned her bachelor degree...

Lori has been working at Rocky Top Middle for the last eight years and has been in education for 21 years.   As the Instructional Coach she works with many teachers and students across the building.  She also teaches Creative Writing, Jr. Great Books, and Yearbook.  As you can see she stays very busy at the Top. ...