Faculty

Holly McNutt is the Principal of Hefner Middle School.  Holly was a classroom teacher for 17 years with Moore Public Schools joining Putnam City Schools in 2014 as an administrative intern at Harvest Hills and James L. Dennis Elementary schools. She served as assistant principal at James L. Capps Middle School for two years. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from Oklahoma City University and a Masters in Educational Leadership from Oklahoma State University. She has a son who is a freshman at OU and a daughter who is a freshman in high school. This summer she will have been married 21 years.  hmcnutt@putnamcityschools.org

Kara Walk is the 7th grade assistant principal at Hefner Middle School. This year will be her 12th year in Putnam City Schools. She began her career as a teacher and coach in Texas  in 2003.  Her career in Putnam City began at Capps Middle School as an English teacher and coach in 2005, where she taught for 7 years. She comes to Hefner this year after spending a year at Mayfield Middle School. Her previous administrative experience includes working as an assistant principal at Webster (OKC), Western Oaks MS/ES, and Cooper. She is a proud graduate of Piedmont High School. Her degrees include a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from Northeastern State University in 2002 and a master’s in educational leadership from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2012. She is currently a graduate student working towards a doctorate in educational leadership at The University of Oklahoma. She has two four-legged children, Boomer, a Yorkie, and Scout, a rescued beagle/dachshund mix.  kwalk@putnamcityschools.org

 

Jana Johnston is our 6th grade principal.  She started her teaching career in 2001 in Irving, Texas where she taught for a total of 5 years, in both elementary and middle school.  Jana then moved to the Washington D.C. area and taught there for 6 years.  She is a graduate of Putnam City West, and was so excited to return home to teach for this district.  She taught at Central Elementary for 1 year and then Kirkland Elementary for 3 years before moving into administration.  She was at Western Oaks Middle School and Kenneth Cooper Middle School before coming to Hefner.  She completed her Bachelor’s in Education at Southern Nazarene University, a Master’s in Reading Curriculum and Instruction at Grand Canyon University, and a Master’s in Education Administration at Lamar University. She has two little boys and has been married for 10 years.  janaj@putnamcityschools.org

 

Stacey Calton is 8th grade vice principal.  She started her teaching career in 1993  at Putnam City High School, where she taught 9th and 10th grade English to both on-level and honors students for 18 years.  She then became an instructional coach at Mayfield Middle School and taught one year at Putnam City West before moving into administration.  She was assigned to Kenneth Cooper Middle School and Putnam City Academy before coming to Hefner.  She is a graduate of Western Heights High School and lives in the Oklahoma City area. She completed both her Bachelor’s degree in Secondary English Education and her Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at the University of Central Oklahoma.  She is also a National Board certified teacher in Adolescent and Young Adult English Language Arts.  She has one adult daughter.  scalton@putnamcityschools.org

 

Kathy Winham is Hefner’s 8th grade school counselor. She joined the counseling staff at Hefner in 2014 after working at Putnam City Academy as an ELSE counselor (2012-2014).  Prior to working at Putnam City Schools, Mrs. Winham was a Business Instructor at Canadian Valley Technology Center.  She completed her Bachelor’s in Psychology at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and her Master’s in School Counseling at the University of Central Oklahoma in 2012. Kathy married her husband, Dan in 1981.  They have two sons, one “daughter-in-love” and one grandson, Range.  kwinham@putnamcityschools.org

 

Craig Smith is Hefner’s 7^th Grade counselor. This is his 19^th year in education and his 7^thyear at Hefner. Craig received his bachelor’s degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant and received his master from the University of Central Oklahoma. Craig is married to his wife Jennifer and they have two kids, Grant and Parke.  craigs@putnamcityschools.org

 

Kim Hoppers is Hefner’s 6^th grade school counselor. She is new to Hefner this year and is excited to be working with middle school students.  Mrs. Hoppers received her Bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State and her Master’s degree at the University of Central Oklahoma. She has been married for eighteen years, and she and her husband have four children that keep them busy.   khoppers@putnamcityschools.org

Aveni, Shane	Math	saveni@putnamcityschools.org
Bailey-Stewart, Whitney	Language Arts	wbaileystewart@putnamcityschools.org
Baker,Teneisha	Character Education	teneishab@putnamcityschools.org
Barton, Lauren	Language Arts	lbarton@putnamcityschools.org
Bass, Randie	Science	rbass@putnamcityschools.org
Baughman, Ryanne	Resource Teacher	rbaughman@putnamcityschools.org
Bertels, Elizabeth	Spanish	ebertels@putnamcityschools.org
Brown, Doug	Social Studies	dougb@putnamcityschools.org
Burgtorf, Chaille	Resource Teacher	cburgtorf@putnamcityschools.org
Carnott, Michele	Resouce Teacher	mcarnott@putnamcityschools.org
Clements, Carolyn	Language Arts	carolync@putnamcityschools.org
Coleman, Glenda	Social Studies	gcoleman@putnamcityschools.org
Connolly, Christie	Resource Teacher	cconnolly@putnamcityschools.org
Cooper, Robin	Math	rcooper@putnamcityschools.org
Croy, Vee	English	vcroy@putnamcityschools.org
Davison, Mickala	Language Arts	mdavison@putnamcityschools.org
DeSouza, Noah	Computer Science	ndesouza@putnamcityschools.org
Dorris, Tiffany	Language Arts	tdorris@putnamcityschools.org
Elias, Heather	Resource Teacher	helias@putnamcityschools.org
Escajeda, Andy	ESL	aescajeda@putnamcityschools.org
Fair, Ryan	Science	rfair@putnamcityschools.org
Fasching, Carrie	Science	cfashing@putnamcityschools.org
Fawver, Nathan	Math	nfawver@putnamcityschools.org
Ferland, Deanna	Science	dferland@putnamcityschools.org
Fisher, Karina	Orchestra	kfisher@putnamcityschools.org
Gault, Karen	Math	kgault@putnamcityschools.org
Gerst, Martin	Science	mgerst@putnamcityschools.org
Hansen, Jacqueline	Social Studies	jhansen@putnancityschools.org
Harper, Bryan	ISR	bharper@putnamcityschools.org
Harris, Lee	School Psychologist	leeh@putnamcityschools.org
Herman, Cathy	Language Arts	cherman@putnamcityschools.org
Herrington, Derrick	Social Studies	dherrington@putnamcityschools.org
Hulett, Carol	Media Center Director	chullet@putnamcityschools.org
Ibarra, Mikel	Art	mibarra@putnamcityschools.org
Irwin, Kara	Resource Teacher	kirwin@putnamcityschools.org
Ivey, Jeremiah	Art	jivey@putnamcityschools.org
Jarvis, Kim	Science	kjarvis@putnamcityschools.org
Jones, Elbert	Math	elbertj@putnamcityschools.org
Kinzie, Erin	Resource Teacher	ekinzie@putnamcityschools.org
Knipe, Cara	Science	cknipe@putnamcityschools.org
Lancaster, Katelyn	PEAK	katelynl@putnamcityschools.org
Laverty, Jessica	Language Arts	jlaverty@putnamcityschools.org
Lewis, Rickey	Science	rickeyl@putnamcityschools.org
Lopez, Rosemary	Spanish	rlopezmcmurl@putnamcityschools.org
Mandt, Jacye	Drama	jgunsaulis@putnamcityschools.org
Miles, Tara	Resource Teacher	tmiles@putnamcityschools.org
Myers, Kyle	Band	kmyers@putnamcityschools.org
Neal, Anysia	Math	aneal@putnamcityschools.org
Noon, Sarah	Math	snoon@putnamcityschools.org
Ostercamp, Anne	Math	aostercamp@putnamcityschools.org
Owdetallah, Christie	Social Studies	cowdetallah@putnamcityschools.org
Parker, Brandon	Social Studies	bparker@putnamcityschools.org
Patterson, Molly	Academic Achievement	mpatterson@putnamcityschools.org
Pence, Carmen	Physical Education/Yearbook	cpence@putnamcityschools.org
Pritchett, Jamie	Social Studies	jpritchett@putnamcityschools.org
Pruiti, Lauren	Language Arts	lpruiti@putnamcityschools.org
Rambo, Liz	Instructional Coach	lrambo@putnamcityschools.org
Raney, Cara	Social Studies	craney@putnamcityschools.org
Rodriguez, Krinstine	Science	krodriguez@putnamcityschools.org
Rosenkranz, Jana	Speech	jrosenkranz@putnamcityschools.org
Russell, Patrice	Resource Teacher	prussell@putnamcityschools.org
Sanders, Tim	Tech Ed	tsanders@putnamcityschools.org
Sands, Jan	Math	jsands@putnamcityschools.org
Simmons, Jae	Reading	jsimmons@putnamcityschools.org
Skinner, Todd	Physical Education	tskinner@putnamcityschools.org
Starling, Kathryn	Science	kstarling@putnamcityschools.org
Stevenson, Justin	Social Studies	jstevenson@putnamcityschools.org
Stewart, Emily	Language Arts	eprecure@putnamcityschools.org
Tautfest, John	Social Studies	jtautfest@putnamcityschools.org
Tennial, Daphne	Resource Teacher	dtennial@putnamcityschools.org
Thomas, Billie	Vocal Music	bthomas@putnamcityschools.org
Thompson, Saundra	Family/Consumer	saundrat@putnamcityschools.org
Tiller, Julia	Math	jtiller@putnamcityschools.org
Walk, Nicole	Language Arts	nwalk@putnamcityschools.org
Wion, Cassidy	Math	cwion@putnamcityschools.org

Alley, Sarah	Attendance Secretary	saraha@putnamcityschools.org
Bryant, Stan	Site Tech	sbryant@putnamcityschools.org
Leep, Maggie	Financial Secretary	mleep@putnnamcityschools.org
Ramsey, Marisa	Principal's Secretary	mramsey@putnamcityschools.org
Roginson, Gail	Registrar	grobinson@putnamcityschools.org
Thompson, Kris	Media Center Secretary	krist@putnamcityschools.org
Weinmann, Stacy	Receptionist	sweinmann@putnamcityschools.org
Wise, Kassi	Nurse	kassiw@putnamcityschools.org

Benton, Becky	rebeccab@putnamcityschools.org
Boyles, R.B.	rbroyles@putnamcityschools.org
Buckles, Kylie	kbuckles@putnamcityschools.org
Delgado, Tori	tdelgado@putnamcityschools.org
Galbraith, Pennie	pgalbraith@putnamcityschools.org
Ivey, Wanda	wivey@putnamcityschools.org
Khatoon, Ayesha	akhatoon@putnamcityschools.org
Laskowsky, Cynthia	claskowsky@putnamcityschools.org
Overall, Aleshia	aoverall@putnamcityschools.org
Showalter, Caleb	cshowalter@putnamcityschools.org
Tabers, Tanya	ttabers@putnamcityschools.org