Our main campus houses Little Gideon’s Preschool and Kindergarten through 6th grade.

 

Melody Osborn
M/W/F & T/TH Preschool

This is Mrs. Osborn’s fourth year teaching at PCCS. She received her bachelors degree in Elementary Education and is certified birth through sixth grade. She has previously taught third grade at Dadeville. She has been married to her husband, Jacoby, for nine years and they have three beautiful daughters. In Mrs. Osborn’s free time she enjoys reading, baking, and spending time with her family.

Molly Malone
M-F Preschool

This is Mrs. Malone’s 18th year teaching at PCCS. She previously taught while on the mission field in Japan. She has a Bachelor’s in Art Education K-12 and a Masters in Religious Education. Mrs. Malone and her husband, Kelly, have two children. Mrs. Malone enjoys travel and sightseeing, painting and photography and spending time with her family.

Vannessa Gray
Kindergarten

Mrs. Gray is in her 12th year teaching at PCCS. She earned a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Missouri Valley College and a Masters Degree in Athletic and Activities Administration from William Woods College. Mrs. Gray and her husband, Brian, have 2 children. As a family, they enjoy volunteering at churching, coaching and playing sports.

Lora Beth Walker
Kindergarten

Mrs. Walker is in her 14th year teaching at PCCS. She has an Early Childhood and Elementary Education degree. She and her husband have four children. In her free time, she enjoys watching her children play sports, spending time with her family, reading, walking/hiking, as well as going trail riding on her horse Levi.

Carrie Whistance
1st Grade

Miss. Whistance is a local who graduated from Halfway, received her BS from MSU, and her Master’s from GCU.  When not teaching she enjoys spending time with her family.  One of her favorites is going on Caffeine Crawls.  She also loves to read, take photos, and play with her dogs.

Wendy Rhodes
2nd Grade

This is Mrs. Rhodes third year teaching at PCCS. She earned her bachelors and masters from Southwest Baptist University. She and her husband have two kids and two dogs. Mrs. Rhodes loves to spend time with her family and make cards.

Emily Burton
2nd Grade

This is Miss Burton’s first year teaching at PCCS.

Robin Shelenhamer
3rd Grade

Mrs. Shelenhamer has taught at PCCS for 13 years. She has previously taught in St. Louis and Bolivar schools. After earning her master’s, she enjoyed teaching graduate classes before returning to elementary education. She and her husband Jody, have three children and one grandchild. In her free time, Mrs. Shelenhamer enjoys crafting and spending time with her family.

Courtney Stanford
4th Grade

This is Mrs. Stanford’s third year teaching at PCCS. She as a BS in Elementary and Early Education as well as a Master’s in Educational Administration from Southwest Baptist University. She and her husband have 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter, ranging in ages from 2 to 16 years old. She loves reading, writing, and singing at school and at home.

Chloe Wilkinson
5th Grade

This is Mrs. Wilkinson’s second year teaching at PCCS. She graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Southwest Baptist University. She and her husband, Cody love playing board games and she enjoys playing volleyball with her friends.

Amanda Wright
6th Grade

Amanda Wright is currently in her seventh year teaching at PCCS. She completed her degree in Elementary Education from Southwest Baptist University in 2004. Amanda taught kindergarten for two years at West Plains Elementary School and six years at Blue Ridge Elementary School in Columbia, Missouri. Amanda is married to Nate, who is the Division Head & Associate Professor of Business at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. Nate Wright is also the School Board President for PCCS. The Wrights are blessed to have two sons and attend Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri.