This is Mrs. Malone’s 19th 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.

Mrs. Gray is in her 13th 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.

This is Mrs. Osborn’s fifth 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.

Mrs. Walker is in her 15th 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.

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.

This is Mrs. Rhodes 4th 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.

Mrs. Shelenhamer has taught at PCCS for 14 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.

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

Amanda Wright is currently in her 8th 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.