A group photo of PCSD32's new teachers for 2025-26

Perry County School District 32 welcomed 21 new teachers during its Green Carpet Celebration Tuesday at the Perryville Area Career and Technology Center.

  • Angel Bollinger - Middle School ELA

  • Katelyn Burns - Career & Tech Agriculture

  • Kyle Clay - High School Band

  • Karson Colvis - Primary Center 1st Grade

  • Patrick Deken - High School Math

  • Madyson Eller - Elementary Speech-Language Pathologist

  • Megan Ernst - Elementary Special Education

  • Trenton Gremaud - High School Social Studies

  • Natalie James - High School Special Education

  • Abby Johnson - High School Family and Consumer Sciences

  • Anna Kiefer - Elementary 5th Grade

  • Kate Martin - High School Art

  • Donald Medlin - Alternative Education

  • Morgan Mueller - Career & Tech Counselor

  • Jill Noel - Elementary 4th Grade

  • Michele Pellikan - Middle School Special Education

  • Zach Pobst - High School Special Education

  • Kasey Reiss - Primary Center Process Coordinator

  • Elijah Sample - High School ISS

  • Marissa Talbert - Elementary Special Education

  • Patricia Wenzel - High School Art

The Green Carpet is an annual tradition wherein District 32 staff and members of the Perryville High School Marching Band greet new teachers on campus for the first day of New Teacher Workshops. New D32 teachers spend three days in orientation workshops that include meeting and collaborating with their campus mentors and buddy teachers, introductions to board members and District administrators, onboarding processes with Central Office staff, tours of campus facilities, and instruction in district technology tools and best practices. The new teachers also complete training sessions in proactive classroom management, curriculum and teacher evaluations, communications protocols, district policies, professionalism, safety and security, student confidentiality, and special services.