I am the founding director of Pioneer School. I have a Masters degree from the University of Idaho in Elementary Education and a Masters in Gifted Education from Whitworth College. I graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla with a Bachelor of Arts in 1977.

When I am not busy at Pioneer School, I coach ski racing at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. My husband is a chemistry instructor at Spokane Falls Community College, and we have two daughters who attend West Valley High School and ski race for Schweitzer Alpine Racing School.

Welcome! My name is Tina Davis. I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

In my spare time I enjoy water coloring, reading, photography (digital camera), camping, and spending time with my family and friends.

I have a M.Ed. Degree from the University of Idaho. I hold an Elementary Teaching Certificate in both Washington and Idaho. I also hold an Idaho State Computer Competency Certificate from Boise State University.

This is my seventh year of teaching Kindergarten in private school in Washington State. Pioneer School is a wonderful school for highly capable students in Kindergarten through Grade Five. I have a great love for teaching and for children. I especially love teaching at Pioneer School! It is my home away from home...

Welcome! My name is Darla Eaton and I'm excited to join the community at Pioneer School. Before becoming a teacher I spent several years lending a hand with a variety of subjects and methodologies as an APPLE parent. Some are familiar with this District #81 program focusing on parent involvement to create an educational community. It was this experience that inspired me to become a teacher focused on experiential learning. Pioneer School is a wonderful fit for my collaborative approach to teaching. I graduated from Gonzaga University with certification in Elementary Education in 2003. Since then I have worked mainly in West Valley School District, with assignments ranging from a year at the Outdoor Learning Center to teaching a multi-age, gifted class. When not in the classroom I'm usually cooking, riding my bike or refusing my teenagers' frequent requests for money!

Hello! I have been given the honor and privilege of teaching at Pioneer School. I earned my Masters Degree in Teaching through Whitworth University in 2005. I student-taught for one academic year in a first/second grade multi-age classroom in 2004/05, and I taught first grade in 2006 at Eatonville Elementary. It was my sincere pleasure to learn and grow alongside those children.

I went to elementary school at Sadie Halstead Elementary in the Newport School District in Northeastern Washington. My family lived in a log house in the wooded hills above the Pend Oreille River, and I grew up enjoying the outdoors in all four seasons. After graduating from Newport High School in 1995, I pursued my love of nature at Spokane Community College and The Evergreen State College studying botany, zoology and ecology. I worked my way through school and after graduation as a park ranger on public lands in North Idaho, Northeastern Washington, Crater Lake National Park in the Oregon Cascades, and Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge near Cheney, Washington. My most memorable and meaningful experiences as a park ranger were made when I had the opportunity to share the outdoors with children. This realization let me to embark upon teaching as my next great journey!

I feel blessed to have the opportunity to serve your children with the staff at Pioneer School. I am excited about the learning that will take place in our classroom!

My name is Betsy DeHaas and I am a 1997 graduate of the University of Idaho in English Literature/Secondary Education and have a current Idaho State Teaching Certification. I completed my Master's of Arts in Primary Education with the University of Alabama and this is my fifth year working at the primary level.

I have lived and taught in Ecuador for the past eleven years and this is my first year back to life in the USA. I was looking for a change that would bring me closer to my family and where I grew up in Grangeville, ID. A friend told me about Pioneer School and when I looked it up online, I just had to apply. Pioneer's mission, philosophy, and teaching practices are a perfect match to my own beliefs and practices in the field of education.