Meet Our New Faculty and Staff for the 2020-2021 School Year  Jr. High Boys/Girls Basketball Assistant Coach & Varsity Girls Basketball Assistant Coach Makayla is originally from Vienna, Mo and graduated from Vienna High School. She is currently living in Jefferson City with her husband and two dogs. Makayla graduated from Lincoln University in 2020 with her BSED in K-12 Art Education. She loves the beauty, expression, and mystery art brings to the world and always reminds herself that "Creativity takes Courage" as stated by the famous artist, Henri Matisse. Her future plans are to go back to school and recieve her Master's degree in Education. Makayla is super excited for the school year!  Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Melvin graduated from Jefferson City High School in 1995. He graduated in August 2003 from Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree with his major emphasis being Physical Education and Education. In 2004, Melvin finished his second degree with a Bachelor of Science in Education (Physical Education) with certification K-12. He earned his Masters in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from Emporia State University in 2008. He has been married for 18 years to his wife, Michelle. He has three kids; Trevon 17, Maleah 13, and Devin 10. Currently, Melvin is the Head Track Coach and Drivers Education Teacher at Jefferson City High School. He has coached girls basketball, track, and football for the past twenty years. Melvin loves sports and enjoys working with kids. Coach Myers is featured in a California Democrat story linked here.  Ms. Linda Keeran, Librarian & Jr. High English Teacher Linda received her Bachelor’s in General Studies from Columbia College in 2015 and she is currently pursuing a Master’s in Library Science at the University of Central Missouri. The 2020-2021 school year will be her first teaching and she is excited to engage and learn with the students. Linda has two amazing daughters, Trista who graduated in 2016 and Miki who will be a junior at Tipton this year. In her free time you can generally find her with a book in her hand, baking, or watching Marvel movies.  High School Science Teacher Randy recently retired from Jefferson City public schools after twenty years as a middle school science and math teacher. He grew up in a small farming community in central Illinois. In 1983, he moved to Jefferson City and began work as a Jefferson City Police Department patrol officer. After ten years as a police officer, Randy decided to return to school to become a school teacher to better serve his community. He attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City where he earned his bachelor of science in education and a masters degree in K-12 Administration. He is married and has a daughter and three step-sons. He has eight grandchildren that keep him very busy. Randy loves to hunt and fish while spending as much time as he can out of doors. When he is not spending time in nature, you can usually find him with a book in his hands. Randy is very excited about teaching in Jamestown! |
