Mrs. Ahlgrimm has been the kindergarten teacher at Christ Lutheran Academy since 2008.

I attended a Lutheran grade school and graduated from Walden III in Racine. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and my state teacher’s license from UW-Parkside. Union Grove is where I call home along with my wonderful husband and two beautiful children. In the community I participated in Leadership Union Grove and enjoy being involved. At St. Paul’s Lutheran Church I was a member for 13 years and active in many different capacities; children’s music director, Sunday School teacher, and on the School Board. Currently I am a member of Messiah Lutheran Church and have been the headmaster at CLA since 2008. I absolutely love being a part of CLA and couldn’t imagine doing anything else. Every day I thank God for blessing me and the children in my class.

Karen Moe graduated with a teaching degree from Valparaiso University in Indiana.  Originally from up state New York, she has taught in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Mrs. Moe and her husband, Richard, have three daughters.

She has been the lower grade teacher at Christ Lutheran Academy since 2003.

Kathryn Peperkorn received her BS in Education in 1993 from Concordia College in Seward Ne. She then proceeded to teach high school band and choir in Dallas Texas at Dallas Lutheran High School. After marrying Todd Peperkorn she moved to Ft. Wayne Indiana and taught elementary music ed, and band at Holy Cross Lutheran School. At the same time she completed her Masters in vocal performance at Ball State University.

Ms. Peperkorn has been teaching voice lessons privately since 1993. In 1997 upon completion of her Masters of Vocal Performance she began teaching at IPFW University in Ft. Wayne IN.  In 1999 she began her teaching as an adjunct at Carthage College. In 2001 she dedicated her self solely to her private studio teaching.

In 2005 Kathryn began her highly successful summer program “Opera ala Carte”, with 6 of her own students. In the past 3 years this has grown to include students from other studios, as well as a children’s chorus.  In the 2007 season this included performances of over 30 students, with over 450 people in attendance.

Ms. Peperkorn has performed numerous operatic roles such as: Mimi in La Boheme, Norma in Norma, Anna Bolena in Anna Bolena, Violetta in La Traviata, Costanza in Entführung aus dem Serail, Marguerite in Faust, Leila in Les pêcheurs des perles, Sarah Garrett in She never lost a passanger, and Maketaten in  Philip Glass’ Akhnaten.  She is also a member of the Florentine Opera Chorus of Milwaukee

Todd Arthur Peperkorn was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1970, the first of four children born to Dennis and Susan (nee Troy) Peperkorn. He was baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Julesburg, Colorado and confirmed at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Charles, Missouri.

Todd attended Concordia Teachers’ College in Seward, Nebraska, and completed the degree of Bachelor of Arts in pre-seminary studies and history in 1992. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1996 (MDIV) and 1999 (STM).

In addition to his duties at Messiah Lutheran Church, Pr. Peperkorn served as the Publications Executive and the editor of Higher Things:Dare to Be Lutheranfrom 2001-2006. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Concordia University Wisconsin.

In 1995 Todd married Kathryn nee Brandt of Dallas, Texas.  Todd and Kathryn have four children

Pastor Smallwood was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, in January 1969, to Len and Sue Smallwood. He was baptized in the Name of the Triune God in February of the same year.

He has studied in St. Cloud, Minnesota; Ingolstadt, Oberursel, and Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his B.A. in German from St. Cloud State University, and his M.Div. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He was ordained in June 1996.

He served as pastor to Concordia Lutheran in Sioux City, Iowa, until December 1998. Beginning in January 1999, he served St. Matthew Lutheran, a bilingual congregation (German and English) of the Lutheran Church-Canada in Calgary, Alberta.  He was installed as the pastor at Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Pleasant Prairie in 2008.

He is married to Giselle. Together, they have three daughters.

I’ve been a Kenosha native since I was three years old and currently live on Kenosha’s north side. In 2004, I attended the University of Wisconsin-Parkside graduating with honors in 2 ½ years. I was an English/writing major. While at college, I joined Phi Eta Sigma, a Greek organization which recognizes academic achievement, and also, Sigma Tau Delta, the National English Honor Society. Later, I was the president of Parkside’s Sigma Tau Delta chapter and represented Parkside by presenting two papers at the annual Sigma Tau Delta convention. I worked as an English tutor (two years) at the Parkside Tutoring Center. It was there that I found I have an aptitude for teaching and helping others with their writing skills. I was the copy editor for the Ranger News and also wrote the Tutoring Center’s monthly newsletter. At graduation, I was the English department’s nominee for “Graduate of the Year”.

I will have been married to Larry Geibel for 30 years come this August 2010. I am very proud of my three lovely daughters all of which I homeschooled at some time during their elementary school years. Currently, I am the Literature teacher for Christ Lutheran Academy, and I love being a part of something so fun and interesting. I love reading with the children and I believe they like reading books with me, too! I hope the children turn a healthy interest in books into a driving hunger for more adventure and take me along for the journey as we discuss the reading material.