St. Paul’s Elementary Grades
1st Grade – Mrs. Bredendick
This year is my 43rd year of teaching. (23rd year of teaching 1st grade). I have taught grades preschool through high school minus grades 5-8. Those grades have always been my husband’s grades. My husband and I met in high school and got married after graduation from MLC. We are only 8 days apart in age. When we graduated from collage; we were assigned to teach at a school in North Hollywood, CA. This was a 2 room school. I had grades K-4 in my room and my husband was the principal and taught grades 5-8 in another room. We taught at that school for 18 years. After the 18 years; we accepted new calls to a school a short distance away. We were still in North Hollywood. At our new school I taught 2 grade for 17 years. After spending 35 years in CA, we then moved to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. We were only there 2 years. Our first year there, I taught 3 &4 grades in Madison, WI. Our 2nd year there I taught Foods and Child Development at Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills, WI. For the past 3 years, I taught 1st grade at Crown of Life in West St. Paul, MN.
I grew up in Wisconsin (Neenah). I went to Martin Luther for grade school and Fox Valley Lutheran High School. I am the oldest of 4. I have 3 younger brothers. Besides my husband, I have 2 adult daughters , a son-in-law and 2 grandchildren.
2nd Grade – Mrs. Brunner
This is my 14th year teaching, of which 11 have been in second grade. I grew up in Colfax, WI then went to River Falls for my bachelors in biology and my masters in education. I like to sew for fun, and read. My latest hobby is laying in the hammock with Liz, my bearded dragon.
I am married to Chris and we have two kids, Hattie will be in 3rd grade and Jackson will be in 1st grade. We have Dash our 9 year old Border Collie, Honey our Golden Retriever puppy and Liz the Bearded Dragon.
3rd Grade – Mrs. Mulske
God’s blessings to you wonderful families! My name is Rosanna Mulske. You may remember me if I had the privilege of teaching some of you in 3K several years ago, or simply because my daughter has been in class with your child. For anyone new to St. Paul’s, welcome! I am the 3rd grade teacher this year and am very excited to get back into teaching again after taking care of my son at home for the last few years. I was raised on a farm in rural North Dakota and got my Bachelor’s of Science in early childhood education from MN State University Moorhead. My husband, Ryan, and I moved near the ocean out in Virginia where I taught in the public schools for many years and got my Master’s Degree in curriculum and instruction at Averett College before moving to Wisconsin to raise our children. We live in Menomonie with our 3 lovely kids, Victoria (11), Katherina (8), and Gabriel (3). I was able to complete all the religious college training courses from Martin Luther College while caring for our son at home, and will be officially teaching ministry certified this school year. I may be a teacher, but always a student! : ) Feel free to contact me at Rosanna.mulske@stpaulmenomonie.com with any questions or call the church and leave me a message so I can get back to you.
4th Grade – Mrs. Mann
This is my fourth year teaching at St. Paul’s. This year I will be teaching 4th grade. My family moved from Elgin, Illinois to Baraboo, WI when I was 10. Education: Bachelor of Music – UW-Stevens Point; Master of Music Education – Boston, MA; Sign Language interpreting certificate – Spokane, WA Hobbies: crafts, hiking, camping, traveling, going to the movies
5th & 6th Grade – Mrs. Gowling
Hello 5th & 6th graders! I have read some new novels and am looking forward to sharing them with all of you. I also revisited a few novels that I have not read in many years. My top three summer books; Where the Red Fern Grows, Esperanza Rising, and The One and Only Ivan. When I was your age I struggled with detective novels. My sister collected and read Agatha Christie books and multiple times I started reading one of her novels but never made it past the first half.
Being a mom is a blessing and I love all of the mom stuff I do with and for Joseph(8th), Nora(6th), and Jack(1st). Mr Gowling and I love activities and so do our children, so we have a lot of fun with sports and games. Music is another favorite in our house. Joseph plays the piano, Nora sings and plays the piano, and Jack is in music lessons.
