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First Battalion

Administration & Leadership

Battalion Commander

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Name:  COL Kate Klontz
Position:  Battalion Commander
Joined WLA: 2016
​Email: kklontz@wlacademy.org

​Command Sergeant Major

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Name: SGM Jim Brainard
Position: Command Sergeant Major, Dean of Students
Branch of Service: Marines
Joined WLA: 2008
Email: jbrainard@wlacademy.org

Battalion Sergeant Major

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Name: SGM Jonathan Rogers
Position: Operational Sergeant Major 

Branch of Service: Marines
Joined WLA: 2017

Email: jrogers@wlacademy.org


Alpha Company

1st Platoon

2nd Platoon

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​Name: CPT Ryan Hovey
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2

Joined WLA: 2018
Email: ​rhovey@wlacademy.org

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Name: CPT Joseph Lengele
Position:  Platoon Commander
Courses: 8th grade Health and Wellness, 9th grade Health, Health and Life Management, Criminal Justice
Branch of Service: Army
Joined WLA: 2017
Email: ​​jlengele@wlacademy.org

Company NCO

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Name: MSG Tec Childers
Position: Company NCO
Courses: Alpha Company PT
Branch of Service: Army
Joined WLA: 2021
Email: ​tchilders@wlacademy.org
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Bravo Company

1st Platoon

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​Name: 2LT Colton Pringle
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: ​10th - 12th grade English, Film is Lit, History of Baseball (middle school course)

Joined WLA: 2021
Email: ​cpringle@wlacademy.org

Company NCO

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Name: 1SG George Cabral
Position: Company NCO
Courses: Bravo Company PT, Seamanship
Branch of Service: Navy

Joined WLA: 2019
Email: gcabral@wlacademy.org


Charlie Company

1st Platoon

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​Name: 2LT Jeremy McGowan
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: Earth Science, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, science electives

Joined WLA: 2021
​Email: ​jmcgowan@wlacademy.org

2nd Platoon

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Name: 2LT Bryan Jochumson
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: Global Studies, US History, Government, Civics

Joined WLA: 2021
Email: ​bjochumson@wlacademy.org


Delta Company

1st Platoon

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Name: 1LT Maya Griffin
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: 8th Grade Language Arts, 9th Grade English, High School English Electives

Joined WLA: 2020
Email: mgriffin@wlacademy.org
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2nd Platoon

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Name: CPT George Frost
Position:
Platoon Commander
​Courses: ​8th Grade Social Studies, High School English Electives
Branch of Service: Air Force
Joined WLA: 2017
Email: gfrost@wlacademy.org


Company NCO

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Name: 1SG Nick Cayton
Position: Company NCO
Courses: Delta Company PT, middle school Military Science
Branch of Service: Marines

Joined WLA: 2021
​Email: ncayton@wlacademy.org


Echo Company

1st Platoon

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Name: CPT Teila Brainard
Position: Platoon Commander
Courses: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Mathematics
Joined WLA:
​Email:​ 
tbrainard@wlacademy.org

2nd Platoon

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​Name: LTC Tyson Migliaccio
Position: Temporary Middle School Science Instructor
Courses: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Science
Email:​ tmigliaccio@wlacademy.org

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Name: ​1SG Sean Reid
Position: Company NCO
Courses: Echo and Foxtrot PT, middle school Military Science
Branch of Service: Marines
Joined WLA: 2021
Email:​ sreid@wlacademy.org


Foxtrot Company

1st Platoon

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Name: MAJ Andrew Potterf 
Position: Platoon Commander
Teaches: 6th and 7th grade Language Arts and Social Studies

Joined WLA: 2015
Email: apotterf@wlacademy.org

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Name: 1SG Sean Reid
Position: Company NCO
Courses: Echo and Foxtrot PT, middle school Military Science
Branch of Service: Marines
Joined WLA: 2021
Email:​ sreid@wlacademy.org


Special Education

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Name: WO Hyde Johns
Position: Special Education Case Manager Assistant
Courses: Special Education Support classes
Joined WLA: 2021
Email: hjohns@wlacademy.org


Academic Advising, Career and College Readiness

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Name: LTC Tyson Migliaccio
Courses: Career Exploration, Learning Lab Advisor
Joined WLA: 2017
Email: tmigliaccio@wlacademy.org


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Name: WO Tanya Byrne
Position: Attendance Support and Academic Success Specialist

Courses: Health and Peer Support, middle school elective
Branch of Service: Army
Joined WLA: 2021
Email: tbyrne@wlacademy.org



Spanish

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Name: CPT Maria Gutierrez
Position: Instructor
​Teaches: Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, ELD Support
Joined WLA: 2015
Email: mgutierrez@wlacademy.org




Support Staff

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Name: Mrs. Faith Wolfe
Position: Office Manager
Joined WLA: 2014
Email: fwolfe@wlacademy.org

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Name: MRS. Michelle Freng
Position: Uniform Clerk
Joined WLA: 2020
Email: mfreng@wlacademy.org

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Name: WO Edwards
Position: Network Administrator
Branch of Service: Marines
Joined WLA:
 2019
Email: itsupport@wlacademy.org

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