Welcome New Teachers and Staff!
We extend a warm welcome (or welcome back) to our new faculty and staff members for the 2020-21 school year.
Alaina Burke will be teaching English 10 and British Literature. She graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Integrated Language Arts Education with a History Minor and taught at Delaware Hayes High School last year.
Steve Crossin ’04 returns to his alma mater to teach Introduction to Physics and Chemistry (IPC), Honors IPC and Earth and Space Science. Mr. Crossin, with nine years of experience in the classroom, joins us from St. Timothy where he taught math and science to grades 6-8. He holds a degree in Human Development and Family Science from The Ohio State University.
Marcy Forker ’02 will be assisting in our technology department this year. She spent the last two years as the 6th and 7th grade math and science teacher at St. Matthew School. Mrs. Forker holds a B.A. in Psychology and a Bachelor’s Plus in Middle Childhood Education from The Ohio State University.
Zach Johnson becomes our second Student Wellness Counselor who will be assisting with the Dominican Program. A Bishop Hartley graduate, Mr. Johnson earned a B.A .in Psychology from Ashland University and a Master’s in Social Work from The Ohio State University. He did his student internship at Bishop Watterson during the 2019-20 school year.
Rick Kohut, with 17 years of teaching experience, joins the BWHS staff to teach Theology 9 and 11. He earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of San Francisco and an M.Ed. in Religious Education from Boston College.
Julie Lutz will be teaching Theology 10 and 11 at Bishop Watterson this year. She joins us from St. Mary Parish in Delaware, where she was the Director of Faith Formation for Adults. Mrs. Lutz has taught adults, teens and youth in five dioceses across the U.S. -- Phoenix, Las Vegas, Portland (Maine), Pensacola-Tallahassee, Columbus -- over the past 25 years in the role of high school teacher, youth minister, consultant and director of faith formation. She holds several degrees from Franciscan University of Steubenville: BA in Psychology, BA in Theology, MA in Theology & Christian ministry with an emphasis in Catechetics.
Vincent Lyons joins the BWHS staff from St. Cecilia where he taught middle school science. He will be teaching Biology, Honors Biology and AP Biology at Bishop Watterson this year. Dr. Lyons holds a B.S. in Agricultural Education and a Ph.D. in Sport Management from The Ohio State University in addition to an MBA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Masters in Divinity from Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
Kelly Matthews ’03 is re-joining the BWHS staff to teach British Literature this year. She previously taught Italian I-IV here for four years and has been the director of our Italian Exchange program for the past five years. Mrs. Matthews holds B.A. degrees in journalism and Italian from the University of Dayton and an M.A. in Italian from The Ohio State University. She taught Italian for two years at Ohio State and one year at the University of Mississippi in addition to serving as Director of Education for a local Italian language and culture group.
Haley Mengon will be teaching Algebra I and Geometry at Bishop Watterson this year. She joins us from Immaculate Conception where she taught 7th and 8th grade math for the past four years. Mrs. Mengon holds a degree in Integrated Mathematics with a minor in Math from Kent State University.
Samantha Rosetti is our school counselor for students with last names beginning H-O. This will be her ninth year as a school counselor, having served in this position at all grade levels with the last five in the high school setting. Her experience has been in parochial and independent schools in Maryland and Virginia with her most recent position doing College Counseling in Towson, Md. Mrs. Rosetti holds a BA in Psychology and a minor in Theology from The Catholic University of America, an M.Ed. in School Counseling from The College of Saint Rose and an Educational Specialist degree with a concentration in Administration and Supervision from Old Dominion University.
Nate Steingass will be teaching Precalculus and Calculus this year. He joins us from St. Francis de Sales School (Toledo) where he taught for three years. He spent a year as a graduate teaching instructor at Bowling Green State University, where he earned his M.A. in Statistics. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from The Ohio State University.
Tyson Williams is a familiar face to students who took summer Physical Education at BWHS in years prior. He has been in charge of summer P.E. for the past six years and an instructor for 16 years. Mr. Williams will be teaching our Beginning Woodworking and Intermediate Woodworking classes. He joins us from Holy Spirit School where he taught Physical Education for 17 years. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Ohio Dominican University and earned a Bachelors Plus Education from Ashland University.