Westside Elementary

Personnel Springville Area Personnel			Westside Elementary School 740 West Center Springville, Utah 84663 489-2800 Sara Matis - Principal
Sandy Lewis			Sandy Lewis - Special Education Teacher Sandra Lewis, Westside Elementary resource, I have been teaching 13 years. I am trained in ECRI direct instruction reading and am working on my ESL certification. I work with BYU during the summers mentoring potential sp. ed. teachers in a practicum setting. I love what I do!
Teddy Spendlove			Teddy Spendlove - Special Education Teacher My love for teaching goes back as far as high school where in the summer of 1966, I worked for three years as a camp director/counselor with 12-16 year old girls. In 1971, I graduated from Southern Utah State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education with art and music minors. 1971-1973 I worked at Grant Elem. as the art teacher in the morning and a math aid in the afternoon. In 1978, I returned to teaching part time at Kinderland Pre-School and was a mom part time to my three boys. 1984 I taught at Franklin Elem. in Provo as a resource aid with grades K-6. 1986, I continued to sub in several schools in Provo and during the summer, I was a secretary at the Utah County Youth Home. In 1987, I was a long term Sp. Ed. sub for Grandview Elem. teaching first, second, and sixth grade students. In the fall, my teaching took me to several Orem schools and before long, I was a long term sub with a self-contained unit at Sharon Elem. 1988, I received my Special Ed. Endorsement and was asked to be a long term sub at Geneva Elem. with grade 6. The next year was the same school, but with grade 5. 1989, I signed a contract with Nebo District to teach at SJH. After 8 years there, I went to Sage Creek to teach in a self-contained unit for two years. Then it was on to Westside Elem. Those days were split with students from Title One and resource. My current location is at Westside with resource students. When I am not teaching, I enjoy working in my yard, reading a good book, and watching movies.
Chris Dixon			Chris Dixon - Self Contained Special Education Teacher I graduated from University of Utah in Special Education Mild/Moderate. I am excited to be teaching at Westside Elementary School and anticipate a great year with good students and the wonderful staff and teachers in Nebo School District. I am an electrician. I have worked as both a maintenance electrician and a construction electrician. I enjoy building and fixing things.
Melanie Adamson			Melanie Adamson - Self Contained Special Education Teacher (UEI) I began my special education career just out of high school as a lifeguard for a special needs school. I volunteered in special oympics, taught adaptive PE, and grew to love the population. I graduated with a bachelors in Elementary Education, Liberal Studies, from California State University, San Bernardino. I furthered my education in the area of mild/moderate/servere/profound at California State University, Fullerton. I taught for two years in California before I moved to Utah. I have now been in the Nebo School District for four years. I love teaching the special needs populaton and enjoy coming to work every day.
Melissa Burk			Melissa Burk - Speech and Language Pathologist
Ruth Velasquez			Ruth Velasquez - Bachelor Level Speech and Language Technician
Effie Thacker			Effie Thacker - Psychologist