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Nuestro equipo

Conozca a las personas talentosas que fomentan el amor por el aprendizaje entelevisores.

Administrative Team:

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Executive Director / Head of School

Marcel D’Haem is a 5th generation Oregon educator with 20 years of public school teaching experience. A graduate of Washington State University, a few years in the private sector convinced him that he needed a job that he could be passionate about. 

He began his teaching career in the Roseburg area after graduating from SOU with a Masters of Arts in Teaching and is highly qualified at Middle Level in Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts. He also spent 7 years as co-teacher for the School of Design and Innovation at Talent Middle School and is now happy to be the Lead Teacher of OPL at TVS. 

 


Since the age of 15, Marcel has been spending his summers working at various camps and programs. Beginning at Boy Scout and Cub Scout resident camps, he worked in ecology/conservation and camp administration. He has also worked at high adventure camps, taking youth to the summit of glaciated mountains and on weeklong backpacking adventures. In addition, he spent several years as program director of Resources and People Camp, a career exploration camp that was run by Winema National Forest. Marcel continues to spend some of his summer teaching at Academia Latina, a college preparatory program hosted at SOU specifically for latinx students.

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Business Manager

Tracy Boykin she/her
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Tracy grew up in beautiful Southern Oregon. She has worked with schools for the past 20 years. She has a certificate in medical office transcription and administration. Her strengths are organizational skills and creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere. She is an integral part of what makes TVS such a wonderful place for learning.

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Projects Manager / Facilities

Craig is long standing member of the staff team at TVS. In 2025-26, Craig takes on a new role as Projects Manager where he will continue to enhance the learning opportunities and programs for the school as he manages our beautiful campus. Craig will be in and out at the school as he travels the world during the first semester, and be more present and visible during the second semester, sharing his tales and food adventures in a variety of ways. Before TVS, Craig worked with non-profit organizations, theatre companies, and schools across the country and abroad. He loves travel, nature, animals, and adventure. He is a graduate of Phoenix High School and the University of Oregon. 

Instructional Team:

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Social Studies Lead Teacher

Tyson rejoins The Valley School in 2026-27 with a wealth of education experience in Oregon and Chicago. Tyson previously taught at TVS for a total of 10 years and TVS is grateful he's returned to lead our Social Studies program. 

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Social Emotional Learning Coordinator

Stefanie joins us with specific qualifications in Elementary Education and Children’s Yoga and Mindfulness. Stefanie is taking the lead on implementation of the Transformative Social Emotional Learning Framework and direct work with students and families focused on student success in the middle school environment.

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Math Teacher

Stacey grew up moving all over the east coast and midwest.  After earning a Bachelor of Science in upstate New York, she worked in wildlife rehabilitation in Florida.  She moved out to Oregon over 20 years ago to be with her true love, and when working with the environmental education Table Rocks crew at the Bureau of Land Management and assisting in a Preschool at SOU, realized being a teacher is ultimately what she wanted to do. 

 

Stacey received her MAT from SOU and taught in early childhood and elementary school until she had a child.  That child ended up at TVS, a welcoming and inspiring place for parents to volunteer. 

 

Stacey feels so thankful to be back in education, learning alongside an incredible team.  When she is not at TVS, she loves birding, gardening, being crafty, dancing in the kitchen, talking about deep, emotional things, and reading just about any genre of book.

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Social Studies Co-Teacher

Gabriel was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, but grew up for most of his life in San Diego, California. In Southern California, he studied in the arts (painting, photography, illustration, and graphic design). Over the past ten years he has focused on using his creative skills towards wood working. He has an amazing wife and two beautiful daughters. Gabriel has been at TVS for over four years.

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Science Lead Teacher

Lena joined the TVS team in the fall of 2024 as the  Lead Teacher for Science and Algebra.  After getting a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she spent 20 years geeking out as a medical laboratory scientist.  During this time, she also worked as an Allied Health Sciences Instructor teaching college classes to aspiring nurses, medical assistants and lab technicians.  When her own kids entered school, she finally found her spark - getting youth excited about science!  She started working for 4-H, and this led her to pursue a Master of Science degree in free-choice STEM Education from Oregon State University.  

 

Lena has a passion for bettering our community through the empowerment of youth. Since 2011, she has focused on urban outreach, hands-on STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) programming, teen leadership and community camps.  She enjoys creating spaces where youth are accepted for who they are, helping them grow, share their voice, and be happy.  She believes school is a place where kids and adults can have fun, learn life skills, develop a sense of mastery and give back to their community.  She does this by building relationships and bringing together people’s strengths and talents in the education process.  

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ELA Co-Teacher

Dana joins The Valley School in 2025-26. She has extensive experience as a substitute and co-teacher in various academic areas across grades 6-12.

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Science Co-Teacher & P.E. Teacher

Kayla comes to The Valley School in 2025-26 with years of experience in teaching and co-teaching and, most recently, as one of the 5th grade teachers at Kids Unlimited Academy.

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Math Lead Teacher

Nasser comes to The Valley School with extensive direct instruction and teaching experience in Medford and, most recently, Ashland School Districts. He holds a Teaching Credential from Humboldt State University and a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Studies from the University of Toledo.

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English Language Arts Lead Teacher

Maddie Wilson joins The Valley School in 2025-26 as the Lead Teacher for English Language Arts. Maddie has experience in a variety of school settings as a substitute teacher and is excited to create her ELA classroom at TVS as a place to explore, be curious and acquire the love of learning.

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Maddie earned a Bachelor of  Arts in Teaching from Southern Oregon University and holds her teaching license for multiple subjects. 

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