Nick was born and raised in Davenport, IA where he played and coached football before moving to Des Moines 4 years ago. He earned his bachelor’s degree from UNI. He enjoys playing and watching sports in his free time. This is his first year as a community schools coordinator and am very excited to work with the Hanawalt Community.
Mother of Maggie Thompson and is the past PTA President for Hanawalt Elementary. She has a
BSE in education and has worked with Americorps in conjunction with the Des Moines Public School system to help kindergarten through 3rd graders improve reading and math skills. She is s a full time substitute teacher at Hanawalt and enjoys all the different roles she does to help students.
I have been the school nurse here at Hanawalt since 1995. I graduated from the University of Iowa with my BSN. I have one daughter who also graduated from Iowa and is working in Ames. I obviously love being here at Hanawalt and working with our students, staff, and parents.