Christ the King Lutheran Church

Mrs. Beth Atkinson is our full time Supervisor. She has been a member of our CTK family since 2004. She holds A Child Development Associate for children Birth through Three. She is a NIAEYC member, and registered in Idaho stars professional registry. She is very dedicated and committed to the high quality standards of care provided at CTK, CDC. Ms. Beth and her husband Chris are the proud parents of two beautiful girls, Chalee and Becca. Some of her hobbies are camping, scrapbooking and getting involved in church activities.

Mrs. Holly McNee is our kindergarten teacher. She grew up in North Idaho, graduated from Post Falls High School and then attended the University of Idaho. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Elementary Education and has been teaching for the past 14 years, 7 which have been right here at Christ the King! Mrs. McNee and her husband Scott have three wonderful children, Aaron, Caroline and Derek. They reside in Coeur d'Alene and are active members of Christ the King Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Jennifer Gibbon is originally from California but moved to CDA in 1997. She earned her Bachelor's in Elementary Education from U of I last year and student taught in first and second grade in the Coeur d'Alene School District. She is a certified teacher in Kindergarten through sixth grade.  Ms. Jen is a wonderful complement as Mrs. McNee's Kindergarten assistant and brings her expertise in learning to the classroom. She and her husband Ethan of three years enjoy camping and reading!

Mrs. Robyn Oswald has been a part of our CTK family since 2005. Our Lambs, Pre-K co-teacher holds a Child Development Associates for children birth through 3 and is an active participant in IdahoSTARS. She has 13 years experience in Early Childhood Education and is great with the children.  She enjoys spending time and going for walks with her husband James and their   2 children Calvin and Paige. Born in Oregon and raised in Washington, she enjoys gardening, cooking and exercising in the great outdoors.

Mrs. Kristine Brisson joined CTK in February of 2008. She and her husband Jerry reside in Post Falls along with their 3 children, Nick 9, Amber 8 and Conner 4. Her past experience is in health care and as a foster parent. Since joining our CTK family in 2008, she has been participating in IdahoSTARS and is excited about learning more about early care and education. Our Lambs Pre-k co-teacher just received her Child Development Associates Credentials! Raised in Hayden Idaho, she enjoys the outdoors & spending time with her family.

Mrs. Jenny Sims has been a part of our CTK family since 2006. She is married and has a son Kadin, who has attended our center since infancy and is now in our kindergarten class! Our Ducks Pre-K co-teacher has been very busy and active in the IdahoSTARS professional registry and has received her Child Development Associates Credentials. Raised right here in Coeur d'Alene, she and her family enjoy camping, scrap-booking and crafts. Ms Jenny has been a great addition to our CTK family.

Mrs. Courtney Myers may be staff member at CTK CDC since 2008, but as a CTK CDC parent she has been here since 2004! Her son Devin started here when he was 9 weeks old. Now he's in entering the 2nd grade! Our Ducks, Pre-K co-teacher, is also an active member in IdahoSTARS. Ms. Courtney is committed to her profession and learning as she recently completed her Child Development Associates Credentials. She was raised in Bonners Ferry and moved to CDA in 2000 were she graduated from Lake City H.S. Married to her high school beau, Jeff, She enjoys camping, softball, snowmobiling, 4-wheel riding and most of all playing with Devin!

Ms. Amanda Williams is our Bumblebees co-teacher A CTK CDC staff member since 2009. She has had 4 years experience as a childcare provider and is currently enrolled at NIC working towards completing her A.S. An active member of IdahoSTARS, she is committed to her profession and recently received her Child Development Associates Credential Born in Lewiston ID and raised right here in CDA, she, her husband Evan, and her daughters, Maliya & Marlee (who attend our center), love the great outdoors. An artistic soul, she loves painting & playing the piano. In her spare time she enjoys camping, traveling and most importantly, spending time with her family!

Ms Ashley Sproles is one of our newer members at CTK, CDC. Raised all over the west coast, (her Dad was a Youth Pastor), she finally landed in Coeur d'Alene and calls it home. Her background is in medical training and she also has some childcare experience working in the Kellogg area. Her goal is to complete her Child Development Associates but in the mean time, as the Bumblebees co-teacher, she is committed to learning all she can about pre-schoolers. Just joining the IdahoSTARS professional development registry, she will have lots of support and opportunity for trainings.  Her true passion is the Lord and she is also studying to be a youth Pastor. In her very spare time, enjoys hiking and gold prospecting.

Ms. Alexis Robertson has moved from state to state her entire life. She was born in San Diego CA, moved to the small town of Rolla, MO and finished out high school in Hillsboro, OR. In high school she became very interested in mission work and at 16, went on her first mission trip to Lima Peru. After graduating high school, she did various mission works from the poverty of Guatemala City to the street of Atlanta GA. From her experiences she became fluent in Spanish and gained confidence in working with children in various environment. Alexis is now working towards a double BS in Elementary Ed and Child Development at U of I. She is excited to be at Christ the King and looks forward to learning much more from your children!

Ms Heidy Nelmar joined our CTK family in December of 08. Our Ladybugs co-teacher is also a mother of six and grandmother of 3 boys, it is obvious she loves children! Working in the childcare profession for the past 24 years, 16 of which were with Project High Schools, her experience and compassion is a great blessing to our program.

Ms Heidy also enjoys camping, hiking and most of all spending time with her family.

Congratulations are also in order since she just got married on 11-11-11!

Mrs. Amanda Fancher is new to CTK and the early childcare profession. She was born in a small town in Sandpoint where she was raised by a very large family. She graduated from Sandpoint H.S. and continued her studies at NIC where she received her Associate of Science degree. Recently she married her sweetheart of 6 years, Justin, and they reside in Coeur d'Alene. Her past experience has been as a nail technician but her love for children of all ages has brought her here to Christ the King. We are blessed to have her fresh, excited, patient and hard working personality!

Mrs. Sharon Farmer has been a part of our CTK family since 2005. Although she had no previous professional experience in early childcare she has truly been a wonderful and gifted caregiver. The children all love "their Sharon".  Born and raised in Nebraska, she married her husband Dave in 1970. They have two wonderful grown children, Sean and Dawn who are both married. Her pride and joy is her grandson Jeremiah. A cat lover and "domestic goddess, her true passion is serving her Lord.

Ms. Stefanie Bravo is new to our CTK family as well as Coeur d'Alene. She and her 3 wonderful boys, ages 7, 9 & 11, moved here from Texas to be closer to the family. She was born in Honolulu Hawaii and raised mostly in California. As an Army child and former Army wife she had the opportunity to live in many places too including Germany! She has worked with children for 11 years at centers in California and Germany and she just loves infants and toddlers. She has some formal Early Childhood Education and plans to pursue her degree next year. In her spare time she studies as well as teaches Karate with her Father and sisters who owns "Hand to Hand Combat Training Center" in Post Falls.

Ms. Samantha Sylwester is our "youngest" member of the CTK, CDC staff. Although new to the field, she is currently enrolled at U of I studding Early Childhood Care and Education. Her future aspiration is to become a kindergarten teacher. She just graduated from Coeur d'Alene H.S. and is a native of Coeur d'Alene. She and her family are long time and active members of Christ the King Lutheran Church. In addition to her love for children, Ms. Samantha enjoys camping and "hanging out" with friends and family (when she's not too busy doing homework!)

Ms. Lynsey DeSmet joined our CTK family in June of 09. She came to us from another center and has a few years of experience in infant and toddler care. In addition she holds and associates degree from NIC.

Born and raised right here in Coeur d'Alene, she enjoys reading, music, walking her pooch and spending time with her family. Having origins in Mexico, her favorite thing is visiting her family there! We feel very blessed to have Ms. Lynsey as a co-teacher in our Caterpillar & Butter fly classes.

Ms. Shelly Childers started in May of 2011 in our infant room. No stranger to babies, she has 4 wonderful boys and is the oldest of 6, she loves caring for the little ones. Growing up in a military family, her father is a retired Marine Coronel; she was born in Quantico VA and raised all over the world. She graduated from high school while living in Okinawa Japan and also lived in Italy. She was fortunate to have traveled to Germany, Switzerland & Greece. Her current focus is as a childcare provider and furthering her education in Early Care and Education.

In her spare time she enjoys cooking, going to the beach and hanging out with family J