Mandy Grissom - Leader of Preschool and teacher

I am a lifelong member of St. Peter and an alum of the school. I worked in the Extended Care/Summer Camp programs during college and have been a teacher here for 15 years. I am thrilled to have become the Leader of Preschool in 2021. I grew up here at St. Peter. I am part of 5 generations who have attended here, but I am the first to teach here and the first one of my family to graduate from college. I have a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Concordia University RF/Chicago and a Master's in Teaching & Leadership from St. Xavier University. 

I am a child of God. I am a mama of a sassy little girl who has taught me how to love deeply and fiercely and never give up on my dreams. I am a wife, married to my high school sweetheart, and am blessed that we love to live life fully together, even through the ups and downs. I am a teacher of little loves. I love that my job allows me to be creative every day. I love playing and creating art with students, even though I am not an artist. I love to set the bar high for my students and watch for that "light bulb" moment when everything clicks. I love the look of pure amazement when they accomplish something they never thought they could do! It is what makes my job the BEST! 

St. Peter is truly a family. What sets us apart is the community that we build among ourselves as teachers and with our students and their families. God is truly at work in our school, helping us plant "tiny seeds of faith" that nurture our students throughout their lives. I love being able to share the "overwhelming, neverending, reckless love of God" with my students.