Ashley Boland will be teaching Sixth Grade Language arts this year at Triton. Ashley is from Altura, Minnesota and attended college at Winona State. She was active in drama, volleyball, track and field and event coordination during her high school and college years. She lives in Owatonna and enjoys reading, being outdoors and playing with her two dogs. Ashley did have Triton English teacher Anne Schreiber as a teacher while she was in school.
Brady Essig will be teaching middle school phy ed and health this year at Triton. Brady is a Triton graduate and grew up in Dodge Center. He attended Gustavus Adolphus college and enjoyed playing football, basketball, baseball and was in band and choir. He enjoys playing and coaching sports, and being on the lake. One interesting fact is that he will have his sister for a student here at Triton.
Beth Hammitt will be teaching High School math at Triton this year. She grew up in northwest Iowa and attended Iowa State University. In high school she played volleyball, basketball, softball and was in track and field. She also has experience coaching those sports. She breeds Yorkshire Terriers with her husband and currently has some three week old puppies they are raising. In her spare time she enjoys crossfit, sports and kayaking.
Tyffanie Heublin will be teaching middle school and high school agriculture this year at Triton. She grew up in Winona and attended college at University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She was involved in FFA and girls hockey in high school. She loves to travel and has been to 35 of the 50 states. She enjoys raising beef cattle on her husbands farm.
Luann McMahon will be family and consumer sciences teacher (home economics) at Triton this year. She is from Taopi, Minnesota and lives in Dodge Center and has worked as a substitute teacher in the past years here. She was in band, choir, volleyball, basketball, softball, 4-H and FFA when growing up. She has three children and enjoys camping, biking, hiking, horseback riding, fishing, hunting, softball, volleyball, swimming, baking and farming in her spare time.
Brandon Neseth will be a high school social studies teacher at Triton this year. Brandon grew up in Byron and was active in football, basketball and baseball in high school and also coached in Byron while in college at University of Minnesota. In 2012 he was on the interview team at Buffalo Lake school district where they hired a new social studies teacher who later became his wife. They have three children and enjoy outdoor activities and traveling with the family.
Jennifer Ryg will be a high school English teacher at Triton this year. She grew up on a farm south of Dodge Center. Jennifer attended Augsburg College and taught at Dover-Eyota and St. Paul before coming back to Dodge Center. She was active in drama in high school and college and graduated with a major in theater. She enjoys reading, running, knitting and spending time with family.
Peyton Soltau will be teaching special education at Triton this year. She graduated from Winona State and was a student teacher at Triton during the 202o-21 school year and taught at K-M last year.
Andrew Wootherspoon will be the choir teacher at Triton this year. He graduated from University of Northern Iowa and has taught at three other schools before coming to Triton.
Christine Deetz will be the elementary music teacher at Triton this year. She grew up in Rochester and attended college at Winona State University. She was involved in ban, choir, theater and soccer in school. She enjoys painting, biking, exercising, playing video games, reading and rock climbing.
Lisa Chicos will be ECSE Kindergarten and First Grade at Triton this year. She attended Winona State University and was active in volleyball, basketball, softball, track, choir in High School and intramural sports in college. She has done child care for 23 ½ years and enjoys playing piano, reading and watching her grandchildren’s sporting events.
Allissa Hathaway will be a third-grade teacher at Triton this year. She is a 2018 Triton graduate and grew up in Claremont. She attended college at Winona State University and was active in volleyball and softball. She enjoys reading, games, outdoor activities, traveling and spending time with family and friends. She will be coaching volleyball and softball at Triton as well.
Cindy Hougo will be the seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Triton this year. She grew up in Cannon Falls and attended college at River Falls and Hamline. She plays clarinet, saxophone and harp and was in jazz band and marching band in high school and geology club in college. She enjoys gardening, reading, sewing, music, rock hunting and fossil digging. In her spare time she likes motorcycle rides with her husband.
John Hager will be a special ed teacher at Triton this year. He is from Kasson and attended college at WSU. He was involved in sports, band, choir and FFA in school. He has done lots of traveling and enjoys spending his spare time with family.
