Sharon Gore
Coordinator
slgore@aurorak12.org
Sharon is a former Elementary School Counselor. She believes that making learning fun is essential. She homeschooled her own son for 8 years. Sharon is married and loves to travel, hike, bike, being outside and spending time with family.
Rylee Gore
Rylee Gore
Education Assistant/ Teacher
Rylee is thrilled to be back at Brighton Options and excited to continue in her new administrative role. She is passionate about creating engaging, encouraging classrooms where students grow in confidence, creativity, and a love of learning. Rylee loves to spend time with her family and her two kitties.
Andrea Gleason
Education Assistant
Andrea has been involved in education for 20 years. She is a former PE teacher. She has two sons. Her hobbies include movies, basketball, football and Disney.
Allison Holtom
Kindergarten
apromero@aurorak12.org
Allison has her master’s in special education as well as middle grades education and her bachelor’s in elementary education. She believes that learning should be fun, productive, lifelong, and a team effort. In her free time, Allison enjoys writing children’s books, reading, and spending time with four daughters. Allison was homeschooled K-12 and homeschools her own children as well.
Alicia Witkowski
1st grade teacher
Alicia graduated from CCU in Elementary education. She has taught both Kindergarten and 1st grade. She loves to create lifelong learners by reaching a child's natural inquisitive spirit and making learning fun! Alicia enjoys spending time with her baby, being outside, reading and swing dancing!
Ada Seal
Kinder/1st Grade Aid
Ada has taught P.E. for grades K5 through 12th grades for 33 years. She is high energy and loves the interaction with kids of all ages. Her and her husband, Roger have two grown children and three beautiful grandchildren. Ada loves to jet ski and play pickleball. She has had a photography
business for 30 years and has her real estate license with SOS Realty.
Becki Rodriguez
Spanish & Technology
Becki is married with two daughters that she homeschooled. She also lives with her family and adorable cats. She loves spending time with her family and is also a little bit of a "nerd" as she loves to work with the computer in her free time.
Jennifer Osgood
Variety of classes
Jen loves teaching unique classes in creative ways. She loves being in the sun - preferably at the beach! She also loves reading, boating and spending time with her family. Jen homeschooled her own children and is passionate about coming alongside homeschool families.
Jeremy Paxton
Science and PE jgpaxton@auroraK12.org
Jeremy is married and his wife also teaches at an Options school. They have four kids. Jeremy will make learning science and PE fun!
Amy Wilson
Substitute Teacher
Amy is a homeschool mom to two children. She's been part of Options for 7 years. She loves doing fun things with kids so she is an amazing field trip coordinator. She also teaches classes on instapot cooking and charcuterie.
Janelle Flanscha
Elementary teacher
Janelle is a 3rd generation Coloradoan. She and her husband Dan have four sons who were homeschooled. She now is a proud grandma. She is passionate about learning new things and loves to spark that interest in her students.
Stephanie Silvey
Music and various classes
Stephanie loves to be creative and that is why she is such a great teacher. She loves art, music and crafting. She also loves to read, go camping and sleep. She is happily married and has two beautiful children of her own that she homeschools.
Janet Solano
Art Teacher
Janet is a former homeschool mom, and her daughter graduated from Brighton Options. She has been teaching art for several years.
Emily Grajeda
Cooking and Reading
Emily is happily married and has 3 children of her own. She loves having different cooking classes, and books to read.
Kathleen McIrvin
Music Teacher
Kathleen loves the variety of classes she gets to teach and all the students she gets to know. Kathleen has a "fur baby" of her own - a dog that she loves. Even in her free time Kathleen still spends it musically playing drums, Irish pipes and tutoring on the side. She also enjoys Jui Jitsu. She has tons of energy and pours that into her teaching!
Tressie Gershenson
Tressie has an educational and professional background in Journalism, Grant Writing, Freelance Writing and English Language Arts. She believes that homeschool is a great option to help meet each student’s unique learning style.
Tressie homeschools her two children and enjoys spending time with her husband, kids and dogs. She also likes gardening, working out, sewing and traveling.
Jason Anderson
Jason is a Colorado Native. His and his wife have three children who are homeschooled. He is also in the Colorado National Guard. He understands the importance of being physically fit and loves to be out in the mountains whenever possible. Very excited to be partnering with you along your homeschool journey.
Larry Thigpen
Options Principal
Larry has been in education 30 years. A Principal of Options for 6 years. He has two kids, loves sports of all kinds, and loves to travel.
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