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Biography

Glenna Petersen grew up in Utah and was raised on a dairy farm. She lived her whole life here except for when she served a service mission in Kenya, Africa and taught at an International School in Bangkok, Thailand. She received her degrees at Utah State University in Elementary Education and Special Education. She was a founding member of Promontory School of Expeditionary Learning and taught here for 5 years. 

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Glenna LOVES teaching expeditions and feels that each child has a passion and love for learning. She makes it her purpose at school to find each child's and co-worker's strengths. She wants each child to see the real-world relevance in their studies and help them to know they can make a difference in the world both now as elementary students and as they grow up. She strives to create a climate of all voices being heard and respected. 

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Glenna grew up in a large family and has 5 children. She loves people, history, outdoors, adventures, and seeing the world through others eyes. Feel free to stop in and say hello to her!

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"A good leader inspires other men and women with confidence. A great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves."

Reed B. Markham

Rikki Malone grew up on a farm in a small community in Ohio.  After graduating from high school she moved to Indiana to attend college.  She lived in Indiana for 17 years until moving to Utah in 2007.

Rikki graduated from Tri-State University in Angola, Indiana with a degree in Elementary Education.  Upon graduation she quickly started a family and chose to stay home with her children until all of them were in school.  In 2016 Rikki started working at Promontory as a classroom aide.

Outside of school, Rikki enjoys spending time with her family.  She and her husband have 6 children and currently have 5 grandchildren. One of her favorite things to do is play with her grandchildren.  Rikki also enjoys cycling and this is a hobby that her and her husband do together.

Rikki has always enjoyed being in a room full of children.  She loves their energy and listening to their perspective of the world around them.  She enjoys expeditionary learning because it allows for hands-on experiences that can be used in the classroom and life.

Biography