Sue Torgerson is the new elementary special education R, W & M and social skills teacher. Sue graduated from Harmony, MN high school and attended University of Minnesota – Winona. She taught First Grade in New Ulm and Second Grade at a bilingual school in Barraquilla, Columbia before starting at Triton this year. Sue enjoys hiking, biking, camping, reading and traveling in her spare time.
Morgan Reuvers is a new Fifth Grade teacher at Triton this year. Morgan grew up in Faribault and attended Mankato State University. She taught Fifth grade and special education with the Faribault Public Schools before coming to Triton. Morgan enjoys being involved with student leadership activities and the student council. She also has a daughter who is in Kindergarten this year. In her free time she enjoys sand volleyball, reading and taking her dog to the dog park.
Anna Blakesley will be teaching elementary music this year at Triton. She is originally from Brainerd, MN and received an Associates Degree in music industry at RCTC before finishing college at Winona State University. She worked as a substitute teacher last year. Anna has family in the Rochester area and a son in First Grade this year. She has been playing guitar since she was ten years old and is a vocalist and looks forward to playing music in front of an audience. Anna enjoys reading, coffee and tea, biking, swimming and taking her son to the skatepark. They love cats and have a couple they like spending time with.
Olivia Zwaschka is teaching middle school science this year at Triton. She is from North Mankato and received her undergrad at Buena Vista University and earned her Masters at University of Wisconsin - River Falls. Olivia will also be coaching Seventh grade volleyball at Triton. Her dad teaches Agricultural Mechanics at South Central College and her mom has been teaching pre-school for over twenty years. In her spare time she likes to play softball, volleyball and raise house plants.
Elle Siewert will be teaching middle and high school art at Triton this year. She grew up in Lake City and currently lives in Kasson. Her fiancé attended Triton. She attended Winona State University and was a Kindergarten teacher at Bluff View Elementary. She also worked as a long term substitute teacher at Triton during the last school year. She plans to be involved in the Art Club at Triton. Elle is a firearms safety instructor, enjoys hunting, fishing, reading, doing arts and crafts, playing with her puppy and helping out on the family farm.
Caitlyn Sowieja will be teaching Third Grade at Triton this year. She grew up in Dodge Center and graduated from Triton in 2019. Caitlyn attended Winona State University and worked at Kasson-Mantorville as a First grade teacher last year. She enjoys hiking, walking, reading and exploring the world around her as well as spending time with family and friends.
Kallen Knott is the elementary school counselor at Triton this year. She is a graduate of Faribault Public School and attended Minnesota State University in Mankato for her Professional School Counseling degree. She previously worked as an elementary school counselor at North Iowa Community Schools for four years and has coached track and hockey. She enjoys reading, hiking and camping with her husband and daughter. They spent a week hiking and camping in South Dakota this past summer.
Kelli Yonkovich will be a high school special education teacher and evaluation manager at Triton this year. She grew up in Blue Earth, Minnesota and graduated from Winona State University. She worked in Hills, a small town in western Minnesota, teaching high school special education for five years before moving to Rochester, where she taught at P-E-M for four years as a K-3 special education teacher. She stays busy raising her two daughters, aged 2 & 1 years old. Kelli enjoys spending time painting, cooking, decorating her home, any kind of outdoor exercise, listening to alternative rock music, the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Wild and their dog Louie.
Cole Rollins will be teaching Fifth Grade at Triton this year. Cole grew up in Claremont and graduated from Triton in 2018. He received his AA degree at RCTC and finished at Winona State University – Rochester. He was a Fifth Grade teacher at Kingsland Elementary prior to coming to Triton and also worked at Somerby Gold Course in Byron for the last seven years. He will be coaching JV football and 9th grade basketball at Triton. He enjoys spending time hunting, fishing and anything outdoors as well as time with his family and coaching.
Amber Fieck will be the new K-12 English Language Learner teacher at Triton this year. She grew up in Rochester but has lived in Hayfield for the last eight years. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and social work from Winona State University and is currently working on her Master’s Degree in ELL Education through Augsburg University. Amber taught for three years in Hayfield and Austin before coming to Triton. Amber has been married to Jeff, who owns Zadeo’s Pizza, and they have two children and many pets. She enjoys family time, traveling, camping, gardening, hiking, fishing and helping out at her husbands pizza shop.
Liz Neseth is the new Minnesota history and Seventh Grade American history teacher at Triton. Liz attended Concordia College and has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Education and a Master’s degree in educational Technology. This is her twelfth year of teaching and most recently she taught for seven years at Medford. While teaching at Medford she ran the Medford Travel Program where she traveled to Spain, Gibraltar, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Canada with her students. Her husband Brandon also works at Triton and they have three children. She loves coffee, tacos, traveling and listening to audio books.
