Verona Area School District
Julia Xistris is an experienced educator with a diverse background in teaching and educational technology. Currently serving as an Educator at Verona Area School District since June 2021, Julia also holds the position of Launch Master Teacher with Project Lead The Way since August 2016, focusing on PreK-5 Launch programs. Prior roles include Fifth Grade PYP Classroom Teacher at D-PREP International School and K-5 Discovery (Tech/STEM) Teacher at the School District of Belleville, where additional responsibilities included summer school teaching for various classes and overseeing STEM summer programs at the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Julia's academic qualifications include a Master of Arts in Educational Technology from Marian University, a Bachelor of Science in Education and German from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Post Baccalaureate in Elementary Education from Arizona State University, along with international study at The University of Bonn.
Verona Area School District
The Verona Area School District is a public K-12 school district just outside of Madison, Wisconsin with approximately 5,600 students and 800+ staff. Our success is built on a foundation of Equity, Mutual Respect, Cultural Responsiveness, the Pursuit of Excellence, and Shared Responsibility at School, at Home, and in the Community. We believe that each student should have access to the resources and educational rigor they NEED, at the right moment in their education, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, ability, language, family background, or family income. In addition to a 600,000 square-foot state-of-the-art high school, several schools were renovated including Sugar Creek, New Century School, and Verona Area International School, Badger Ridge Middle School, and Core Knowledge Charter. The schools include modern, up-to-date library media centers, computer labs, Internet access to all classrooms, and attractive, adaptable instructional classroom settings.