Verona Area School District
Leah Wicander currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Verona Area School District, a position held since November 2024. Prior to this role, Leah was an Aquatics Specialist at Madison School & Community Recreation from February 2019 to November 2024, overseeing a youth component that served over 4,000 swimmers annually. Previous experience includes roles as a Dual Language Immersion Teacher at Sennett Middle School and various positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Michigan State University, primarily focusing on Spanish language instruction and curriculum development. Leah's education includes a Master's degree in Applied Spanish Linguistics from Michigan State University and a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education (Spanish and German) from Hope College.
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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.