Administration
Mary Claire Engel – Program Director
Mary Claire Engel graduated from Lindenwood University in 2008 and gained experience at a private autism school in St. Louis. She went on to work in the psychiatric field as well as foster care and disability-related case management before obtaining her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from McKendree University in 2016. Mary Claire joined High Road School of Wright City in 2018 as the school’s mental health counselor, becoming the program director in 2019.
Email: Mary.engel@sesischools.com
Logan Schuette – Associate Director

Logan graduated from Lindenwood University with degrees in Psychology and Cellular/Molecular Biology in 2018. He joined High Road School in 2019 and became a certified special education teacher through an alternative pathway. Logan has experience in all aspects of High Road’s programming, beginning as an assistant teacher and quickly promoting to a teacher and then associate director in 2022.
Email: Logan.schuette@sesischools.com
Clinicians
Samantha Callahan – School Counselor

Samantha joined High Road School of Wright City as a licensed School Counselor in 2022 after completing her internship at the school. Samantha obtained a master’s degree in School and Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University. Samantha supports not only the needs of our students but their families as well, through service coordination and support groups.
Email: Samantha.callahan@sesischools.com
Emily Forrest – Provisionally Licensed Behavior Analyst

Beginning as an assistant teacher, Emily has been at High Road since the day the school first opened. Emily finished her undergraduate degree through Missouri Baptist University and was promoted to a certified special education teacher role. Emily continued her education at Southeast Missouri State University, graduating with a master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis in 2023. Emily now supports the school as a behavior analyst.
Email: Emily.Forrest@sesischools.com
Kathryn Zoellner – Social Worker

Kathryn graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008 with a master’s degree in Social Welfare. Kathryn is a Licensed Master Social Worker in the state of Missouri. Before joining High Road School of Wright City in 2019, Kathryn worked as a play therapist, residential youth care worker, and has nine years of experience as a treatment foster care specialist.
Email: Kathryn.Zoellner@sesischools.com
Educators
Hannah Adam – Certified Special Education Teacher

After completing her special education degree from Lindenwood University, Hannah joined High Road in 2022. Hannah is a teacher in one of the middle school classrooms.
Email: hannah.adam@sesischools.com
Meaghan Bell – Certified Special Education Teacher

Meaghan started as an assistant teacher in 2020, promoting to certified substitute and then certified special education teacher roles. Meaghan has taught in both the middle school and high school programs.
Email: meaghan.bell@sesischools.com
Kristi Hoffman – Certified Substitute Teacher

Kristi came to High Road as an assistant teacher in 2020. While completing her special education degree through Western Governors University, Kristi works as a certified substitute teacher with middle school and high school students. Kristi was the recipient of SESI’s national Teacher of the Year award in 2023.
Email: kristi.hoffman@sesischools.com
Tiffany Lamborgini-Rowbottom – Certified Substitute Teacher

Tiffany helped open the school as the leader of the BEST program in 2017. Since then, Tiffany has taken on a variety of roles. Most recently, Tiffany is working as the certified substitute teacher for the elementary BEST program while completing an undergraduate degree in behavior analysis.
Email: Tiffany.Lamborgini-Rowbottom@sesischools.com
Jenna McCrary – Certified Substitute Teacher

Jenna worked as an assistant teacher in both the Academic and BEST programs before obtaining her substitute teacher certification. Jenna is teaching in the middle school BEST program while completing her education degree.
Email: jenna.mccrary@sesischools.com
Jessica Rothenberger – Certified Special Education Teacher

In 2021, Jessica came to work at High Road as an assistant teacher in the BEST program while finishing her undergraduate degree in Psychology. Jessica completed an alternative pathway to special education teacher certification and currently teaches in one of the elementary classrooms. Jessica is enrolled in a master’s program for Educational Administration.
Email: jessica.rothenberger@sesischools.com
Novian Banks – Certified Substitute Teacher

Novian began working as an assistant teacher at High Road in 2019 and is experienced in working across all the grade groups in both the Academic and BEST programs. While completing an undergraduate degree in education through Southeast Missouri State University, Novian is working as the certified substitute teacher in the high school BEST program.
Email: Novian.Banks@sesischools.com