About Our Teachers

Our Teachers

As with our students, we also take great pride in our teachers…

  • Principal — Mrs. Floyd
  • Preschool — Mrs. Castagnier
  • Kindergarten — Mrs. Guetig
  • Grade 1 — Ms. Solari
  • Grade 2 — Mrs. McFarland
  • Grade 3 — Mrs. Quaas
  • Grade 4 — Ms. Rose
  • Grade 5 — Mrs. Underwood
  • Grade 6 — Mrs. Ralston
  • Grade 7 & 8 — Mr. George
  • Middle School Math & Religion — Ms. Henley

Principal

Mrs. Floyd is from Brownsburg, Indiana where she attended St. Malachy Parish School as a child and later taught second and fourth graders there for 15 years. Because she and her husband value Catholic Education, their children also attended SMS.  Mrs. Floyd has a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Administration from IUPUI.  They have five children – three married and two in college.  To keep their family close, they spend time together by having monthly family nights; big, loud, and fun dinners and competitive games.  They enjoy volleyball, corn-hole, dominoes, and euchre.  She and her husband also enjoy spending time with their four grandchildren.  They like to take them to museums, go for walks, and picnicking in the park.  During football season you can find them watching their son play football for the Franklin Grizzlies.  Their hobbies include woodworking, reading, and gardening.  Mrs. Floyd says, “we are extremely excited to be a part of the Catholic Community of Lawrence County and hope to make this our home for years to come.”

Preschool

Mrs. Castagnier has taught at St. Vincent de Paul School for 24 years and has a degree in Early Childhood. She feels that teaching at SVS is a dream come true. Moving here from New York with her husband and 2 children and leaving a large family behind left her a little apprehensive about working in a new school and developing new relationships. Mrs. Castagnier now calls the  staff  and parish members of St. Vincent her family away from home. She really loves the fact that she is allowed to teach and model her faith. She says that working with the preschoolers keeps her young. Everyday is a new experience!

Kindergarten

Mrs. Jessica Guetig is in her second year of teaching at St. Vincent de Paul School and is a graduate of Indiana University Southeast. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Elementary Education with an endorsement for teaching Kindergarten. She is thrilled to be teaching at St. Vincent de Paul in Bedford because it allows her to be a part of a small loving family of educators that strive to provide an excellent academic environment for the students. St. Vincent also allows her to share in the fullness of the Catholic Faith. For Mrs. Guetig teaching at St. Vincent de Paul is not just a career but rather a calling.

Grade 1

Ms. Jennifer Solari has taught first grade at St. Vincent de Paul School since 2007. Ms. Solari began her career in education teaching first grade in the San Francisco Bay Area. She taught there for 10 years before moving to Bedford. She received her B.A. in Liberal Studies and a Teaching Credential from the College of Notre Dame in Belmont, California. Ms. Solari is the proud mother of three children, who attend St. Vincent School. She has always loved teaching beginning readers and is still fascinated by the process and work of first graders mastering the skill of reading. From her first day at St. Vincent, Ms. Solari has been most impressed by the value placed on reading and language arts as well as the high academic standards set by the staff here at St. Vincent. For her St. Vincent’s is not only a place of employment, but her family’s place of worship and their community.

Grade 2

Mrs. McFarland has taught at St. Vincent School for 5 years. She attended Ball State University and Indiana Wesleyan University obtaining her degree in Masters of Education while receiving her Master’s level classes in Reading Specialist and Strategies for Teaching Reading. She has attended numerous workshops specializing in Autism, Six-Traits of Writing and Response to Intervention. Bonnie enjoys teaching at St. Vincent because she can nourish her students’ faith and individualize instruction for her students.

Grade 3

Mrs. Quaas began her teaching career in 1989 when she graduated from a small Catholic college in Iowa – Mount Mercy College – run by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters of Mercy are serious about training teachers, and from them she received a very good foundation for teaching. Before moving to Indiana with her husband and two boys, she taught in Iowa, Florida, and Vermont. She feels fortunate to bring varied classroom experiences from both the public and private sectors. Mrs. Quaas has a professional and enthusiastic attitude towards teaching children. She is very excited for the opportunity to work at St. Vincent de Paul School with your children and to help develop their unique talents to their fullest potential.

Grade 4

Ms. Patricia Rose is a proud alumna of Indianapolis Catholic schools, attending Our Lady of Lourdes and Scecina High School. She did her student teaching on the Navajo Indian Reservation, and then completed eight weeks in a gifted and talented classroom in Indianapolis. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from IUPUI in 2008. Patti began her teaching career overseas, teaching English in Taiwan through the Indiana Department of Education, and then taught first grade in Marion Indiana for a year. She has stated, “It is truly a dream come true for me to be working at St. Vincent de Paul School, and to help provide for children what Catholic Education gave to me: faith, support, high academic standards, and an awareness of self, others and the world.”

Grade 5

Mrs. Underwood moved to Bedford in 1991 from Indianapolis after receiving her BS in Education from Butler University. She taught third grade at St. Vincent de Paul School until 1997, when she took time off to raise her four children. She returned to St. Vincent to teach fifth grade in 2007. Mrs. Underwood is proud to be part of the St. Vincent school family. She is committed to the faith-based education provided by St. Vincent and she promotes high academic achievement and personal success in her students.

Grade 6

Mrs. Ralston was born and raised in Bedford, IN. She is the daughter of Jon and Theresa Stevens and Julia and Mike Johnson. She graduated from BNL, then went on to receive her undergraduate degree in Education from Indiana University, where she is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Literacy. She taught Special Education at Hatfield Elementary in Mitchell, IN for 1 year. Then, she moved to Alabama and taught Special Education for 2.5 years. She and her husband moved back to Bedford and she taught Special Education at Arlington Heights Elementary in Bloomington for 3 years. She and her husband, Ryan are the proud parents of their young son Aden. She is very excited to be teaching Language Arts and Math at St. Vincent de Paul School.

Grade 7 and 8

Mr. George was born and raised in Bedford, Indiana.  He is the oldest son of Darin George and Donna Endris-George. He graduated from Bedford North-Lawrence High School in 2006, and then attended the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville.  In 2010, he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Education.  He is currently working on a Masters’ Degree in School Administration from the American College of Education.  He joins the staff at St. Vincent School after spending a year as a 2nd grade teacher in school just outside of Evansville. He looks forward to getting to know and grow with each his students.

Middle School Math & Religion

Ms. Henley is the daughter of Joe and Betsy Henley.  Ms. Henley graduated from Bedford North Lawrence High School and Indiana University.  Miss Henley has taught in Garden City, Kansas; the Navajo Reservation in Tuba City, Arizona; Nogales and Tucson, Arizona; and San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Henley is teaching 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Religion, 7th grade Pre-algebra, and 8th grade Algebra.  In her spare time, she enjoys reading, hiking, and being involved in Little Theatre of Bedford.