Jen Potter facilitates the Directed Study courses for juniors and ELL. Jen is responsible for the attendance, discipline, and counseling for both P.A.L.S. and P.A.C.E. students. She is certified in English and has her Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language. Prior to P.A.L.S., Jen taught on the Navajo Reservation in Tuba City and Title I English/English for Kingman High School. The 2010-2011 school year will be her 15th year in education.

She was teacher of the year in 2003 and won Arizona's Golden Bell Award for innovative curriculum in 2005-06.

Debbie Talk teaches Jr. English and P.A.C.E. English.  She also teaches various electives including Jr. Hero, Grand Canyon, Word, and Power Point.  Debbie has her Masters degree in Secondary Education.  Before joining P.A.L.S., Debbie taught at Kingman High School.  The 2010-2011 school year is her 11th year teaching.  

She was 2004 Teacher of the year.

Meet Jim Hill:

Jim Hill is in his 17th year of teaching. After spending over 10 years as the co-owner-operator of a farm and ranch, and five years selling ag and heavy equipment, Jim decided to make the move to teaching. He teaches all of the PALS and PACE social studies and horticulture classes. He was a wrestling coach and taught at both Kingman Junior High and Kingman High School before joining P.A.L.S. He has his Masters in Special Education.

He was teacher of the year in 2000.

Dani Lawrence teaches math for ELL students, Spanish and math for juniors, and P.A.C.E. math. The 2010-2011 school year will be her 7th year teaching.  The first five years she spent teaching Spanish and Math at the Kingman Middle School and then she transferred to the PALS Program in 2009.  Dani spent three and a half months studying in Madrid, Spain in order to obtain her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Secondary Education from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. 

She was teacher of the year in 2009.