The Third Grade Team

< View All discovery staff


Mrs. Susan Essany

3rd Grade Teacher
sessany@discoverycharter.org

Teaching Experience: 21 years

Education: Purdue University, Bachelor of Arts in Education

Hobbies: family time...including dogs, cats, and chickens, traveling, hiking, biking, gardening

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”
— Hugh Downs

Mrs. Shelley Williams

3rd Grade Teacher
swilliams@discoverycharter.org

Teaching Experience: 19 years

Education: University of Michigan, Flint:  Bachelor of Science in Education

Hobbies: Hiking, camping, and reading

“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
— Unknown

Mrs. Kristin Walters

3rd Grade Teacher
kwalters@discoverycharter.org

Teaching Experience: 3 years

Education: Western Michigan University: Bachelor’s in Elementary Education

Hobbies: traveling, going to the beach, exercising, spending time with my husband & 2 boys



3rd Grade Instructional Assistant

Miss Katelyn Specht