St. Michael’s Catholic Academy

Mrs. Patrice Scheier, Mr. Steve Gauna, Mrs. Lori Kirby (Chair)

• A teacher since 1983, Mrs. Scheier has been at St. Michael's Catholic Academy since the spring of 1999. She has taught Accounting, Computer Literacy, Personal Business Management, and Keyboarding at other high schools. At SMCA, she has taught Computer Science and Desktop Publishing. Currently, she is teaching Web Design. Mrs. Scheier has lived in 12 different states and has worked as a book store buyer, a librarian, a fire lookout, a telephone operator, a gift shop manager, and a park ranger in addition to teaching. She attended Northern Arizona University and Adams State College. Her degree is in Business Administration.
  
• Mr. Gauna has been with St. Michael's since 2009...
  
• Mrs. Kirby has been with St. Michael's since 2006. She graduated from California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, California with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. After several years experience in industry in which she worked with software and hardware, Mrs. Kirby pursued a Teaching Credential at California State University in San Marcos, California and began teaching in 1999. She has taught middle school math, science, computers and high school math and computer science. She currently serves as the Technology Department Chair and Director of Technology for the school.
  

The Technology Department believes in higher education for students in every class we offer. We support the entire school curriculum by preparing students to use technology in their other courses, integrating topics from other courses into our classes and working with other teachers to implement technology into their classroom.

The Technology Department offers courses that allow students to apply the acquired knowledge in several ways. First, our courses give students who wish to pursue degrees in technology a solid foundation on which to build in college. Second, our courses prepare students to successfully enter the workforce. Third, our courses prepare students with the knowledge needed to become entrepreneurs if they so choose.