Our Staff

Jeanne Ryan
Social Studies Instructor & Lead Teacher

Jeanne is a co-founder of Central Sands Community High School and serves as the Social Studies and Lead Teacher.

She has a Masters Degree in Teaching from Seattle University as well as a Waldorf Teacher Certificate from Great Lakes Waldorf Institute. Her past teaching experiences include teaching social sciences in both high school and the Wisconsin Technical College System, teaching Adult Basic Education classes, and teaching English in Poland. Jeanne is a mother of two daughters, both of whom attended elementary school at Tomorrow River Community Charter School. Her family's love for this learning community inspired the creation of Central Sands as a way to continue Waldorf-inspired public education through high school. In addition to teaching and time spent with family, Jeanne loves e-biking, swimming, skiing, and traveling. 

Phil Brown
ELA Instructor, Dean of Students & SPED Specialist

Phil has been teaching Drama and English Language Arts for over a decade and joined the faculty at Central Sands at the end of 2022. Outside of his deep love for theater and literature, Phil enjoys nothing better than camping, hiking and swimming in the beautiful Wisconsin lakes with his wife and four children. 

Phil received his BA reading Film and Literature at Warwick University before going on to study Acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and education at the University of Hertfordshire. Phil is passionate about Waldorf education and is currently working towards his Waldorf Certification with the Great Lakes Waldorf Institute.

Scott Reilly
Science & Spanish Instructor

Scott has a Master's of Science in Environmental Education from UW-Stevens Point and Teaching Certification from UW-Oshkosh for Secondary Science Education. Before Scott spent working in Latin America in biology, conservation and education for 6 years. Scott strives to encourage students to be active participants in science and their education through real world experiences such as citizen science data collection and local stream monitoring projects.

Scott is married and has a nine year old son, 2 dogs, a cat and a tank of fish. With his family he enjoys many silent sport activities such as camping, canoeing, birding, gardening, biking, skiing, and much more. He is excited for the work that he and the students are doing at Central Sands and to continue to help the school grow into an inspiring learning environment for students, staff, and the community.

Chamomile Nusz
Executive Director

Chamomile Nusz is the owner of Circle Education LLC, a consulting service that supports innovative education and non-profit boards. She also works with the Wisconsin Resource Center for Charter Schools (WRCCS), which supports the development of high-performing charter schools throughout Wisconsin. Chamomile supported the founding of seven charter schools, including the Tomorrow River Community Charter Schools, Central Sands Community High School, Red Granite Charter School, and the Weyauwega and Fremont STEM Academies.

Chamomile is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Educational Sustainability from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, where she received her Master's in Education. She attended Evergreen University in Olympia, Washington, and then the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Women's Studies with a minor in Dance. Chamomile is also the 2021 recipient of the Oscar W. Neale Fellowship.

Electives Faculty

Bonnie Beverstock
Movement

  • Bonnie is a native Wisconsinite living in Stevens Point. She holds a bachelors degrees in Fine Arts and Nursing, and is currently a professional knitter and part owner of a yarn shop.

    She enjoys folk dancing, prefers dark chocolate and collects whistles shaped like birds. Bonnie has a husband named Will, and they have two grown kids.

Stacy O’Carroll
Transportation

  • Stacy lives in the beautiful Tomorrow River Valley with her husband and two kids, and is super happy to be part of the Central Sands community. When she is not driving the school van, you can find her out on the local trails and rivers, or just enjoying time with family and friends.

Alan Smith
CTE

  • Alan enjoys working with people on projects. While at CSCHS he was quite pleased to work with students to maintain and fix bicycles. For six years he volunteered to work on bicycles with people at Shifting Gears in Stevens Point.

    He has been remodeling and building houses, it feels like all his life. The best times were while working with new carpenters, he would coach them on tool and saw usage. And of course demonstrate and guide them on the basics of house building.

    Both of his children have had to suffer through years of helping him do carpentry projects. His daughter recently did all the contracting to rebuild and add on to her own house. While his son and son’s wife just finished adding a room to their dome house.

    He is looking forward to doing some carpentry projects with CSCHS students this and next year.

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