Abby Giroux

School Principal

Miss Abby Giroux joins the OLC school leadership team in July 2025. She began her career in education teaching middle school math and science at Corpus Christi Catholic School in Holland, MI. She then moved to a leadership position at All Saints Academy Upper Campus in Grand Rapids. After completing the Program for Education (PIE) Mild Intervention Certification Miss Giroux took a job with PIE at the University of Notre Dame as the Associate Director for 3 years. She has also worked as an adjunct math instructor and student teacher supervisor at Aquinas College and as an Instructional Coach.

In addition to working for Catholic schools in various capacities, Abby has participated in committee work for the Diocese of Grand Rapids Catholic Schools Mission Effectiveness Committee and the National Catholic Partnership on Disability Catholic Schools Committee. 

Miss Giroux holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and a Master’s of Science Education from Aquinas College, A Master’s in Catholic School Leadership from the University of Notre Dame, and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level 1 Certification. She is also a certified Archery Instructor with the National Archery in the Schools Program. 

Miss Giroux enjoys being outdoors hiking, gardening, and spending time at the beach with family and friends. She also enjoys reading and traveling when possible.

Ellen Erhardt

Preschool Director

Ellen Erhardt has been a member of the OLC staff for many years, teaching preschool and young fives.  She has taught at several Catholic schools, including one in Cincinnati.  Her classes have ranged from preschool to high school seniors, covering subjects such as math, religion, social studies, and science.  She loves being back with the preschool children!  She is an active member of Blessed Sacrament parish in Grand Rapids and St. Ann’s/St. Ignatius in Baldwin, MI, where she and her husband have a cabin.  She has two married daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.  She loves spending time with her family and enjoys escaping to their cabin up north.

Michelle Lemmen

Kindergarten

Michelle Lemmen teaches kindergarten at Our Lady of Consolation School. She has been teaching for 20 years. She received her Elementary teaching degree from Aquinas College with a major in Social Studies and a minor in Reading. Her home parish is St. Michael’s in Coopersville where she used to teach first and second grade. She enjoys spending time with her husband Derek, two dogs, gardening, baking, doing crafts, watching the Tigers and Lions, and the great outdoors.  Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her family. Our Lady of Consolation holds a special place in her heart where she can share her strong faith and teach children to read.

Lori Killinger

First Grade

Mrs. Killinger is our first-grade teacher. She is known as Mrs. K. around the school.  She was born and raised in Indiana and received her degree in teaching at Indiana University. She continued her education at Aquinas college, specializing in teaching reading. She has been teaching in the Diocese of Grand Rapids for over 28 years.  She loves to watch her first graders grow and learn in their reading throughout the year. During her free time away from school, she loves to golf, read,travel and be with her family.  One of her favorite places to visit is Montana. 

Karen Schuler

Second Grade

Karen Schuler has taught for 25 years and has been teaching 2nd grade since 2012. Karen and her husband, Joe, have two boys, Andrew and Jack. Karen is an active member of Blessed Sacrament Church.
This is Karen’s 22nd year teaching.

Besides 2nd grade, she has also taught 3rd and 4th grade, middle school science, English, and religion.  As a child, Karen attended St. Anthony’s and West Catholic High School. Karen graduated from Grand Valley State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Science and a Master’s degree in Gifted and Talented Education (Educational Differentiation). Karen enjoys reading, camping, working out, and spending time outdoors. Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her family.

Melissa Stachowiak

Third Grade

Melissa Stachowiak is the third-grade teacher. She has been teaching at Our Lady of Consolation for over twenty-five years. Over those years, she has taught in second, third, and fourth grades as well as middle school math. She attended Catholic Schools throughout her K-12 education. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Aquinas College in Elementary Education with an emphasis in psychology and math. For graduate school, she attended Grand Valley State University and received her Master’s degree in Elementary Education with a focus on Educational Differentiation.  In her free time, Melissa enjoys reading, traveling, going to the beach, and spending time with family and friends.

Kathryn Francis-Bohr

Fourth Grade

Kathryn Francis-Bohr has taught at OLC for 10 years.  She has taught 3rd and 4th grade.  She was born in China, adopted, and grew up in Lansing, Michigan.  She currently lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  She graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelors in Elementary Education and Masters in Education Technology.  Go Green!  Outside of school, Kathryn loves to travel around the world during her summer and hang out with her friends and family.  She loves teaching at OLC and helping students grow in faith and academics. 

Andrea Schuab

Fourth Grade

My name is Andrea Schaub. I teach 5th grade this year and have taught 4th grade and middle school math at OLC.  I absolutely love being part of our Catholic school family. When I’m not teaching, you’ll usually find me reading a good book, swimming, or spending time with my husband and children.  I feel blessed to teach here and to grow in our Catholic faith each and every day.

Jennifer Pugliese

Fifth Grade

Jennifer Pugliese has been an educator in the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids for over 20 years. She is a graduate of Grand Valley State University, where she earned her Masters in Education. Our Lady of Consolation was Mrs. Pugliese’s childhood parish where she made her First Holy Communion and received the sacrament of Confirmation. Mrs. Pugliese lives in Ada with her husband and their two children. She is a parishioner of St. Robert’s of Newminster parish.

Katherine Schoenborn

MS Science

This is Ms. Schoenborn’s 14th year teaching middle school science, and she absolutely loves the OLC community. She has two sons, her youngest, a junior in high school. She has a love/hate (93% love) relationship with her two derpy boxers, Silas and Cain, who definitely demand more attention than her children.  A native of West Michigan, she graduated from GVSU a long time ago and loves reading at the beach, playing cards, napping, and planning road trips that she has yet to take.

Mitch Ziomkowski

MS Math

Currently, Mr. Ziomkowski lives in Rockford with his two sons, daughter, and wife.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science from Grand Valley State University, and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Teacher Education from the University of Phoenix.  This is Mr. Ziomkowski’s 4th year at OLC. Mr. Z loves all things centered around physical, mental, and spiritual health.  Topping his list of hobbies is: lifting weights, running, mountain biking, yoga, cooking, and doing anything that involves his family.  Mr. Ziomkowski loves being part of the team here at OLC!

Linda Novak

MS ELA/Religion

Linda Novak taught elementary age students at OLC for 20 years before moving to Middle School in 2020. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Michigan University in 1992. Linda holds an Advanced Catechetical Certification from the Diocese of Grand Rapids. She is a life-long Diocese of Grand Rapids resident attending St. Anthony of Padua parish school for her elementary education and West Catholic High School. She and her husband Brian enjoy camping and attending Christian music festivals in the summer. They have four children and one grandchild. Linda loves planning road trips to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and spending her summer Mondays being MeeMaw to grandson Bennett.

Wendy Rigley

MS Social Studies/Religion

Wendy Rigley started teaching at OLC in the fall of 2020. She is the Middle School social studies and 7th grade religion teacher.  Wendy graduated from Belding High School and received both her undergraduate in secondary education and Masters degree in history from Central Michigan University.   Wendy lives in Caledonia with her husband, Joe, 2 daughters, Ella and Ava, and dog Ruby.  As a family they love to travel both around the world and in the US.  They also spend a lot of time camping all over Michigan during the summer.   She taught at Quincy Community schools and St. Alphonsus School in Dearborn before staying at home with her children for 9 years.  She loves being back in the classroom and her favorite is middle school!  What she loves most about middle school is how fun they are at this age.  Middle schoolers are so unique and every aspect of their personalities at this age is exactly what she loves about them.  Wendy remembers what it was like to be in this “middle” age of not being a little kid anymore, but also not being grown up. She also remembers those patient, nurturing teachers in middle school and feels called to be that teacher for the students here at OLC.

Amy Klobucher

Student Support Services

Mrs. Amy Klobucher Graduated from Grand Valley in 2009 with a Major in English, minor in Elementary Education. She taught 3rd/4th grade before coming to Our Lady C in 2014. Mrs. Klobucher lives in Rockford with her husband Mike and and their 4 children, including twin babies that keep her busy! She enjoys reading, camping, watching football, working out and helping run their gym. She loves working at OLC with the amazing staff and families that make it such a great place to be!

Emily Krajewski

Student Support Services

Emily Krajewski is one of our student support teachers at Our Lady of Consolation School.  She has been teaching at OLC for 5 years and has a special education degree.  Mrs. Krajewski lives in Rockford with her husband Mike and their three children, Charlotte, Leo and Nora who all attend OLC.  She enjoys spending time with her family, playing games, running, and spending time outside.  Mrs. Krajewski loves being part of the OLC community!