Ruth Juanita Swearingin (she/her)
Kazoo School Faculty since 2021
Ruth runs the Front Desk, is an Extended Day teacher & 8th Grade Advisor, Elective Teacher and with our Middle School students on the yearbook. She has a particular love of intermixed traditional and new media art techniques. She loves cats, reading, and the outdoors. Between her front desk duties, Ruth always loves to take the time to connect youth to meaningful and relevant artistic experiences, through graphic design, illustration, photography, animation and video production.
Education
Associates in Animation/Time Based Media KVCC, 2014
Stella Branch (she/her)
Member of the Faculty since 2022
As a former Kazoo School student, I am happy to be back as our Middle School Math Teacher. I am a recent graduate of Purdue University where I spent time researching the effects of forever chemicals in our drinking water sources. I have studied violin for 18 years and have enjoyed teaching private violin lessons. In my classroom, I hope to demonstrate a connection between mathematics and the natural world around us while supporting my students to become accomplished mathematicians.
Education
BS Chemistry, minor Environmental Policy & Politics
Purdue University