Princeton Elementary - Staff

Kelly was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. She received both her B.A. in Education and Multiple Subjects Credential from California State University, Chico.  Her credential also includes authorization to teach English Language Learners. This is her seventh year teaching at Princeton Elementary and second year teaching third grade.  Kelly also taught K-6 English Language Development for 5 years. In her spare time Kelly enjoys spending time with her family, reading, swimming, running, and traveling.  Kelly says “I absolutely love teaching and could not imagine myself doing anything else!”

Sandy has worked for PJUSD for 13 years. It is a job that she loves, including her co-workers, and the students. She runs the Computer Lab at Princeton Elementary. She has also worked at the Princeton Jr./Sr. High School.  She married a local man and together they had 2 girls, 1 boy, they have 6 grandkids.  She loves spending time with her grandkids out on the ranch. She has an awesome Beagle mix dog, named Beau and a beautiful longhaired cat, named Summer. 

Sandy grew up in the Princeton area and went to Princeton Elementary and Princeton Jr./Sr. High School. She says the highlight of her high school career were sports and music. Sandy says she enjoyed growing up in the country and living on a working ranch.  Her family raised cattle and sheep, grew prunes, walnuts, wine grapes, and almonds. They also ran a prune dehydrator, which many local students have worked at.  She says it was hard work but very rewarding.  She also worked at Alderson Ranch Supply for many years.

Initially Sandy worked in the travel industry after moving to Chico and attending Butte College and California State University, Chico.  She has been to England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Mexico, and Hawaii, as well as up and down the West Coast.  When the airline she worked for went bankrupt, she decided it was a good time to receive more education and in an area of demand.  As computers, numbers, and math were of interest to Sandy, she applied to and attended Heald Business College in Santa Rosa. She received degrees in Accounting, Computer Programming, and Data Processing.  She was also an Office Manager and Bookkeeper for over 20 years before moving back to the Princeton area.

During the past 15 years, she has been involved with the Princeton 4-H Club as its Key Leader as well as Project Leader in cooking, arts and crafts, photography, and Swine.  She is most proud of the work the Princeton community has accomplished with fundraising efforts for various community members and causes.  Also, after moving back, Sandy went back to school and furthered her education and obtained a Designated Subject Credential in Computer Applications so she could proudly enjoy the job she has here today at Princeton Elementary.

Sheila Skemp was born in Quincy, CA and attended University of Southern California - Rossier School of Education for her M.A. and multiple subject teaching credential; she also earned a gifted education certificate.  2016-17 will be her first year as a Princeton teacher, and she will be sharing the 4th/5th grade combo class with Dena Schmidt.  Sheila has one son, Ethan, who is attending the University of Nevada Reno in the Chemical Engineering Department.  Sheila's hobbies are crafts (crochet, knitting, beads, etc.), outdoors (hunting, fishing, camping), reading, cooking, and baking.  She has three cats: Maul-e, Lt. Uhura, and Deanna Troi.

 Sheyanne (Shey) Schmidt is Princeton’s 4^th / 5^th grade teacher.  She was born in Chico, CA and grew up in Willows, CA.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from California State University, Chico, and also studied abroad at St. Patrick’s College in Dublin, Ireland.  She is currently completing her multi-subject teaching credential at Chico State.

Shey enjoys traveling, hanging out with friends and family, hunting, and playing with her animals.  She has a cat named Marbles and a puppy named Poppy.

When asked about working at Princeton, Shey responded:  “I absolutely love how small the school is and how friendly and kind everyone in the community is. I am so happy to be working at this school!”