Northville Public Schools Honors 2026 Retirees and Staff Celebrating 25 Years of Service

Northville Public Schools is proud to celebrate the incredible careers and dedicated service of our staff members who reached major milestones at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 school year. This year, the district honors 26 retiring professionals who have collectively dedicated a phenomenal 522 years of service to our students, alongside 17 staff members celebrating a remarkable 25-year milestone with the district, representing a combined 425 years of dedication. 

Please join us in recognizing and thanking our 2026 retirees and 25-year service recipients for their profound impact on the Mustang community.

🌟 Celebrating Our 2026 Retirees

We offer our warmest congratulations and best wishes to the following staff members as they enter retirement. Thank you for your years of service to Northville’s youth!

Northville Education Association (NEA) Retirees

• Elizabeth Adams — Cooke School
• Susan Balash — Thornton Creek Elementary
• Jane Hart — Hillside Middle School
• Jennifer Isenberg — Amerman Elementary
• Alice Janke — Ridge Wood Elementary
• Matthew Minard — Northville High School
• Nancy Robbert — Ridge Wood Elementary
• Kathleen Starosciak — Silver Springs Elementary
• Robin Taylor — Meads Mill Middle School
• Jayne Tuite — Hillside Middle School

• Aaron Baughman — Assistant Superintendent
• Laura Begue — Ridge Wood Elementary
• Tom Gleason — Fogg Street (Operations/Transportation)
• Larry Hautau — Fogg Street (Operations/Transportation)
• Juliet Ickes — Meads Mill Middle School
• Karla Kennedy — Student Data Coordinator, Board of Education
• Christina Kiebzak — Food Service
• Tanya Murphy — Silver Springs Elementary
• Teresa Osterhoff — Board of Education
• Katherine Purcell — Northville High School
• Karen Schmidt — Moraine Elementary
• David Stulock — Northville High School
• Donna Tillery — Cooke School
• Suzanne Thompson — Cooke School
• Kathrine Ulrich — Winchester Elementary
• Renee Walter — Ridge Wood Elementary

🎖️ 25 Years of Dedicated Service

The following 17 staff members are celebrating 25 years of continuous commitment to the students and families of Northville Public Schools. We are incredibly grateful for their long-standing dedication to our district's mission.

• Samantha Brennan-Beauchamp — Cooke School
• Cecelia Brown — Moraine Elementary
• Shannon Cullen — Meads Mill Middle School
• Chad Dicken — Moraine Elementary
• Melissa Dicken — Northville High School
• Megan Ewers — Northville High School
• Todd Gudith — Meads Mill Middle School
• Victoria Jouney — Cooke School
• Karen Kehoe — Thornton Creek Elementary
• Tonja Keller — Cooke School
• Jennifer Miers-Kamm — Meads Mill Middle School
• Brenda Naber — Hillside Middle School
• Melanie Obrigkeit — Northville High School
• Nancy Smith — Northville High School
• Michael Soukup — Northville High School
• Derek Williford — Meads Mill Middle School
• Carie Woodall — Thornton Creek Elementary

Congratulations to all of our honorees on these incredible milestones! Once a Mustang, always a Mustang.