Our Teachers
All Saints teachers are fully licensed by the State of Ohio and participate in on-going professional development. Our faculty is dedicated, caring, and committed to the ministry of Catholic education and the development of lifelong learners. Our teachers give their personal best and encourage each child’s personal best… every day.
PRINCIPAL - 4th year at ASCS
Grade School: Blessed Sacrament
High School: Central Catholic
College: University of Missouri
Graduate: Lourdes University
Previous Experience: 4 years Middle School Language Arts at St. Benedict Toledo, 8 years 1st/5th grade at Our Lady of Lourdes, 1 year Aurora Academy (3,4,5), 5 years 4th and 5th Derby Ridge School, Columbia, MO.
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, baking, cake decorating, watching sports, and watching old black and white movies.
Family, Pet Info: Married 36 years, 3 sons, 1 daughter-in-law, new granddaughter, Emery , and dog (Roxie).
I LOVE ALL SAINTS!
Father Anthony Recker
All Saints Pastor - 2nd year
Grade School: St. Augustine Catholic School, Napoleon, Ohio
High School: Napoleon High School
College: Franciscan University of Steubenville (Biology)
Graduate: Medical College of Ohio (Doctor of Medicine); Athenaeum of Ohio/Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary of the West, Cincinnati, Ohio (Master of Arts in Theology, Master of Divinity)
Previous Experience: Pastor at St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Parish in Norwalk (2012-2016); Pastor at St. Anthony Parish in Milan (2012-2016); Parochial Vicar at St. Joan of Arc Parish, Toledo (2009-2012); CYO Chaplain, Diocese of Toledo (2009-2012); Seminarian Intern, St. Thomas Aquinas and Good Shepherd Parishes, Toledo (2006-2007). Summer Seminarian Intern at Bellevue Immaculate Conception (2004), Toledo St. Patrick Historic (2006), and Defiance St. Mary’s (2007).
Hobbies & Interests: Of course, my first interest is in Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church! I love to do all sorts of things in my free time: music (especially piano), gardening, exercise, sports, reading, and occasionally fishing. I love learning new things.
Family, Pet Info: I am the fifth of six children and have 17 nieces and nephews (soon to be 18!). I love spending time with my family and am blessed to have family living in the Toledo area. Of course my parish family is much bigger!
Preschool 3 Teacher - 8th year at ASCS
Grade School: St. John the Baptist
High School: Cardinal Stritch
College: Defiance College
Previous Experience: Coffinberry School - Fairview Park, OH
Extra-Curricular: Open House Committee, Field Day Committee
Hobbies & Interest: I love spending time with my family. I enjoy going to football games, the beach, and going to Cedar Point.
Family/Pet Info: Married with 1 son at Baldwin Wallace, 1 daughter at CCHS and youngest daughter at ASCS.
Lesleigh Beale
Pre-K Teacher - 1st year at ASCS
Grade school: Indian Hills
High school: Rossford High School
College: University of Toledo
Experience: I graduated May of 2018 from the University of Toledo with my Bachelors Degree in Early Childhood Education. This is my first full time teaching position!
Hobbies: My favorite thing to do is spend time with my son, Carter. I also like to go for walks, explore new places, and spend quality time with friends and family!
lbeale@allsaintscatholic.og
Rita Phipps
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER - 5th year at ASCS
Grade School: Ayersville
High School: Ayersville H.S.
College: Kent State University
Previous Experience: Teaching Kindergarten in Perrysburg, Toledo, Bryan, and Akron
Extra Curriculars: Garden Committee and PTO Representive
Hobbies & Interests: bike riding, watching my son play hockey, swimming and shopping
Family/Pet Info: Married with 1 son, members at St. John XXIII
All Saints is Awesome!
1st GRADE TEACHER - 10th year at ASCS
Grade School: Christ the King
High School: St. Ursula Academy
College: University of Toledo
Previous Experience: Substitute teacher for the Catholic Diocese Schools and Sylvania Schools
Extra-Curriculars: PTO Representive, Accreditation and Garden Committees
Hobbies and Interests: I love to read, go to the park, spending time with my family including all my nieces and nephew. I love going to & cheering on the OSU buckeyes for football and basketball.
Family, Pet Info: Married with two children, dog (Clover) and cat (Lilly)
2nd GRADE TEACHER - 11th year at ASCS
Grade School: St. Pius X
High School: St. Ursula Academy
College: Bowling Green State University
Graduate: Eastern Michigan University
Previous Experience: Substitute teacher in the Sylvania, Springfield, & Catholic Diocese Schools
Extra-Curriculars: PTO Teacher Representive, Accreditation Committee
Hobbies & Interests: I play the saxophone, playing with my 4 children and I enjoy going out to dinner... busy being a mom!
Family, Pet Info: Married for 12 years, we have 3 daughters, 1 son and a dog named Ty.
3rd GRADE TEACHER - 6th year at ASCS
Grade School: Regina Coeli
High School: Notre Dame Academy
College: University of Toledo
Previous Experience: St. Jude preschool teacher, St. Clement 1st and 3rd grade teacher and substitute teacher for Washington Local Schools and Catholic Diocese schools.
Extra-Curricular: Garden Committee, PTO Representative, Turtle Habitat
Hobbies & Interests: I have a tweety bird collection, enjoy reading true stories, and an OSU Buckeye fan.
Family, Pet info: Dog (Smokey) and take care of a stray cat (Zoey). I have 3 nieces, 3 nephews, 2 great nieces, and 1 great nephew.
Susan Takats
4th GRADE TEACHER - 33 years at ASCS!
Grade School: Oregon City - Clay Elementary
High School: Cardinal Stritch
College: University of Toledo
Graduate: University of Toledo
Previous Experience: Always taught at ASCS
Extra-Curricular: Member of Rossford Eagles, Eucharistic Minister, Turtle Caregiver, LEADERS Education - UT, Lego Club, Math Club, and Garden Committee.
Hobbies & Interests: Golfing, sewing, baking, swimming, love to collect antique toys, gardening, traveling
Family/Pet Info: My 4 children graduated from All Saints and continued their education and graduation from St. Francis , Cardinal Stritch, and 2 from St. Ursula.
Becky Yost
5th Grade Teacher - 2nd year at ASCS, subbed for 6 years
Grade School: Sandusky St. Mary's
High School: Sandusky St. Mary's
College: BGSU
Previous Experience: 2 years at St. Hyacinth 2nd grade teacher, 2 years at St. Mary Academy in Port Huron, MI 2nd grade teacher.
Hobbies and Interest: I coach cheerleading at Cardinal Stritch. I love watching my kids play basketball and volleyball.
Family, Pet Info: Married for 22 years - we have 3 children, 1 at Mount St. Joseph University, 1 at Cardinal Stritch and 1 at All Saints. We have 2 dogs.
byost@allsaintscatholic.org
Tanya Pryer
6th Grade Teacher - 2nd year
Subjects: Math and Science
Grade School: St. Patrick's of Heatherdowns
High School: McAuley
College: University of Toledo
Previous Experiment: 6th grade teacher at St. Pat's and KR teacher at St. Rose
Hobbies and Interests: I love spending time with my family and friends. I enjoy reading and spending time at Round Lake in the summer.
Family and Pets: I am married with 1 son at University of Toledo, 1 son at Perrysburg High School, and 1 daughter at St. Rose. I have 2 awesome dogs, Haley and Lacey.
tpryer@allsaintscatholic.org
7th GRADE TEACHER - 8 years at ASCS
Subjects: Religion, Math, Writing
Grade School: St. Aloysius BG
High School: Bowling Green High School
College: BGSU
Previous Experience: I was placed here for my student teaching and never left!
Extra-Curriculars: Coach Volleyball, Track and Quiz Bowl, Accreditation and Falcon Strut Committees
Hobbies & Interests: I love to play in the backyard and cook with my kids. I am on the core team for Real-Life Catholics at St. Joe's Maumee. My husband and I love to do escape rooms together.
Family, Pet Info: I have been married for 7 years. We have 2 daughters and 1 son. My oldest daughter is in preschool here at All Saints. We have a dog, Zeke, and a cat, Enrique.
8th GRADE TEACHER - 18 years at ASCS
Subjects: Social Studies (6th,7th,&8th), Literature (8th), Writing (6th-8th), Writing Lab ( 7th & 8th)
Grade School: Alter Elementary (ASCS)
High School: Rossford High School
College: University of Toledo
Previous Experience: 5th grade teacher - St. Boniface Elementary, Oak Harbor Learning Disability Resource Room Teacher, Lake Jr & Sr. High School, 5th grade homeroom ASCS
Extra-Curriculars: Quiz Bowl, graduation, May Crowning, Washington D.C. trip, 8th grade extra-curricular activities organizer, graduation organizer, yearbook, Spelling Bee coordinator
Hobbies & Interests: Love hiking in the Great Smoky Mts., reading, American History, Washington D.C. trip is the highlight of my year. I'm a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan! I bleed black and gold! I also love NASCAR and have been to MIS, Charlotte and Bristol.
Family, Pet Info: Married with 4 children, 3 dogs, 2 cats , 2 ducks and 4 chickens and the new highlight of my life is spending time with my new grandson, Logan.
Jessica Cassavar
INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS - 2nd YEAR
Grade School: St. Aloysius
High School: High School Parkway South High
College: Lindenwood University
Previous Experience: Taught at Toledo Public for one year, and have worked with the Easter Seals summer camp. I have been working with special needs students since the start of my career.
Hobbies and Interests: I am a huge fan of the ocean! I love sea animals and sea life and I love to go snorkeling and shelling. In my spare time I love to spend time with my family and travel!
My family consists of my mother, father and brother.
Grace Dever
School Counselor
Grade School: St. Michael's
High School: Central Catholic
College: Bowling Green State University (both Bachelor's and Master's)
Previous Experience: Prior to becoming a school counselor I worked in social services for seven years
Hobbies: Reading, spending time with my husband
Family: Newly married, and my cat Charlie
gdever@allsaintscatholic.org
Jessica Long
Preschool Aide - 2nd year at ASCS
High School: East Kentwood, Kentwood, MI
College: Pennsylvania Culinary School
Extra Curricular: Children's Liturgy of the Word and Fundraising Committee
Hobbies and Interests: Baking, Frisbee golf, and spending time with my family.
Family/Pets: Married with 4 kids, (3 at All Saints) 2 granddaughters, and an uncle that lives with us. We have 2 dogs named Jerry and Humpfree.
jlong@allsaintscatholic.org
Heather Loomis
TEACHER AIDE - 2ND YEAR
Grade School: Regina Coeli
High School: Notre Dame Academy
College: University of Dayton
Graduate: BGSU
Previous Experience: Teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes school, 2000-2010 (taught 5,6,7,8)
Hobbies & Interests: spending time with my family, reading, exercising
Family, Pet Info: Husband, Jim---kids, James, Lilly, Camden, Ryder---stepson, Alex---fish, Goldie
Kasey Morse
ASP Clerk, Office Assistant
Grade School: All Saints
High School: Cardinal Stritch
Extra Curricular: Children's Liturgy, 4 & 5 grade assistant Volleyball coach
Hobbies/Interest: Spending time with my family, vacationing to the beach, exercise, camping, spending the summers at the lake, being outdoors
Family/Pet info: Married for 13 years, 3 children all who attend ASCS, 2 dogs- Peanut and Bo, and 6 chickens.
kmorse@allsaintscatholic.org
Rob Schenk
PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER - 15 years at ASCS
High School: Danbury High School
College: BGSU
Previous Experiece: 2000-PE Teacher St. Peter's Huron, 1999-PE teacher Port Clinton High School
Extra-Curriculars: Coach 7th grade basketball at Rossford Jr. High
Hobbies & Interests: Golfing, softball, attending all kinds of sporting events
Family/Pet Info: Married with 2 boys and 2 dogs
Dawn Sujkowski
SECRETARY - 23 years at ASCS
Grade School: Eagle Point
High School: Rossford
Hobbies and Interests: Avid Cleveland Indians fan, enjoy watching baseball
Family/Pet Info: 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 kids and 1 grandson (the love of my life) I have been married to my High School sweetheart for 30 years. Both of my children graduated from ASCS. I love working here, we are all one big family.
Elizabeth Taylor
Art PreK-8th, 6th-7th Literature, 7th-8th Writing - 26 years at ASCS
Grade School: ASCS (Alter Elementary)
High School: McAuley High School
College: BGSU
Previous Experience: I've taught 5th, 7th, and 8th grade as homeroom teachers before diving into Art
Extra-Curricular: Art Club, Accreditation and Retention Committees, Quiz Bowl
Hobbies & Interests: Reading, gardening, painting, traveling, hiking, cooking and cake decorating
Family/Pet Info: Married for 23 years, we have 1 daughter studying to be a firefighter and 2 sons one at RHS and one still hanging out here with me at ASCS.
When I went to school here, my mom was the librarian and when I returned as a teacher we worked together for many years! ASCS is the BEST!
Renee Timbrook
ATRIUM CATECHIST - 8 years at ASCS
Subject: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
Grade School: Gesu
High School: Notre Dame Academy
College: John Carroll University B.S.
Graduate: University of Toledo M.Ed.
Previous Experience: Mental Health counselor
Extra-Curricular: Children's Liturgy of the Word teacher
Hobbies & Interests: Gardening, exercise, cooking
Family/Pet info: Married with 2 daughters and we have a 40 gallon fish tank with 20 fish
Jan Trojanowski
TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR/INSTRUCTOR - 19 years at ASCS
Grade School: Holy Ghost Catholic School, Wood Dale, IL
High School: Driscoll Catholic, Addison, IL
College: Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Extra Curriculars: Eucharistic Minister, Recruitment & Retention Committees, Graduation Program, Washington, D.C. trip, pierogi making, funeral brunches
Hobbies/Interests: Diehard Chicago Cubs fan, potter, runner, and geek. I learn something new every day in technology!
Family/ Pet Info: Married 29 years to Norb and moved from Chicago to northwest Ohio 22 years ago. My two amazing daughters are Gabby, a writer at BrainPOP in New York City and Paige, a graduate student at George Mason University outside of Washington, D.C. Our labradoodle, Dublin, has been my running partner and companion for almost 15 years.
Donella Wilt
MUSIC TEACHER - 2ND YEAR
Grade School: Jerusalem Elementary
High School: Clay High School
College: University of Toledo
Previous Experience: I taught 6 years as the High School band and choir director in the Pike Delta York, Evergreen, and Old Fort schools. I have been the music teacher at St. Aloysius for 5 years. I also substitute teach for Woodmore Local Schools.
Extra Curricular: Band Booster President for Woodmore High School Band, Church Pianist, Private piano studio, I home-schooled my older children for 14 years.
Hobbies and Interests: All things music! Reading. sewing, crocheting, knitting, scrap-booking, attending all of my children's events
Family, Pet Info: Married with 5 children (all of whom still live at home!) We have two dogs (Charlie and Freckles), one cat (Foster), two bunnies (Gizmo and Louie), two rats (Mac and Cheese) and one beta fish (Echo).
Laura Valentine
FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR - 9 years at ASCS
Grade School: Fort Island, Copley, OH
High School: Copley H.S.
Hobbies/Interests: Spend time with family, baking, spending time on our boat
Family: Married 25 years, 3 children and a dog named Ferdinand
Jenny Yost
TEACHER AIDE - 3RD year as a teacher, ASCS parent for 12 years
Grade School: St. Rose Perrysburg
High School: St. Ursula Academy
College: John Carroll University
Previous Experience: Retail Management 15 years, RCRC 5 years
Extra-Curricular: CYO Volleyball coach
Hobbies & Interests: Watching sports and traveling with my family
Family/Pet info: Married with 3 children, dog (Buddy), & cat (Trixie)