Staff
Outdoor School Staff 2021-2022
Administration
Gina Felter
Principal
Ms. Gina C. Felter has spent the 48 years of her life learning about and caring for our local, natural environments here in Maryland. Growing up in Cockeysville in Baltimore County, Gina began to form her deep love of nature through the Girl Scouts of the USA program. After graduating from Dulaney High School in 1990, Gina attended Virginia Tech to study Wildlife Science/Pre-Veterinary Medicine. While there, she had opportunities to conduct authentic research in the fields of mammology and ornithology at Mountain Lake Biological Station in Southwest Virginia. Although she loved learning about wild animal populations and how to preserve them, she decided to change her career path to one in which she could share what she had learned with others. Gina returned to Maryland to attain her Master of Arts in Teaching from Towson University.
A position at Sykesville Middle School then began her 18 year tenure as an educator in Carroll County Public Schools. While there she worked tirelessly to educate students about their local environment through the construction of The Living Laboratory, a double fish pond system with surrounding native habitat. Ms. Felter was then given the opportunity to go to work at Carroll County Outdoor School where she helped transform curriculum to integrate the environmental issue investigation model of instruction. After three and a half wonderful years at the Outdoor School, Ms. Felter transferred to Francis Scott Key High School where she worked to incorporate the EII model into more advanced, high school curricula. Of special note are the Aquatic and Terrestrial Environmental Science courses that include not only hands-on, real-life environmental investigations, but a service-learning component as well. At each of these three teaching experiences, Ms. Felter educated not only students, but staff members as well to attain MD Green School or MD Green Center status.
Faculty
Misti Kelly is a Carroll County native who still remembers attending Outdoor School when she was in 6th grade & as a high school counselor. She is a Westminster High, Millersville University, and Towson University graduate. This is her 1st year at Outdoor School, she previously taught 6th & 7th grade science for 15 years with CCPS. She loves the outdoors, especially hiking, kayaking, and traveling the world. Mrs. Kelly is enjoying her empty nest life & spending time with her husband & their 2 dogs.
Favorite Quote: "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you." -Frank Lloyd Wright
Carly Miller is originally from Maine, but now calls Gettysburg, PA her home. She is a graduate of West Virginia University. This is Ms. Miller's fourteenth year at Outdoor School. She enjoys traveling, horseback riding, backpacking, hanging out with her family & pup and just about anything to get outside!
Favorite Quote: "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." -Gandhi
Misti Kelly
Carly Miller
School Nurses
Pam Levesque has lived in Carroll County for 21 years. She is excited about her fourth year at Outdoor School and has been a Pediatric Nurse for 27 years. She enjoys being outdoors, camping, kayaking, reading, and spending time with her husband, 3 children and multiple pets.
Favorite Quote: "Be Somebody Who Makes Everybody Feel Like a Somebody."
Dawn Van Der Stuyf
Pam Levesque
Dawn Van Der Stuyf is a Maryland Native and has lived in Carroll County for 22 years. She has over 30 years of nursing experience and is excited for her eighth year at Outdoor School. She enjoys traveling, camping and spending time with her husband, 2 children, grandson and Yellow Lab.
Favorite Quote: "Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle."
Support Staff
Instructional Assistants
Lori Schlosser
Live Materials for Carroll County Public Schools
Mary Hoy
Lori Schlosser is originally from Cape May, New Jersey. She is a graduate of Towson State University. This is her first year at Outdoor School as an Instructional Assistant but Ms. Scholosser was an Outdoor School Teacher for 9 years previously. She lives in Blue Ridge SUmmit with her husband and has two childen. She enjoys kayaking, hiking and camping.
Favorite Quote: "The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth." Chief Seattle