Scott Thornton
​4th-6th Team Teacher (Math & History Specialist) - Building Lead
sthornton@pistem.org

Mr. Thornton is in his third year of teaching. He graduated from Boise State University in 2012 with a Bachelors in Communication. In August of 2016, he received his teacher certification through ABCTE.  Mr. Thornton taught 7th-grade Math at Kuna Middle School during the 2016-17 school year and 4th-grade in Marsing during the 2017-18 school year. He loves the time he gets to spend with all of the students, helping them learn how to become the best version of themselves. His favorite part about teaching is seeing kids laugh and smile while they are learning.
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Mr. Thornton and his wife Jessica have been married for 11 years and three wonderful children,  Natalee (8), Grant (4), and Jack (1). Their free time is spent as a family, supporting their children in sports, camping, and traveling. His children are involved in basketball, baseball, and softball. Mr. Thornton also enjoys being a high school football official in the Fall and having season tickets to the Boise State University football games.

Julie Duty
4th-6th Team Teacher (Science & Technology Specialist)
jduty@pistem.org

Mr. Duty graduated from Lewis-Clark State College in 2007 with a Bachelors of Science in Standard Elementary Education all subjects K-8 with a minor in Literacy K-12.  She spent her first year as a teacher in a one room schoolhouse in Pine, Idaho. She taught grades K, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 7th. She found teaching in a one room school a wonderful experience, but wanted to live within a larger community.  Mrs. Duty worked at the BSU Children’s Center from 2011 to 2017, as an assistant teacher and then lead teacher. After substituting in area charter schools, she discovered that she wanted to work within a charter school environment. She took a position this last fall as an EA for the first grade and special education department at Rolling Hills Public Charter School, and then joined us at Project Impact STEM Academy following Winter break as the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade science teacher.
 
Mrs. Duty enjoys reading and writing and has recently taken an interest in acrylic painting.  She has a black belt in Kajukenbo and her favorite animals are cats, wolves, and jellyfish. She believes in teaching through doing and she is enjoying the opportunity to teach science at Project Impact STEM Academy.

Lorae Crownhart
4th-6th Team Teacher (ELA & Drama Specialist)
lcrownhart@pistem.org

Mrs. Crownhart is so excited to be a part of the 4-6th grade team at Project Impact Stem Academy this school year.

In 2017 she graduated from Northwest Nazarene University with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Literature. After graduation from NNU, she moved to the island of Oahu, Hawaii to begin a job as a Registered Behavior Technician. For the next year and a half she worked one on one with kiddos diagnosed with Autism and other learning/behavioral disorders.

While living on the island she met her husband. They were married in October 2018 and moved back to Nampa, Idaho in January of 2019. After moving back, she worked as a Habilitative Interventionist until the opportunity to teach at PiSTEM appeared. She is now the English Language Arts Specialist for 4th, 5th and 6th.

Mrs. Crownhart enjoys spending time with her family and friends. When the weather is nice she enjoys exploring nature by hiking, swimming and camping. She enjoys reading, playing the piano and interacting with her 2 kittens during her free time.​

Julie Quiroz
Special Education/504 Coordinator
jhall@pistem.org

Mrs. Hall has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Special Education from Liberty University and a Masters of Education in Special Education from Boise State University. She has been working in Special Education for 18 years. Her experience in Special Education ranges from working as a transition coordinator, working in a resource room, working in an extended resource room, and working with medically fragile, server/profound, and in college transition programs. She has mentored new Special Education teachers and has presented at conferences on various Special Education topics. Her passions include spending time with family, including her husband, kids, and grandchildren, and baking, traveling, and camping.