Mrs. Derkos joined Holy Name in 2019 and has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education through St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. She teaches middle school language arts, and in the past has worked for schools in Minnesota, and has been employed as a Faith Formation Coordinator and a Parish Administrator in Catholic churches in Minnesota, as well as helped run family business(es). She and her husband Tony have moved back to Michigan with their youngest 4 of 8 children to enable their children to attend Holy Name Catholic School, and to ‘get back home to be with family’.

Mrs. Hadel joined Holy Name Catholic School in the fall of 2019 to teach Middle School Science. She has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from NMU in secondary education – General Science with a minor in Biology.  Her graduate level studies have all focused on Special Education.

Prior to teaching at Holy Name, Mrs. Hadel taught high school science at North Star Montessori Academy, a public charter school in Marquette for 15 years. She also has served over 22 years in the Navy Reserves, with the last 14 as an instructor and Master Training Specialist.

Mrs. Hadel has been married for 33 years and has 2 children, Crystal and Jason, twin black cats, and a range of wild critters who think she should feed them.  In her free time, she loves to grow things, planting 3 large gardens at home, in addition to a garden for the Food Pantry in Rock. She also sings with a local ecumenical choir several times a year and enjoys camping, fishing and hunting (with a camera of course.)

She feels very blessed to be at Holy Name now.  It is wonderful to be a part of a team that is focused on Christ and caring about students.  Holy Name is everything she dreamed a school should be.

Mrs. Prey joined Holy Name in 2015 and has a Bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education through Central Michigan University plus a Master’s degree in special education from Grand Canyon University. She teaches middle school social studies, health and personal finance. Mrs. Prey and her husband are both alumnus of Holy Name. It is the “greatest school in all the land”. Mrs. Prey’s parents and her in-laws are all alumnus of Holy Name! Prior to joining Holy Name, Mrs. Prey worked for the Wyandotte Public Schools as a teacher for students with cognitive impairments and also worked for the Manchester Community Schools as a resource room teacher and teacher consultant. She has three sons, Adam, Jacob and Vincent and enjoys “jeeping”, camping, cooking and playing the accordion and piano.

Mr. Chouinard began at Holy Name in 2012 and has a Bachelor’s degree in education from Central Michigan University. His favorite Saint is Padre Pio and says Holy Name is unique because students strive for success, they want to be better at everything they do from education to sports. Prior to joining Holy Name, he worked in Manitowoc, Wisconsin where he taught middle school, high school, after school tutor and AmeriCorps. Mr. Chouinard is married to Jessica and together they have two children who attend Holy Name, Jonah in readiness Kindergarten and Amelia in first grade. He has bees as his pets and enjoys to travel, gardening, bee keeping and sports in his free time.