Director of Curriculum and Instruction, has been with Rocky Mountain School since 1990. A native of Mandan, N.D., she received a BS in Elementary Education from Dickinson State University and a Gifted Education Certification from Minot State University. She served as the Gifted Education Coordinator for Dickinson Public Schools from 1989 – 1991. During the last 30+ years, Nicci has taught students in grades K – 8.  She holds a Colorado Elementary Certification and was awarded a Masters Degree in Gifted Education from the University of Northern Colorado in 1995. In 1998 she was inducted into the Colorado Academy of Educators for the Gifted, Talented and Creative. She has presented at the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) annual conventions, the Hollingworth Conference for the Highly Gifted in Boston and the Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented annual conference. She and her husband, Terry, enjoy fly-fishing, camping, golf and bowling. They have two children, Anne and Nate, and two grandchildren, Jacob and Rosalyn, who are doted on by their grandparents! In her “spare time” Nicci sings with the Colorado Spirit! Chorus -- a chapter of Sweet Adeline’s International.