Team Members

Cyrita Martini

Cyrita Martini has been working with both adults and kids with special needs for the last 17 years. She has been teaching in intensive special education for 15 years. She grew up in southern Idaho and played basketball in college before going on and getting her Master’s of Special Education from Boise State University. She enjoys being outdoors, chasing around her three boys and spending time with her husband, watching him coach basketball at Sheridan High School.

Becky Newton

Becky Newton is a physical therapist working with pediatrics in the school setting for the past 11 years. She grew up in Buffalo, played volleyball while attending Carroll College and obtained her Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Eastern Washington University in 2005. She enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and four children, teaching cycling at the YMCA and cooking.

Gretchen McCafferty

Gretchen McCafferty was born and raised in Idaho and moved to Sheridan 7 years ago. Gretchen is a special education teacher and has taught for more than 21 years. She has a variety of teaching experience in special education at all levels. Gretchen enjoys sports, has coached varsity basketball for many years and now likes to watch her children play. She is a skilled photographer, who captures anything from sporting events to senior portraits. She enjoys living on her hobby farm with her husband, five children, three dogs, and highland cows.

Meg Montgomery

Meg Montgomery is a special education teacher who has been teaching in Sheridan for almost 20 years. She has a B.A. cross categorical Special Education degree from the University of Wyoming. Meg also has a Master’s of Special Education degree from the University of North Dakota where she specialized in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Applied Behavior Analysis. She enjoys hiking, snowshoeing and quilting. Meg’s favorite activity away from her job is spending time with her five granddaughters and watching them in sports and dance.

Jackie Coulter-Millechek

Jackie Coulter-Millechek is a special education teachers who specializes in Developmental Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Applied Behavior Analysis. She has been teaching students with special needs in Wyoming for 12 years and before that worked with adults with special needs in their home setting. She grew up in rural SW Minnesota with a sibling with special needs and spent most of her weekends playing sports or at Special Olympic events. Currently, she enjoys spending time with her family, exploring all that Wyoming and its region has to offer, creating, and watching her daughter grow.