Mrs. Jill Brock & Mrs. Amy Chrisco

Hi! We are Amy Chrisco and Jill Brock. We are first grade teachers at St. John Paul II Catholic School. This is our eleventh year to team teach. We feel very fortunate to be given this opportunity to teach together at such an awesome school. Mrs. Brock teaches in the morning and Mrs. Chrisco teaches in the afternoon. Mrs. Brock teaches Language Arts, Phonics, Reading, and Handwriting. Mrs. Chrisco teaches Math, Science, Social Studies, and Religion.

In our classroom we strive to meet every child’s needs. We have enriched our curriculum with many
activities that go above and beyond the first grade standards. We have incorporated morning and
afternoon centers, Super Spellers, Enrichment Packets, Class Mascot, Class Store, iPads, Science
Experiments, STEM Activities, Journal and Diary Entries, and Class Books.

About Us
My name is Jill Brock. My husband, Keith, and I live here in Sellersburg and attend St. John Paul II
Catholic Church. We have two children, Haley and Drew. Both are graduates of St. Paul Catholic School
(now SJPII).  Haley is a junior at Bellarmine University in Louisville and Drew graduated Indiana
University Bloomington with a degree in biotechnology. He will be attending Bellarmine University for a
second degree in Radiation Therapy. This is my 26 th year teaching elementary aged children. I received
my bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Bloomington. I then received my master’s degree at IUS.
I began my teaching career in 1990 at the DePaul School in Louisville where I taught for eleven years.
The DePaul School specializes in the unique educational needs of children with dyslexia. I found my
experience there to be as deeply rewarding as teaching at St. John Paul II Catholic School. I feel very
fortunate to be teaching at such an outstanding school. A Catholic education is so important to our
family, and St. John Paul II has enriched us in so many ways.

My name is Amy Chrisco. My husband, Paul, and I live in New Albany and are members of SJPII also. We
also have two children, Kevin and Katie. Kevin is a junior at IU Bloomington and Katie graduated IU with
a degree in journalism.  She now handles public relations and marketing at the Indiana Neighborhood
Housing Partnership in Indianapolis. Both our children are graduates of St. Paul Catholic School (now
SJPII).  I am a native of Sturgis, Michigan. I graduated from Indiana University Bloomington in 1992 with
a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. I was a substitute teacher at St. Paul Catholic School for
five years before teaming up with Mrs. Brock. JPII has been such an important part of my family’s life.
Since we are not originally from this area, JPII has truly become our extended family. I feel so blessed to
be a part of such a wonderful school.
We truly love what we do. We are friends in and out of the classroom and we respect each other’s ideas
and teaching techniques. We collaborate with each other every day so we are consistent in all aspects of
our classroom.