Staff
Rev. Andrew Richard
Headmaster & Upper Level Humanities Teacher
Pastor Richard has served at Mount Hope Lutheran Church since 2019. He is the Assistant Pastor at the church and Headmaster of Mount Hope Lutheran School. He received a BA in Theater Production from Oakland University in 2008 and a Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, IN in 2012. Prior to coming to Casper, Pastor Richard served as a church planter in Iowa. During that time he began studying classical education and homeschooling his children. He and his wife, Renae, have seven children. Pastor Richard enjoys studying Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, reading with his family, cooking, singing, listening to classical music, writing poetry and hymns, and doing home improvement projects.
Mr. Nathanael Hahn
Upper Level Quadrivium Teacher
Mr. Hahn has been at Mount Hope since 2021. He teaches math and science to the seventh through twelfth grade students, as well as music theory and Latin. He graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in classical pedagogy. When Mr. Hahn is not teaching, he also enjoys spending time with family, writing music, playing board games, watching movies, hiking, and singing.
Mrs. Jade Stutheit
5th-6th grade teacher
Mrs. Stutheit has been with Mount Hope in various capacities since 2020 and currently teaches fifth and sixth grade. She graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education, then from Adams State University in 2016 with a Master of Arts degree in Literacy Education. Mrs. Stutheit enjoys baking, playing tennis, gardening, practicing Spanish and Latin, playing piano and singing.
Miss Anna Hahn
3rd-4th grade teacher
Miss Hahn graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Lutheran Education. She has been at Mount Hope since 2018, where she taught first and second grade from 2018-2019, kindergarten through second grade (as well as first year Latin) from 2019-2021, and now teaches third through fifth grade and College Latin II. Aside from teaching, Miss Hahn enjoys singing and writing hymns, reading, running and skiing the mountain trails, baking, and visiting her family in Wisconsin.
Miss Hannah Engwall
1st-2nd grade teacher
Miss Engwall graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Parish Music and a minor in Christian Thought. She began teaching at Mount Hope Lutheran School in 2021, leads Kammerchor and Choristers, and teaches high school music theory. Miss Engwall enjoys playing the organ, composing, reading and discussing literature, singing hymns, quilting, and talking to her family in Florida.
Mrs. Elizabeth Allred
Kindergarten teacher
Mrs. Elizabeth Allred has been at Mount Hope Lutheran School since 2019. She teaches Kindergarten and Physical Education. She graduated from Seattle Pacific University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Education and a minor in Christian Scriptures. Before joining Mount Hope she homeschooled her children using the classical model, finding it to be the best way to unite Christian faith and learning. Mrs. Allred is married to John and they have three children. Outside of school she enjoys growing flowers, kayaking, and spending time with her family and three-legged tabby cat.