Principal Madeline Lyon has been in education for fifty years. Her career began as a nun in Ohio, where she taught high school, developed and taught a gifted program for grades one through eight, and taught GED classes in a men’s prison. Ms. Lyon graduated from Notre Dame College in Ohio with a BA in English and Theology. She also holds an MA in English and an MAEd from the University of Akron. Ms. Lyon came to St. Francis School as a teacher in September 2005. She moved to Pagosa Springs, Colorado on June 2008, but continued her affiliation with St. Francis School as President of the Board. Ms. Lyon returned to St. Francis to teach in 2012 and became Principal in January 2013.