Mrs. Lesa Bettencourt is the Head and Director of the Drama Program at Glendale Mrs. Lesa Bettencourt  is serving in her ninth year as Director of the Glendale Drama Program, having previously taught Special Education at Glendale seven years prior to taking over the program.  She previously served as the Music Director at Glendale in such productions as Lil’ Abner, Little Mary Sunshine, Grease, The Sound of Music, Cinderella, Bye Bye Birdie, and Little Shop of Horrors.  Directing duties include the shows Wizard of Oz, Harvey, Footloose, Arsenic and Old Lace, Into the Woods, Rumors, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Curious Savage, Godspell, And Then There Were None, Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, You Can't Take it With You, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Noises Off, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Twelve Angry Jurors.  She has also served as Music Director for local productions at Vandivort and Springfield Little Theater.  She is a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University with degrees in Theatre and Special Education.  Lesa is married to Brian and they are the proud parents of "Little" Brian (a.k.a. LB), Gizmo, a very pampered “Pug-inese” and Bailey, the Boston Terrier. Mr. Brian Bettencourt is the Scenic Designer of the Drama Program at Glendale Mr. Brian Bettencourt This is Brian's ninth year at Glendale as Set Designer having previously worked on Wizard of Oz, Harvey, Footloose, Arsenic and Old Lace, Into the Wood's Rumors, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Curious Savage, Godspell, And then There Were None, Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, You Can't Take It With You, The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee, Noises Off, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Twelve Angry Jurors. He is originally from Fresno, California. He is the District Sales Manager for Berry Tractor & Equipment. He and Lesa are happily raising the younger Brian, a.k.a. "L.B," and their two dogs, King Gizmo and Queen Bailey.
Mr. Andy Johnston directs the Glendale High School Orchestras Mr. Andy Johnston  directs the Glendale Orchestras and the orchestras at five different elementary schools: Wilder, Sequiota, Pershing, Field, and Rountree.  This is his twenty-fourth year teaching strings, his seventeenth teaching in public schools, and his twelfth at Glendale.  Andy graduated from Oklahoma State University, where he majored in both music education and violin performance.  He holds a Master of Music degree in viola performance from Missouri State University, and he has done additional graduate work at Texas Tech University.  Andy is also active as a professional violist and violinist, and he taught Applied Viola at MSU in 2006.  Andy is a member of the Missouri Music Educators Association where he served as vice-president 2006-2008, the American String Teachers Association where he serves on the state Board of Directors, and the National Speleological Society.  He enjoys spending time with his wife Elizabeth, who teaches orchestra at Pershing Middle School and plays violin professionally, and his children Allison (a violinist) and Benjamin (a cellist).  Andy enjoys an eclectic array of hobbies and interests, including caving (cave exploration), memorizing the number pi (a totally useless pastime), and studying the literary works of J.R.R Tolkien.