Joni Appleman joined Deerfield Elementary in 2005.  Prior to coming to Deerfield, she was principal of Woodlawn and Grant Elementary in Lawrence. She began her career in education in Topeka, Kansas where she taught first grade before moving into a principalship position at Stout Elementary. Joni is a graduate of Kansas University and Washburn University.  

If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow.  - John Dewey