FLAM Regions and
Regional Representatives
FLAM is divided into five regions. The regions are Northeast, Northwest, Central, Southeast & Southwest. Below you will find information about each regional representative as well links to news from each region. We encourage you to submit any celebrations, classroom activities, travel plans and professional accomplishments to your regional representative via their contact information below.
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Northwest Region
Representative: Bess Hayles
French Teacher, Lee's Summit High School
Term : August 2022- October 2024
Counties : Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, Worth
Southwest Region
Representative: Elisabeth Cheminel Roten
French & Spanish, Logan-Rogersville HS
Term : August 2026-October 2028
Counties : Barry, Barton, Bates, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Polk, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Wright
Central Region
Regional Representative: Cip Casado
Spanish Teacher at Whitfield School in St. Louis, MO
Term: October 2023- October 2025
Counties: Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Gasconade, Howard, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, Saline
Northeast Region
Regional Representative: Cathleen Weigelt-Ferguson
German Teacher, Fort Zumwalt East High School
Term: October 2026- October 2028
Counties : Adair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Lincoln, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, St. Charles, Sullivan, Warren.
Southeast Region
Regional Representative: Helen Zhuang
Coordinator, Foreign Language Institute
Missouri State University
Term : August 2025- October 2027
Counties : Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Dunklin, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, St. Louis City, Stoddard, Washington, Wayne
