Faculty & Staff

I am so excited to be joining the St. Charles community, and feel blessed to share in this journey of faith, joy, and an exploration of what is good, true, and beautiful!

Catholic schools have been a home for longer than I can remember, and there is nowhere I would rather teach than in an environment such as this!  I have had the pleasure of spending most of my life connected to Catholic education, having attended St. Aloysius, Gonzaga Prep, and Gonzaga University.  I went on to receive my masters from Washington State University.  

I have taught in Catholic schools my entire teaching career and am deeply grateful to spend my days in a faith community, where I have the pleasure to build deep relationships with my students.  I treasure the time I get to work with these children, and am thankful for each day!

Apart from teaching, I am passionate about my faith, my family & friends, my pets (and all animals), reading, and Spokane Chief Hockey ;)!  

Xanthe Kraft has long appreciated the connectedness of ideas across disciplines and is an avid proponent of the Classical model of education. She holds an M.A. in Teaching: Secondary Education from Liberty University, an M.A. in Digital Musics from Dartmouth College, and a B.A. in Computer Science and Philosophy also from Dartmouth. She cantors at St. Francis Xavier parish and directs liturgical music across the diocese of Spokane. She taught K-8 Music and High School World Literature before joining the St. Charles faculty in the fall of 2021.  She enjoys hiking, tea, and discussing ideas big and small.