Mrs. Lynnae Bontrager is in her 4th year as the Coal City Intermediate/Middle School Band Director. She graduated with a Bachelors in Music Education from Olivet Nazarene University. While at Olivet, she was active in the ONU Tiger Marching Band, Pep Band, ONU Wind Ensemble, Orpheus Choir, Flute Choir, and the ONU chapter of NAfME (National Association of Music Educators). Prior to coming to Coal City, she taught in the Kankakee District 111 Band program and student-taught middle school band in Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53.
Locally, she teaches private flute lessons and has assisted various high school marching band programs during their summer band camps. She also actively performs in the River Valley Wind Ensemble, Kankakee Municipal Band, and Acting Out Theatre Co. pit orchestra. She is also works with the CCHS Marching Coalers.