School Administrators
Mrs. Maryann Puls, Principal
Mrs. Puls is from Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. She was baptized into her Christian faith at St. John Lutheran Church, Accident, Maryland. Mrs. Puls was encouraged by her godparents to follow the Lord's calling to be a Lutheran school teacher. Her husband, Doug also taught and served as a teacher and administrator in Lutheran schools for 32 years. They have been married since 1991.
Mrs. Puls attended Concordia University in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she earned her bachelor’s degree and her Lutheran Teacher’s Diploma. Mrs. Puls started teaching in 1990 and has served at St. Matthew Christian Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Emanuel Lutheran School, Patchogue, New York; and Our Savior New American School, Centereach, New York, (all Missouri Synod Lutheran schools).
In 2005, Mrs. Puls and her family moved to Levittown. Since 2005, Mrs. Puls has served as a teacher at Hope, and is now delighted to serve as Principal. She enjoys gardening, baking, cooking, and spending time with her husband, Doug, and son, Nathanael.
Mrs. Terri Dylinski, Early-Childhood Learning Director
Mrs. Dylinski graduated from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education and began her career in a preschool teaching three year olds. When that school closed, she taught first grade at Immaculate Conception Catholic School for three years.
After she became a mom, she decided to stay home and watch other children along with her own. When her children were in middle school, Mrs. Dylinski began teaching at Hope Lutheran. Four years later, in 2010, she became Director of the Preschool Program. In 2018, she also became Interim Principal of the school.
After her son, Paul was graduated from Penn State University and her daughter Amanda was a junior at Bloomsburg University, Mrs. Dylinski returned to school and earned her Pennsylvania Director Credential. She feels Hope Lutheran is blessed with a wonderful staff and a great group of children and it is a pleasure to be working here.
Mrs. Christina Atkinson
Administrative Assistant
Mrs. Atkinson was born, raised, and currently resides in Bristol Borough – a small town where you either know someone or you are related to someone. Raised as a Roman Catholic, Christina attended St. Ann’s Catholic School until the 8th grade when she then transferred to Bristol Jr/Sr. High School to complete her high school education. As a member of the graduating Class of 1992, Christina was awarded a two-year scholarship to Bucks County Community College where she earned her Associates Degree in Business Administration and has worked in administrative positions for 32 years.
Outside of work, Christina and her husband Michael are big movie buffs, enjoy the occasional dinner date, and attend Bible Study every Saturday evening. In her spare time, Christina loves to read, write, bake, make different arts and crafts, and loves all of God’s creatures; especially her fur babies. Christina’s greatest joy, however, is spending as much time as she can with her three children, Nicholas, Ryan, and Ashley. Because of their three amazing souls, Christina’s biggest passion is advocating for the disability community in not only real life, but through her social media platform on Instagram where she shares about real life with compassion, kindness, inclusion, and hope particularly about Mental Health, Autism, and Selective Mutism.