She is also the Upper School science department chair, biology teacher, Tae Kwon Do instructor and volleyball coach. Mrs. Bartsch began working in 1981 at Asheville Country Day School. Joanne's husband attended CDS in Pre-K and both of her children are graduates, Christan, who graduated in 2005 and Perry III, who graduated in 2008. Joanne was a Klingenstein Summer Fellow, and was an Access Excellence Fellow, and is a fourth degree black belt certified instructor in taekwondo. Joanne has received the Betty Lou Davis Award, The Don Scarborough Award, The Elliston Award, the Senior Prize, and The Melissa Ogden Award.