Jay and Beth Skelton, Perry, and Sharon and David Contrerez, Lyons, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kirstie Skelton to Scott Wuerdeman, both of Oronogo, Mo.

The future bride is a 2002 graduate of Perry-Lecompton High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Pittsburg State University. She is a fifth-grade teacher at Webb City Middle School in Webb City, Mo., and the head coach of the seventh-grade girls volleyball team and assistant coach of the Webb City High School track and field team.

The future groom is the son of Mike and Suzy Wuerdeman, Springfield, Mo. He is a 1999 graduate of Independence High School (Kan.) and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management from Pittsburg State. He is a field engineer for Crossland Construction Company Inc.

The couple plan an Oct. 10, 2009, wedding in Joplin, Mo.