The children walk away with a wonderfully memorable Pre-K experience that sets the tone for a lifelong love of learning and a passion for helping others.
Pre-Kindergarten Lead Teacher
What three adjectives would you use to describe your classroom?
Loving, Fun, Kinetic
What do you love about Shipley?
The appreciation for creativity and acceptance of the individual. The faculty and staff are wonderful people to work with: supportive, kind, and available. Shipley is a school in service for the benefit of those less fortunate.
What inspired you to choose education?
The love of working with children. I’m inspired to provide different approaches for a child to learn.
What is your favorite lesson, project, or activity? Why?
Introducing Artist of the Month, where social studies, oral language/vocabulary development, spatial visualization development and the exploration of new concepts, cooperation, and problem-solving skills are addressed all in one lesson! My favorite artist? Why, Jackson Pollock of course!
Where else can a child be allowed to freely splatter paint while trying their hand at painting like Pollock?
What is your year-end goal for every student who walks into your classroom?
The children walking away with a wonderfully memorable Pre-K experience that sets the tone for a lifelong love of learning and a passion for helping others.
What is your favorite food?
Coconut Cake!
Are you married and/or do you have children?
I am married to a former Shipley Colleague (1980-82). I have three children and a grandson.... and I’m only 29!
Do you have any pets?
Pets?! It’s like a farm at our home! Ella, a mini-labradoodle puppy, Patches the cat, Ovo the lop-eared rabbit, and Mr. Ponchez the gecko.
The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.