Staff Bio
Miss Adrienne has been the owner/director of the school since 1998. She has worked with children for over 28 years and has studied abroad. She is the Lead Montessori Teacher in the Pre-k classroom (4-5 years) and tends to our organic garden with the kids. She is the mother of two children, four grandbabies and three great-grandbabies.
Miss Athena is Adrienne's daughter and has been with the school since 1999. She is a Pre-k teacher and is the school administrator. Athena has finished her Early Childhood Education courses and is furthering her education in Business Management. She is the mother of three.
Miss Asha has been with us since February 2017. She co-teaches in the Prep class. Miss Asha has been a Montessori teacher for almost 10 years. She was born and raised in Kenya. She moved to London and lived there for nine years before moving to the U.S.A. in 2000. She has two sons. Asha is fluent in Swahili, French, Gujarati and ASL.
Miss Kristi has been with us since April 2017. She is the afternoon teacher. Miss Kristi has been a preschool teacher for 4 years. She has a Communications degree from Chico, and an ECE from Sierra College. She enjoys art of all kinds, especially painting . She loves animals and nature and recently wrote and illustrated a children’s picture book called,”Tree’s Adventure Making New Friends.” Her two children have just graduated from college and are out in the world starting their careers.
Miss Karina has been with us since January 2020. She is our aide and spends time in both classrooms working with the children. Karina helps us keep the school clean and organized. She attends Sierra College working towards a Teaching degree and is bi-lingual. She has helped raise her younger brothers and has been babysitting children for many years. She has a wonderful disposition and enjoys helping in the classrooms.
School Mascots
The Prep class has fish and the Pre-k class has toads. Pepper is our guinea pig, his home is in the Pre-k class. The children love visiting with our pets and helping us take care of them.
* All of the staff are fingerprinted and the teachers are trained in CPR and First Aid.
Miss Athena is Adrienne's daughter and has been with the school since 1999. She is a Pre-k teacher and is the school administrator. Athena has finished her Early Childhood Education courses and is furthering her education in Business Management. She is the mother of three.
Miss Asha has been with us since February 2017. She co-teaches in the Prep class. Miss Asha has been a Montessori teacher for almost 10 years. She was born and raised in Kenya. She moved to London and lived there for nine years before moving to the U.S.A. in 2000. She has two sons. Asha is fluent in Swahili, French, Gujarati and ASL.
Miss Kristi has been with us since April 2017. She is the afternoon teacher. Miss Kristi has been a preschool teacher for 4 years. She has a Communications degree from Chico, and an ECE from Sierra College. She enjoys art of all kinds, especially painting . She loves animals and nature and recently wrote and illustrated a children’s picture book called,”Tree’s Adventure Making New Friends.” Her two children have just graduated from college and are out in the world starting their careers.
Miss Karina has been with us since January 2020. She is our aide and spends time in both classrooms working with the children. Karina helps us keep the school clean and organized. She attends Sierra College working towards a Teaching degree and is bi-lingual. She has helped raise her younger brothers and has been babysitting children for many years. She has a wonderful disposition and enjoys helping in the classrooms.
School Mascots
The Prep class has fish and the Pre-k class has toads. Pepper is our guinea pig, his home is in the Pre-k class. The children love visiting with our pets and helping us take care of them.
* All of the staff are fingerprinted and the teachers are trained in CPR and First Aid.
