Lower School Faculty

Carlos Betancourt

Carlos Betancourt, Pre-Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2006

Education:
M.A., Early Childhood Education, Towson University, 2006.
B.S., Psychology, Towson University, 2005.

"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth."

~ Helen Caldicott

 

Sarah Betancourt

Sarah Betancourt, Pre-Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2006

Education:
M.Ed.+30, Early Childhood Education, Towson University, 2006.
M.Ed., Early Childhood Education, Towson University, 2003.
B.S., Early Childhood Education, Towson University, 2001.
Certification in Family Studies, Towson University, 2006.

"A great teacher takes a hand, opens a mind…and touches a heart."

~ Author Unknown

Mary Hick

Mary Hick, Pre-Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2006

"Live your life with arms wide open. Today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten."

~ Natasha Beddingfield

Laura Scott

Laura Scott, Pre-Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2005

Education:
B.A., English and Journalism, Old Dominion University, 2000.

"You must do the things you think you cannot do."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Krystal Bell, Pre-Kindergarten Extended Day

Year Appointed: 2006

Education:
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies/Teacher Preparation(Pre-K-6), Old Dominion University, 2009.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
~ Nelson Mandela

Amy Lynch, Pre-Kindergarten Extended Day

Year Appointed: 2009

Education:
B.S., Biology, University of Mary Washington, 1996.

Denyse O'Connor

Denyse O'Connor, Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2005

Education:
B.A., Early Childhood Education/Early Childhood Psychology, Virginia Wesleyan College.

"The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it."

~ Blessed Mother Teresa

Maggie Hammond

Maggie Hammond, Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2006

Education:
B.A., History, Old Dominion University, 2008.

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”

~ Buddha

 

Sharon Neuhaus

Sharon Neuhaus, Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2007

“What the eye does not see, the heart cannot feel.”

~ Haitian proverb

Stephanie Musgrove

Stephanie Musgrove, First Grade

Year Appointed: 2007

Education:
M.S.Ed., Speech Language Pathology, Old Dominion University.
B.S. Ed., Speech Language Pathology, Longwood College.

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” 
~ Anatole France

Deb Bernard Richards, First Grade

Year Appointed: 2008

Education:
B.S., Elementary Education & Psychology, Monmouth University, 2004.
Certification in Elementary Education, K-5.


“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” 
~ Henry David Thoreau

Carrie Suber , First Grade Assistant

Year Appointed: 2008

Education:
M.A., Political Science/International Studies, University of South Florida, 1999.
B.A., Political Science, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1995.

“May you appreciate the wonder that you are and the miracle of all creation.” 
~ Charlene Costanzo

Meg Lasalle

Meg Lassalle, Second Grade

Year Appointed: 2008

Education:
M.Ed., Early Childhood Education, Old Dominion University, 1997.
B.A., Psychology, Marymount University, 1995.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kathy Garris

Kathy Garris, Second Grade

Year Appointed: 2007

Education:
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies/Elementary Education, Old Dominion University.

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One is roots, the other is wings."    

~ Hodding Carter

Susan Bean

Susan Bean, Second Grade Assistant

Year Appointed: 2006

Education:
B.A., English, Old Dominion College, 1968.

"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

~ Abraham Lincoln

Catherine Smith, Third Grade

Year Appointed: 2009

Education:
M.S.Ed., Early Childhood Education, Old Dominion University, 1995.
B.S., Psychology, Longwood College.

Virginia Teacher License NK-4

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you have imagined."
~ Henry David Thoreau


 

Bridget Besgen, Third Grade

Year Appointed: 2009

Education:
M.Ed.+30, Early Childhood Education, National Louis University.
B.A., English, University of Colorado.


"Laugh as much as you breath and love as long as you live."
~ Anonymous

 

 

Rickie Jean Lynch

Rickie Jean Lynch, Fourth Grade

Year Appointed: 2005

Education:
M.S., Reading Education, Old Dominion University, 1993.
B.S., Early Childhood Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1987.

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word — excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."

~ Pearl S. Buck

Teresa Tenney

Teresa Tenney, Fourth Grade

Year Appointed: 2008

Education:
M.Ed., Education (Pre-K - 6th Grade), Old Dominion University, 2008.
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, Old Dominion University, 2006.

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."

~ Aristotle