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, 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

Krystal Bell, Pre-Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2006

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

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

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, Pre-Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2005

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

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

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, Kindergarten

Year Appointed: 2006

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

“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, Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2007

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

~ Haitian proverb

Hannah Brewer, Kindergarten Assistant

Year Appointed: 2009

Education:

B.A., English, Wellesley College, 1977.

Teacher Certification, Secondary School English, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1994.

"All I really need to know, I learned in kindergarten."

~ Robert Fulghum

Megan Kiefner, First Grade

Year Appointed: 2010

Education:
B.S., Psychology & Early Childhood Education, James Madision University, 1999.

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

Shelley Campbell, First Grade

Year Appointed: 2010

Education:
M.S., Elementary Education, Old Dominion University.
B.A., Sociology, Randolph Macon College.

Stacey Button, First Grade Assistant

Year Appointed: 2010

Education:
B.S., Business Management, Virginia Wesleyan College, 2009.

“The proof of love is in the works.  Where love exists, it works great things.  But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.” 
~ Pope St. Gregory the Great

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, 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, 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

Brigid Barrineau, Fourth Grade

Year Appointed: 2010

Education:
B.S., Interdisciplinary Studies, Old Dominion University, 2008.

"It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge."
~ Albert Einstein

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