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Michele's Montessori School
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Michele Parker (Miss Michele)
Michele is the Director of our school. She graduated from Sienna Heights University with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science. She then attended the New England Montessori Teacher Education Center in Boston for her Preprimary Montessori Certification and did a year internship under Sister Anthonita Porta in Adrian, MI.
After graduation she moved to Midland and has taught Montessori for over 36 years including 15 years at a local Montessori before opening her own school in 1999. During this tenure she has also trained and monitored dozens of Montessori interns as they worked toward becoming Montessori teachers. In addition to her work with interns, she has also been a Montessori consultant helping some Mid-Michigan Montessori area schools as they prepared to open their doors. She continues to attend conferences, meetings and seminars to keep current in the Montessori method and Early Childhood Education. |
Tammy Cassidy (Miss Tammy)
Miss Tammy has been with our school for the past year. She was a former employee of Midland Public Schools, where she worked as a paraprofessional at Chestnut Hill Elementary. She worked with special needs children in both the general ED classes and within the CI Program. Born and raised in Mt. Pleasant she attended Central Michigan University and received her Bachelors of Applied Art Degree. She currently completed her Montessori Certification to become a Lead Teacher. After becoming a mother, 12 years ago, working with children became her passion. She looks forward to getting to know the children and watching them grow throughout the school year. |
Roxana Stevens (Miss Rox)
Roxana has been teaching at Michele's Montessori for 19 years. She routinely pursues educational research by attending conferences and lectures. Roxana adds a special flare to the School. She has a love for cooking as well as reading to the children Pam Wolfgang (Miss Pam)
Before starting at Michele's Montessori Pam worked in the Merrill School District in the preschool and summer programs. She was also a Nanny for 18 years working with two different families during that time frame. Pam looks forward to sharing each day with the children as she starts her 9th year adventure here at Michele's Montessori. |
Nancy Grubich (Miss Nancy)
Nancy joined our staff 9 years ago and works in the office here at the school. Educated in Child Development at Montana State University, she has teaching and administrative background in Preschool, Childcare and Montessori School settings. Nancy has been involved in the education and care of young children for 39 years. She enjoys helping the families of Michele's Montessori within her position.
Caitlyn McPhillips (Miss Caitlyn)
Caitlyn is an Assistant Teacher at Michele's Montessori. She has a younger brother and sister who are now 10 and 11 years old, and started her Childcare experience at the age of 12 by caring for them.
She is a licensed Behavior Technician which has given her the opportunity to work with a multitude of amazing children who have various special needs and behavioral challenges. She has attended Central Michigan University, taking classes in Family Studies and Early Childhood Development. She has dedicated her life to helping children. It is one of her biggest passions and sources of happiness. In her position at Michele's Montessori she always looks forward to meeting new children and being their teacher, friend and playmate. |
Heather Hoppenjan (Miss Heather) |
Lindsay Brogger (Miss Lindsay) |
Miss Heather came to Michele's Montessori after working in the Midland Public School system within the ESA Department for one year and then as a paraprofessional in Special Education at Chestnut Hill for three years. Heather moved to Midland from Wisconsin where she had her own In-Home Daycare business and cared for her own children. She has a passion for working with children and feels very fortunate to have the opportunity to work here at Michele's Montessori. |
Lindsay is a returning staff member who worked at the school from 2001-2011. Working with children since 1999 she is a married mother of three gorgeous girls and is busy working towards her CDA to add on to her Montessori Teaching Certification. While not working at Michele’s she was employed by Saginaw ISD for 3 years and also spent 1 year as a Lead Teacher at Head Start. Because of her love of Montessori, Lindsay is excited to be returning to share her love of learning with a new students. |
Sarah Rogers (Miss Sarah)
Miss Sarah was born and raised in Sanford, Michigan. She attended Grand Valley State University where she earned her degree in Integrated Science with a minor in Elementary Education.
Sarah moved to Houston, Texas in 2009 and began teaching 2nd, 4th and 5th graders. Returning to Michigan in 2018 she has taught Pre-K through 9th grade before joining our staff this Spring. She is looking forward to spending time with the children of Michele’s Montessori School, teaching them the fundamentals that they need to be successful. |
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