Preschool/Early Childhood Teachers for the 2009-2010 year

Dear Parents and Friends,

Anchorage Montessori School would like to announce our Preschool/Early Childhood Teachers for the 2009-2010 year.

First of all we bid a fond adieu to Amy (Butler) Sarafin and Shirley Miller.

Amy Sarafin has submitted her resignation due to the anticipated arrival of her new baby in a few months.

Shirley Miller has decided to submit her resignation and to retire after six years of service as both a teacher and interim executive director.

Both of these ladies will be missed on our faculty. We are grateful for their years of service to our school.

Fortunately we’ve been able to retain, promote, and hire other wonderful teachers to carry on our strong Montessori heritage.

Teresa Green will be serving as the Lead Teacher in our Full-Day Preschool program. Teresa has a BA and is working on her MA. She’s had five years of experience as a Montessori teacher at the preschool level in addition to five years of experience in public schools in Georgia. She’s driving up the Alcan with her husband in their RV and will be here for our inservice week.

Tracy Stafford has been hired as our Kindergarten/ Extended Day teacher. Tracy has a BA and is an experienced/certified Montessori teacher at the lower elementary level from Houston, Texas.

Terre Obrochta will be interning in the Daisy Room with ten children in the morning and continuing with her Elementary Spanish and Physical Education lessons in the afternoon. Tere is currently enrolled in a Masters level education program leading towards her Montessori certification at Chaminade University.

Jennifer Wagner has completed her Montessori training at Montessori Training of Southern Nevada and has been promoted to the Fireweed Room with 20 students morning and afternoon.

Our Director of Education Angela Knowlton will also be teaching in the Wild Iris Room with ten children.

Micha Thompson will return to the Prickly Rose Room with 20 children morning and afternoon.

Overall this appears to be a very capable corps of teachers for our Preschool classes. If you have any questions or requests regarding the placement of your child(ren) please contact the school.

Sincerely,

Stephen O’Brien
Executive Director

Dear AMS Families,

As many of you know, we have chosen to make our AMS School Store larger to support the growing needs for AMS scholarships. To make this store a success, we need your help!

Store Inventory:

• What would you like to buy at the AMS School Store? AMS shirts, hats, water bottles, etc...
• Do you have an idea for holiday gifts?

Promotion:
Can you or someone you know help us design a flyer to sell the new items in the store?

Please contact me, Tonya Belanger (AMS Front Desk), if you have any ideas or would like to help us with the store.
anchorage.montessori@acsalaska.net
907-276-2240

Thank you!

Dear Parents and Friends,

We're pleased to inform you that we've hired a full-day preschool teacher for our upcoming year. Teresa Green is from Reynolds, Georgia. She has a BS degree from Mercer University in Education and received her Montessori training at St. Nicholas College of London. She's currently working on her Masters Degree at Western Governors University. She's accumulated five years of Montessori experience in addition to five years of public school experience. Teresa and her husband are tentatively planning on driving their RV up to Anchorage and should be here in early August.

I also wanted to let everyone know that our new upper elementary teacher, Kourtney, did find a place to live. She arrived last week -July 16th.

We're all looking forward to welcoming them both to our faculty.

Sincerely,
Stephen O'Brien
Executive Director