Acorn Montessori School

2009-2010 Teaching Starting Line Up

Site Director Acorn Main:
Mrs. Cynthia Johnson

Site Director Acorn West:
Mrs. Dawn Grantham

Preschool 6:30a - 6:00p, Room W6
Lead Teacher - Sheryl Sullivan
Maria Garcia, Danielle Mitea, Megan Ayres

Pre-K 6:30a - 6:00p, Room W5
Lead Teacher - Araceli Orozco
Samantha Bethany, Lina Marin

Kindergarten 8:30a - 2:30p, Room W4
Lead Teachers -Lacy Peterson
Susan Cedar, Ben Kastelic

Kindergarten 8:30a - 2:30p, Room W2
Lead Teacher - Kendal Healey
Nancy Godinez, Anthony Dexter

1st Grade 8:30a - 2:30p, Room W3
Lead Teacher - Kristin Cobb
Elizabeth Gaskins, Sara Alanis

1st Grade 8:30a - 2:30p, Room W1
Lead Teacher - Linda Neville
Bertha Ramos, Jeremy Hust

2nd Grade 8:30a - 3:00p, Room M1
Lead Teacher - Kristin Healey
Jackson Campbell

2nd Grade 8:30a - 3:00p, Room M3
Lead Teacher - Sandra Ehlert
Linda Morris

3rd Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M4
Lead Teacher -Richard Matthew
Renee Ill

3rd/4th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M2
Lead Teacher - Wendi Akins
Annette Davies-House

4th/5th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M8
Lead Teacher - Wendy Daughetee
Erin Mitchell

5th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M6
Lead Teacher - Karisa Reed / Karen Fisher

6th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M10
Lead Teacher - Jennifer Lattin
Gus Patrick (am), Sophia Jinbo-Doran

7th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room M7
Lead Teacher - Ashlee Copper
Dawn Johnson, Billy Adams

7th/8th Grade 8:00a - 3:30p, Room Middle
Lead Teacher - Beth Dunn
Cristina Carrol, Billy Copper

Enrichment 8:00a - 12:00p, M5
Melissa Fields

LC 8:00a - 3:00p MODA
Karen Willis, Alex Millard, Casey Wilsbach

SEC - 7:30a - 4:00p MODB
Cheryl Detemple, Melissa Fields/ Intervention Testing Coordinator

Interventions
Main Campus - Michelle Simmons
West Campus - Summer Henry

Music
Sky Conwell

Nutrition Program
Food Service Director - Keith Johnson
Kitchen Assistant: Vicenta Ferrari
Debbie Widrick, Theresa Olson, Terri McCracken

Our Preschool teachers undergo ongoing training and professional development in Montessori education. All our Charter Lead teachers are Arizona Certified and highly qualified. Our teachers take a comprehensive educational approach to:

Help students experience the excitement of learning;
Motivate a natural curiosity from within;
Cultivate a desire to learn.

The American Montessori Society states:

"Montessori teachers know that children learn more by touching, seeing, smelling, tasting, and exploring than just by listening. Teacher training prepares them to create dynamic interactive learning environments that encourage each child to reason, cooperate, collaborate, negotiate, and to understand."

All our Charter teachers are Arizona State Certified
CPR and First Aid certified staff
Montessori trained staff with 16 yrsexperience
Specialized training in Early ChildhoodEducation
Child Development background

Teachers receive ongoing quarterly training

Student ratio meets State of Arizona requirements

Certified Arizona State Standards

Acorn Montessori Charter Schools, in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Education, provides Gifted Education

Member of the National Center of Montessori Education since 1988