Our Team
Ms. Neha
Head of School
Ms. Neha has been at the Montessori Children’s School since 2016. She has been an Assistant teacher, a Lead Teacher and has been the Head of School since 2019. Ms. Neha has a Montessori primary diploma from the International Montessori Council. She is a Positive Discipline trainer for Parents.
Ms. Adiya
Cohort Lead Teacher
Ms. Adiya has been at the Montessori Children’s School since 2017. She has been an Assistant teacher, our Nature teacher and Lead Teacher. Ms. Adiya has a Montessori primary diploma from the American Montessori Society.
Ms. Deb
Cohort Lead Teacher
Ms. Deb has been at the Montessori Children’s School since 2013. She has been an Assistant teacher and Lead Teacher. Ms. Deb has a Montessori primary diploma from the American Montessori Society.
Ms. Emily
Art Teacher
Ms. Emily joined our school in August 2022. She comes to us with 10 years experience teaching in the local Lebanon school district. As an avid artist and educator Ms. Emily has her N.H. art certification, general education elementary certification and a Masters in Education. With a degree in Cultural Anthropology, Ms. Emily loves to combine cultures from around the world and throughout history into her art lessons. Ms. Emily has also been a faculty member of the AVA art gallery since 2008. There she has run numerous camps and helps run AVA’s Saturday CAOS program.
Ms. Kim
Cohort Lead Teacher
Ms. Kim has been at the Montessori Children’s School since 2016. She has been our Nature teacher, an Assistant teacher and Lead Teacher in the West Classroom. Ms. Kim has a Montessori primary diploma from the American Montessori Society.
Ms. Mary Ann
Assistant Teacher
This is Ms. Mary-Ann's first year as a regular teacher at the school. However, she is a familiar face since 2018, first as a parent, and later on as a substitute teacher during the pandemic. Ms. Mary-Ann has a bachelor's degree in History with a minor in Sociology, and loves encouraging children to become independent thinkers. When she is not in school, Ms Mary-Ann enjoys traveling, hiking, baking, creating photobooks, and making music.
Ms. Michele
Outdoor Education Teacher
Ms. Michele has been at the Montessori Children’s School since 2018. She has been an assistant teacher at our school. This year, she took on the new role of our outdoor education teacher.
Ms. Miranda
Assistant Teacher
Ms. Miranda is brand new at the Montessori Children’s School. She is an assistant teacher and is looking forward to getting to know the children and learning all about the Montessori way.
Ms. Victoria
Music Teacher
Victoria Dobrushina (M.A. of Music) is one of the founders of the Experimental School of Arts in Moscow. She moved to the Upper Valley in 1995 and began teaching piano, recorder, music theory, vocal and instrumental ensembles. Victoria taught at the Concord Community Music School in Concord, NH, and was an accompanist for Concertato Singers at Handel Society of Dartmouth College. She is a pianist at Christian Science Church in Hanover, and an accompanist for choirs at the Marion Cross School in Norwich. In 2017 Victoria founded Trillium Children’s Performing Arts Company to promote appreciation of the performing arts in Upper Valley youth.
Contact
P.O. Box 5606
(67 Trescott Road)
Hanover, NH 03755