Each fall I look forward to another great year! I am proud that at St. Mary School we are able to live our mission: As followers of Christ, we live as a Catholic community to learn and teach in ways that will help us to educate our minds and nurture our souls. I wish all of you a great school year. If you have any issues throughout the year, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Undergraduate Degree
I am thrilled to be working at St. Mary School. I love our students and staff tremendously. I love teaching the students about God and caring for one another. It’s why I choose to teach in a Catholic school. I hope to pass on my love for God and my religion in my role-modeling and in my interaction with the student body. My philosophy is simple: Treat others the way you want to be treated. Attitude is everything. Respect one another. I hope the children will drop in and visit to say “hi” and let me know if I can help them with anything. I’m here to serve them. After all, isn’t that why all of us were put here on earth – to serve one another?
Associate Degree, Early Childhood Education
I believe play is so important. I encourage the children to use their imagination and their creativity while learning the skills that will lead them to the next level. Come and visit our wonderful facilities.
Cuyahoga Community College
Associate Degree, Early Childhood Development
We provide a happy, safe, nurturing environment where your child can grow emotionally, socially, academically, and spiritually. We share experiences in all Early Learning Content Standards set by the State of Ohio. Our staff offers over 30 years of teaching experience. Visit and grow with us.
Cleveland State University
BS in Early Childhood Education
Baldwin Wallace College
Graduate Courses
Teaching at St. Mary is a great joy and privilege for me! My Catholic faith is very important to me and I love sharing that faith with my students. I enjoy teaching young children because everything is so new and exciting to them.
I believe in encouraging them to explore and experience the world around them and to help them love learning. I think it is important to nurture all aspects of their development including physical, emotional, social, academic, and spiritual. Young children have an enormous capacity to love and I try to help them realize the great love God has for them and how they can share that love with others I believe a kindergarten classroom should be filled with questions, ideas, experiments, solutions, wonder, excitement, faith and joy.
University of Dayton
Magnum Cum Laude Honors in Early Childhood Education
I aim to create an atmosphere that promotes curiosity and determination. I encourage my students to ask questions, to learn from their mistakes, to be creative and to take risks. Each student’s success is celebrated, and they are inspired to be the best they can be. My classroom is a place where students feel important, are respected, and believed in. Teaching is a passion of mine and together I hope we can work collectively and communicate with one another to allow your child to reach his/her potential.
Cleveland State University
B.S. in Early Childhood Education
I am so happy to be teaching second grade. It is a special year as your children grow closer to Jesus and prepare for First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion. I hope that each student will enjoy coming to school and feel loved in our classroom. Each day will be a new adventure in learning and I can’t wait to see the children grow in their Catholic faith and academic knowledge.
UNLV
B.S. in Elementary Education
Regis University
Masters in Education
I believe in four key parts to a child’s education. This includes rigorous academics, social, emotional, and spiritual situations and growth. These four key parts of an education will help to lead my students to be happy, well-rounded, contributing members of society. My job and privilege, is to lead your child along this path.
University of Dayton
B.S. in Education, Middle Childhood Science and Math
I am thrilled to be teaching at St. Mary School. We will explore the curriculum in a hands-on, minds-on manner, infused with catholic values. I have an enthusiasm and love of learning that I hope to share with my students while helping them make discoveries about themselves and the world around them. I take pride in providing the best positive learning environment for my students, which supports them in achieving their personal best.
Baldwin Wallace University
Bachelor Degree
Notre Dame
Teaching Certification
I believe that a teacher is morally obligated to enter the classroom with only the highest expectations for each and every student. I aim to bring an open mind, a positive attitude, and high expectations to the classroom everyday so I can inspire the students to learn these traits and live their lives accordingly.
Baldwin- Wallace College
B.S. in Education, Middle School Math, Science and Reading
Basic Catechist Religion Certification
I believe that every child is a unique individual that needs support, guidance, and a chance to succeed in a stimulating environment. As a middle school teacher, understanding all of my students’ diverse needs is paramount to their success as well as mine. Understanding that my adolescent middle school students need a consistent and fair climate will help to maintain a safe, respectful, and caring atmosphere and will aid the students as they grow and mature, emotionally, intellectually, physically, spiritually, and socially. Children are the future and individually they each bring something distinctive and special to the world which will be recognized and celebrated within my classroom.
Kent State University
B.A. in Psychology
Notre Dame College of Ohio
Teaching Licensure
I strive to promote a classroom atmosphere filled with positive learning experiences. I also encourage opportunities for social growth with a loving rapport toward my students. I emphasize open and meaningful communication as a tool in the educational process. Above all, I feel that development of faith is crucial and at the root of the catholic school experience.
Baldwin-Wallace College
B.S. in Social Studies and Language Arts
Cleveland State University
Master’s in Education
I entered St. Mary School as a student teacher fourteen years ago, and I have been here ever since. I believe that it is my calling to help every child in my class to achieve to be a learner and not a student. The difference for me is that a student attends class and listens. A learner is an active participant in their own education, never says no to a question, and attempts to think through problems before giving up.
Baldwin Wallace College
BS in History
Basic Catechist Certification
I am passionate about technology. Technology is constantly changing and therefore changing the way we live our lives. It plays a prominent role in everything we do each and every day. While we are exposed to and use technology every day, my goal is to focus on enhancing and enriching the students’ learning experience by exploring the ways they use technology. Along with enhancing their learning experience, technology also provides an opportunity for students to develop 21st century skills. They become more than just consumers of content, they learn to demonstrate their knowledge to a vast, but connected world. Students need to be prepared for the future. Being creative, innovative learners will help them adapt to a future world where, quite possibly, the technology they will be working with has yet to be designed.
Ohio University
M.S. in Recreation and Sports Science
Baldwin-Wallace -
B.A. in Physical Education and Athletic Training
I am so excited to be a part of St. Mary School. Physical Education gives students the opportunity to experience fun and learn how to be physically active for a lifetime. Students are able to increase skills and knowledge through a variety of activities. Physical Education teaches students more than just games and being physically active. It teaches them valuable life skills such as respect, teamwork, leadership and goal setting. I am looking forward to seeing the students progress and keep making healthy choices. “A day without laughter is a day wasted” -Charlie Chaplin
University of Puerto Rico
B.S. in Education
Teaching Spanish is my life. My personal style of teaching brings enthusiasm, cultural elements and technology into the classroom to increase learning motivation. I teach with a contagious smile and open personality that helps me to interact with my students as I guide them through their learning process.
Seton Hill University
BM in Sacred Music
I strive for a positive, focused environment where singers and musicians can grow in their musicality, cognitive thinking, focus, time management and other important skills for their futures.
Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
Bachelor’s in Music Performance
University of Akron
Masters in Music, emphasis in Music Theory
It is important for students to explore the world of music. Music allows one to express emotions through what words sometimes cannot describe. It also allows students to experiment with their creative side (how to interpret a passage of music) and play a piece with that idea in mind. When someone creates music out of nothingness, there is a sense of surrealism that makes that performance unique to the student. I like to encourage continual learning and as long as my students are willing to learn about his or her craft, I will never give up on him or her. Music allows us to experience emotions and thoughts through a mental scope that transcends the physical world. That is why I teach and have such a passion for music.
Ashland University
B.S. Special Education Licensed in Developmentally Handicapped Learning Disability, Behavior Disorder and Reading
All children are unique and must have a stimulating educational environment where they can grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. I strive to create an atmosphere where students can meet their full potential both in the inclusion classroom and in the small group class. I provide a safe environment where students are invited to share their ideas and take risks. Every school day I strive to fulfill the 4 C’s: collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking. Students work together to solve problems and discover new ways of learning through collaboration. Both creativity of lesson delivery and creativity in student output provide opportunities for all students to learn and grow. Lines of communication are always open within the classroom and with parents since we all strive for the common goal of educating the students’ minds and nurturing their souls. Lastly critical thinking is fostered through creating a school and classroom environment where we develop 21st century learners through technology, project-based learning, hands on learning, and problem solving. My students are well prepared for the next educational level and for living in the 21st century.