TEAM
Our Teachers
Our Lead Teachers’ qualifications and experience exceed that of the state requirements. We are pleased to share that all of our assistant teachers are also teacher qualified. They possess more than 1500 qualifying teacher hours with their age group and as with all of our staff participate in more than 15 hours of annual training of child development and behavior guidance and hold all current certifications/safety training.
About our Team
Owner and Executive Director,
Hollywood Kindergarten Teacher
Allison
I love working with young children because they are so eager to learn and are excited by all the things around them. They are also great teachers; I love coming in each morning knowing that I too will be learning something new. I look forward to each school year as together we create, examine, study, explore, reflect, and laugh. I enjoy the potential of each day, from diving into an experiential art project to revisiting a favorite book, it is sure to be fun and it is sure to be busy.
Program Administrator and Director
Mercedes
I love the community I work in because kids are unassuming, easily excited, and laugh at my jokes! I’ve always had two major facets to my personality: humor and music. I get to incorporate and encourage both things in every single working day. I love having the opportunity to share something new with my class, whether it;s a song, a joke, or a fact about Mars. Mercedes joined us with the opening of Hollywood. As Program Administrator Mercedes works overseeing such things as licensing paperwork, enrollment, and the like and as the master of deadlines and duties. She balances classroom support with her many other roles including new hire onoboarding and licensing with Grant Park admin office as her base
Grant Park Director and Co-Owner
Quinlyn
I love being able to be around children while they get to experience and learn new things. They are so excited to learn and I love that I get to help them in that process. I am always happy to go to work knowing that I will get to play, laugh and learn with my students each day. I believe that children learn best when they are given the opportunity to explore subjects through hands on experience in a nurturing environment.
Hollywood Director and Co-Owner
Natalie
I love the conversations. Whether toddler age or 5, children always have the most honest and authentic language. They see the world in such a fascinating way. Every day it’s as if I’m experiencing things for the first time. We love ending our day at circle discussing our favorite parts of our school day. We stay busy by incorporating our natural world inside our classroom. Using nature to play, to draw, to paint. We are always inspired by our beautiful PNW surroundings! And play! With fall 2020 we were able to recognize all her contributions by extending the director role and co-ownership of Hollywood.