Faculty & Staff

Performing Arts Teacher

Favorite Quote: "The only thing better than singing is more singing." - Ella Fitzgerald

Academic Support Instructor

What I love about teaching: How excited children become when they accomplish something that was once a struggle for them - they realize they can do anything.

Resiliency Consultant

Favorite quote: “It’s good to have an end to journey towards, but it's the journey that matters in the end.” –Ursula LeQuinn

3rd/4th Grade Teacher

I love teaching because it is almost completely impossible to have a truly bad day around these kids. I often wonder who is teaching who?

Middle School Social Studies

"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation." Robert Kennedy

Middle School Math Teacher

Favorite part about teaching: The aha moments have when something makes sense!

Middle School Language Arts Teacher

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity." Amelia Earhart.

4th Grade Teacher & Vice Principal

Favorite quote: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” –Dr. Seuss

Kindergarten Teacher

Recently read: Teach Like Your Hair Was on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56 by Rafe Esquith

Graduate Coordinator

Inspiration: Beechwood's resilient kids inspire me every single day! Their willingness to face challenges with smiles and enthusiasm fills my heart.

Service Learning Coordinator

What I love about teaching: Every day is different and the challenges that arise allow me to use creative problem solving.

Physical Education Teacher

What I love about teaching: Beechwood teachers love what we do and truly care about the well-being of each child. We are focused on producing good students as well as good citizens.

5th Grade Teacher

Favorite Quote: "Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen"- Conan O'Brien

Trans. Kinder/Kindergarten Aide

1st Grade Teacher

Favorite Quote: "Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow"-Anthony J. D'Angelo

Academic Support Instructor

Favorite Quote: "Working hard is important. But there's something that matters even more. Believing in yourself"-Harry Potter

Elementary Aide

Art Teacher

Favorite quote: "You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." - C.S. Lewis

Science Teacher

2nd & 3rd Grade Teacher

Favorite quote: “The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt by the heart.” –Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Kindergarten Prep Teacher

What I love about teaching: To see the children's faces full of excitement after they have learned something new.

Maintenance

Loves: Family, futbol, gardening

Secretary

Loves: Reading, watching movies

Academic Support Coordinator

Favorite Quote: "The job of an educator is to teach students to see vitality in themselves." – Joseph Campbell

Development/Finance Director

Principal

Loves: Family and working with youth. "As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls." Chief Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Librarian & Volunteer Coordinator

What Inspires Me: I draw my inspiration from all the adversity I have faced in my life. What was supposed to break me down has instead made me resilient and has put me on the path towards success and happiness.

Founder; Advisory Board Member

Chair, Advisory Board

Advisory Board Member

Advisory Board Member

Founder; Advisory Board Member