Meet Our Staff
The teachers at MCHL are trained professionals who bring years of experience, as well as compassion, into the classroom every day. All of the lead teachers are Montessori certified. The entire staff is first aid and CPR certified and take classes annually to ensure they are kept abreast of current practices in the field of early childhood education. MCHL is proud of the fact that more than half of its staff of forty have been at MCHL for over ten years. Though richly diverse in their individual backgrounds, all of the staff are united in creating a nurturing and fun home away from home for the children in their care.
Administration
Rupina Jadeja
Director/Co-Owner
Marcia Vaughn
Office Manager
Katie Benishek
Student Accounts
Lower Elementary
Lucyann Shortess
Lead Lower Elementary Teacher
Room 1
Early Childhood
Donna Rose
Lead Primary Teacher Room 2
Sianny Schira
Assistant Primary Teacher
Room 2
Jyoti Kanitkar
Lead Primary Teacher
Room 3
Hung Klemens
Assistant Primary Teacher
Room 3
Genny Jackson
Lead Primary Teacher
Room 4
Lia Revollo
Assistant Primary Teacher
Room 4
Lindsey Patterson
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 7
Kindergarten Teacher
PTA Teacher Representative
Katie Benishek
Assistant Primary Teacher
Room 7
Carrie Lentz
Lead Primary
Teacher Room 8
Kindergarten Teacher
Kathy Benishek
Assistant Primary Teacher
Room 8
Veronica Zangeneh
Primary Floater
Cleide Burton
Primary FLoater
Toddlers
Zar Amin
Lead Toddler Teacher
Room 9
Marcela Vasquez
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 9
Luz Garcia
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 9
ZeeZee Ayazi
Afternoon Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 9
Shazia Abbasi
Lead Toddler Teacher
Room 10
Olivia McMenamin
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 10
Abegail Dahal
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 10
Fozia Saeed
Afternoon Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 10
Molly Wilt
Lead Toddler Teacher
Room 11
Deicy Lopez
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 11
Cleide Burton
Assistant Toddler Teacher
Room 11
Kathy Darsh
Toddler Floater
Infants
Marwa Osman
Lead Infant Teacher
Room 12
Labina Wardak
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Fariba Sarzestani Yazdani
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Sovieth Guerrero
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Huria Aryan
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Martha Jara
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Iliana Hernandez
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Roxana Ferrel
Assistant Infant Teacher
Room 12
Enrichment
Yasmin Ponte-Trujillo
Spanish/Yoga/ Toddler Zumbini
Lisa Li
Mandarin Teacher
Genny Jackson
Computer Teacher
Elizabeth Leach
Art Teacher
Extended Day
Nishi Mathur
Room 6
Elif Tuncyurek
Room 6
Jennifer Choque-Cruz
Room 6
Fariba Sarzestani Yazdani
Deicy Lopez
Toddler Program
ZeeZee Ayazi
Toddler Program
Abegail Dahal
Toddler Program
Fozia Saeed
Toddler Program
Contact Info
Address:
880 W Church Rd
Sterling, VA 20164
Phone: (703) 421-1112
Fax: (703) 421-9356
E-mail: info@mchl.org
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