The Best Staff
All staff are required, to have a background in Early Childhood Education through college certification and/or experience. All staff required to complete 6 hours of Early Childhood training each school year. All staff members are required to maintain current infant, child and adult First Aid, CPR, and AED certification. All staff members are required to have a signed doctor’s health report that states they are free from any disease or disability which would prevent them from working with children.
All staff members undergo extensive criminal background checks through the Virginia State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Virginia Department of Social Services certifying that they have no criminal record.
All programs (Infant-Fours) operate with two staff members present in the classroom at all times, a Lead Teacher and an Assistant. Our staff encourages active learning where our students make choices so that they can explore, play, and problem solve. Activities are considered for the children’s enjoyment, interest, control, probability of success, and feelings of competence and self-confidence.
Infants’ Class

June Brunk
Lead Teacher
Infants’ Class

Julie Gallagher
Lead Teacher
Infants’ Class

Olivia DiLauro
Assistant Teacher
Infants’ Class
One’s Class

Virginia Anderson
Lead Teacher
One’s Class

Maria Wickham
Lead Teacher
Ones’ Class

Stacey Seale
Assistant Teacher
Ones’ Class
Twos’ Class

Michele Aimonetti
Lead Teacher
Young Twos’ Class

Vicki Novak
Assistant Teacher
Young Twos’ Class
Twos+’ Class

Lillian Peake
Lead Teacher
Twos+’ Class

Winter Robertson
Assistant Teacher
Twos+’ Class
Threes’ Class

Karen Brunk
Lead Teacher
Threes’ Class

Martha Wheeler
Lead Teacher
Threes’ Class

Kristin Purnell
Assisant Teacher
Threes’ Class

Carleen Sharpe
Assisant Teacher
Threes’ Class
Fours’ Class

Mandy Culley
Lead Teacher
Fours’ Class

Jane Zhou-Hodges
Assistant Teacher
Fours’ Class
Aftercare

Emerald Downey
After Care Teacher

Greta Gearhart
After Care Teacher

Alyssa Jamison
After Care Teacher

Morgan McMillion
After Care Teacher

Alesha Stanley
After Care Teacher

Jessica Kelley
After Care Teacher

Alice Light
Director

Lori Privott
Assistant Director