About GTMS:

Guiding the children’s natural desire to learn.

We’re drawn together from many backgrounds, all with unique experience to share. United by rigorous training in the creative, scientific Montessori system, our mission as a dedicated community of educators is to impart the lasting gift of curiosity to our children, because they hold the future in their hands.

Administration

Sarah Sweeney-Denham

Head of School

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Emily Bittner

Montessori Director & Dean of Faculty

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Lisa Dissinger

Child Psychologist

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Eileen Doyle

Senior Administrative Assistant

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Deb Edmonds

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Head of School

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Erika Goldberg

Parent ’00
Co-Director of Enrollment Management & Constituent Relations

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Julie Kaeli

Parent ’12, ’14
Co-Director of Enrollment Management & Constituent Relations

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David Hudson

Director of Facilities

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Nicole Leapheart

Parent ’14
Director of Technology, Media, & Marketing

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Amanda Reath

Director of Development

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Lead Teachers

Anne Ascherio

Primary Lead Teacher

Katie Brown

Primary Lead Teacher

Amanda Cunningham

Primary ADM Lead Teacher

Shelby Feldman

Lower Elementary Lead Teacher

Naeemah Harvey

Toddler Lead Teacher

Renee Jones

Primary Lead Teacher

Maggie McCaffrey

Primary ADM Lead Teacher and Primary Coordinator

Desiree McNeill

Parent ’08
Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Michelle Nowacky

Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Brandon Och

Parent ’31
Lower Elementary Lead Teacher

Olivia Powers

Montessori & Me Lead Teacher

Cherise Sistrunk

Summer Camp Director and Toddler Lead Teacher

Patrick Sutch

Primary Coordinator and Primary Lead Teacher

Dominique Wells-Moats

Toddler ADM Lead Teacher

Assistants & Specialists

Artemis Abella

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Milo Alvarez-Binkowski

Primary ADM Lead Assistant (PM)

Anne Ascherio

Primary Lead Teacher

Shawn Bankoff

Toddler ADM Lead Assistant (PM)

Julia Basnage

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (PM)

Sherri Bevenour

Primary Assistant Teacher

Emily Bittner

Montessori Director & Dean of Faculty

Maitia Branch

Auxiliary Assistant

Katie Brown

Primary Lead Teacher

Erin Buonadonna

Parent ’15, ’22
Primary Assistant Teacher

Bailey Campbell

Primary ADM Assistant

Abigail Charernsook

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Bridget Connor

Toddler ADM Lead Assistant (PM)

Alexis Crum

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Sophia Cucinotta

Auxiliary Assistant

Amanda Cunningham

Primary ADM Lead Teacher

Mambs Denham

Auxiliary Assistant

Keagan Farr

Auxiliary Assistant

Alexandra Farrell

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (AM)

Shelby Feldman

Lower Elementary Lead Teacher

Cara Fiordimondo

Primary Assistant Teacher

Brittany Gray

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Naeemah Harvey

Toddler Lead Teacher

Ruby Joy Idalee

Primary ADM Assistant

Renee Jones

Primary Lead Teacher

Channing Klein

Primary ADM Assistant

Aamari Mason

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (AM)

Maggie McCaffrey

Primary ADM Lead Teacher and Primary Coordinator

Charles McManus

Primary ADM Assistant

Desiree McNeill

Parent ’08
Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Maria Meredith

Primary ADM Assistant

Diana Mousetis

Art Enrichment

Michelle Nowacky

Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Brandon Och

Parent ’31
Lower Elementary Lead Teacher

Sara Perito

Primary Assistant Teacher

Olivia Powers

Montessori & Me Lead Teacher

Divya Raghuraman

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Eliza Ruder

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (AM)

Liz Ruelle

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Madeline Shuron

Movement Enrichment

Kim Siegel

Parent ’18, ’19
School Chef

Cherise Sistrunk

Summer Camp Director and Toddler Lead Teacher

Patrick Sutch

Primary Coordinator and Primary Lead Teacher

Sarah Sweeney-Denham

Head of School

Diane Tichenor

Primary ADM Assistant

Gabby Vittor

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Dominique Wells-Moats

Toddler ADM Lead Teacher

Allison Wiedman

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Coordinator and Primary ADM Assistant

Naoki Yoshida

Toddler ADM Lead Assistant (PM)

We all have the same goal in mind. It’s the children…putting them on a path to success. Cherise Sistrunk Lead Teacher