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

Co-Director of Enrollment Management & Constituent Relations

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Julie Kaeli

Co-Director of Enrollment Management & Constituent Relations

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David Hudson

Director of Facilities

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Nicole Leapheart

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

Jen Bonwell

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

Maggie McCaffrey

Primary ADM Lead Teacher and Primary Coordinator

Desiree McNeill

Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Michelle Nowacky

Toddler Coordinator and Toddler Lead Teacher

Brandon Och

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 Assistant

Shawn Bankoff

Primary ADM Assistant

Sherri Bevenour

Primary Assistant Teacher

Erin Buonadonna

Primary Assistant Teacher

Bridget Connor

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (AM)

Alexis Crum

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Keagan Farr

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Alexandra Farrell

Auxiliary Assistant

Cara Fiordimondo

Primary Assistant Teacher

Jamie Gray Gillette

Primary ADM Assistant

Trey Huff-Pyett

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (PM)

Sara Mahan

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Diana Mousetis

Art Enrichment

Sara Pasquarello

Primary Assistant Teacher

Liz Ruelle

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Rose Schonfeld

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Kim Siegel

School Chef

Marissa Turner

Toddler Assistant Teacher

Allison Wiedman

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

Naoki Yoshida

Toddler ADM Assistant Teacher (AM)

Ricky Young

Auxiliary Assistant

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