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Amy Garnsey Amy began her career as a Peace Corps volunteer in Haiti in 1990 after graduating from Millersville University of Pennsylvania with a BS in elementary and early childhood education. Her experience in Haiti led to 14 years of teaching in Palm Beach County public schools, during which she married Barkley and they welcomed children Zoie and Rohin, who inspired the impulse to join with others in pioneering a Waldorf school here in Palm Beach County. Amy is currently in the Waldorf training program at Antioch University in NH where she is pursuing her Master's degree. After several years of working administratively for Sea Star, Amy is thrilled to embark on the journey of Waldorf class teacher. She is team teaching in the first/second grade with Nadja Kranites |
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Joan Hourican Joan holds a MEd in Elementary Education with Waldorf Elementary Certification from Antioch University New England. She is team teaching the 3rd - 4th combination class with Ms. Sazunic and teaches handwork, music, gardening and games. After serving as Program Coordinator at Pine Jog Environmental Education Center of Florida Atlantic University for 18 years, Joan is pleased to bring her love of nature and experiential learning to the classroom. |
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Charissa Johnson Charissa has a true love and appreciation for Waldorf education and the unique experience it provides children. Having grown up in a Waldorf community, attending Waldorf School from Kindergarten through Grade 12, Charissa felt well prepared to go on to attend Bennington College in Vermont where she graduated with a BA in music/songwriting/and voice in 2001. Charissa has made a joyful return back into the Waldorf community, and has begun her third year of working with Sea Star. Miss Charissa is one of the two Parent & Child teachers, as well as Early Childhood Enrollment Coordinator. She is enrolled in the Waldorf Early Childhood Teacher Training Program at Sunbridge Institute in NY, and her five-year-old son attends Ms.Osmer's Kindergarten Class here at Sea Star. |
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Nadja Kranites Nadja Kranites trained in Stuttgart, Germany to become a Waldorf Class Teacher and High School Arts Teacher. After four years of full time education, she graduated in 2005. Since then Ms Kranites has been living in Florida. She is currently co-teaching the First Grade, German, Painting, Clay and is Elementary Chair at Sea Star. Ms. Kranites is married and has a three-year-old son. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, as well as doing arts and crafts and swimming. |
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Rena Osmer Rena has been a Waldorf educator since 1985 and a trainer of Waldorf teachers for 17 years. She holds a M.Ed., is the former director of the Early Childhood Department at Rudolf Steiner College and is one of the pioneers of the Lifeways Program. Rena’s gifts in storytelling, puppetry and domestic arts are complemented by a calm nurturing manner and the wisdom of experience. Ms. Osmer leads our Early Childhood program and is Faculty Chair. |
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Laura Pallan Ms. Sazunic is a native of Argentina, and brings a wealth of teaching experience with children of all ages and abilities. She holds a B.S. of Science in Special Education, and completed her first year of Waldorf teacher training in Argentina. She moved with her husband to Miami four years ago, and soon after, she joined Sea Star Initiative as a substitute teacher and had taught several subjects ever since. She attended a course for Waldorf foreign language teachers in New Hampshire and is currently in her last year of Educational Support Training with the Association for a Healing Education. Ms. Sazunic is team teaching the 3rd - 4th combination class with Ms. Hourican, teaches Spanish, Handwork, Movement and is in charge of Developmental Screenings and 1st Grade Readiness Assessments processes. |
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Stacy Scheile Stacy Scheile graduated in 1996 from the University of Florida with BA in Religion and Psychology Post Bach. She discovered Sea Star and Waldorf education when her daughter Layla, now 4, was 1 1/2, and it was love at first sight. Stacy has been serving Sea Star since the spring of 2011 as the Nursery Assistant. She and her husband Aaron are thrilled with their daughter's school experience at Sea Star, and are proud to play a role in bringing this nurturing and wholistic education to the children of South Florida. |
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Cindy Smith Cindy Smith fell in love with Waldorf education when her daughter, Madison, entered the kindergarten at Sea Star. Her experiences inspired Cindy to become a member of the Sea Star faculty, a team of teachers who make a difference and deep impact in the child's formative years. With a background and education in the healing arts, Cindy brings her many nurturing skills to the care and guidance of young children by assisting in the Morning Glory kindergarten. |
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