About Our School
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Nuestros guías líderes
Guía Líder
Maestra Líder Fundadora y Guía Primaria
Jeana Olszewski began her Montessori career teaching in a 3-6 classroom in Dayton Public Schools. After taking some time off to be with her four children, she returned to Montessori as a lower elementary teacher at The Good Shepherd Catholic Montessori School in Cincinnati. She spent nine years there, and three years ago moved into a Montessori curriculum specialist role for a small group of schools north of Cincinnati. She is AMS credentialed in early childhood and lower elementary, is state certified for kindergarten to third grade, and holds a Master’s Degree in education. She is passionate about Montessori education and is thrilled to be a part of the first Wildflower school in Ohio.
Guía Líder
Maestra LÃder Fundadora y GuÃa Primaria
Amy Hruschak began teaching Montessori in 3-6 classrooms in 2012. She has worked in private Montessori schools in the northern Cincinnati area. She has a Master's of Education in Montessori from Xavier University and is AMS credentialed for ages 3-6, as well as licensed in the state of Ohio for kindergarten to third grade. Amy was drawn to Montessori after a career in journalism that included designing pages and writing headlines for The Cincinnati Enquirer. She has a daughter at Azalea Elementary. She was thrilled to join Azalea in its third year of existence and is committed to serving our Norwood neighborhood!
Nuestro equipo
All of our classroom teachers have Montessori certifications for our age group. All of teachers have undergone federal and state background checks, as well as training in CPR and first aid.
Personal
Asistente
Souad is a Montessori teacher with decades of experience who has spent most of her career working in a Montessori school in northern Cincinnati. She leads our kindergartners in our handwriting program and afternoon enrichment activities. She has her Montessori Teaching Certification for ages 3-6 from the Greater Cincinnati Center for Montessori Education, as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New York Institute of Technology. Prior to becoming a Montessori teacher, Souad taught art to children. She loves cooking and is excited to have a kitchen in our new location for food projects with the children!
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Emma Baldwin grew up on a farm in Liberty, Indiana, and was homeschooled until she was a freshman in high school. She is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and works as an instructor at summer language camps for children ages 6-16. Emma completed her AMS Montessori Certification at Greater Cincinnati Center for Montessori Education (GCCME). Emma started her Montessori journey at Southwest Montessori in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has also worked at Montessori school outside Dayton. She joined Azalea in its second year and works both in the Montessori classroom and in the Azalea Grows program with Erin. Her baby girl is a future Azalea!
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Erin has nurtured a love for the outdoors since she was a child and now finds great joy sharing this love with others through our Azalea Grows outdoor education program. She has taught nature education for 16 years, ever since she earned a Naturalist Certification at the Morton Arboretum in Illinois. When she moved to Cincinnati in 2011, she started Norwood Grows, which taught garden, culinary, art, and nature-based skills to children. She and her husband, Robert, also ran Moriah Pie for 8 years, a pay-as-you-can pizza restaurant that used only the food they grew in gardens around the neighborhood. In 2020, they opened For the Life of the World Cafe, which now serves pay-as-you-can breakfast one block from Azalea. Her two children attend Azalea.
El niño que ha sentido un fuerte amor por su entorno y por todas las criaturas vivientes, que ha descubierto la alegrÃa y el entusiasmo en el trabajo, nos da motivos para esperar que la humanidad pueda desarrollarse en una nueva dirección.
- Dra. MarÃa Montessori
