Directory
Kira Donnelly
Head of School
After an extensive search, Kira Donnelly was unanimously chosen as Summit's next Head of School. Among the many strengths in Kira’s rich background of educational…
Treva Howard
Office and Communications Coordinator
Treva Howard has been working at Summit Montessori School since 2022 as the Office and Communications Coordinator. Prior to her work at Summit, she has…
Maddy Kinney
School Nurse
Maddy is the new school nurse at Summit Montessori School. She first started working with children when she was sixteen years old as part of…
Chris Hui
Director of Finance and Operations
Chris has worked as a financial controller (Leading Edge After School, Springboard Schools) and as Director of Finance and Administration (Shriver Job Corps). In these…
Henry Fournier
Maintenance Technician
Henry graduated from SUNY Fredonia with a BA in psychology and a BA for vocal performance. He has never used these degrees and instead got…
Rebecca Crawford
Director of Advancement
Rebecca Crawford (she/her) has served in the education non-profit sector since 2003 as a teacher, administrator, and fundraiser. She first joined the Summit community in…
Ali Nash
Assistant Director of Advancement
Ali Nash (she/her) started working at Summit in 2022 in the Advancement Office. She loves the Montessori approach of "following the child," how the size…
Ellen Fitzpatrick
Coordinator of Support Services/Learning Specialist
Ellen Fitzpatrick (she/her) joins us as our Learning Specialist. Ellen has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary and Special Education from Providence College, with a Master’s…
Pam Warren
Reading Specialist
Pam Warren joined Summit Montessori as our Orton Gillingham Reading/Writing Support Teacher in 2017. Pam completed her OG training at the Carroll School in 2010…
Patrick Francois
AfterCare Director and Support Teacher
Patrick has twelve years of experience in early childhood education and child care, having served as a lead teacher at the Technology Center in Cambridge,…
Nora Carbonneau
Beginners 1 Lead Teacher and Co-Level Coordinator
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Nora is a certified language instructor who learned about the Montessori philosophy when her three children attended Montessori schools. She…
Lise Lorimer
Beginners 1 Assistant Teacher
In addition to being a parent of two students, Lise brings an impressive background in teaching as a horticulturalist and garden educator (MA Horticultural Society…
Beth Thibault
Beginners 2 Lead Teacher and Co-Level Coordinator
Beth (she/her) has been involved in early childhood education guiding young children since 2000. Starting as an assistant teacher at a private preschool, as well…
Cassandra Escoto
Beginners 2 Assistant Teacher
Cassandra Escoto is an Assistant Teacher in Beginners II and also assists in the Aftercare Program. She is a graduate of Waltham High, attended Regis College…
Lumpoon Sungkharom
Children's House 1 Co-Lead Teacher
Lumpoon (she/her) brings a unique background and set of experiences to Summit. She is originally from Thailand, though has lived in the United States for more…
Adriana McLaughlin
Children's House 1 Co-Lead Teacher
Adriana is a highly experienced Montessori teacher who most recently served for 9 years as a Lead Children’s House Teacher at the Riverbend School in…
Marian Wallace
Children's House 2 Co-Lead Teacher and Level Coordinator
Marian holds an American Montessori Society (AMS) Primary classroom teaching certificate, as well as a Master's Degree in Education. She has been a lead teacher in…
Cassondra Basile
Children's House 2 Co-Lead Teacher
Cassondra (she/her) holds an AMS Primary Classroom Teaching certificate. Prior to joining Summit in 2023, Cassondra taught for three years at the Dante Alighieri Montessori…
Hiral Desai
Children's House 3 Lead Teacher
Hiral (she/her) joined our Summit community in 2015 and loves being an integral part of shaping the future of our young citizens. Prior to joining…
Elizabeth Love
Children's House 3 Teacher and Summer Camp Coordinator
Liz, an alumni parent, joined Summit in 2012 as an assistant teacher. In 2013 she decided to pursue her deep interest in the Montessori method…
Swetha Seshaiyan
Children's House 3 Teacher
Swetha Seshaiyan completed the Trinity Montessori Education Course (TMEC) in Shanghai, China in June 2018, and worked as a Lead Montessori teacher at the Montessori…
Diana Traylor
Lower Elementary Co-Lead Teacher
Diana comes to Summit with a wealth of in-depth experience in the Montessori world. Diana taught as a Lower El teacher at Lexington Montessori School…
Katy Parker
Lower Elementary Co-Lead Teacher
Kathryn (Katy) Parker joined Summit in the fall of 2024 to serve as the third member of our Lower Elementary teaching team. Katy has the…
Marwa ElBakly
Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher
Marwa ElBakly is originally from Egypt. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alexandria in Egypt with a degree in Oriental…
Hannah Army
Upper Elementary Lead Teacher
Hannah Army joined summit in the Fall of 2021 after teaching for the past eight years as Co-Lead (and then Lead) Upper Elementary teacher at…
Sharlow Hitchcock
Upper Elementary Teacher
Sharlow has worked as an ecology educator at “e” inc. in Boston, at The Ecology School in Poland ME; and as a teacher naturalist at…
Jean Anderson
Naturalist
Jean Anderson joined Summit in 2002. After teaching a 3-year cycle with children ages 3-6, she moved to the Lower Elementary classroom and has found…
Barrett Grizzard
Studio Art Teacher
Barrett Grizzard (she/her) is an artist and art educator who started her Summit journey in 2021. Before that, she taught art for many years at…
David Mingolla
Upper Elementary Physical Education, Support, and AfterCare Teacher
David began his journey at Summit in 2023. He has been teaching the past three years - first as an Assistant Teacher at Venerini Academy…
Lily Ulfelder
Librarian; Support and AfterCare Teacher
Lily has been at Summit since December 2022. She has an interdisciplinary degree in the social sciences, focusing on the sociology of childhood. She has…
Talor Waintrup
Kindergarten and Lower Elementary PE Teacher
Talor Waintrup has been teaching with his company, Lil’ Sports since 2011. He started as a part time instructor, worked his way up to manager,…
Shannon Weckbacher
Spanish Teacher
Shannon Weckbacher, originally from Bogotá, Colombia, is a Political Scientist and holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She…
Cait Winston
Music Teacher
Cait Winston is thrilled to join Summit Montessori as the Music Teacher. Cait is a Vocal Coach and Music Director at several children's theaters in…
Shawnnee Zimmerman
Support Teacher
Shawnnee started her Montessori journey as a parent volunteer for her daughters school and quickly fell in love with the environment. She is attending Southern New Hampshire…
Ishrat Alam
Support and AfterCare Teacher
Ishrat Alam joined the Summit team as a Classroom Support and AfterCare teacher during the summer of 2024. Ishrat has extensive experience as an early childhood…
Morgan Caldwell
Support and AfterCare Teacher
Morgan Caldwell currently works every afternoon in our Children’s House program, supporting teachers’ lunch breaks, helping with supervision in the nap room, and serving as…
