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,…
Shawnnee Zimmerman
Summer Camp Coordinator, EEC Coordinator, and 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…
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…
Cassondra Basile
Children's House 2 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…
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…
Morgan Caldwell
Children's House 3 Assistant Teacher
Morgan Caldwell currently works as the assistant in the Children's House 3 classroom. Previously, she supporting teachers’ lunch breaks, helped with supervision in the nap…
Katy Parker
Lower Elementary Lead Teacher
Katy Parker (she/her) joined Summit Montessori in the fall of 2024, and is the lead guide in Lower Elementary. She was introduced to her first…
Marwa ElBakly
Lower Elementary Teacher
Marwa is thrilled to be part of the community at Summit Montessori School, having joined the team in August 2025. Her journey in education began…
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…
Sadie Hunter
PE, AfterCare and Classroom Support Teacher
Sadie is an educator moving to Roslindale from Burington, Vermont and is excited to join the Summit team! For the past 4 years she's been…
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…
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…
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…