Lower Elementary

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Malindi Chesnut-Tangerman

18 Jul 2022By
Malindi (she/her) will be joining the Hilltop community this year as the Social Emotional Learning Coordinator and lower elementary assistant teacher. Born and raised in Vermont, Malindi was home schooled until 5th grade and feels the values of Montessori were integral to her early education. After graduating from Hamilton College with a degree in Anthropology...
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18
Jul

Akari Stimler

12 Jul 2021By
Akari is excited to join Hilltop this fall as a Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher! She just spent the past school year teaching first grade at a local charter school in Brooklyn, New York where she was born and raised. Before teaching first grade, Akari attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and got her undergraduate degree...
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12
Jul

Wendy Lynde

14 Jan 2021By
Wendy is our in-house Learning Specialist Director. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education and is a certified Wilson Reading Instructor. She has been teaching for over 30 years including more than 20 years working with children who need additional support in order for them to be successful in the classroom. Her Special Education...
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14
Jan

Jay Cook

14 Jan 2021By
Jay has been the school’s musical pied piper since 1996! He has a BA in Music from Middlebury College and plays an array of instruments. Jay enjoys instrumental and vocal improvisation, and plays bass, keyboard and sings with his bands, Jazzberry Jam and Hipfunk Associates. He introduces rhythm, movement and song to our youngest students;...
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14
Jan

Jade Harmon

14 Jan 2021By
Jade joined the Hilltop community as Elementary Art Teacher in 2018, joyously providing a TAB-inspired (Teaching for Artistic Behavior) studio space that resonates beautifully with Montessori philosophy. In their art studio, students behave as true artists: choosing their project and media, practicing techniques, and exploring their unique artistic voice. Students create in a supported, gently...
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14
Jan

Kerstin Kjellberg

14 Jan 2021By
Kerstin joined Hilltop in the Lower Elementary in 2010. She holds a BA in English Literature from Clark University and completed her 6-9 Montessori teacher training during the summer of 2013 at the Center for Montessori Teacher Education (CMTE). Kerstin also has her certification in elementary Waldorf education. She attended the Enfield Montessori School in...
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14
Jan