Lower School Faculty & Staff

Crissy Cáceres

Director, Lower School

B.A., Wellesley College

M.Ed., University of Pennsylvania

215-576-3959

Alison McCormick

Administrative Assistant, Lower School

A.S., Gwynedd Mercy College

215-576-3960

Jackie Arnold

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Rider College

215-886-4350

Susan Arteaga

Kindergarten Teacher

B.A., Arcadia University

215-886-4350, ext. 4528

David Bass

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

215-886-4350, ext. 4593

Ann Botel-Barnard

Reading Specialist, Lower School

B.S., Temple University

M.S., University of Pennsylvania

215-886-4350, ext. 4587

Jill Bown

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Duke University

J.D., Cornell Law School

M.Ed., Arcadia University

215-886-4350

Jeanne Calloway

First Grade Teacher

B.A., Mt. Holyoke College

M.Ed., Bank Street College of Education

215-886-4350

Felix Chen

Third Grade Teacher

B.A., M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania

215-886-4350, ext. 4543

Cinda Edgerton

First Grade Teacher

B.A., Temple University

215-886-4350, ext. 4523

Karolye Eldridge

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., University of Rhode Island

215-886-4350, ext. 4599

215-635-9319

Andrea Emmons

Third Grade Teacher

B.A., Oberlin College

M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania

215-886-4350, ext. 4521

Anne Fields

Fifth Grade Teacher

B.S., Bucknell University

M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania

215-886-4350, ext. 4565

Nicole Harmon

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.S., Temple University

M.S., Drexel University

215-886-4350, ext. 4510

Tony Houston '90

2^nd Grade Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Ursinus College

215-886-4350, ext. 4512

Carol Leckey

In-House Substitute Teacher, Lower School

B.S., M.S., Temple University

215-886-4350, ext. 4527

Eliza Lee

Psychology Intern, Lower School

215-886-4350, ext. 4569

Mimi Leonard

In-House Substitute, Early Childhood

B.S., M.Ed., West Chester University

215-886-5651

Kathy Lopez

Kindergarten Teacher

B.S., Chestnut Hill College

M.A., Arcadia University

215-886-4350, ext. 4558

Samantha Matlock

Art Teacher, Lower School

B.F.A., M.A., University of the Arts

215-886-4350, ext. 4525

Jane McVeigh-Schultz

Fifth Grade Teacher

B.S., University of North Dakota

M.A., Northeastern University

215-886-4350, ext. 4534

Rosanne Mistretta

Science Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Dickinson College

M.A., Arcadia University

J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center

215-886-4350, ext. 4524

Sandra Scott Mraz

Second Grade Teacher

B.A., University of Massachusetts

215-886-4350, ext. 4538

Deborah Pizzi

Music Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Arcadia University

Certificate, Orff Schulwerk, DePaul University

Certificate, Orff Schulwerk, George Mason University

215-881-7682

Michelle Podulka

Technology Teacher, Lower School

B.S. St. Joseph’s University

M.A. Chestnut Hill College

215-886-4350

Catalina Rios

Evan James Greenberg Instructor in Modern Languages,

Spanish Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Wesleyan University

M.A., Middlebury College

215-886-4350, ext. 4606

Lindsay Reifsnyder

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Lehigh University

215-886-4350

Andrew Rutledge

Fourth Grade Teacher

B.A., Grinnell College

215-886-4350, ext. 4551

Loann Scarpato

Librarian, Lower School

B.A., Oberlin College

M.S.L.S., Drexel University

215-576-3987

Randy Schwartz

Educational Consultant

B.A., Kirkland College

M.Ed., Temple University

215-881-7688

Elizabeth Tisdall

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., University of Michigan

M.F.A., Florida State University

215-886-4350, ext. 4534

Betsy Townsend

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.S., Wilkes University

215-886-4350, ext. 4582

Leslie Tran

Fourth Grade Teacher

B.A., Swarthmore College

215-886-4350, ext. 4509

Lisa Weiser

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

215-886-4350, ext. 4502

Lori Whetstone

Assistant Teacher, Lower School

B.A., Arcadia University

215-886-4350