This is Fran's fourth year at our Preschool; she taught in another Reggio-inspired program for several years prior to coming to Sabot at Stony Point. Her undergraduate degree is in English with a minor in art, and she holds a Master’s degree in Christian education. Fran is interested offering young children a variety of ways to express their ideas and emotions, through channels such as basic sign language skills, various art media, and storytelling and book writing.

Sarah Anne came to our Preschool as a parent and continued her relationship first as a substitute and then as a teacher. This is her seventh year teaching at the school. Her degree is in Early Childhood Education K-4, with preschool certification "Circle of Childhood N.C." In addition, she minored in psychology and has completed prerequisite courses for entering an occupational therapy degree program. 

This year marks Sara’s fourteenth year teaching at the Preschool. Over the years she has worked with children in Ireland, Scotland, France and the United States, both as a teacher and as a children’s librarian. As part of her ongoing fascination with education, she has visited the preschools of Reggio Emilia in Italy, established a strong relationship with a Reggio-inspired school in Northern Ireland and studied for a year with a group of Freinet teachers in France.
Sara enjoys being part of a dynamic

This year Cris brings her art background to her work with an older group of children in our Preschool, and is delighted to be in the new classroom space with lots of natural light. She is excited about the opportunity to discern differences from the younger children she has worked with during her ten years of teaching here. In past years, Cris and the children have created handmade paper out of recycled materials, and she will continue her exploration of the ways in which recycled materials can be used by both children and parents.

Elaine rejoins our Preschool faculty this year after spending three years in Nottingham, England. She had taught at Sabot for two years prior to moving to England, and also co-led a pilot program with Henrico County Schools, the Richmond Children’s Museum, and Sabot to establish a play group for two year-olds.  She enjoys sharing her love of the natural world with children, and helping them to develop social and emotional skills.  She holds a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her undergraduate degree is in Anthropology from the College of William and Mary.

Nancy holds a Master of Fine Arts degree with a focus in ceramics from Virginia Commonwealth University. She taught ceramics for several years at the university level. She often brings her pottery wheel to the Preschool, extending the ways in which the children can work with clay, and helping them to understand its properties in a tacit, experiential way.

Nancy’s own children both attended our Preschool, and she has taught here since 2004.

This is Robyn's twenty-first year at our Preschool.  She has gained most of her experience with the youngest group of children and has learned much about tenderness, listening, and boundaries; this will be her first year with the oldest group. She finds it deeply satisfying to support children as they explore the social aspects of school, developing their ideas about who they are and how to relate to others in a group setting.