Kindergarten Teacher
Born in northern New York into a family of educators, Christy moved to Montana in 1989. She completed a degree in Biology while working at a Montessori preschool in Missoula. The creativity and free spiritedness of young children set Christy on the path to a Master’s Degree in Education. At heart always a student, Christy started to see the truth in Maria Montessori’s words that “To teach is to learn.”
After a decade spent teaching in a public school Christy knew she wanted to find a place for her own children, 3 and 6 years, where her love for hands on learning was both valued and practiced. A place where children can still be children and creativity, spontaneity, and play are foundational pieces of the learning philosophy. And so she found Sussex in the fall of 2009. Returning to Missoula and teaching small children 20 years later was coming full circle. At Sussex she enjoys the small class sizes and the collegiality of a uniquely talented staff that truly loves teaching. When Christy is not at Sussex she continues to be a student, completing her administrative certificate. She loves being outside with her husband and two children and can often be found in the woods around Bigfork or Missoula.