This is Laurie’s second year as a lead teacher in Columbus Pre-school. I have a MSEd from Bank Street School of Education in Early Childhood Education and Special Education and a BA from The New School. She has more than twenty years of experience working with children and their families in various capacities, 13 of those as an early childhood educator. She loves the summer, biking, swimming in the ocean and cooking with her family.
I am excited to introduce you to the many wonderful things about Columbus Pre-School that made me want to join as director 12 years ago.
Our sun-drenched classrooms, gymnastics studio, and large outdoor space provide diverse experiences that support every aspect of child development. Our nurturing, dedicated early childhood educators deeply respect children, and it shows, from the care put into the aesthetics and functionality of our classrooms, to the provocations set up to spark creativity, from the way students’ ideas fuel our emergent curricula, to the thoughtful documentation and displays of student work.
As the parent of a graduate, I know first-hand how the foundation laid here at Columbus helped make my daughter, Marlow, into a kind and inclusive friend and a creative and confident student.
I hope you to visit to see for yourself the joy of our students as they play, dance, move, learn and grow here at Columbus Pre-School.
Julie Kandall, julie@columbuspre-school.com