energetic and nurturing women
who work in our Nursery School.
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We're extremely proud of these energetic and nurturing women who work in our Nursery School. | ||
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| Carol Winter |
| Carol has been a B'nai Tikvah JCC Nursery School teacher since 1985 and has taught in our Religious School since 1990. Carol is passionate about sharing her love of Judaism with her students of all ages. She was the Teen Travel Director at Lake-Vu Day Camp for eight years. In the summer of 2006, Carol returned to Camp Gan Israel of Central New Jersey to supervise its Girls Travel Camp program. Carol, along with her husband, Mark, was involved in the supervision of Summer Youth programming in several major Catskill Resort hotels for many years. She earned a B.A. in education from Queens College. Carol is married with two children and has one grandson. |
| Ina Horn |
| Ina joined the teaching staff at the of the Nursery School in 1992 and has been the head Pre-K teacher since 2000. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Science from Kean University. She also teaches enrichment classes in literature (Book Cooks) and music and movement (Jump, Wiggle, Twirl & Giggle). She resides in North Brunswick with her husband, Gerald, and two of their four children. |
| Amy Smith |
| Affectionately known by her students as "Miss Amy", Amy has taught the Mommy & Me program since 1995 and, before that, substituted and worked the lunch programs for 3 years. She has a B.S. from Rutgers College of Pharmacy and worked at Somerset Medical Center in the Pharmacy Department for six years as a staff pharmacist, Department Supervisor, and Assistant Director of the Pharmacy. Amy lives in Kendall Park with her husband Cliff and sons Kenneth and Jordan. She is a member of Congregation B'nai Tikvah and has put both of her children through our Nursery School program. Amy is an active member of the Social Action and Mitzvah Mentors committees at B'nai Tikvah and is a Past President and current National Commissioner of NCJW. |
| Maria Lesko |
| Maria has worked in the Nursery school since 1988 in various capacities. Using her creativity, Maria has been a head teacher in Art Enrichment, she does Early and Late Stay, and as an assistant teacher in Pre-K and Enrichment. Maria lives in North Brunswick with her husband and has two children. |
| Lori Noah |
| Lori comes to us with over 13 years of experience teaching pre-school children ages 2½ through 5. She is teaching a 2½ year old class, a 3 year old class and Jewish Enrichment. Even though she majored in computer science at Queens College, she went back to school and received her group teacher certification from Middlesex County College. She lives in East Brunswick with her husband, Scott, and 3 children. |
| Rachel Moore |
Rachel has 15 years of private vocal training in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. She has performed two solo opera recitals, and has been involved with many different choral groups--including Boston's Zamir choir--and musical productions her entire life. Rachel served as the preschool music teacher at Yeshivat Netivot Montessori in Edison. She began with Music Together® as a parent; six years ago, she became a registered teacher because of the wonderful impact that Music Together has had on all of her children. Rachel has taught Music Together in Highland Park and East Windsor, NJ.
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| Brenda Sherman |
| She has taught at B'nai Tikvah's Pre-School since 1999 and holds a BBA in Marketing from Temple University. She grew up in Havertown, PA and currently resides in Kendall Park, NJ with her husband, Mark, and three children, Joshua, Arielle, and Hannah. They are active members of Congregation B'nai Tilvah and Brenda is a life member of NCJW and is involved with the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County. |
| Stacy Lewkowitz |
| Stacy attended Middlesex County College and Kean University and graduated with a degree in Business. She has been an educator at B'nai Tikvah since 1999 and has taught in every class from the Toddler Fun Club to Pre-K. Stacey is a member of Congregation B'nai Tikvah and is active in the National Council of Jewish Women. She lives in Kendall Park with her husband Scott and two daughters, both of whom have attended our Nursery School. |
| Taline E. Gebhardt |
| Taline recently joined the Nursery School as the Art Enrichment instructor. She will be inspiring children to use their personal creativity to guide them through the Imagination Station. Taline grew up in Park Ridge, NJ. She currently attends Rutgers University where she is working towards her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in Photography and is considering a masters of Art Education after college. On the weekends, Taline volunteers for VSANJ, an organization that provides autistic children with therapy in the form of art and music. |
| Heather Gable |
| Heather graduated with a Bachelors of Art degree in 2006 from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and plans on attending graduate school to receive a Masters in Elementary Education. Heather has been working towards her goals since high school, where in her senior year she took an in-class preschool program. This class was a learning enrichment in many ways. In Massachusetts, for her freshman year of college, she participated in a program called Jumpstart. Jumpstart is a one-on-one partnership of children with college students in a goal of improving the child’s lifestyle. The rest of the college years were focused on studies revolving around education and art. She is currently living in East Brunswick |
| Allison Schechter |
| Allison comes to the nursery program with a diverse background. Most recently, she was Assistant Director of the Young Israel of East Brunswick Summer Day Camp, which had over 70 children in attendance. Allison is originally from Freehold, graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a major in advertising. She has a deep love of children and is excited to be working with children at Bnai Tikvah. Mrs. Schecter is a teacher's assistant working with Mrs. Noah's 3 yr. olds. Allison and her husband have three children ages 7, and twin 5 year olds. |
