The Montessori Approach is based upon the lifelong work of Dr. Maria Montessori, who made the observation that every child spontaneously wants to learn.
08.04.2025
Marcy Howard
Marcy Howard joined us in 2024 as the Kitchen Assistant and is a dedicated member of our team. She is a proud mom of five, a Nana of two, and has been married to her best friend for 27 years. She has a deep love for people, animals and nature. She finds joy in music, […]
10.28.2024
Sinead Proscia
Sinead graduated with a degree in Events Management with Tourism BSc and moved from England to North Carolina in 2013. After a couple of sunny years on St. Simons Island, GA, she headed back to the mountains in 2017 to work as the Assistant Buyer and Store Manager at Old Edwards Inn in Highlands, NC. In […]
09.19.2023
Lori Groves
Lori Groves is the Front Desk Assistant. Lori spent may years as the Classroom Assistant in the Acorn Toddler Community. She started out at Oak Meadow substituting and was hired as the Primary afterschool teacher in 2020. She spent 6 months as an assistant in a lower elementary classroom before finding her place working with […]
09.19.2023
Gwen Dudek
Gwen Dudek is the Director of Admissions at OMMS since 2022. She has a B.S. in Psychology from Springhill College, an M.Ed. from Loyola University, and an AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) Primary Certification. She has served children in a Montessori setting since 2006 as a classroom assistant, an administrator, and the lead in a Primary […]
07.18.2023
Wendy Naiman
Wendy Naiman is our Facilities Coordinator. She grew up in Southern Indiana and graduated from Jeffersonville High School where she loved all sports and still holds a record in cross country. She moved to Miami after high school and studied at the University of Miami. After marrying and having her daughter Krysten she moved to […]
05.11.2023
Denise Harold, M.ED.
Denise Harold is the Head of School at Oak Meadow Montessori School. She came to OMMS in 2019 as a Primary Lead Guide and accepted the Head of School role when the school founders retired in 2021. Denise has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management and a master’s degree in early childhood education with […]