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Plymouth Meeting Friends School Faculty & Staff 2011-12    

Deborah Kost was appointed Head of School in 2011. She heads a teaching faculty of 26. Thirteen are full-time teachers; two teachers have doctorates and fourteen have masters' degrees. They are supported by a school psychologist and by staff consultants in mathematics and language arts/reading. 

 The year after a name indicates when the individual began working at the school.

    
Deborah Kost  2011 
Head of School
 
B.S. University of Arizona
M.S. Ed. Lehigh University
Postgraduate:  Villanova University and
Columbia University
 
 
 
 
    
Sarah Sweeney-Denham 2010

Assistant Head of School
Director of Admission


B.A. Temple University
M.S.Ed. St. Joseph's University

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Ralph Henninger  2011
Director of Development
 
B.A. Temple University
 
 
 
 
    

Yvonne Emerson 2010
Special Events Coordinator

B.A. Academy of Business and Administration (Germany)

    
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Madelyn Ladner 1999
Admission & Development Assistant

B.A. University of Pennsylvania

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Joyce Colzani 2008
Administrative Assistant
Transportation Coordinator


B.A. University of Virginia
M.S. Ed. University of Pennsylvania

 
    

Jackie McGoldrick 2010
Bookkeeper

B.S. Kutztown University

    
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Donna Kyle
Business Manager

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Faculty - Classroom Teachers    
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Pre-Kindergarten

Martha Wolf 2003
Pre-kindergarten Teacher

B.S. University of California, Santa Cruz

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Leila Sawyer 2008
Pre-kindergarten Assistant

B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design

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Jane Lafata  2011
Pre-kindergarten Assistant
 
B.A. George Washington University
    
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Kindergarten

Casey Friedman  2008
Kindergarten Head Teacher

B.A. Muhlenburg College
M.S.Ed. University of Pennsylvania
 



    
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Sarah Hudson (89) 2001
Kindergarten Assistant

attended Mesa College

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Primary (first and second grades)

Heidi Schifferli 1988
Primary Teacher

B.S. D’Youville College

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Jill Saull 2002
Primary Assistant

B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Temple University
M.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore

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Debbie Bakan 1983
Primary Teacher

B.A. Antioch College
M.S. Ed. Temple University
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

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K. Elizabeth Evans 2008
Primary Assistant

A.S. Art Institute of Philadelphia

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Third Grade

Holly Terry 1986
Third Grade Teacher

B.S. Chestnut Hill College

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Audrey Henninger (98) 2008
Third Grade Assistant

B.A. Earlham College

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Fourth Grade

Will Starr 1987
Fourth Grade Teacher

B.A. Earlham College

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Susan Holt 2009
Fourth Grade Assistant

B.A. Wells College
M.S.Ed. University of Pennsylvania

    
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Fifth Grade

Leann Stover Nyce 2001
Fifth Grade Teacher

B.S. Philadelphia College of Bible

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Amanda Davis 2005
Lower Grade Science Teacher
Fifth Grade Assistant


B.A. University of Delaware
M.A. University of the Arts, Philadelphia

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Sixth Grade

Varley Paul 1985
Sixth Grade Teacher

B.A. St. Lawrence University
M.A. University of Pennsylvania

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Jon Elliott (94) 2005
Sixth Grade Assistant

attended Chestnut Hill College

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Faculty - Special Subject Teachers    
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Science

Michael Green 1998
Upper Grades Science Teacher
Technology Coordinator


B.S. University of California, Riverside
D.D.S. University of California, Los Angeles
M.S. Chestnut Hill College

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Art

Ann Alberts 1983
Art Teacher

B.F.A. Bromley (Maidstone) College of Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London

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Music

Frumi Cohen 1978
Music and Theater Arts Teacher

B.S., M.A. Temple University

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Paula Rivera-Dantagnan  2010
Pre-kindergarten – Primary Music Teacher

B.M. Universidad de Chile
M.A. Vocal Performance  Carnegie Mellon University

    
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Alexandra Cutler-Fetkewicz (88) 2007
Instrumental Music Teacher

B.M., M.M. Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester

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Spanish

Gladys McLendon 2002
Spanish Teacher

B.A., M.S.Ed. Temple University

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Library

Bonnie Templin 1987
Kindergarten Co-Head Teacher

B.A. West Chester University

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Physical Education

James Hayes 2001
Physical Education Teacher
Extended Day Assistant Head


B.A. Eastern College

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Faculty- Services    
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Dawn Aparin 2008
Extended Day Director

Rowan University

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Scott McCracken 1989
Custodian

Faculty- School Specialists    
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Robert Staples 1994
School Psychologist

B.A. Haverford College
Psy.D. Hahnemann University

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Maura Sutherland 2004
Language Arts Specialist

B.A. Ursinus College
M.Ed. Pennsylvania State University

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Karen Rothschild 1992
Mathematics Consultant

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

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