About Rock Creek Montessori School

Contact Information

Licenses and Certifications

Maryland State Board of Education

Certificate of Approval to operate a nonpublic Montessori educational program: Nursery School and Kindergarten

Maryland Department of Human Services

Licensed Child Care Center

Montgomery County Health and Human Services

Private Educational Institution License

Staff

Martha Lange, Montessori teacher, holds both Primary and Elementary AMI Montessori diplomas from the Washington Montessori Institute. She has been a Montessori teacher since 1980 and in addition to classroom experience, operated a Family Day Care Center. She has assisted the Washington Montessori Institute in the reading of their student’s work and at their oral examinations. Martha is married and has 2 adult children.

Alice Casco Wallner, Montessori teacher, holds the Early Childhood Education diploma from Asuncion, Paraguay, and the Primary Montessori diploma and M.Ed. from Loyola College in Maryland. Alice has worked as a volunteer in a Public Montessori School in Columbia SC, and has worked with children since a young age. Alice is a native from Paraguay; she lived in different countries and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English. She is married and has 2 children.

Fumiyo Hashida-Livermore, Toddler Directress, has an associate degree from Japan in physical education and a Primary/Assistance to Infancy AMI Montessori diploma. She came to this country to study dance. For four years, she worked at a DC charter school for the arts as an instructional assistant. She has previous experience working as an assistant at Rock Creek Montessori School and another Montessori school as well.

Reiko Takakuwa is the senior day care staff in charge of our after school program. She is also in charge of one of the lunch groups and stays with the nappers. Reiko has completed the 90-Hour Course in Early Childhood Development and Curriculum from the Montgomery Child Care Association Training Institute. This is her second year at Rock Creek Montessori School. She also holds a 2 year diploma from the Kanda Institute of Foreign Languages.

Camarie (Cami) Tinsley is our senior day care staff in charge of our before school program. She also assists Fumiyo in our Toddler program. Cami is currently a student in the Montgomery College Early Childhood Education Program and there she successfully completed ninety clock hours of early childhood education courses. Although she is new to our staff, Cami observed our school several times as part of her course work.