Elementary School Faculty

Audrie Brown - First Grade, 2011-2012
Audrie received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Central Michigan University, completed the Waldorf School Administration and Community Development Certificate Program from Sunbridge College, and has recently completed the Waldorf Teacher Training Program at the Waldorf Institute of Southeast Michigan. She has been a Parent-Tot Teacher at the Detroit Waldorf School and has experience organizing festivals, fundraisers and education programs. She enjoys gardening, baking and crafts.

Jennifer Degan - Second Grade, 2011-2012
Jenn received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ontario College of Art and Design, and has completed her Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch University New England. She will complete her Master of Education from Antioch University New England this year. Jenn has been a swim team coach and is an accomplished flute player. She is a Waldorf graduate herself and enjoys knitting, hiking, painting, and fiber arts.

Maggie Myers - Third Grade, 2011-2012
Maggie received a Bachelor's Degree in Special Education from the University of Georgia and Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch New England Graduate School. Mrs. Myers has worked in MWS classrooms for 22 years: three years as a Kindergarten Assistant and 19 years as Class Teacher. Perhaps her warm classroom atmosphere reflects her past work as an Innkeeper! Spacial Dynamics movement education is one of Maggie’s many interests.

Alison Henry - Fourth Grade, 2011-2012
Alison received her Bachelor’s Degree with honors from St. John’s College in Maryland. She received a Master of Science Degree in Education from Indiana University and a certificate in Waldorf Teacher Education from Antioch New England Graduate School. Alison taught English for five years in Mie Prefecture, Japan. She did her internship here with Monadnock Waldorf School and worked in the afternoon program before joining us as our first grade teacher. She lives in Keene with her husband and two children.

Tim Price - Fifth Grade, 2011-2012
Tim received a Bachelor's Degree from the State University of New York and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Rockefeller College and a Master of Education with Waldorf Certification from Antioch New England Graduate School. Tim comes to us from the Upper Valley Waldorf School in Quechee, Vermont, where he took a class of students from first grade through eighth grade graduation in 2006.

Julia Kerr - Sixth Grade, 2011-2012
Julia received a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Goucher College and has completed the Foundation Studies program. She was at the Waldorf School of Princeton for seventeen years, first as a parent, then as an administrative assistant, teaching assistant, substitute teacher, special subject teacher, and as a class teacher for four years. She is an accomplished handwork teacher, a choral musician, and has been a mathematics teacher in grades four, six, and eight. Julia has three sons and a husband who has been a teacher and camp director. She enjoys being outdoors with children and sharing her enthusiasm for singing with others.

Monica Marshall - Seventh Grade, 2011-2012
Monica received a Master's in Education with Public and Waldorf Teacher Certification from Antioch New England Graduate School. Her undergraduate work was at Sonoma State College. Miss Marshall has been a Waldorf teacher for 33 years, with 16 years at MWS. This is her fourth trip through the grades. Miss Marshall teaches in the Waldorf Teacher Training Program at Rudolf Steiner College. Monica has also served as mentor in other Waldorf schools. She spent two summers in South Africa training teachers and working in Waldorf schools before the fall of Apartheid. Music, hiking, travel, gardening, cooking, and crafts are some of Miss Marshall’s outside interests.

Kevin McGuigan - Eight Grade, 2011-2012
Kevin completed undergraduate work at Allegheny College and received his Waldorf Teacher Training at Antioch New England Graduate School. Mr. McGuigan has taught for over 24 years, with 22 at MWS. He also served the school as an administrator for one year. Kevin's pre-teaching experience includes such diverse occupations as apple growing, archeology, and carpentry. He enjoys music, nature, mountain biking, and reading.

Bruce Elliot - Choir and Music
Bruce Elliot received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Hartt School of Music, where he was invited to join the National Music Honor Society. He received a Master of Education degree with Waldorf Certification from Antioch New England Graduate School. Bruce has played his saxophone around the country and around the world. As a music teacher, Bruce has offered individual music instruction to students of all ages, including as an adjunct faculty member at Hartt School of Music. Bruce was a class teacher with Monadnock Waldorf School and we are delighted to have him with us now in our music program. Bruce lives in Keene with his wife and three children.

Jacqueline Bellamy - French
Jacqueline received a Bachelor's Degree from Vermont College. Madame Bellamy has taught for 20 years, beginning as a Kindergarten Assistant. She has taught her native language at MWS for 17 years. Jacqueline contributes to the success of school plays by serving as prompter and director of make-up. She spends time outside of the classroom reading literature, making dolls, and gardening.

Janet Gordon - Handwork and Art Enrichment
Janet received a Bachelor's Degree in American Studies from the University of South Florida and a Master's in Education from Antioch New England Graduate School. One of the Founding Teachers of Monadnock Waldorf School, Janet has taught at MWS for 33 years. She supports all class teachers in handwork and painting activities. Mrs. Gordon forms a special bond with children grades four and up, working in many arts media.

Peter Schoen - Phys. Ed. and Movement
Peter received a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Waldorf training in sculpture at Emerson College, Sussex, England. In the mid-eighties, Peter taught artistic blocks in Waldorf schools in the Northeast, including two at MWS. Before moving to New Hampshire in 2002, Peter was a faculty member for 12 years at Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School in Ghent, New York where he taught shop, modeling, arts and crafts, and main lesson blocks in the high school. He has coached volleyball and is an avid tennis player. Peter enjoys many other outdoor activities including skiing, mountain climbing, and backpacking.

Hans van Riel - Woodworking, Physics, Film and Photography, Theatre Lighting
Hans received undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Netherlands. A former high school teacher, Mr. van Riel has taught at MWS for 23 years of his total of 30 years in teaching. He has taught grades 6 through 8 twice and now, as Specialty Teacher, Hans is considered by many as the Renaissance Man of MWS. Outside the classroom, Mr. van Riel shares his musical talents (clarinet) at assemblies, the Crafts Fair, festivals, and parties. He serves as part of the Building Committee and has left many marks by his design or hand on our new addition.

Nell Wiener - Choir and Music
Nell began leading others in song as a teenager at summer camp, and has been doing so ever since! She is an enthusiastic and experienced youth and children's choir director and choral arranger. She studied music theory and history at Wellesley College, where she also completed coursework in conducting with Dr. Lisa Graham. Nell has played the viola in the Keene Chamber Orchestra, the Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra, and the Pioneer Symphony Orchestra in her hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. At MWS she is delighted to be able to spend time at both the elementary and high school campuses, teaching chorus and strings/instrumental music to grades four through ten. A well-rounded Waldorf alumna herself, in her free time she enjoys cooking and playing ultimate Frisbee.

Mi-Young Ahn - Eurythmy
Mi-Young Ahn received a Master's in Education at Touro University, and completed the Eurythmy Training and the Waldorf Teacher Training at Rudolf Steiner College. She enjoyed performing eurythmy throughout California, Germany and Switzerland during that time. She has taught eurythmy from Kindergarten to grade eight at MWS. She lives in Keene with her two children and enjoys singing, gardening and nature walking.