Elementary Staff

Great Teachers Unleashed

Daryll Murono, a founding member of the school, teaches grades one through three in our lower elementary and received her certification as Montessori teacher in 1991 through the Center for Montessori Teacher Education in New Rochelle, New York. Daryll graduated from Boston University with a degree in American Studies and received a master's degree in Library Science from Rutgers University. She has worked as a librarian in academic, public, and school libraries.

Sue Cate is the lead teacher for grades four through six in our upper elementary classroom. She apprenticed with MSC founding teacher Barb Richstad and completed her 6-12 Montessori training at the Center for Montessori Teacher Education in Raleigh, North Carolina. The experiences of her own children sparked her enthusiasm for the Montessori method. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sue holds a degree in history from Wake Forest University. After graduating from college she lived for three years in Europe and then worked for sixteen years as a writer in the publishing industry.

Jacquelin Jackson is our lower elementary school assistant. She has been a Montessori assistant for more than twenty years. She taught at the Montessori Preschool of Columbia for fourteen years, at Brockman Elementary School for two years, and at our preschool for one year before joining Mrs. Daryll in lower elementary.

Thomson Chuites is the upper elementary assistant. A recent resident of Columbia, Thomson has lived in Georgia for the majority of his life. He graduated from UGA with a BA in French and Spanish, then taught Spanish and outdoor education at a private boarding school in the Upstate. During the summer season he guided trips down the Chatooga river and led weekend school treks into the Upstate wilderness. He has recently returned from a ten-month stay in teh French Alps, where he taught English as a Second Language (ESL).

The school also employs art, music, Spanish, and Latin instructors for the elementary program.

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