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Paul Raymond. Paul has over twenty-five years experience in Montessori schools as an educational leader and a teacher. He has taught at all levels, Primary (3-6 year olds), Elementary (6-12 year olds) and Middle School (12-15 year olds). He holds AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) Montessori certifications for both Primary and Elementary and has completed the Montessori Adolescent Training (NAMTA). Paul developed the Montessori Middle school program and curriculum for the Montessori School of Raleigh and led the school to dual accreditation during his tenure as Educational Director of the school. Paul taught both the lower and upper elementary programs for the Montessori School of Maui. Earlier in his career he owned and directed the Montessori Country School on a farm in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Quest Faculty

Katherine Bowen. Katherine is a co-teacher for Quest's Upper Elementary 1 class. Katherine has held several leadership positions in technical support and customer service at GTECH and Cadre Technologies. She has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Psychology from Clarkson University. She has a daughter at Quest and a son who is an alumnus of the school.

Justine Dean. Justine is a new addition to the faculty at Quest and will be a co-teacher in the Upper Elementary 2 class.

Elizabeth (Libby) Furcolo. Libby is a founding teacher at Quest Montessori School and has taught from preschool level up to the fifth grade. She currently teaches in the Middle School. She is Montessori certified in both Primary and Lower Elementary. She received her Primary certification from the Montessori Centre International (MCI) and elementary certification from the Seacoast Center (AMS). She has been teaching for 16 years and brings a true understanding of the elementary child and Montessori approach. She previously taught in the primary program and as the art teacher for grades 1 & 2 at the South County Montessori School. Libby has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from the University of Rhode Island. She is currently working on her 100 hour practicum for Orton Gillingham certification through the Dunn Institute in Providence, R.I.

William (Hutch) Hutchinson. Hutch joined Quest in the fall of 2005 to teach math and science in the Middle School. Hutch came to Quest with many years of experience teaching at the Middle School level, particularly in science. He has worn many hats in his teaching career from athletic director to advisor to department head. Hutch has a B.S. from Metropolitan State College in Denver, CO and an M.A. from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, N.M. Hutch is a talented carpenter and sailor and brings these talents into the Middle School classroom with hands-on applied science and mathematics projects integrated into the curriculum. He has a daughter at Quest.

Cheryl Raymond. Cheryl directs the Upper Elementary Program for Quest and joined the faculty this year after teaching for ten years at the Montessori School of Raleigh and two years at the Montessori School of Maui. She is an accomplished Montessori guide with twelve years of Montessori teaching experience in both Lower Elementary (3 years) and Upper Elementary (9 years). Cheryl holds both Montessori certification (AMI Elementary 6-12) and conventional Elementary Education training. Cheryl has her B.A. in Elementary Education from Drury College in Springfield Missouri, where she made Dean’s List, was recognized as an Academic Honor Scholar, and was President of the Kappa Delta Pi – Educational Honor Society. She and her husband Paul have two children at Quest

Jennie Schwab. Jennie is the teacher in the Lower Elementary classroom at Quest. She holds her Montessori primary certifcation from Northeast Montessori Insititute (AMS) and has taught at the Montessori primary level for the past five years at Cornerstone Montessori School in North Kingstown, RI. She also holds an American Montessori Society Elementary I Credential from the Seacoast Center for Montessori Teacher Training in Portsmouth, NH. Jennie is the daughter of a career Montessori Teacher and Montessori Teacher-Trainer. Jennie was Montessori educated until the age of nine. Prior to her Montessori career, Jennie worked in the corporate sector where she held several leadership positions in the computer software industry. The most recent position being Manager of the Northeast sales engineering team for Broadvision. She holds a Master's in Education from Endicott College, and a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and Computer Science from the University of Dayton, OH. She has a daughter at Quest and a son at Windswept Montessori School.

Gary Viera. Gary is Quest’s founding Physical Education and Health teacher. In 2005 Gary began working in the lower elementary classroom as a teacher’s assistant and this year directs the school’s Physical Education program. Gary launched the Middle School intrastate cross country and track and field teams as Quest’s first athletic coach. Gary has worked at the YMCA as a Camp Director and a Preschool/Family Director and was also in charge of their sports program. Gary has a BA in Education from Norwich University (The Military College of Vermont). Gary enjoys coaching soccer, softball and rugby.

Ruth Lee. Ruth Lee has joined the staff at Quest Montessori as the Art Resource Teacher for the Lower and Upper Elementary and Middle School. She recently received her Masters Degree in Arts of Teaching from the Rhode Island School of Design. She also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design. As an Art Resource Teacher, she seeks to guide students to discover their uniqueness through engaging and challenging lessons that expand their art making abilities, their relationship with art, and it’s relationship to the world. When she is not teaching, Ruth works as an Editorial Illustrator and enjoys watching detective shows on T.V. with her husband.

 
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