Elementary Staff

Great Teachers Unleashed

Misty Dickson is the lead teacher for grades one through three in our lower elementary cassroom. Misty graduated from USC with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and returned to USC for a master's degree in Early Childhood Special Education. She taught first grade in South Carolina and five years teaching first and second grade in Indiana. Misty earned her Montessori Elementary certification at Seacoast Center for Education in New Hampshire.

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 (Jackie) Jackson is our lower elementary school assistant. She has been a Montessori assistant for more than twenty years. Ms. Jackie 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 the lower elementary class.

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

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