Calvary Church

Mrs. Wardell:

I am in my 16th year of teaching, 9 of which have been at Calvary.  I completely enjoy children, especially the preschool years! 

I am married to Todd and have 3 wonderful children:  Lee is 19, Alex is 17 and Kelsey is 4.  Our family attends Calvary Church and feels that the preschool is an extremely important ministry of the church. 

When I am not at school, you can find me at local libraries(I love to read), spending time with family, exercising, cooking, or shopping.  Our family also enjoys being involved in several other ministries of Calvary Church which keeps us busy! 

 Currently Teaches:

3's and 4's'

T/W/Th

Mrs. Ford has been teaching at Calvary Preschool for 8 years.  Prior to that, she taught in a childcare facility and a Catholic school.  She graduated from The King's College (previously in Briarcliffe Manor, NY) with a degree in Physical Education. 

 Her first teaching job right out of college consisted of preschool assistant and early childhood PE classes.  She fell in love with the preschool age child.  She began her own family and now has 3 children:  Tess (13), Abby (12) and Parker (8).

  Currently Teaches:

Toddlers

Monday/Wednesday

Tuesday/Thursday

Friday

Mrs. Allison is enjoying her fourth year as a teacher's aide in one of our 3-4 year-old classes. Working with children has been her ministry for most of her adult life. After retiring from Merch Research Labs as an Administrative Assistant in 2002, and doing some traveling, she and her husband moved from Lansdale to Ephrata in July 2004. They immediately made Calvary Church their home church and were soon involved in ministry. Mrs. Allison is presently Coordinator of the Changers Sunday school classes, ages 3-4 and serves as a Sunday morning greeter and with the Cup of Cold Water ministry.

In her spare time she likes to sew, read, and travel.  She has also been a Bible student of Precepts Ministries International for seven years, attending one of Calvary’s weekly Inductive Bible Study classes.

Mrs. Allison has three children and three grandchildren.

  Currently Aides:

3's and 4's

T/W/Th

Mrs. Siebert is new to Calvary this year but has been teaching preschool for the past 10 years both in Lancaster and in Stillwater, Oklahoma.  Prior to beginning her preschool career and having her own children, she graduated from Grove City College with a BA in Elementary Education and taught 5^th grade in Oklahoma.

Mrs. Siebert and her husband Pete have three very active kids. Jacob is 10, Luke is 7 and Molly will be three in the fall and in Mrs. Ford’s class.  She spends most of her time at the soccer field, at Faith Bible Fellowship Church and storytelling with Tales From The Trunk.  Storytelling is one of her favorite parts of teaching preschool.  It gives her a chance to engage the kids in books and literature and plant a love of reading that will hopefully develop for years to come.

  Currently Teaches:

Toddlers

Tuesday/Thursday

Wednesday

This is Mrs. Hiatt's second year as a teacher's aide at Calvary Preschool.  She feels very blessed to be able to be a part of the staff and to be able to work with such wonderful preschoolers. 

She lives in Lititz with her husband Clark and two wonderful daughters, Mikayla is 7 and Grace is 2.  They attend Calvary Church and enjoy being involved in several other ministries. 

When she has spare time, she enjoys gardening, scrapbooking, making jewelry, reading and spending time with friends and family.

  Currently Aides:

PreKindergarten

Monday-Friday

  Currently Teaches:

PreKindergarten

Monday-Friday

This is Mrs. Weaver's second year at Calvary Preschool. She has enjoyed getting back to work after taking some time off after the births of her two daughters, Abigail (5) and Mikayla (3). 

Mrs. Weaver attended two years of college studying Elementary Education and has worked as a preschool teacher and teacher's aide in previous years. She and her family live in Lititz and currently attend Lancaster Evangelical Free Church.  Her hobbies include pastel drawing, scrapbooking, flower gardening and crafts.

  Currently Aides:

PreKindergarten

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Hoover is in her third year of teaching at Calvary Preschool. She previously taught kindergarten in Ohio for seven years and is enjoying being back in the teaching world. She is really enjoying not only teaching and being with kids, but working alongside so many other wonderful women! She attends Lancaster County Bible Church and is involved in Children's Ministry there each week with the preschoolers. Apparently she can't get enough of them! She had previously served on staff there in Children's Ministry for four years, but now just enjoys being a regular old volunteer. 

Mrs. Hoover is married to Jeff, who works at Lancaster Bible College. They have a son, Jackson (9) and two daughters, Sydney (5) and Natalie (4). When she has spare time, she enjoys reading, scrapbooking and meeting her friends for coffee.  

  Currently Teaches:

4 & 5 year olds

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Keller feels blessed to have taught at Calvary Preschool for the last sixteen years, and to have watched it grow from 48 to well over 200 preschoolers.  Her elementary education and library science degrees have been a great foundation for teaching her Tuesday, Thursday morning pre-K class. Teaching and relating to a new group of children, full of life and personality, and their parents has brought much joy into her life each year.

She and her husband Barry, a local orthodontist, have enjoyed living in Lancaster and raising their family of two daughters and one son in Lancaster these past 20 plus years.  In her spare time, Carol enjoys walking, reading, trying new recipes, and playing piano and violin.

  Currently Teaches:

PreKindergarten

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Rhoads graduated from LBC with a degree in Early Childhood Education. She has been teaching for 9 years, three of them at Calvary Preschool. She is married and has two children of her own.

  Currently Teaches:

3 & 4 year olds

Monday/Wednesday

Miss Mable graduated from Cedarville University with a degree in Early Childhood Education. This is her third year teaching five days a week and having two different classes. She says that it is a joy to come to school every morning.

Lauren attends church at Calvary and assists in the second grade. She is also the women’s volleyball coach at Lancaster Bible College as well as an assistant track coach at Franklin and Marshall College. In her free time she enjoys running, reading, scrapbooking and hanging out with friends, family and even kids.

  Currently Teaches:

3 & 4 year olds

M/W/F

Tuesday/Thursday

This is Mrs. Boll's second year at Calvary preschool.  She is a native of Colorado and taught elementary school for five years in Colorado before moving to Pennsylvania in 2005.  Her two children, Kaylee (5) and Joshua (3), both attend Calvary Preschool.  Her husband is employed at Ten Thousand Villages and is a native of Lititz, Pennsylvania. 

She and her family are members of Erb Mennonite Church in Lititz where her husband attended growing up.  Mrs. Boll teaches the 2 and 3 year old class at their church as well, and is also involved in a women's Bible study as well as other church activities/responsibilities.

  Currently Teaches:

3 & 4 year olds

Monday/Wednesday

Mrs. Hurlbert graduated form LBC with a degree in Early Childhool Education. She began as an aide at Calvary Preschool 6 years ago and has taught her own class for the past 6 years.  She is married to Rich, an Associate Pastor at Calvary Bible Church, and has two daughters, Whitney (20) and Taylor (17).

When not teaching, Terri enjoys gardening, biking and spending time with her family. 

  Currently Teaches:

Pre-Kindergarten

M/W/F

Mrs. Shadeck:

This is my first year here at Calvary Preschool.  I am very excited because with change comes fresh ideas and challenges.  I have an Elementary Education degree from Villa Maria College in Erie, PA - now Gannon University.  I taught the last eleven years at Lancaster Brethren in Christ Preschool and spent 17 years teaching in a Catholic School prior to moving to Lancaster County. I love teaching and ministering to God's little ones.  They are very precious and help keep me young at heart. 

I have three grown children and two grown step-children.  My husband Mike and I have been blessed with three beautiful grandchildren Kayla 12, Alyssa 9 and Collin 2.  We spend most of our free time with the grandchildren.  I attend LCBC.  I enjoy attending the Women's Bible Studies there.  I love reading, cross-stitching and scrapbooking. 

  Currently Teaches:

3 & 4 year olds

T/W/Th

This is Mrs. Ryan's first year at Calvary preschool. I am a God-fearing mother of two with an awesome husband who also is God-fearing.  We have been attending Calvary Church for three years now. We have been members for 2 years. I have volunteered in the children’s ministries in the Nursery and Discovery Clubs. This year I will be teaching the kindergarten Sunday school class. Children bring me great joy.  I feel the God has had them teach me way more than I will ever be able to teach them. 

My husband Bob and I live in Manheim Township with our two children Sarah (4) and Samuel (1).

  Currently Aides:

Toddlers

Tuesday/Thursday

Wednesday

Mrs. Zimmerman has been teaching at Calvary Preschool for 5 years.  She is thankful for the opportunity to teach God's Word to the children and to watch their excitement as they learn new skills.

Mrs. Zimmerman and her husband, Jan, live in Leola with their sons, Andy and Matthew.  In her free time, she enjoys reading, creating greeting cards with rubber stamps, spending time with family and friends and attending her sons' sporting events.

  Currently Teaches:

Pre-Kindergarten

T/W/Th

  Currently Teaches:

Pre-Kindergarten

Mon - Thurs

Mrs. Wissler is in her fifth year as a teacher's aid at Calvary Preschool. She considers the children and staff of CPS a great blessing in her life.

Mrs. Wissler lives in Brownstown with her husband, Reid, and their two teenagers Drew (17) and Megan (15).

Mrs. Wissler is a member of Calvary Church and has been a part of Children's Ministry for 23 years.  Currently, she is a 6th grade girls small group leader.

Mrs. Wissler enjoys reading, spending time with her family and attending all the sporting events of her teens.

  Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

Tuesday/Thursday

  Currently Aides:

Toddlers

Monday/Wednesday

Tuesday/Thursday

Friday

Mrs Miller is very excited to be joining the CPS staff this year!  While her house sometimes feels like a preschool, this will be her first opportunity to be in a classroom environment.  She and her husband, Paul,  live in Leola with their six children: Aidan and Caleigh who are 11, Julia who’s 8, Gage and Jeremiah who are 4 and Eve who’s absolutely, positively 2 . 

The Miller family attends Lancaster County Bible Church in Manheim where Mrs. Miller serves weekly in KidMin.  The Millers have been foster parents for Lancaster County Children and Youth Agency for the past 4 years, and Mrs. Miller currently serves as the Vice President of the Resource Parent Association.  She is very interested in learning as much as she can about child development and some of the things that get in the way of typical learning. 

Having been at home for most of the past 11 years, Mrs. Miller is excited to take some of the things that she’s learned as a mom and put them to use in a classroom, and she’s also very anxious to learn all that the precious kids can teach her!

  Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

Monday/Wednesday

Mrs. Malone is in her second year at Calvary Preschool. Her past experience has included teaching and assisting in Kindergarten, a Pre-K class and developing and teaching Spanish language curriculum (1-8 grades) at the Immanuel Christian School, Springfield, VA. As a former missionary to Ecuador, South America, she has enjoyed introducing  some basic Spanish language to the four year old class taught by Miss Mable.  

The Malone family consists of two sons: Dan, his wife Irina and two sons, Andrew (11) and little Alex (2 1/2). Dan's wife is from Russia. Their youngest son, Bill, works for the American Assoc. of Clinical Chemistry in downtown Washington, D. C. as the Senior Editorial Assistant. Both Mrs. Malone and her husband, John, are active members of Calvary Church. They serve with the Latino leadership team for the Koinonia Spanish ABF on Sunday mornings.    You can also find both grandparents in the toddler nursery the second Sunday of each month. 

The Malones previously lived in northern VA and served for over 18 years in the capacity of World Missions pastor at Immanuel Bible Church. They now reside in a lovely new neighborhood known as Clearview Gardens, outside of Ephrata.

  Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

M/W/F

  Currently Aides:

3 year olds

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Snyder graduated from Elizabethtown College with an education degree.  She taught six years as an elementary teacher in Manheim Township, substitute teacher at Hempfield, and 24 years as a teacher/aide at Landisville Mennonite Nursery School. She has been at Calvary Preschool for 5 years as an aide.

Mrs. Snyder has two sons, Jeffrey, and David who is married to Aimee and have four "loves".

Mrs. Snyder is "one happy camper" and is striving to "love the children to the Lord." She is so thankful to be a part of Calvary Preschool.

  Currently Aides:

Pre-Kindergarten

M/W/F

  Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

T/W/Th

This is Mrs. Brubaker's first year at Calvary Preschool, although she has previously taught German and beginning Spanish for 9 years in both the public school system and to home-schooled students.  She currently also works in Children's Ministries at Calvary Church as the Coordinator of Volunteers.  Mrs. Brubaker is a member of Calvary Church, and has attended there since 2004.  On Sunday mornings, you will usually find her at the Children's Ministries Central Desk assisting the guests and families of Calvary Church.

Mrs. Brubaker lives in Mount Joy with her husband and two school-aged children.  She enjoys reading, taking walks, and watching her children's soccer games.

  Currently Aides:

3 year olds

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Valenti has been working at Calvary Preschool for 6 years.  She believes it is both a privilege and pleasure to be part of the staff, involved in this ministry and to have the opportunity to be a part of these wonderful preschooler's lives.

She is married for 33 years to a wonderful husband (Jim). They have attended Calvary Church for 10 years and are involved in other ministries at Calvary and she communicates and thanks God daily for all that He is doing in their lives.

On a personal note:  We have 3 outstanding sons, 2 wonderful daughers-in-love, and 4 precious grandchildren. In my spare time, I volunteer with a music ministry, enjoy counted-cross-stitch, knitting, reading, walking, cooking, traveling with my husband and most of all spending time with my children and grandchildren.

  Currently Aides:

Pre-Kindergarten

T/W/Th

Mrs. Craddock is starting her second year as a teacher's aide at Calvary Preschool. In December of 2006 she graduated from Lancaster Bible College with an Associates Degree in Bible and Early Childhood Education and has always loved being around children.

She attends Calvary Monument Bible Church in Paradise, Pa where she helps in the nursery. Laura was just married this summer to Joel. She enjoys gardening, reading, doing craft and sewing projects and especially spending time with her family and friends.

  Currently Aides:

Pre-Kindergarten

Mon-Thurs

  Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

Monday/Wedensday

This is Mrs. Przywara’s first year as an aide at Calvary Preschool.  She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work and has worked in a variety of settings over the last fifteen years including maternal and child health, community psychiatry and hospice. She has a passion for helping others and for children. She serves in the children’s ministry and leads community outreach projects at her local church, Worship Center in Leola. 

When she is not enjoying time with her husband Dan, and daughters, Alaina and Danielle, she enjoys all types of physical fitness, gardening, fishing and traveling.  She is honored to join the Calvary Preschool ministry and feels privileged to have the opportunity to work with the children and their families.

Currently Aides:

3 & 4 year olds

Tuesday/Thursday

Mrs. Williams: 2008/09 is my 19^th year working at Calvary Preschool. I have been an aide, a teacher, the Director/Teacher and finally for the last 14 years Director of the school. The children and their families are my passion and it is my desire to serve them.

Another passion of mine is missions and I have had the privilege of going on 10 mission trips from the church; most of them were opportunities to teach children. My hobbies include sewing and quilting.

Aside from these and over 30 years of teaching in the church, my greatest classroom has been my home where my husband Brian and I have tried to instill in our 4 children the love of God and a desire to serve Him and bring Him glory. We have 4 children: Leigh (25) who is married to Jonathan Ober and has our first grandchild Morgyn Leigh, Whitney (22), Peter (19) and Shannon (16).

  Director

Mrs. Kile                                          

This is my 5th year at Calvary Preschool and my 6th year as a Lancaster resident.  When my youngest attended CPS, I discovered this was the place I wanted to be.  I enjoy administrative work, but what I really love are the children.                                    

My husband, Rick, and I have two children, Tracy (11) and Ethan (8).  They are involved in many activities and keep us busy.  We are also all involved at Calvary Church in many of the ministries.

   Administrative Assistant