Meet Our Nursery School Staff and Board Members
Our Nursery School staff is proud to be involved within the Christian community and dedicated to the early childhood educational growth for children enrolled in our program. With various extensive backgrounds, our team of nursery school teachers provides the best early care and school preparation for your children.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
Little Blessings Nursery School Staff
Our nursery school staff has allowed all past, present and future children of our program to excel in their early childhood. Little Blessings truly values the collaboration between caregivers and educators. By providing dedicated, involved and creative programming, our nursery school staff strive to create the best possible learning environment for our preschool children.
Ms. Mandi
Supervisor and Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE)
Ms. Mandi is Little Blessings Nursery School’s esteemed Supervisor and our room one Registered Early Childhood Educator. Ms. Mandi graduated with a major in Early Childhood Education at Concordia University in Montreal and she went on to complete a professional certificate in Special Needs Education. Ms. Mandi has extensive experience spanning over a decade in a variety of teaching environments.
Since finding her place at LBNS in 2020, Ms. Mandi was recognized for her passion of childhood development which lead to her supervisor promotion in 2022. Ms. Mandi inspires our school with her genuine faith based approach and child led activities. Her personal philosophies as an RECE involve always seeking out new activities and incorporating new ideas when planning programs as she believes that even she grows and learns alongside every child.
When Ms. Mandi is not at Little Blessings Nursery School, she is busy with her young son and family. She completed a marathon a few years ago and she wishes to challenge herself again in the future.
Ms. Sudar
Ministry-Approved Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE)
Ms. Sudar is a cherished educational assistant that has been teaching at Little Blessings Nursery School since 2012. With over 17 years of experience encouraging children to strive in their early learning environments, she is always ready to expect the unexpected from children. As an eager and passionate learner, Ms. Sudar is currently completing additional coursework at Durham College to further strengthen her knowledge in early learning and childhood development. Her dedication to early childhood education is what recognizes her ability to lead our room two classroom as our trusted MA-RECE. Ms. Sudar’s personal philosophy is firmly beleiving in the importance that children feel equally valued, safe, and cared for when they are away from home. She strives in supporting all children of all abilities.
Ms. Sudar is a valued member of our team. Her warmhearted approach to getting to know the personalities of each child is comforting during the children’s time away from home. Ms. Sudar has raised 3 children of her own and looks forward to becoming a grandma one day, but until then she feels blessed to be surrounded by children she can teach and care for every day.
Mrs. Molnar
Early Childcare Assistant (ECA)
Mrs. Molnar is an admirable Educational Assistant that has been involved with Little Blessings Nursery School since 2011. Beginning with retaining a position as an esteemed member of our Board while her children attended, Mrs. Molnar began her official position at Little Blessings in 2015 as a supply teacher and further proceeded to demonstrate her commitment to early childhood education and obtained her role of ECA, where she has excelled for nearly a decade.
Day to day Ms. Molnar is involved with the daily programming, organization of the classroom and takes great pride in ensuring each child is greeted with a warm and friendly smile at the start of every day. Mrs. Molnar is a valued member of the team and loves helping children gain confidence learning new skills, and support each child achieve their goals.
When she is not in the classroom—
you can find her biking, running, and spending time outside with her two children and two beagles.
Mrs. Sheri-Lynne
Early Childcare Assistant (ECA)
Mrs. Sheri-Lynne joined Little Blessings Nursery School as an ECA and thrives in supporting children in their early learning surroundings. As she takes great pride in being room two’s ECA, Mrs. Sherry-Lynn immerses herself in classroom program planning—creating fun, child-led play based experiences. Mrs. Sheri-Lynne has years of experience working with children in different programs in various countries.
Her beleifs in early childhood education are that the foundational years are truly vital and therefore she gives herself to ensure that each child feels loved, valued and celebrated in their quest for learning. She has three grown children of her own and loves spending time with her growing family whenever she is not at Little Blessings Nursery School.
Mrs. Lisa
Early Childcare Assistant (ECA)
Mrs. Lisa found her place at Little Blessings Nursery School in 2019 where she began working as a supply teacher. Showing a passion for early childhood care, she quickly gained the opportunity to fulfill the position of resource teacher. Now, you can find Ms. Lisa in room three, engaged in her role as an educational assistant.
When Mrs. Lisa is not working with LBNS, she is busy at home with her two young children. You can find Mrs. Lisa spending time outside with her family or making her own mess at home during craft time.
Mrs. Dina
Resource
Teacher
Mrs. Dina has connected with Little Blessings as a resource teacher and has years of experience working with children. She feels ready to rise to any challenge in the early childhood education environments, especially as Mrs. Dina also has two beautiful boys of her own.
Away from her time at Little Blessings Nursery School, she prides herself by additionally working in the Personal Support Worker field caring for the elderly.
Mrs. Ali
Resource
Teacher
Mrs. Ali is a resource teacher at Little Blessings Nursery School and enjoys being surrounded by all the children. Having a daughter and two sons herself, she still finds time to enjoy experimenting with different recipes, up-cycling thrifty finds, and sharing them with others through blogging and posting on social media.
Mrs. Whitley
Administrator
Mrs. Whitley currently fulfills the role of Little Blessing Nursery School’s administrator. After graduating and completing her early childhood education she began her near decade long RECE credentials in a variety of early childcare settings. In 2017 Mrs. Whitley was established as LBNS’ supervisor. Through COVID and with a family decision to move to Peterborough, she discovered a newfound passion for administration. With Little Blessings having a special place in her heart, she embraced the role of remote administrator to further encourage the success of all Little Blessings students.
Little Blessings Nursery School Board Advisors
Little Blessings is privileged to retain relationships and have on-going communication with esteemed members of the community with their best intentions to support the success of our nursery school and staff as our Board Advisors.
Board Advisors use their wide range of experience and knowledge to guide Little Blessings Nursery School in regard to policies, procedures and day-to-day operations. Their volunteer commitment to the school is a testament to the excellent early childhood educational care provided at our Nursery School.
Little Blessings Nursery School Board of Directors
Day to day our Board of Directors fulfill various roles such as finances, social media engagement, ensuring policies and procedures are met and numerous other responsibilities. Little Blessings’ Board of Directors collaborate on effective strategies and have ongoing conversations to ensure the longevity of our program.
Annie
MacPherson
Treasurer
Annie represents herself as the Treasurer on Little Blessings Nursery School Board of Directors. She is a busy mom of two toddlers.
Annie is fluent in Spanish, studied overseas and has a bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Business Administration. She aspires to resume further studies in the near future. She loves spending time outdoors with her family.
Tina
Fung
Secretary
Tina brings an array of experience in banking operations, project management and social media management to the Little Blessings Nursery School Board of Directors.
Her most recent role of stay-at-home mom to two beautiful boys has been perspective shifting and has sparked a desire to further support early learning and community participation.
Along with being an avid yogi, Tina enjoys exploring and adventuring with her family. She is a passionate foodie, loves sparkly things, and celebrating small joys.
Ashley
Smith-Bollert
Social Media and
Boutique Coordinator
Ashley represents herself on Little Blessing Nursery School’s Board of Directors. Ashley spearheads the social media presence as well as maintaining LBNSs online boutique. From the beginning of her time with Little Blessings, she has immersed herself into showcasing the most positive and up to date aspects of this early learning environment.
While her day-to-day is mostly filled by being a stay-at-home-mom to her two young boys, Ashley’s true passion is early childhood education. Her personal philosophies strongly centre around each child being able to embrace the full potential of their childhood. As an RECE Ashley loves to contribute new ideas when able and to support the entire staff wherever she can be useful.
“To this end, the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.” – John Strachan
