Meet Teacher/Director Julie of the Rose Room
Julie is the teacher for our Mixed Age preschool class. She also serves as the Director, overseeing curriculum planning and our parent teacher training.
Julie has spent the last 6 years as a Preschool Teacher for THPRD. She loves going to concerts and spending time outdoors with her family. She has 1 teenage daughter at home, her middle son serves in the US Army, and her oldest son attends college in California. Julie has a cat named Rocket and a dog named Barley. Julie loves watching her preschoolers learn by leaps and bounds.
Her favorite quote is “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” –Benjamin Franklin
Julie’s teaching philosophy is based on working together as a team and becoming a family in the same community. “I love that I have had the opportunity to build relationships with my students and their parents. I’ve seen them in my neighborhood when I’m out walking the dog or headed to the park with my kids. I feel like I was raised to never ask for help and I want to start a new trend from the beginning of a child’s life. I encourage them to ask for help and seek out others who need help.”
Meet Teacher Dulce of the Azalea Room
Dulce is excited to start a new adventure as the lead teacher for the Azalea class at Ashcreek! In her spare time, you can often find her with her son, JJ, and daughter, Emma, both of whom have thrived in the Ashcreek environment. They enjoy various activities, from road trips to backyard movie parties.
Along with being a dedicated stay-at-home mom for several years, Dulce has experience as a reading tutor serving children ages k-3rd grade and a background in biology. Dulce brings a diverse skill set and remarkable adaptability to her role. She is well-known for her exceptional party-planning skills and her talent for crafting.
Over the past two years as an assistant teacher, Dulce has won the hearts of every child at Ashcreek, showcasing her passion for early childhood education. As she steps into the lead teacher position for the 2024-25 school year, we are excited to have her patience, enthusiasm, and creativity guiding the Azalea class!
Meet Teacher Elizabeth of the Daisy Room
Elizabeth has lived in Oregon her whole life and enjoys everything the state has to offer, from coast to mountains to deserts. She enjoys camping and taking in the wonder of nature with her 4-year-old son, Emerson and dreams of taking him on traveling adventures. She also enjoys reading, crafts, baking, caring for her houseplants, and snuggling with her three cats, Meeko, Mjolnir, and Stormy.
Elizabeth has always known she wanted to work with young children – at first leaning towards counseling, but realizing her natural enjoyment of teaching, she veered toward early childhood education. Elizabeth has an educational background in psychology and development as well as experience in management of early childhood school programs and teaching of toddler and preschool classrooms.
Elizabeth strongly believes in respecting even the youngest of children as unique individuals and creating an emergent curriculum based on the interests of her class. She believes that every child has a natural love of learning that should be nurtured by following their lead. She strives to create an environment in which each child can thrive and to encourage them on a path of kindness, awareness, and confidence in their own intrinsic potential.