Kindergarten

Students in kindergarten are immersed in language as they continue to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills through a variety of multi-sensory activities. The Wilson Fundations Program incorporates all aspects of language arts. Oral language is practiced often both in the classroom and in chapel. Children receive formal language arts instruction both in a whole group and in a small group setting. Our small class size provides opportunity for individualized enrichment and/or reinforcement.

Math in Focus − The Singapore Approach is a focused, coherent curriculum for deep understanding. The program presents foundational concepts through songs, rhymes, and hands-on activities. The instructional sequence includes concrete (manipulatives), pictorial (pictures and models), abstract (numerals and symbols), and multi-step and non-routine problem solving.

In social studies, students compare their way of life to that in other environments. They develop beginning mapping skills and an understanding of the world’s resources and the importance of conservation. Students are involved in community service activities. Literature, speakers, theatrical experiences, art, music, holiday celebrations, history, and field trips foster awareness of people from different cultures.

Kindergarten Teachers

List of 3 members.

Elizabeth Hunninghake

Kindergarten Teacher

Joined All Saints' in 2017
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Elizabeth Hunninghake joined the All Saints' community is 2017 as a first-grade teacher. In 2019, she began teaching as a member of the kindergarten team. She has a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Education with a specialization in reading from Southern Methodist University. Elizabeth is a Certified Reading Specialist. She was a member of the Dallas Corps of Teach for America from 2010-12. She taught kindergarten for seven years for Uplift Education, the largest charter school network in North Texas.
Mariana Morrill

Kindergarten Teacher

Joined All Saints' in 2016
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Born and raised in the industry's oil field compounds of Venezuela, Mariana Morrill a moved to Phoenix, Arizona, during the summer of 2016 with husband Mark, and son Marco. Mariana is a proud member of the kindergarten team at All Saints'. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Family and Early Childhood Education from Michigan State University, as well as a Master’s Degree in Multidisciplinary Studies and Curriculum Development and an Educational Leadership Certificate from State University of New York, and Certification in ESL from Trenton State University. She has over 25 years of professional teaching experience from early childhood positions in East Lansing, Michigan, to lower elementary positions (ESL, Spanish, and first grade) in the multicultural environment of one of the best known and highest regarded International American Schools in the world, Escuela Campo Alegre, in Caracas, Venezuela. Her teaching philosophy is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where students develop a love of learning.
Nicole Tamer

Kindergarten Teacher

Joined All Saints' in 2013
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Nicole Tamer joined All Saints' in 2013 and is currently teaching as a member of the kindergarten team. She earned a B.A. and a Permanent Teaching Certification from the University of Rochester in Psychology and History. She also earned a Master's in Educational Curriculum Design and a Certificate of Administrative Studies from the University at Albany. She has experience teaching students from pre-school through twelfth grade. She has three children—All Saints' Class of 2017, 2018, and 2020. When she is not teaching, she is usually out hiking with her family or coaching a soccer game.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten Teachers

List of 3 members.

Elizabeth Hunninghake

Mariana Morrill

Nicole Tamer

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