Faculty & Staff

Ms. D’Antonio is a graduate of West Liberty State College with an undergraduate degree in elementary education with a minor in math education. She received her masters in educational psychology from the University of Oklahoma and her principal certification from California University of Pennsylvania. She has also received her administrator credentials from the American Montessori Society. She taught autistic students in New Jersey for a year and then taught elementary school for 4 years for the Department of Defense Schools in Panama. After moving to Maryland, she taught public school for 2 years. She next became a Psychology Professor for Central Texas College and has taught education courses for Shippensburg University. Ms. D’Antonio joined Montessori Academy of Chambersburg in August 2000 where she started the middle school program. She has been responsible for the creation of the Academy’s curriculum as well as spear-heading the Middle States Accreditation process. Ms. D'Antonio resides locally with her 3 boys, Tyler, Zachary and Nicholas.

You may already know her if you go to Ragged Edge Swim Club. Jan is the manager. She has also worked for many years until 2006 at the YMCA teaching swimming lessons, etc. Married with two grown children and one new grandson, Jan enjoys reading, knitting, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and her cocker spaniels, Rooney and Rocky B.

Ms. McLucas became interested in Montessori when her son started out as one of the first five students of the Montessori School. By the time her youngest child entered the Toddler program, she was the Assistant in Children’s House B, where she worked for three years. After that, she took her Infant and Toddler training in Princeton, NJ. She has been the Toddler Directress for over 15 years. Ms. McLucas lives in Chambersburg with her husband, Dennis. They have three children who are all Montessori graduates; Andy, Carley and Emma. When she’s not at school she enjoys knitting, reading, scrapbooking, church and family activities.

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Mrs. Davidson joined the Montessori family of Chambersburg in 2002. Before she came to the Academy, she worked in childcare for seventeen years in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. She attended school in West Virginia. Currently she resides in the town of Shippensburg with her husband, Tim, and two sons, Russ and Ethan. She has a house rabbit and a very large puppy. Her family is very active in area sports.

Mrs. Jones was born and raised in Schuylkill County, PA and graduated from Moravian College in Bethlehem with degrees in Psychology and Business. She has 12 years working in both Toddler and Children’s House Montessori classrooms. Ms. Jones enjoys preparing the environment and work for the students. She especially likes the art and practical life areas. Mrs. Jones and her husband, Bob, have lived in Chambersburg since May, 1989. They have 3 daughters who all attended The Montessori school.

Ms. Miller graduated from Shippensburg University with a degree in Elementary Education and Early Childhood. She taught at the preschool level for 3 years in Martinsburg, WV, before joining Montessori Academy. Ms. Miller lives in Shippensburg with her husband, Zachary, and her 2 children, Ryan and Madison.

Mrs. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Maryland with an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology. After graduating, Mrs. Johnson worked in several schools in the Baltimore and Washington, DC area before returning to Hagerstown, MD. She received her Montessori Certification from the Institute for Advanced Montessori Training at the Barrie School in 2005. Mrs. Johnson joined Montessori Academy in August 2004. Mrs. Johnson lives in Virginia and has varied interests including extensive ballet instruction.

Mrs. Angle is a graduate of Elizabethtown College with an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. She completed post-graduate work at Shippensburg College and received her Montessori Certification from CMTE/New York. Her teaching experience includes Tuscarora School District, grades K, 4, and 5, and Franklin County Head Start program as the head teacher at Mercersburg Head Start. She has also served as a private tutor at Mercersburg Academy. Mrs. Angle joined Montessori Academy of Chambersburg in August 2003. She resides in Mercersburg with her husband, Gary, and has three sons, Andrew, Gregory and Mitchell, three daughters-in-law, Kathy, Mary and Sharyn. Greg and Mary are the parents of her grandchildren, Gary (6) and Grace (3).

Ms. Snoke is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Shippensburg University with an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. She holds dual state teaching certificates in Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education. Ms. Snoke has also attended many workshops including Project Learning Tree, Project WILD and the National Montessori Conference. She joined Montessori Academy in January 2001. Ms. Snoke resides in Chambersburg with her husband, George. They have two daughters and one son.

Ms. Smith began working as a volunteer with the Academy students, making class quilts for the 2002 Silent Auction – Montessori Academy’s largest fundraising event. She became the art teacher in 2004. Ms. Smith received her undergraduate degree in English from West Virginia Wesleyan College, a Master of Arts in Education and Training from the University of Maryland--Baltimore County, and a Master of Science in Counseling from Shippensburg University. A textile artist and quiltmaker, Ms. Smith has a strong background in design and color theory, as well as art history. She lives in Waynesboro with her partner Robin and their son, Sam.

Ms. Cleary is a graduate from Shippensburg University, with an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. Ms. Cleary is a member of National Council for History Education and Kappa Delta Pi, an International Honor Society in Education. Since graduating college, she has taught a variety of grade levels in various local school districts. She joined Montessori Academy in November 2006.

Mrs. Feagin graduated from Simmons College with a Masters of Library Science. She first joined the Montessori Academy family as a parent and became the Librarian in Fall 2010, after several years of intense volunteering. For the last decade, home has been Hagerstown, Maryland, where Mrs. Feagin lives with her husband, James, and three children, Emma, Sylvia and Charlie.

Mrs. Reinert was raised in Southern Africa, but came to the United States to complete a double major at Olivet Nazarene University in Church Music and Elementary Education. She and her husband, John, moved to Chambersburg in 1990. She taught fourth grade at Cumberland Valley Christian School for three years, was a homeschooling parent and has been an adjunct professor of music theory at Wilson College. She currently teaches private piano for Cumberland Valley School of Music at both Wilson College and Mercersburg Academy campuses. She has been a faculty member at CVSM for 14 years, where she also participates in the string orchestra as a violinist, and has taught First Kids' Chorus. In addition, she has served as worship leader, pianist, keyboardist, choir accompanist and instrumental arranger for special programs at her church. Mrs. Reinert first became acquainted with Montessori in 2000 when her two children attended Children's House. She has a passion for passing on the joy of music to the next generation.