Meet Our Team

  • Sabrina Hale

    Head of School

  • Elaine Kempt

    Administration and Finance Co-ordinator

  • Jessica Lindeman

    Lead Preschool Teacher

    Founder of Rowan Tree Preschool

  • Elise Gamble

    Early Childhood Educator

  • Dera Chan

    Early Childhood Educator

  • Jasmine Harrison

    Lead Teacher, Nature Kindergarten

  • Jenny Ross

    Lead Teacher, Nature Kindergarten

  • Maureen Corrigan

    Assistant Teacher, Nature Kindergarten

  • Natasha Rutters

    Assistant Teacher, Nature Kindergarten

  • Martha Cooper

    Lead Teacher, Grade 1-2

    Subject Teacher, Grade School

  • Glen Caradus

    Lead Teacher, Forest School Enrichment Day - Grade 1-2

  • Melanie Carriere-Fifield

    Assistant Teacher, Grade 1-2

    Subject Teacher, Grade School

  • Chantale Killey

    Lead Teacher, Grade 3-4

    Subject Teacher, Grade School

  • Jamie Orfald-Clarke

    Lead Teacher, Grade 3-4

    Subject Teacher, Grade School Program

  • Haley Gilchrist

    Assistant Teacher, Grade 3-4

    Subject Teacher, Grade School

  • Melissa Baldwin

    Lead Teacher, Grade 5-7

    Subject Teacher, Grade School

  • Jen Elchuk

    Lead Teacher, Forest School Enrichment Day - Grade 5-7

“Self-directed play is key to children’s physical and social development. Children’s play is actually their ‘work’ since through play they are able to find meaningful connections to each other and to the earth. Only through these deepening connections with the world around them will each child then awaken to an expression of respect, reverence, gratitude and desire to care and love. I believe in protecting the integrity of childhood through Waldorf-inspired educational methods and through Forest School inquiry based learning. At Rowan Tree Children’s School may wonder live in each student.”

— Jessica Lindeman, Founder of Rowan Tree Children’s School