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DHARANI G. NARASIMHAN came to the Montessori Center of Nyack in 2001. She is a graduate of Bangalore University and an AMI certified Montessori teacher. While she was in India, Dharani owned and managed her own school. Her mother and sister are also trained Montessori teachers, so her familiarity with the philosophy extends beyond her immediate formal experience. Dharani completed a combined Masters in regular and special education at the College of New Rochelle and, having passed all of the required examinations, is awaiting her permanent NYS teaching certification. She brings patience, dedication, and creativity to her position of directress and is also the supervising teacher of the Universal Prekindergarten program at the Montessori Center of Nyack.
   

MARÍA McNENNEY studied sociology and psychology at Manhattan College and worked as a translator for unionized companies before joining us in 1998.  She became interested in Montessori educational philosophy when her daughter was a student here. María completed her preprimary certification through the American Montessori Society. Bilingual, she provides Spanish language lessons for our full-day children and leads them in our weekly Spanish immersion day.
   
MELISSA DOLPHIN had already spent three years working in a neighboring Montessori school when she joined us in January as a long-term substitute teacher. She is a graduate of the State University College at Cortland, NY where she majored in education and has a Masters in instructional technology from the American Intercontinental University. Melissa is a permanently certified NYS teacher. It’s a great help to our Spanish program that she spent two summers in Madrid at the Universidad Complutense. Melissa will be assisting in our kindergarten program at the River School in the afternoon.

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