Meet the Team

Dedicated Educators

Ms. Kim

Ms. Dani

Ms. Abby

Ms. Janet

Teal Room 

Ms. Janet is the lead teacher in the Teal Room. She has been a part of the Ja’Duke  team since 2008. She attended Greenfield Community College where she acquired her degree in early education. She has also taken on fine arts courses at UMASS to supplement her education. Ms. Janet believes that it is thrilling to be here where the Arts are such an integral part of our curriculum. Working with young children in this rich, diverse environment has proven to be both a privilege and a joy for Ms. Janet. She has a strong love of music, language and creativity...all key components in building a child’s healthy growth and development. She believes it is essential for us to nurture those self-help and social emotional skills in our youngsters, yet making it super positive and fun. This approach can lead to happy, healthy children who are motivated and excited to learn!

Teacher Kass

Purple 2 Room / Dance Instructor

          Kass is one of our Infant/Toddler teachers, as well as our Preschool Dance instructor. We love to make "magic dance soup" with them every week! After school Kass can be found teaching several dance classes here at JCPA!

Purple Room 1

Ms. Kerri

Ms. Kerri is a certified lead Infant/Toddler and preschool teacher in the Purple Room. She has worked at Ja’Duke Preschool for 5 years and has been in the field for 11 years. Her favorite part of working at Ja’Duke is watching the children learn and grow throughout the building. 

Ms. Laura

Blue Room

Ms. Laura is the lead teacher in the Blue Room for Pre-K. She has been teaching for 5 years at Ja'Duke Preschool and has learned so much throughout her years here.  She loves camping with her friends and family, reading, hiking, rollerblading and taking long walks on the beach looking for seashells and sea glass. You can often find her on the sidelines cheering on her children in their many activities but recently she's discovered she loves being in shows with her children. Sometimes you just need to be brave to conquer your fears!!!!! She can't wait to meet all of her students and watch them blossom and grow.

Ms. Ree

Blue Room

Ms. Sheryl

Teal Room 1

Ms. Sheryl is an EEC certified preschool/ Infant toddler teacher. She has been with Ja'Duke for 11 years. Ms. Sheryl has worked in every room at Ja'Duke, and really enjoys being with the toddlers. Prior to working for Ja'Duke she worked for the Greenfield public schools as a para and with children with cognitive disabilities. Ms. Sheryl is grateful that she can be part of molding the young minds of children and to be able to help guide them to reach new milestones throughout the year. 

Ms. Carrie

Green Room

Ms. Maria

Ms. Ree

Ms. Ree

Ms. MacKenzie

Teal Room 2

Ms. Tiffany

Yellow Room

Ms. Maria

Blue Room

Ms. Michelle

Purple Room 2

Blue Room

Teacher Kass

Purple 2 Room / Dance Instructor

          Kass is one of our Infant/Toddler teachers, as well as our Preschool Dance instructor. We love to make "magic dance soup" with them every week! After school Kass can be found teaching several dance classes here at JCPA!

Ms. Juniper

Music Instructor

           Ms. Juniper has been with Ja'Duke for many years! She is often seen performing in Theater shows, teaching driving school and singing as often as she can! We are lucky enough to have Ms. Juniper as our Preschool Music teacher every other week!

Ms. Judy

Music Instructor

         Ms. Judy is our other Preschool Music teacher! She loves to sing with us every other week, and you can also find her helping in our Theater shows!