- esnsenrollment@gmail.com
- (401) 272-2228
- esnsenrollment@gmail.com
- (401) 272-2228
The teachers at ESNS are passionate about social-emotional development and play-based learning that adapts to the interests and needs of each child. They model collaboration and friendship in the ESNS community every day.
Sarah holds a Masters of Education in Early Childhood Education from Worcester State University. She has been involved in the East Side Nursery School community since 2008 as a parent and board member, including two years as President of the ESNS Board of Directors, and joined the teaching team in 2019. Prior to joining ESNS, she previously worked as Assistant Director at Books Are Wings, a Rhode Island children’s literacy non-profit.
Sarah believes deeply in play-based education with a focus on social-emotional skill building. Passionate about life-long learning, Sarah loves reading and taking classes on just about any subject. She likes to spend her spare time on strolls through the woods or with her large extended family.
Bekah graduated from Brown University with an AB in American Civilization and a Masters of Arts in Teaching and has worked with children ages three to high school in a variety of settings. She is committed to play based learning and chose ESNS in 2001 for her oldest child. Her next two children followed with the youngest finishing ESNS in 2017.
Bekah served on the ESNS Board for six years, including two as President. Prior to returning in the role of teacher, she worked for ten years as a childhood cancer advocate, Mommas team leader, and fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. In addition to teaching, Bekah is active in her role on the Board of The Wolf School for Complex Learners and loves to write, make art, and get out in nature.
Beth graduated from Tulane University with a double major in Theatre and Gender Studies. She has a long history with East Side Nursery School: as a preschooler in the 1980’s, as a parent beginning with her oldest child in 2014, and now as a part of the teaching team.
In addition to years of experience as an educator and caregiver in classrooms, after-school programs and summer camps, Beth brings to ESNS a voracious love of literature and the arts and a deep respect for the business of play in the lives and development of children.
Karen graduated from Swarthmore College, where she majored in English. She has been a member of the East Side Nursery School community since 2001, when the first of her four children began in the Tuesday/Thursday class, and has been teaching at ESNS since 2016.
Children and education have been long standing passions for Karen: she is certified in Parent and Family Coaching; she currently leads an online international adoption support group; and has previously developed, written, and taught an original religious education curriculum for children ages 3-9. Karen and her husband live near ESNS on the East Side, with one child in elementary school, one in high school, one in college, and one in graduate school.