Leadership
Mission-Driven Leadership & Governance
St. Helena Montessori School is guided by experienced educational leaders and governed by a dedicated Board of Directors committed to safeguarding the school’s mission and ensuring the integrity of the Montessori program from toddler through adolescence.
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School Leadership
Mrs. Elena Heil
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Mr. Alexander Heil
ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
ADOLESCENT PROGRAM (AP) DIRECTOR
Mr. Ted Stonbely
ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL
DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
Mrs. Stephanie Grimes
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Mrs. Jennifer Heil
ADOLESCENT PROGRAM (AP) CO-DIRECTOR
PEDAGOGICAL HEAD OF THE AP
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors works in partnership with the Head of School to ensure the long-term vitality and faithful stewardship of the school’s mission. The Board provides strategic oversight, financial governance, and support for the continued development of St. Helena Montessori School.
Board President — Mrs. Elena Heil
Treasurer — Mr. Peter White
Secretary — Mrs. Julie Dickson
DIRECTORS
Mrs. Martha Doornink
Mr. Henry Gundling
Mr. Chuck Haas
Mr. Robert Orellana
Mr. John Peiffer, Legal Counsel
Education should not limit itself to seeking new methods for a mostly arid transmission of knowledge: its aim must be to give the necessary aid to human development.... If ‘the formation of man’ becomes the basis of education, then the coordination of all schools from infancy to maturity, from nursery to university, arises as a first necessity: for man is a unity, an individuality that passes through interdependent phases of development. Each preceding phase prepares the one that follows, forms its base, nurtures the energies that urge towards the succeeding period of life.
Maria Montessori