Lenore Kingston
In addition to serving as a teacher, Lenore serves as the school Director. Lenore graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan with an AB in Education, K-8 and then received she received her MSW from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. She worked for Farmington Public Schools in Farmington, Michigan for 30 years as a school social worker, where she facilitated parenting classes, taught character building lessons, and developed interventions for at risk students.
Her family belonged to Birmingham Temple where she taught Sunday school and beginning Hebrew. She applied research based educational strategies to Jewish education, and says she reached her goal when she saw my students having fun.
Lenore moved to Erie, Colorado to be close to her three daughters and their families. Her husband Ron and she enjoy traveling, so she says that living in Colorado feels like a vacation.
Marti Hirsch
We are very pleased to welcome Marti to our teaching staff for Fall 2006. Marti has taught children in four states. She earned a double BA in Theatre Arts and Liberal Studies from the University of California in Santa Cruz and an MA in Special Education from San Francisco State University. For six years in California, she taught elementary aged children with learning and communication disabilities. After moving to New Jersey, she worked as a math and social studies teacher for middle and high school students with learning differences. Upon moving to Georgia, Marti continued special education teaching at the middle school level. After having children of her own, She began tutoring, substitute teaching and later teaching preschool. Marti developed and maintained the library of a newly built school. She also taught at the Kol Chaim Humanistic Sunday School in Atlanta. Marti is currently employed in the Eisenhower Elementary School library in Boulder.
Along with her professional duties, Marti leads two Girls Scout troops and is an avid volunteer at her daughters' schools. She enjoys cooking and bicycling. Marti's daughters attend the Beth Ami Jewish Cultural School.
Christie Miller Gosch
Christie received her BFA from Syracuse University and developed a career as a graphic designer until having her first child. After a brief stint as a stay-at-home mom, Christie's love of music and discovery of the Music Together program with her daughter turned into a second career as a music development teacher. This age appropriate music program for newborns thru pre-school has guided Christie into the teaching arena and her newly discovered enjoyment of assisting young people in learning about the world around them through music, literature, and the arts.
Christie says that assisting at Beth Ami’s Jewish Cultural School, where both her children attend, has been both an honor and pleasure.
