Teacher Biographies
Christ Clarion is blessed with a highly qualified teaching staff.  Note that each has been awarded a degree specifically in education.  
 

Eleni Beyer

  

B.A. in Psychology, Allegheny College

 M.S. in Education from Syracuse University

   Substitute teacher at Christ Clarion as well as other schools.
   Teaches piano to young children  
   Counselor at the college level  
  

She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 2005.

Kathy Crowe

   B.S. in Elementary Education & M.S. in Education from the State University College of NY at Buffalo.
   Preschool education specialist for Clinical Associates of the Finger Lakes for six years
   Teacher and coordinator at the Center for Handicapped Children in Buffalo for 12 years
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 2007 


Bonnie Dunn

   B.S. in Elementary Education Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
   Taught fourth grade in the Indiana Area School District in Indiana PA
   Taught preschool in Level Green, PA
   Taught children's classes at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.  
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 1998.

 

Cathy Fields

   B.A. in English with an Education minor, St. Lawrence University.  
   Graduate courses in Education and Student Teaching at Northwestern.  
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 1996.

Debbie Gaudion

   B.A. in Education with concentrations in French and English, Bucknell University
   M.S. in Education from Nazareth College
   Has been a student director of the Upward Bound Program
   Has been a substitute teacher at Christ Clarion and the Harley School  
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 2005.


Chris Monaghan

   B.A. Elementary Education, Minor in Art, State University of New York at New Paltz
   M.S. in Education, Nazareth College
   Taught for nine years as a first and second grade teacher in Wappingers Falls and the Rush Henrietta School District.  
   Worked for two years as a reading and math remedial teacher in the Rush Henrietta School District.  
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 1997 and has been co-director since 2003.

Julie Wright
   B.S. Elementary Education, State University of New York at Geneseo
   M.S. Early Childhood Education, Nazareth College.
   Taught kindergarten in Phelps-Clifton Springs for eight years  
   Substitute teacher at Christ Clarion Preschool
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 2006.

Lisa Wrona
   B.S. in Education from State University of New York at Cortland.
   A.S. in Day Care Administration from Cazenovia College.
   Director and Head teacher of Presbyterian Church Nursery School in Morristown, NJ for three years.
   Assistant School Director and Kindergarten Teacher at Bright Beginnings Learning Center in Palisades Park, NJ for three years.
   She has been teaching at Christ Clarion since 2002 and was appointed co-director in 2006.