Early Learning Center Staff |
Kathy Bess
Kathy Bess was born in Dallas, Texas. She was raised and attended schools in the Dallas area. She accepted the position as teacher of the infant program in the Early Learning Center in 2008.
Kathy has 10 years of experience working with older infants and young toddlers. She enjoys working and seeing the children grow and learn.
Kathy and her husband Devin have been married for 25 years. They have two children and on grandson.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Katie Doering
Mrs. Doering was born in New Mexico, but raised in Flower Mound, Texas. She attended the University of North Texas in Denton and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education. She has been apart of the Prince of Peace family for one year now and feels so blessed to be working in such a loving, Christian environment.
Before Prince of Peace, she was a stay at home mom for her young son, Skyler. He now attends Prince of Peace and is absolutely flourishing. My husband, Marc, and I could not be more delighted about his placement.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Lindsey Cayton
Mrs. Cayton was born and raised in Hannibal, Missouri. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri to attend St. Louis Community College at Meramec where she received an Associates Degree in Interior Design. She then went to the University of Missouri – St. Louis where she received a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. She also has her certification in Early Childhood Education.
She and her family are new to POPCS but they feel they have made a forever home. Mrs. Cayton has five years of teaching experience from infant classrooms to fourth grade classes. She loves working in the two year old classroom here at Prince of Peace.
Mrs. Cayton and her husband Darrin of two years are excited to someday start a family here at Prince of Peace. She and her family attend church here at Prince of Peace.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Katie Fathman
Katie was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. She attended POPCS since she was 3 and graduated in 2009. Although she just started working at POP in the ELC in August, she has been part of the POP family for over 15 years.
For the past few summers, Katie worked at POP’s summer care with preschoolers and kindergartners. Her favorite thing about POP is that it feels like a family. After watching her mom work with young children at POP for 13 years, Katie decided working with children is the career path she wanted to pursue.
Katie is a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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 Rita Fathman
Mrs. Fathman was born in Louisiana, but raised in Port Neches-Groves, Texas. She attended Lamar University in Beaumont.
She and her family have been part of Prince of Peace family for over fifteen years. For eleven years she has worked as a preschool teacher’s assistant. Her love for Christ and her love for working with children inspired her to accept the position as lead teacher of the toddler program in the Early Learning Center. Excited about this new endeavor, she is anticipating getting on the floor and playing with her students and giving lots of hugs.
Mrs. Fathman and her husband Jim have a daughter Katie, who will be graduating POPCS in 2009. She and her family attend Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
e-mail: rita.fathman@princeofpeace.org |
Catherine Fontenberry
Catherine Fontenberry was born in Mississippi. She grew up in Kenner and Metairie, Louisiana. Catherine attended Brookhaven College where she completed the Child Development Associate classes. She received the CSA Credential issued by the Council for Professional Recognition in Washington DC.
Catherine has been with POPCS for a year now. Previous to this she worked at Northway Child Development Center for three years in the infant class as a teacher’s assistant. Her favorite thing about working at POPCS is working in the infant class and loving them. She has a granddaughter who will be graduating in 2011 from POPCS.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Danielle Keatings
Miss Danielle Keatings was born in New York and moved to Carrollton in the fifth grade. While in high school she volunteered in her church’s children’s ministry and worked as a preschool teacher after school. She has a heart for Latin Missions. After graduating high school she moved to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to teach kindergarten at an orphanage for two years. She’s been at Prince of Peace for three years. She is one of our toddler teachers in the Early Learning Center in the mornings and is lead teacher in The Zone after school. She is currently finishing up a double major in Elementary Education and Spanish at the Texas A&M Commerce at their local satellite campus. One of her favorite things about her job is driving the bus for field trips.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Mojgan Mafiehran
Mojgan Mafi was born in Tehran, Iran. She attended school in Tehran.
She and her daughter have been at Prince of Peace since 2008. Her daughter began preschool here, and Mojan started to work in the infant class of the Early Learning enter. Mojgan has a deep love for children and a commitment to work with great dedication for our families at POPCS.
Mojgan worked at Cambridge Academy for one year before coming to POPCS. She and her daughter are members of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Lourdes Patino
Lourdes Patino was born and raised in the city of Puebla in Mexico, the capital of the state by the same name, some 200 kilometers southeast of Mexico City. She studied accounting and started working at a firm where she met her husband Alberto Benitez some 31 years ago
In 1995, she and her children moved to the Dallas area so they could further their education, while her husband stayed in Mexico running an accounting consulting firm that we had developed. Upon arriving in Dallas, my children, Juan Pablo and Stefanie, were enrolled into Holy Cross Lutheran School and Dallas Lutheran School respectively, where they graduated in 2001 and 2003.
Lourdes was involved at Holy Cross with their Early Child Care program – with toddlers and later 3 year olds – from 1995 up until October of 2008. In 2009, I was invited to join Prince of Peace in their Early Learning Center by Mrs. Lynne Keckonen.
Her favorite thing about her job at POP is the reward of watching the little boys and girls grow up right before your eyes, and the daily reward of their laughter, hugs, and the spontaneous moments that an infant provides.
Lourdes has two children, Stefanie and Juan Pablo. Stefanie is a corporate lawyer practicing in Dallas and Juan Pablo is an Economics and Government teacher at the Shelton School in Dallas.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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 Jackie Sanchez
Mrs. Sanchez has made countless numbers of positive impacts in the lives of POPCS students and their families. During her eighteen years at POPCS, she has served as a kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade teacher assistant and a lead teacher of “The Zone.” Her dedication to children’s ministry led her to accept a teaching position in the Early Leaning Center.
Mrs. Sanchez’s classroom philosophy is based upon Matthew 19:14, “Let the little children come unto Me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Her classroom allows children to experience a secure, loving environment where children will learn through rich and creative activities. She believes each child is unique and precious in God’s sight.
Mrs. Sanchez and her husband have two adult children, former POPCS students, and two grandchildren.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
e-mail: jackie.sanchez@princeofpeace.org
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Rachel Sosinski
Mrs. Sosinski was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She graduated from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.
Mrs. Sosinski and her family started attending POPLS in 1994. They did leave for a short time while Mrs. Sosinski taught Preschool 3’s and 4’s and Kindergarten at other Lutheran schools in the Dallas area. The Sosinski family came back to POPLC and POPCS in 2005. Mrs. Sosinski is heavily involved with Destination Imagination by being the manager for a middle school and elementary team.
Mrs. Sosinski and her husband Steve have 3 daughters, Madelyn and Carolyn are in the 8th grade and Molly is in Kindergarten.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Darlene Siem
Darlene was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. She grew up in small towns in Minnesota where she also attended school. Darlene started with the Early Learning Center when it opened two years ago. Her favorite thing about working for the ELC is being there to support the parents of our infants while they work. She wants them to know that their babies are loved and well cared for.
She has been a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church for 12 years, since she moved to Texas. Darlene volunteered in the church nursery for 5 years. Throughout most of her adult life she has been in childcare, one way or another. She has 4 daughters, 6 grandchildren, and 1 great grandson. Darlene ran a home daycare for newborns, worked in several different Lutheran schools as a volunteer as well as being a teacher’s assistant in the public school system. This is her dream job, working with the infants again. It’s her way of being the Lord’s servant and showing His love to the children.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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Angela Talley
Mrs. Talley has served alongside her husband for ten years planting churches and preschools in Texas and North Carolina. She loves being with the children.
She and her family of six returned home to Texas and made Prince of Peace their new church this past year.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
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 Darla Webb
Darla Webb’s relationship with Prince of Peace Christian School began over twenty years ago when her child began preschool. Since then she has been actively volunteering at the school in any way possible. Over the years she has worked as an aide in preschool through 3rd grade, as staff in “The Zone”, and for two years as an aide in Dorothy Schwab’s classroom.
Her loving spirit and desire to teach children God’s love has lead her to accept a teaching position in the Early Learning Center. She believes that God has placed her at Prince of Peace so she can share the wonders of God’s love with the growing minds of tomorrow.
Contact Information
phone: 972-447-0532
e-mail: darla.webb@princeofpeace.org
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