Infant Community
The Infant Community
teacher is Mala Kodippily, (AMI) who has been with us since Fall 2000. She is assisted
by Sanchita Ghosh, Michelle Pagaduan, and Christina Billings. Sanchita worked in Primary 4 from 1992 to
1995, then turned her attention to raising her own children and returned to the Infant Community in September
of 2004. Christina and Michelle recently joined One World. Michelle is responsible for
morning Day Care in the
Infant Community, and Christina is responsible for afternoon Day Care in the Infant Community.
Music
Irene Saxe teaches music for the Infant Community. She completed her Montessori training in 2004,
and is an intern in the Primary III class this year.
Primary
Primary III
is comprised of Montessori teacher, teacher trainer, and founder, Rebecca Keith (PAMS). Her
co-teachers are Jill Soong, (AMI) who has been with us for most of the past 16 years, and Donnie Gomez (PAMS),
who has been with us for 16 years. Jill's daughter and Rebecca's grandson are currently attending One World.
Kalpana Bonda, Mina Noorbakhsh, Irene Saxe, and Joanne Liu
are PAMS interns. Mina opens the San Jose campus and Kalpana supervises the Daycare Program.
Primary IV
is taught by Sujatha (Suji) Ranasinghe (AMI), who joined One World Montessori last year. Suji
completed her training in 1982 and was a Montessori teacher in Sri Lanka until she came to the United States in
1986. Suji’s two grandchildren now attend One World. Mari Barrero (PAMS) is Primary IV's intern. She has been
associated with One World since 1999. Her two children attended Primary I.
Day Care
Our Day Care supervisor is Kalpana Bonda. Kalpana joined us in 2003; she is currently taking her
Montessori training and doing her internship. Danielle Billings joined OWM in 2005 and assists Kalpana
in the afternoon daycare program.